Amitabh Bachchan : The President of India!!
Does Amitabh’s political association, affect his image in the hearts of his fans? As a film star,he has been getting tremendous love and support of people belonging to all age groups. But recently his image has been affecting and people have started speaking against him and sometimes they treat him with no or less respect. It was not there in the past. Is it due to his political association with Samajwadi party or his association with his political friend -Amar Singh?
Amitabh Bachchan : then and now !
Amitabh Bachchan had defeated the political heavy weight leader Late Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna from Allahabad constituency in 1985 and this defeat ultimately started the ending of political career of Bahuguna ji. During Bofors scandal, opposition parties had tried to seige the political fate of, then PM Late Rajiv Gandhi and Amitabh Bachchan, and Amitabh had resigned from parliament and he had returned to the films completely. He had said that Politics was not his field and it was a mistake that he had entered in to the politics.
He gathered this understanding from his life and once he told that a non-political reason also catalyzed his decision to quit the politics. As MP of Congress party, he was visiting Asaam and there, one person came to him and said that Amitabh has brought him in a great trouble. Person was perhaps supporter of Asam Gana Parishad. Person said that he always loved Amitabh and even adored him as his cine idol. But now Amitabh is associated with an opposite political party and he has to fight with political image of Amitabh. There is a great conflict inside him and he is spilt into two persons. One part of him loves Amitabh and is a big fan of the film star Amitabh and second part is an opponent of Political leader Amitabh. He asked Amitabh, what he should do to solve this inner battle?.
Amitabh said,” This man’s sayings touched m'© deeply and helped me to take the decision to quit the politics. I am an artist and my passion and work is to perform in the films and that is the real Amitabh and all else is false, an imposed one”.
In later years also he always maintained that he would not join politics again.
Amitabh is the only film star in Hindi cinema, whose accident and later poor health conditions affected almost whole of the nation. People loved him as their favourite film star and for years no film star could match his popularity. Amitabh was seen as family friend of Nehru Gandhi family but that did not affect his popularity among masses and people voting for other political parties also liked him. Years he remained as most popular person of India among Indians. He had joined the politics after the assassination of Mrs Indira Gandhi and had won Lok Sabha election with a fair margin, which was a clear proof of his popularity. Later, he left politics, Rajiv Gandhi was killed and Amitabh too took 4-5 years sabbatical from the films. He tried to bring corporate culture in film making also through his ABCL but it brought him financial troubles and his decision to organise Miss World in India brought him under heavy financial lossses and later he spent years in paying that debt back.
Till Priyanka Gandhi’s wedding he was always seen standing with the Nehru Gandhi family but like a true filmi story, something happened and later Bachchan family was seen going away from Nehru Gandhi family. Amar Singh and Samajwadi Party, replaced Gandhi family and congress respectively. Perhaps it was due to continuous efforts of Samajwadi Party. Its chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, as CM of UP, went to Bombay at Amitabh’s home to present Late Dr Harivansh Rai Bachchan, the Yash Bharati award. Its said that Amar Singh helped Amitabh in re-establishing ABCL again. Soon it was trio of AAA, Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Ambani and Amar Singh, which was seen in newspaper, most of the time, going on a religious journey. In congress, Amitabh was never asked to take part in any kind of political canvassing before he actually joined the politics. But his association with S.P, brought him many controversies. He was alleged to promote SP’s political missions under the disguise of blood donation camps etc. He was made member of atleast two committees, related to industrial benefits of UP and Cinema council. Amitabh’s almost every film was given tax benefits in UP.
Sonia Gandhi never said any word in media or in public about the status of relationships between Gandhi family and Bachchan family. Very first time, Amitabh Bachchan accepted in one of his interview, perhaps with Veer Sanghvi or Karan Thapar, that there were distances between two families, because, he said,” they live there in Delhi and we live here in Mumbai”. Later in another interview he said,” They are raja (king), I am just a rank (pauper), and doors were closed to me, its up to the king to open the doors”.
It was NDA’s regime in the centre and political future of Sonia Gandhi and congress party under her presidentship, was not seen with hopeful eyes. SP was very strong in UP. Whole of the computer owning crowd of the nation was dying to make Atal Bihari Vajpai as the biggest leader of independent India and Lata Mangeshkar had sung his poems, and had said in emotional manner that she treats Atal ji as her father. She even searched a reverssible resembling manner between their names and said that her name falls in opposite order of name of Atal ji. [ L.A.T.A A.T.A.L ].
Amitabh offered to provide his voice to poems of Atal Ji and he did give his voice to the Samvedna album, where poems were sung by Jagjit Singh.
Yash Chopra directed a video film based on the poems written by Atal ji. Shahrukh acted in that video.
