He even invited me to be a judge at his KBC show and my joy knew no bounds.
Subsequently, one has met Bachchan many times.
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Subsequently as luck would have it, my next job was at Plus Channel which was also housed in the same Ajanta Hotel complex and one saw more of the Man himself. I was asked to wait and was fiddling with my dictaphone when I saw a pair of Kolhapuris under my eyeline and the famed Paul Muni baritone saying “Hi – I am Amitabh Bachchan”. My first meeting with him came when ABCL was looking at a tryst with corporatisation and I went to meet him at his Ajanta Hotel office in Juhu, Mumbai. The booming baritone and long legs helped as he became the instrumentality against suppression, repression and oppression. The Bachchan saga mushroomed in an age when black marketing and smuggling were ruling the roost, his cult type characters were chiselled by Salim Javed and the finished product who took on the establishment became embedded in the memory recesses of cinema goers. I’ve been at the lowest ebb in my life – professionally, commercially and personally,” he averred.
“Peaks and troughs are what life is all about. “This is the incentive to keep going, because in my mind’s eye, I still fret over what will happen tomorrow,” he said. In his case, it is the fear of the known rather than the unknown. They act as a whetstone for him, a reference point and equally a reminder. His insecurity stems from those dark days. The thespian in his autumn cannot and will not forget his bankruptcy.
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Actors should take on fresh challenges because the human mind is a sponge, it soaks up all the time, the process of learning doesn’t end.” His new movie “Goodbye” is out in theatres and will be followed by “Uunchai” next month.Īt one level, suspicion and shadows lurk in the corridors of his mind. An actor’s career should not and cannot end, the stream should run ceaselessly. I want to perform and be tested I want the energy of the younger generation of directors and actors to rub off on me. As a professional, I cannot afford to be complacent. Life is a blur when one is essaying different roles, it is so fulfilling. Never afraid to speak his mind, he is distantly related to funambulism.Īs he once told me: “I want to keep working, I shall continue to do my best.” He added, “Actually, I don’t know what else to do. Modest to the point of being self-deprecatory, he refuses to accept that his persona remains larger than life. Over the years, I have met him and spoken with him several times. In an age where hyperboles are common, he stands apart for his being and remains a true legend. The arc of his universe littered with peaks and troughs has been legendary. Amitabh Bachchan has been a struggler, superstar, bankrupt, a small screen phenomenon, a celluloid colossus and has more or less essayed all types of roles to remain an iconoclast. On his 80th birthday, the thespian is not ready to call time on his career.
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