Shalom Bollywood: Big B welcomes Israel PM Netanyahu; Clicks a selfie with him & other celebs!

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan extended a warm welcome to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu at an exclusive 'Shalom Bollywood' evening on Thursday. While addressing the audience at the event, the 'PINK' star said, "The Indian film industry is more than a hundred years old and is flourishing and doing extremely well. India produces more than a 1500 films every year, which is four times what Hollywood produces and twice as much as comes out of China."

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, UTV CEO Ronnie Screwvala and Karan Johar greet Israel PM #BenjaminNetanyahu in Mumbai. #shalombollywood pic.twitter.com/6qPEtbaMN9

— ANI (@ANI) January 18, 2018

It was great attending presentation on history, culture and geodiversity of #Isarel along with film fraternity and had a pleasure interacting with Hon. PM of #Israel @netanyahu and the first lady.🙏 #ShalomBollywood #Mumbai pic.twitter.com/0aRwQQRD3M — Madhur Bhandarkar (@imbhandarkar) January 18, 2018

Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan,Abhishek Bachchan, Karan Johar,Subhash Ghai,Imtiaz Ali,Ronnie Screwvala,Sara Ali Khan and others with Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara. #shalombollywood pic.twitter.com/JsmX8xsdRH

— ANI (@ANI) January 18, 2018

Netanyahu, in his address, spoke about Big B and Bollywood, and said, "I learnt that Amitabh Bachchan has a larger fan following than me on social media. You guys are a big deal. The world loves Bollywood. We love Bollywood. We want Bollywood in Israel."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin @netanyahu was at Shalom Bollywood event in Mumbai, where top stars from the industry were present, including Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, and filmmaker Karan Johar.@IsraeliPM @IsraelMFA @israelinMumbai#ShalomBollywood pic.twitter.com/ooBLrQBHc3 — Lalitesh Kushwah (@SethLalitesh) January 18, 2018

The 'Piku' star and other Bollywood personalities - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Karan Johar, Subhash Ghai, Imtiaz Ali, Ronnie Screwvala, Vivek Oberoi, Sara Ali Khan - who also graced the event clicked a selfie with Netanyahu and his wife.