But future is always hidden behind the dark curtains of time. Hardly anyone knew in India, (except those who searched change in the centre and desired for this change and strong believers of Sonia Gandhi and congress party, but they too did not hope to see congress back in to the power, such was the hype of India Shining) that Sonia Gandhi and her congress would bring a change in the political scenario of India. Sonia Gandhi appointed Dr ManMohan Singh as PM candidate and sought support from other allies, which she ultimately got.
Amitabh Bachchan never addressed a political meeting, but Jaya Bachchan did this to seek support for Samajwadi Party’s candidates and she spoke bitterly against Gandhi family in some remote areas near Bareilly in UP. Little she knew at that time that media would give this much coverage to her sayings. Soon a controversy was created. She had alleged Gandhi family that they did not help them when Bachchan family was passing through a bad phase and left them in troubles. And it was treacherous according to her. She praised that people like Amar Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav were the reliable people, to whom you could trust.
Media smelt the matter and it was a wonderful opportunity for them, so journalists got success in provoking Rahul Gandhi and he commented back that whole country knows who left whom and Gandhi family was not to betray anyone. This is they, who had left us, for whom, we all know it.
A grand opportunity for media, matter was further fuelled by Amar Singh’s interim bytes. Amitabh Bachchan, from Banaras, stopped this feud and said,” Our association with Nehru Gandhi family is coming from the time of my father, Pt Nehru and Indira ji. It was established when neither Sonia nor Jaya were part of the families. If Jaya has said what is reported in newspapers then she did wrong”.
Media tried to take bytes from Abhishek Bachchan also but he wisely said,” its for elders of the family to say on such matters”.
After that episode none of the Gandhi family is seen saying anything on the matter though?Amar Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav, belong to different political party so its nothing unusual for them to attack Sonia Gandhi. But their association with Amitabh Bachchan, brings an interesting twist in this otherwise political fight. If its related to Amitabh’s tax problem, Amar Singh connects it with the cause that because Sonia Gandhi is against Amitabh that’s why Income tax department is troubling Amitabh. Jaya Bachchan’s RS membership was cancelled after a congress leader had complained that she held the office of profit in UP. Though later she was re-nominated by SP and she got elected again. Anil Ambani too resigned in that matter and since then he has not shown any sign to join politics again.
Given any chance and Amar Singh and Samajwadi party is seen creating a scene that there is a personal enmity between Sonia Gandhi and Bachchan family and that’s why Bachchan family often faces the problems. LK Advani too never left any chance to lure Amitabh and often praised him and his popularity. But fact remains that he, Atal Ji and Mulayam Singh too, actually none of them, left any chance in attacking Bachchan family during Bofors days. When Amitabh can forget what these people did with him in those bad days then would he ever get chance to do same with Gandhi family also? When Amitabh was associated with Gandhi family then he had an intact reputation though he could not get any solid help while his corporate venture was facing difficulties. Now he is associated with SP, though he gets solid and open political backing from Amar Singh and Samajwadi party, but his reputation is not without stigma anymore. It cant be possible that he does not understand the statements given by Amar Singh and his eyes cant see that none of the statement ever can help in restoring good ties with Gandhi family. Latest rumour is, Samajwadi party is planning to raise Amitabh’s name as candidate for the post of next President of India. Mulayam Singh Yadav was the first who had proposed the name of current president Dr Kalam. Amitabh?s name is a big political trick and several parties, which see danger in Sonia and congress becoming more strong, can join hands to defeat Sonia Gandhi in this game. Coming future will reveal the hidden things. But the question, which that Assamese had asked from Amitabh, will remain in existence. Its very interesting to watch Amitabh’s life profile.
Amitabh’s life is full of twists and it will be interesting to see the future. Inspite of too much media interaction with him, there is no clear picture about his present life. Media reports that he and his brother Ajitabh Bachchan have developed problems between them. Amitabh never issues any statements on such things but later he is found to praise his niece. This is also true that these days his brother is never seen in any of the family affairs as he used to be seen few years ago. It was just a rumour about Abhishek and Aishwarya few months ago and Amitabh too was reported to deny from this relation. But nowAbhishek and Aishwarya are officially engaged. With more association with media, Amitabh’s life has become more confusing for the people. Till 1985 he hardly interacted with the media and yet people adored him a lot but now scene is changing and his political association has also changed his equation with the ordinary people. Samajwadi party is not seen as a party, which considers every section of society and this fact has to affect Amitabh Bachchan the actor also.
India will get many able people who can become president but hindi cinema wont get an actor like Amitabh.
Cinema is the true place for Amitabh and its a scary idea that a political party can manipulate its relations with Amitabh, just to fulfil its political goals. Though chances are bleak that serious parties will support an actor on this post but SP may play this gambling, considering huge popularity of Amitabh but it may create more rift between Bachchan Family and Gandhi family. So if Amitabh does not win, still the purpose to tease Sonia can be fulfilled.
But what about lovers of cine actor Amitabh Bachchan?
