Actor Amitabh Bachchan has donated Rs 51 lakh to the Chief Ministers Relief Fund in Bihar after floods assaulted in excess of twelve regions of the state. The cheque of the previously mentioned amount, alongside a letter, addressed to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, was on Wednesday given over to Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi by the Bachchans agent Vijay Nath Mishra in Patna.

In the letter, Bachchan who has this year been chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke Award – expressed "I am deeply stricken by the natural calamity that has hit the state of Bihar. My deepest condolences and sympathies to all whose lives have been affected in the recent flood".

"Albeit in a small way, I extend my helping hand in the restoration of human life in Bihar", Bachchan included the sort composed a note in English to which he included a footnote in Hindi "we have publicized the contribution made to CM Relief Fund, Bihar in our TV show KBC."