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Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth to visit Nagpur for ‘Khasdar Mahotsav’

November 2, 2018, 8:07 PM

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Time for Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanths Nagpur fans to rejoice as both the superstars would be visiting the city for Khasdar Mahotsav. — Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth

Time for Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanths Nagpur fans to rejoice as both the superstars would be visiting the city on November 30, 2018 to grace Khasdar Krida Mahotsav. The 20-day multi-sport festival, which would be held from November 30 to December 18, is the brainchild of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.

While megastars Amitabh and Rajinikanth would be present for the opening ceremony on Nov 30^th, earlier, Bollywood star Salman Khan had graced the inaugural day in 2017.

As per sources, a play based on late Atal Bihari Vajpayee would also be staged, which would be performed by over 100 stage artistes across the country.

The grand festival would be held at Ishwar Deshmukh Physical Education College grounds at Krida Chowk in east Nagpur. Though the venue is same as last year’s, the seating capacity has been increased to almost 40,000 people for Nagpurians.

Also read: Amitabh Bachchan to shoot in Nagpur for 45 days

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While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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