The Greatest Gatsby: Amitabh Bachchan with Beyonce, Lady Gaga…

The Great Gatsby will probably be the greatest release of the year and draw the attention of every Bollywood fan alive because it features the Greatest Bollywood star - Amitabh Bachchan.

Amitabh Bachchan (AFP)

In fact, The Big B has been tweeting about the film and revealed on his Twitter account: “The Great Gatsby official opening film for Cannes Film festival, May 15th…come one come all…half blink and you miss role for me (sic).”

Then, he adds: “Baz Luhrmann just informs me about Cannes... there is excitement all around... Jazz y wanting to use my voice in sound track… sure (sic).”

Adding Amitabh Bachchan’s baritone to the soundtrack is a typical Baz Luhrmann move – not enough stars ’s can do for the director.

Beyonce (REUTERS)

Beyonce is on there, Florence and the Machine, Lana Del Rey and Jack White and now even Lady Gaga. So why not the Big B as well.

Lana Del Rey (Photo by Getty Images)

The Cannes Film Festival, whose 66th edition will unroll on May 15, has reportedly gone against tradition in choosing ‘The Great Gatsby’ as its opening movie.

Lady Gaga (REUTERS)

This is because the film will hit theatres on May 10 (US) and for the last 10 years Cannes has reserved the opening slot for a movie that has not been screened elsewhere.

Bachchan plays Meyer Wolfsheim in film with  Leonardo Di Caprio and Carey Mulligan in starring roles.

Leonardo DiCaprio (AP)

The film is an adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel and also stars Tobey Maguire.

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