Amitabh Bachchan

Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan tests positive

"I have tested Covid positive, shifted to hospital, hospital informing authorities, family and staff undergone tests, results awaited," he wrote.

His son, Abhishek, later tweeted he had also tested positive.

Bachchan, 77, has been involved in 200 films since becoming a star five decades ago.

He, and Abhishek, 44, have been taken to Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai.

Amitabh urged anyone who had been close to him in the past 10 days to get tested.

A hospital official told The Indian Express newspaper that he was in a stable condition.

Has Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan become India's number one feminist?

If that makes you think of ribbons and dolls, Bachchan latest film may make you change your mind. In Bachchan's view, the color stands for courage.

"Pink" is a gripping courtroom thriller in which Bachchan plays a lawyer representing three young women who are the victims of unwanted sexual advances. In a highly charged scene, Bachchan questions his client about the incident. "What did you say?" he thunders. She replies: "I said no."