Amitabh Bachchan in Sawai Madhopur for Big Cat project

JAIPUR: Actor Amitabh Bachchan arrived here on Saturday to attend a tiger conservation programme launched by a private channel at Sawai Madhopur. After landing at Jaipur airport at 7.30 am, the actor soon left for Sawai Madhopur.

He interacted with the local villagers and the officials of Ranthambore National Park to know more about tiger conservation. One hour after reaching Sawai Madhopur, the actor was awestruck and he tweeted, "A veranda, thatched roof, an aangan, a charpoy, rocking chair, the forest before and stillness beyond stillness ... Ahhh ! Peace!!."

Later, addressing a press conference, Bachchan, who last visited Ranthambore in 1985, assured that he would keep visiting the national parks in the country for tiger conservation.

"Making a commercial film on tigers is the job of producers and directors. If that kind of film is made and I am approached, I will certainly do it. At the same time I am open to working in a documentary or any other medium if government asks me to do so," Bachchan said.

"Jawani main ladayi ki thi ab bachaney ka kam kar raha hun (In younger days, I had fought with tigers now working to save them)," he summed up.