Bruce Lee’s 70th birth anniversary celebrated

November 30, 2010 09:57 am | Updated 01:18 pm IST - Mumbai

Bruce Lee in the film "Enter The Dragon". File: The Hindu

Bruce Lee in the film "Enter The Dragon". File: The Hindu

Over 600 students gathered in Mumbai recently to mark the 70th birth anniversary of martial arts legend and American-Chinese actor, Bruce Lee.

The students, in the age group of 15-20 years, from the Cheetah Jeet Kundu Global Federation prepared a 70-feet-high cut-out of the Fist of Fury actor and painted it. Later, they also displayed their martial arts skills at a programme held at Powai here.

German actress Claudia Ciesla, who had participated in Bigg Boss season 3, actor Shilpa Shukla, who essayed the role of Bindia Naik in SRK-starrer Chak De and martial arts expert Yagnesh Shetty were among those present on the occasion.

The programme was presented by SM Shetty Group of Educational Institutes.

Bruce Lee was born on November 27 and is considered one of the most influential artists of 20th century. He is known for movies like The Big Boss , Fist of Fury , Way of the Dragon , and The Game of Death .

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