Anurag Kashyap
Abhay Deol
Dibakar Banerjee
Hansal Mehta
Khalid Mohamed
Kundan Shah
Anish Kuruvilla
Jaideep Verma
Manish Gupta
Navdeep Singh
Bhavani Iyer
D. Santosh
Onir
Ashvin Kumar
Ramu Ramanathan
Sudhir Mishra
Pankaj Advani
Revathy
Saurabh Shukla
Shilpa Shukla
Sujoy Ghosh
Suparn Verma
Santosh Sivan
Shashank Ghosh
Shivajee
Pavan Kaul
Partho Sen-Gupta
Prroshant Naryannan
Sam Langoria
Satish Kasetty
KK: which subject?
I dont know which subject caught ur attention. post has many.
If subject is Amitabh, then nothing is long, not even a book.
At the nucleus, that assamee man , his question and Amitabh’s then reactions are lying and outer shells have many different aspects of his life.
u have to decide your concern and interest.
WAT ?????
u actually dedicated a loooong post on THIS subject ?????
= RK, There is a lot of talk going on about this in the media these days.
Jeez that’s one of the worst things I can think of – AB becoming president! I keep picturing him telling Gen Musharef ‘Rishtey mein hum tumhare baap hote hain, naam hain Shashenshah’ :d
=)) Good one Ranjit!!!
Ranjit:
when Hilary Clinton (hope she becomes President of USA) will call and say ,” Its painful Mr Bachchan that India has to see this or that event”.
Re: “Mard ko Dard nahin hota” Mohtarama.:)
on serious note, his becoming President may bring far bitterness in politics. Amar Singh cant put a lock on his mouth and first time Indian president will be having an unofficial spokes person. And if Congress remains in power then it will be far big tussle between PM and President than Rajiv Gandhi faced with Gyani Jail Singh.
I truely believe Amitabh wont fall for these political gimmics. He belongs to a highly respected and cultured family and he lives with passion towards cinema.
no way, AB shouldn’t b the prez of india. is there no other candidate available fo presidency post???
@ Sunjay…Mein Hoon Na…SRK
Sunjay: ND Tiwari, Dr Karan Singh and several others are in cue. and who knows Dr Kalam is re elected.
OM: SRK has first to become MP, which he surely will become in next 10 years. Till then Kabhi haan kabhi naa.
I want to talk about a very over publicized self-prominent super star of Indian Cinema who proclaims himself to be the star of the millennium. But nobody other than Indians has ever even heard of him. Contrary to the Mithun, Sharukh Khan, and Aamir khan who are well known in the western hemisphere because of their artistic achievement like Mrigaya, Swades, and Lagaan. But Amitabh has not made a single movie, which has ever been recognised as a classic on the international stage unlike Titli, Devdas, and Rande Basanti (both are bafta nominated), and Titli was internationally awarded. But the Indian media insist on portraying him as the face of Bollwyood, which he is not either artistically or commercially.
Artistically Dilip Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, Ashok Kumar, and Aamir Khan are much better actors than him. Commercially mediocre actor Sharukh Khan is biggest name in India cinema at the moment who can make a hit out of even a third rate televevison programme KBC. So where does Amitabh Bachchan figure in the current stage of Indian cinema? Is a question I would like to ask the critics? The last 10 movies he has made have all been artistically commercially disaster starting from Ajnabee to Nisahbd.
The worst ever performance by an Indian super star in a movie was given by Amitabh as demented delusional man that he has become in real life in the Darna Zaroori Hai which is one of the worst films ever made in the world. Even the third rate porn movies made in India are better than his latest movie Nishabd which is a essensually as soft pornographic self indulgence by a man suffering from delusion of grandeur in his days.
Even Ek Lavya is one of the biggest artistic and commercial disasters ever made.
As far as for his past he made worthwhile cinema in the early 70s with Hrishkesh Mukherji and Prakash Mehra and also Dulal Guha. But all his movies are with Multi-starrers where he is most of the time playing supporting actor like Sholay and Kabhie Kabhie where Dharamendra and Shashi Kapoor have made mince meat of him as did Vinod Khanna in Mukadder ka sikander.
He could not even touch Rajesh Khanna in Anand or Namak Haram, much less Dilip Sab in Shakti where he is totally made to look like and amateur iin front of ths great thespian.
He made his come back after flopping badly in late 80with every bad movies like Ajooba, Mard, toofan, Naasti and Girafter which were total commercial and artistic failure.
His first decent movie was Agneepath with Mithun Chakraborty where Mithun is much better than him, but he had already spread the lie about Chakraborty being a poor man Amitabh to sabotage the great Bengali actor image. This was done by his media buddies because of the power of politics in Bollywood.
Amitabh blessed by having a very prominent family background with political connection with the mighty Gandhi family who helped him first 20 movies badly flopped up to Zanjeer. His father Harivansh Rai Bachchan was Indiras Gandhis closest friend and his casting in Saath Hindustani was done by Ahmed Khawaja Abbas(Shahid kapoor grand father) on a letter of recommendation from Mrs Indira Gandhi. But Mithun Chakraborty has never had that privileged of being touted by political or Bollywood power houses like Yash Raj or Sippys films who were responsible for giving Amitabh his super status.
