Bollywood actors Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha were Friday given life memberships of East Bengal club.
The two stars, who are in the city to take part in the pre-centenary celebrations of the soccer giants, visited the club tent and interacted with the players.
Akshay, a staunch Manchester Untied fan, said he felt honoured at being given the club's lfie membership.
"It's a very very big honour for me to get a life membership from East Bengal."
Akshay also said he would root for hosts Brazil in the soccer World Cup next year.
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Akshay and Sonakshi would take part in Starnite, an entertainment gala at the Salt Lake Stadium Saturday, organised by the club as part of its pre-centenary celebrations.
East Bengal will complete 100 years in 2020. To showcase and to build-up towards this monumental milestone, the club has decided to organise pre-centenary celebrations every year.
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