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In his signature baritone, Bachchan set the stage alive with a heartwarming poem written by Prasoon Joshi. It was the actor’s first stage appearance after undergoing abdominal surgery. The 69-year-old was accompanied by dancers from the Shiamak Davar troupe, who described the essence of the poem through their performance.

His routine was followed by Colonial Cousins, DJ Ravi Drums and South African percussionist group 1st Project who mesmerised with their peppy numbers.

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan renders a poem at the IPL opening ceremony last nightu00a0

Bollywood’s junglee billi Priyanka Chopra then took the packed audience by surprise when she went up in the air during her performance, and got cricketer Harbhajan Singh to dance a little jig with her.

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She moved around in the audience, and urged the front row members, including Sourav Ganguly and Harbhajan Singh, to dance. Kareena Kapoor then stole many hearts dancing to her chartbuster chhamak chhallo .

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan renders a poem at the IPL opening ceremony last night
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India's very own Michael Jackson, Prabhu Deva then performed some scintillating dance numbers to cap off the high-tempo night.u00a0