The recent circumstances and scandal surrounding the Bachchans family including Mr Abhishek Bachchan forced stardom, which is secondary to the media hyped induced by his father and the scandalised behaviour with Mr Amar Singh and the controversial wedding has left half of the India totally antagonised by his unfriendly behaviour. This by itself reflects his shallow personality and character compared to other great Bollwyood legend like Ashok Kumar and Dilip kumar. I would want to draw you attention the fact that role model award given to Mithun Chakraborty in the presence of Amitabh Bachchan sitting on the function totally flabbergasted by the event which showed on the facial expressions of Mr Bachchan and Mrs Rai.
I wonder how Amitabh Bachchan managed to convince the jury to give him best national actor award for Black in preference to Mithun Chakraborty
Man!
That was some comment.
but don’t get carried away brother.
“Commercially mediocre actor Sharukh Khan is biggest name in India cinema at the moment who can make a hit out of even a third rate televevison programme KBC. So where does Amitabh Bachchan figure in the current stage of Indian cinema?”
That is not true. ShahRukh failed to make KBC a success unlike AB. Give him credit where its due.
@Romuz. He did good work in BOOM as the lecherous don. :d
@Romuz. I have an objection. Amitabh in Agneepath is pathetic and so was Mithun. Amitabh’s hai-hai type acting and Mithun’s amma and lungi-uthati acting together with Rohini Hattangadi’s righteous mother mouthing dinkar type poem (though written by Harivansh Rai Bachchan but I doubt the context in which it is used in the movie and it falls flat for me) is a waterloo.
BLASPHEMY! How dare you call Amitabh in Agneepath pathetic? Fans of Bachchan like myself swear by his performance in that film. In fact for me, it is his greatest performance ever. Vijay Dinanath Chavan DEFINES Amitabh Bachchan! And you call his work in Boom good?? I hope to god you were being sarcastic.
RK
I remember that campaign AB did in Assam. I was a little kid in Bongaigaon. I remember now he came in his helicopter & half the town was there to see him. But it was more due to amusement. It was a anti congress time. I think thats when AGP came to power for the 1st time. Prafulla Kumar Mahanta swpt the elections & like most people in history screwed his chance to do something good.
I thought his acting in Agneepath was transparant and overdone.
Boom was a disastor in every possible category, especially performances and direction… and story.. and screenplay.. and…
@Vijay. I was not sarcastic. He did a good job in Boom far better than anything he has done in decades. He was suppose to play a quirky caricature don which coincidentally fitted to T with his style of method acting :d
Black to me was unwatchable nautanki. I tried twice but couldnt go beyond first 15-20 mins.
I hated Amitabh in Black just because that’s not how I like to see Amitabh. I like to see him kicking ass. He is the ultimate hero. When I was a kid, there was Batman, there was Superman, there was Spiderman…and there were Rajinikanth and Amitabh Bachchan! That’s why I hated him in Sarkar too. RGV claims he is in awe of the man, but always shows him as such a weak character.
Romuz: you have very strong personal disliking towards Amitabh Bachchan thats why time and again you have to try to drag him down.
One can say a lot about his present days social status because of his few actions and more because of his few of the friends but to question his acting ability is the injustice and very pathetic attempt and to some extent its inhuman act. In your cynicism you cant deny someone’s talent and if you are doing then its case of pyschological attention. We have discussed before also. Mithun is very very good actor but he is able to bring out this good acting at very few occasions and he has not got consistency like Amitabh Bachchan.
Call it luck or anything else but Amitabh will never be compared with Mithun.
Amitabh Bachchan’s some films may be low graded but even then they will never touch that low standard as Mithun’s films he did in 90s.
Mithun Chakravorty, Dharmendra and Jacky Shrof, these three estbliahshed actors should be punished to bring low standard in hindi films and they were not desperate actors who were doing low standard works becasue they had to survive and they were suffering from economical problems. They prefered to do those pathetic films.
If Dilip Saab was better than Amitabh in Shakti then its a matter of pride for Amitabh, because we have yet to see an actor who acted better than Dilip Saab in any film. Amitabh Bachchan was not blind like you and perhaps you have forgot but he had himself accepted Dilip Saab’s priceless acting in Shakti. Some day I will post that letter which Amitabh Bachchan had written in Times of India to salute Dilip Saab.
Amitabh Bachchan may not be role model anymore but he is an actor of par excellence and its your false notion that people dont know him outside of India. First thing before SRK no Indian super star ever bothered about people outside their country. They were not doing shows outside.
One has a time and its true SRK is known in Europe but it has to do something with his business connections in Europe because some agenccy in Germany has been releasing only his DVDs for last 6-7 years and people watch Indian films through DVDs only and thus they could know that SRK is the biggest. He is biggest star at present but to say biggest actor, he will feel shy if he himself will consider himself in the category of AB, Dilip saab etc. Yes he is better manager than these film actors and he knows more economics than these people.
