BOMBAY, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan was discharged from Lilavati Hospital in Bombay Saturday, nearly three weeks after undergoing colon surgery.
TV camera crews captured images of the smiling star waving to hordes of fans outside the hospital and greeting fans gathered outside his home, the BBC reported.
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Doctors have reportedly advised Bachchan to rest a month to recover from surgery brought on by diverticular disease, a condition caused by inflammation of the colon.
The star Indian TV and film, Bachchan was once dubbed the "most famous actor of the millennium" by a BBC News Web site readers' poll.
He became the first Indian movie actor to be displayed at Madame Tussaud's wax museum in London in 2000.
