London: Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, has revealed that the film star she most wanted to meet is the Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan.

"You know the film star I most want to meet is Amitabh Bachchan, who is a friend of my husband and who kindly took him around Bollywood on a visit he made to Mumbai," Sarah, who was the Chief Guest at the 49th anniversary dinner of Women's India Association of the UK at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower here last night, said.

She said: "In politics you are always looking for good ways to get your message across the people and my husband always laughs when he recounts how he asked Amitabh Bachchan how many people got to see each of his film, about 500 million was the answer."

Prominent among those present were Shiv Shanker Mukherjee, India's new High Commissioner to the UK; Lord Swraj Paul along with Lady Aruna Paul; Lakshmi Mittal, NRI steel tycoon and chief of the Arcelor Mittal; Lord Karan Bilimoria, Chairman, UK-India Business Council; Baroness Shreela Flather; and Joginder Sanger, leading NRI hotelier.

Sarah also fondly recalled her visit to India with Gordon Brown in January and the hospitality extended to them by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife.

Recalling her visit to a maternal health centre on the outskirts of Delhi, she said she is passionate about the issue of maternal and infant mortality and the desperate need to reduce the worldwide figures.

"Together we will always keep our interest in and support for India and will work to maintain the positive Anglo-Indian relationship that has existed for so long to the benefit of both our countries."

Source : PTI