What Amitabh Bachchan’s political friends are doing, cant be a criteria to judge acting ability of Amitabh.
Its a cynical idea that Amitabh did not act well in Black.
Its very cynical and totally false idea that Indira Gandhi wrote letter to Khawaja Ahmed Abbas. You are habitual to turn eyes from the facts. and who told you KA Abbas is grand father of Shahid Kapoor? you mean he is father of Pankaj Kapoor or Neelima Azim?
and KA Abbas’s film Saat Hindustani is not a film one would like to make a debut?
Who told you Dr Hari Vansh Rai Bachchan was aclose friend of Indira Gandhi? Its not based on facts. They were friends to Gandhi family as Pupul Jayakar and all other but to say they were close friends is exaggeration. It can be said Amitabh Bachchan though was close friend of Rajiv Gandhi.
and you are matured enough to understand that with letters from PM of India and that too in 1969-70 when she was most powerful person of India, a newcomer will do those pathetic films like Pyar ki kahani, sanjog etc and will do small roles in Reshma aur Shera.
Ashok Kumar always liked Amitabh Bachcahn too much and rather Amitabh got his first national award when Ashok Kumar was the chairman of the jury and when Ashok Kumar was questioned why Amitabh shd get it for Agneepath he had replied Amitabh shd have got it much earlier in his career. its not only on Agneepath. he has been actor of par excellence and he deserved it much earlier.
Shammi Kapoor has quoted many times that Amitabh Bachchan is the actor who has given maximum number of shades.
Though no actor needs certification from anyone but I hope Ashok Kumar and Shammi Kapoor knew more about acting than you.
When you detest Amitabh then its a sure that anybody working against him will appeal you more and hence Shashi Kapoor, Vinod Khanna, Mithun etc always acted better than him in the films he did with these actors and perhaps audience were foolish that they did not give proper attention to these.
One needs good performance and consistent performance and Amitabh Bachchan is the actor who follows this trend.
For you Mithun is biggest actor though in reality he himself would not believe it. He is a good actor and wait for a post in coming days.
May be you feel happy.
But these comparisons are useless.
not only two various good actors co exisit in same era. and we are lucky we have been witnessing acftors like Dilip saab, Amitabh, Mithun when they are alive.
Mainak: yes it was around same time in 1985. Its one of the best arial view in India when one flies towards Bongoigaon. you lived in very beautiful place in India.
RK bravo! int ka jawaab paththar se…
i was also thinking to write against this comment by romuz but u have writtten all things which were in my mind.
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Oooffffffff! So much of love for the farmer here! I love the farmers who dedicate their lives to us not the ones who take away everything from the poor.
As Tagore wrote in “Dui Bigha Jami” (Do Beegha Zameen):
E jogote haye, sei beshi chay achhe jar bhoori bhoori
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Tumi moharaj, sadhu hole aaj, ami aaj chor bote
Had no patience to use appropiate stemmed character and I have no audacity to translate this.
Don’t get me wrong, I am NOT a hardcore fan of SRK. But when Amitabh was drowning with disasters (commercially and perforfance-wise) like Lal Badshah, he used SRK’s superstardom as a ladder to save him from sinking, with MOHABBATEIN.
Keep away his recent films, he has always been an above average hamming actor with mannerisms, and I say that with an unbiased view and a so-called “knowledge of cinema” which you may question.
Waiting for the post of PRATIM D. GUPTA regarding the experience outside Prateeksha from 18-20 April, 2007. “I stood outside Pratiksha and saw food being hurled at me like they do at the zoo”, says Pratim. Think twice before bestowing divine love.
Just waiting for the folks who would slay me after this comment. No offence meant!
Charles: People have a habit to pull down other people rising high. This is nothing unusual and uncommon tendancy.
These farming incidences etc are looking very well by Indian authorities and law of the land.
One’s good work and bad works and confused actions etc cane be very well separated in a good society.
But yes if Dilip Saab’s and Dhamrmendra’s second marriage are making the causes to treat them as a second grade actor, or provoking us to attack their acting ability, or we shd dislike acting of Shatrughan Sinha and Vinod Khanna because they are associated with BJP, or we shd start rejecting good acting works done by Sanjay Dutt or Salman Khan because they have been made accused in some cases under IPC, then we have not learnt to live in civilized society.
We can read Shantaram and yet can criticise author’s illegal activities he was involved in. But these factors that he was involved in crime dont take away the fact that he is a very good writer and he has written a good book.
Many writers have been there who spent good time of their life in jail. If personal life should affect the creative works of people than Tolstoy’s books shd be burnt.
Its a fashionable thing to say. When AB had done Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan then also it weas said that he took resort of Govinda’s shoulders. now its a mystery then why and how BMCM is the Govindas biggest hit so far?
