Big B suffers stomach pain, cancels travel

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has developed a pain in his stomach much like the one he got on his last birthday.

Bachchan, who was in London to shoot for a film, returned home on Tuesday, said he developed the ailment while was about to leave the city.

"I drove straight to my doctor on arrival late last night, and after some external physical examinations, I was subjected to CT scans this morning. The results do not show anything, but the trouble exists, albeit in a much smaller scale than the last time," Bachchan wrote on his blog.

The actor was scheduled to travel out of the city on Wednesday but has postponed his plan until he recovers. He has been advised some more tests today.

"I would not want to get moving again and land up in unknown territory and end up in hospital. It's disturbing to be in such state.
Frustrating that despite extreme care, a repetition of this problem keeps occurring," he wrote.

However, Bachchan assured his fans that there was no need for alarm, adding that he did not want to take chances. He said he has been confined to bed and watched the memorial service for Michael Jackson on television last night.