Subhash Ghai honours Big B with WWI Maestro award

Big B, Subhash Ghai sitting together at the award ceremony.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan honoured with Whistling Woods International Maestro award.

'The award was called the Maestro Award, but the true owners of that title were the ones standing to my left ... the most distinguished and pandits of classical music - Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia', said Big B.

Big B, classical flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia and ace santoor exponent Shivkumar Sharma were honoured here with the WWI (Whistling Woods International) Maestro Awards.

Big B, 70, said he was happy to meet young aspirants, who are the "future of this glorious industry", and felt honoured to share the stage with the stalwarts.