People have to play roles belonging to their age. and with your logic, AB had taken resort of Rishi Kapoor’s young shoulders in Kabhi Kabhi, Naseeb and then later Aditya Pancholi’s in Akela.
and with this definition, Prithvi Raj Kapoor took energy from Dilip Kumar’s young soul in Mughal-i-azam. and then many many examples are there.
These are pathetic.
What AB did in his son’s marriage does not make him bad actor, that may affect his social image and we as educated matured people shd try to learn to distinguish between two different things.
same things apply in positive side also, being a good actor does not give liberty to AB to do whatever he likes.
I think you are talking abt his social image and is imposing this on his acting ability which does not do any sane justice.
SRK is quite saleable and he did hard work in KBC but while during AB’s time, celebrities used to come on special occasions like during some festivals, during SRK’s hosteness, there was flood of celebrities on KBC’s set.
That shd make a statement.
Dada Kondke was more successful in terms of commercial success of his films does that mean he was greater than Satyajit Ray?
Please read my comment more carefully. When did I say his harming actions made him a bad actor? Just “an above average” (said there), if you ask me! And yes! One’s wrong doings have nothing to do with acting skill. But, in the original post you hail him as an excellent actor who is a victim of political vendetta et al. I just say, he does NOT deserve to be worshipped either as an actor and definitely not as a hman being.
Why do you always drag Ray for instances of commercial success. He didn’t make a single film which he was sure would succeed commercially. He made them out of “PASSION FOR CINEMA”.
There are Orson Welles, Marlon Brando, Charlie Chaplin, Al Pacino for worshipping, who I regard too highly despite their personal shortcomings, (if any). But AB doesn’t have the right to make up the wrongdoings with his whatever “extraordinary” acting skills.
Charles:
NOBODY in the world has got that ability that he should be worshiped.
I am not going to read old post again but I can be sure that nowhere I would have mentioned that he is victim of political vendetta. Yes he was victim of political vendetta in 1987 when Bofors scandal was utilized by Shiv Sena, BJP and third front political parties to attack his films specially ShehanShah.
I am not aware of any such inner wish of Ray that he did not make films for commercial success. releasing the films are enough significant proof that he wanted them to be seen by people. else he could have arranged pvt screening for his friends.
those who dont get commercial success or praises of audience either go alcoholic and die in depression or end their life in slums or mental asylum. This is just POV, for some (and they were many) Ray was someone who exploited poverty to sell his cinematic vision. But Ray is not matter of discussion here but nobody including Ray has been incarnation of GOD on earth.
Everybody and including names you have quoted have their good works and bad works.
Beyond any personal disliking (for any reason) there is understanding where anyone can understand others work without showing any partiality. This is hilarious to know “Keep away his recent films, he has always been an above average hamming actor with mannerisms, and I say that with an unbiased view and a so-called
And excuse me if you please! People have a habit to pull down other people rising high. This is nothing unusual and uncommon tendancy. Wasn’t this a dialogue from Guru? Who defended his wrongs (of not payin’ tax, revenue etc. etc.) with this SOLID Dialogue?
Charles, I dont know if this is a dialogue of Guru. If I will quote a filmi dialogue I will give you reference.
I NEED YOUR SUPPORT FELLOW PFC-ians WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT CINEMA.
Now, you have infuriated me Mr. Whatever!
Ray sold the poverty of India, huh? You seem to be deeply influenced by Nargis Dutt! Do you think India is all about the glam and glitz of Manmohan Desai and Yash Chopra pictures? Is everything in India very modern as being presented to make a “developing” country to the western countries? I ask how you how much do you know about India or even cinema beyond some filthy bollywood movies? If you knew ANYTHING you would certainly know the allegory behind my name.
And Ray didn’t have to sell the poverty. Isn’t it known all over the world per se? Where, in this country even now crores of people die of malnutrition and a drop of drinming water. A major part is under povery level now. An Indian, you? Do you know about the famines that attacked India one after another?
Do you know who Akira Kurosawa was? A famous qoute by him: “Not to have seen the cinema of Ray means existing in the world without seeing the sun or the moon.” Maybe he was being just too naive. Not everyone is as intelligent as you!
Not too far, the best man in Bollywood, Vishal Bharadwaj also amplifies his views. It’s in a rediff interview; I’ll provide you links if you wish.
Maybe your knowledge of cinema is bigger than him.
I am just a filthy person!
Ray was the first person to show that poverty is not everything about hunger and regret, it can even be a cheerful ride. That’s what makes his films special. By the way, please mention the films other than Apu Trilogy by him about poverty. It’s the best ‘human’ story ever told. The joy of life rests on the conquest of poverty, that’s what he showed. FAR closer to reality than any of Bolly movies and for that fact, AB movies. I believe you may also accuse Charlie Chaplin of “selling poverty”; for, he made almost no films without this central theme.
