Big B's 'Sooryavansham' clocks 17 yrs, ' Cheeni Kum' 9 yrs

The 1999 Bollywood drama 'Sooryavansham' starring Amitabh Bachchan in a dual role, has completed seventeen years today and the veteran actor is celebrating the milestone on the social media.

Also, his 2007 flick 'Cheeni Kum' has completed nine years. The 73-year-old actor took his Twitter handle to celebrate it and wrote, "T 2262 - So it's 9 YEARS of 'Cheeni Kum' and 17 YEARS of 'Sooryavansham' a delight a variety and more."

Hashtags #17YearsOfSooryavansham and 9YearsOfCheeniKum has been trending on the social media to mark the event.

One user wrote, "@SrBachchan sir it's 9 years of Cheeni Kum !! One of my favourites!"

Another tweeted, "@SrBachchan #17YearsOfSooryavansham .. great story .. great acting by amitji .. thank u and congratulations."

On the professional front, Amitabh as recently wrapped up his shoot for Shoojit Sircar's upcoming movie 'PINK' and is busy with the post production of Sujoy Ghosh's 'TE3N' which is supposed to release this May.