He showed what you call passion for cinema.
And I wish he sold the poverty. Then he wouldn’t have spent his life in a rented appartment in 1, Bishop Lefroy Road in Calcutta. If he sold poverty, he would have never become what he had. If he sold poverty, his apartment could be covered by ‘Gold’ and there would be A/C in every room. Yes! I visited it! If he sold poverty, his genius son Sandip Ray wouldn’t have to wait for any producer to translate his father’s stories to the screen.
So, according to you, Ladri de biciclette was nothing but Vittorio De Sica’s hunger of money. Incidentally, this happens to be the career-driving films of both Ray and ANURAG KASHYAP.
So, should I expect you to call Black Friday a commercial film because it sells “national tragic event”? So only money, no passion!
I know, you are gonna castrate me with your mighty words after this comment. I admit that I defeat and I am a bloody fool! I wholeheartedly admit you to be the most inetelligent person e’er on PFC. Congrats for your success!THE ONLY CINEMATIC GENIUS – RK.
And yes! I forgot mention another moron – what? Scorsese, who was deeply influenced by Ray’s commercialisation of cinema and actually requested the academy to consider “commercial-ness” of Ray over art and creativity.
Aaj mausam kafi garam lag raha hai 8-|8-|….
Charles: Anger is good otherwise how we would have got so lengthy comment from you.
I think you did not read my line with care. I had written, many people say this. I did not say this that I also say this.
I know Nargis said it in upper house. Pran also said this but this was just their POVs.
Many are not all.
I like Rays films. I dislike him when he said on an international forum that” But you know Ritwik Ghatak is an alcoholic”. But this disliking of his statement does not stop me to like and praise his cinema.
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Friend I really dont know who is Akira Kurosawa?
Black Friday is a commercial cinema (from producer POV if not from Directors POV) otherwise why Producer would care that it shd have earned money. Every film is commercial to some extent. If not towards money then towards praises.
Authors, directors they need either commercial success or appraisal of readers and audience. This is only at later stage when they get some content they can manage to deny these things but not in starting of their career. otherwise nobodyx will ever use this word career. Career means depending on others.
Thanks for informative comment.
If your anger is gone, If I may request you to write a piece on Ray’s cinema, it will be fortune of readers of PFC.
Shatrughan: you also take some warmness from this heat. your views are welcomed.:)
I think once me n RK also had longgggg arguments over amitabh bachchan n it went on n on n on. Bcz i hate that man, as a person. the reasons r too many to put here.
I don’t know which inetrnational forum you’re talking about. As a part of Bengal, I know, RAY HAS ALWAYS APPRECIATED GHATAK and hope you don’t know his take on MEGHE DHAKA TARA. At times, Ray even placed Ghatak notches above him.
You don’t know Akira Kurosawa? Was that a joke? If it isn’t, I have nothing to say.
BTW. The commerciality lies in the treatment of the subject and quiddity of not thinking of any preset boundary.
Ans yes! I am not gonna impose my POVs on anyone nor do I expect anyone to accept my POV.
But Kurosawa!
Phoenixnu: to you also I had said that your hate towards a person AB does not/shd not hinder your understanding about actor AB.:)
When he is bad in real life and breaks the law, let law takes its action . send him to jail, but somehow people, and some are here, who dislike him for other reasons and then attack acting ability of his as an actor. Thats not justified.
Charles: Ray’s saying is on record. It has been published. I wonder being so ardent fan of Ray you dont know his saying abt Ghatak. You must look for his Interview kind of discussion with some western film maker and there you will get his sayings. I am not in a mood to search on net that conversation otherwise I could have helped you.
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But leaving aisde these things and arguments, please write some article on Ray for PFC.
‘Nuff said! Let other cine buffs argue. Personally, I end it here. I said almost everthing I had to.
It’s not possible for me to change a person’s POV. Just was reading a message board in rediff. People there think that Big B is a MUCH BETTER ACTOR than Marlon Brando! Nothin’ to say! Some things are better left unsaid!!
Guru:
“Mere gaanv mein ek kahaawat hai, agar log tumhare baare mein kuchh bura bole, to samajh lena tum jaroor kuchh acha kar rahe ho”
There is a saying in our village: “If people say bad things about you, you must be doing something good.”
RK: agree dear. but sometimes u like/hate a person so much that u want to judge him/her everywhere by the same parameters. what to do. we r human,bhagwaan nahi hai na.
AB as an insan, kafi mamooly hai par as an actor toh nisandeh zabardast hai.
@ Charles Foster
If you knew ANYTHING you would certainly know the allegory behind my name.
Does you name have a nice behind(arse)? Just wondering:-?:-?:-?
Arrey Yaar!! Ray rated Ghatak very highly! Okay here’s a quote from wikipedia:
“Satyajit Ray did what he could to promote his colleague, but Ray’s generous praise did not translate into international fame for Ghatak.”
He saw MDT more than once and scoffed at people who regarded it as a bleak film. A noted incident.
SO I AM PUTTING AN END HERE!
Charles: you are right mate, its not easy to change the world and it really does not matter if some (they may be 10 to 10 million in numbers) think that someone is bigger than the other person. Though this is there that one can put up his POV.
and I know Ray and Ghatak said many things in praise of each other.
Phoenixnu: Its true indeed that so many times its difficult to separate man’s image from his work. But perhaps this alchemy to see different things in different perspective, we are learning at a forum like PFC where many different kind of minds are functioning.
Being on such forum having vareity of thoughts is a big advantage and anyone can check this in his age group that people belonging to here will score over others in their age grp because they are learning from very different kind of POVs also.
He! He! He! GWL. Funny and clever no? I don’t expect it to be better either. Do you really think they are my names?
Please ask it to the intelligentia of PFC who know my name: BHAVANI IYER, PRATIM D. GUPTA and ANURAG KASHYAP.
Man I didn’t know you were so much ineterst in my arse and have the courage to praise my assets. And why only them? I have so many things in me! Love ya! Homo, you?
Please try to find it.
(To RK)
Excuse me sir you seem to be very sure of what ashok kumar and shammi kapoor said, but you are relegating Mithun and his national awards to no status, you also should know if you claim to have so much knowledge as to what a lot of people think about mithuns talent in the industry, as he has more fans then Amitabh and when ashok kumar acted with Mithun in Shaukeen, he paid him the highest regards as well as Hema Malini cast him in her first movie ever as a producer in Sharara.
That says a lot for who likes whom.
As for the worst movies in india they are Besharam,Ajooba,Mard,Toofan and numerous other movies Amitabh made from 1970 to Jhoom Barabar Jhoom which is easily one of the worst movies ever made,now as for Mithun he has taken artistic risks but as for Amitabh he has never made a movie ever which was artistically orientated .
I would like to point out to you that Shahrukh khan has made a huge sucess of don despite the media cospiracy hatched by Amitabh and his friends and he is in madame tassaud too, thats in London not in germany and srk is discussed from vienna to madrid and also from kenya to malaysia,so that answers your arguments
my respects and compliments
@Charles Foster aur baki jo bhi tumhare angrezi naam hain
Why dont you explain the subtle connotations of your nic yourself?
Okay, Sorry to start it all over again but I promise (hopefully) it’s the last one from me in the AB respect.
You are surprised why don’t I admire AB as an actor. And I am biased. Really? I mention Charlie Chaplin. He had legitimate or illegitimate relations at least with TEN WOMEN! That doesn’t matter to me as it is not my duty to strutinize anyone’s personal life. He is a bad, bad person but that doesn’t affect me anyways in terms of his acting. I have two different views; one as a viewer and other as a human being. They never converge, anyways!
And on THAT NOTE, I feel AB is just an “above average” one in respect with the stalwarts I have mentioned. No biases on that!
An end, this!
“he is bad, bad person”…..it’s not Charlie, it’s AB. A correction!
Arrey GWL, the lover of my body!
I am a hardcore Indian! These are names from two films which are considered textbook of cinema! And everybody who claim to be PASSIONATE ABOUT CINEMA “must” know ‘em.
Can you guys cool down? Both are on a different tangent. RK is defending AB the actor. CFK is hurt because of the X-Ray lines. I believe a point can be made without attacking someone. Renoir made River before Ray made Pather Panchali. So he couldn’t have been the first to sell Indian poverty and even if it is selling poverty then he did it well, like Mother Teresa. As for AB, well, he’s got three national awards, many magazine and channel awards, so obviously there are many who think he acts well and obviously there are others who thinks he hams big time in the same films – Agneepath and Black – which he gets awarded for. So to each his own. Don’t fight over two faces of Indian cinema. This blog is much read and it may seem you are throwing mud at yourself…
This is getting nasty.
Give him a break.
IMHO none of the heroes in Bollywood are actors. They all are stars.
I can only think of Aamir Khan and AB as both Actors and Stars.
Rest of the stars just fill in.
amitabh shameful got award for black and agneepath!!!!! only 2 not three!!!
Thanks PDG! “CFK is hurt because of the X-Ray lines”- LOL!:d:d:d:d
May I know why my non-harmful and non-offensive message got trolled? I contained nothing that would offened anyone. I was just appreciating waht Pratim wrote here as I found that very humourous. whyyyyyyyy? and whoooooooo?[-x
What did it contain? This is probably my final post on PFC. Good-bye! And do give a valid explanation why it was trolled!
sorry… I mistook it for a jab.
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this is sad!! why my msg got trolled!! this seem you people so baised!!!!
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Thanks for the apology, oz!
Dr Romuz: ur comment is generating two types of reactions in my mind:
I am not sure if Hema Malini being producer of Sharara but yes Hema Malini, certainly took Mithun in Dil Ashna hai, her first directorial venture. I dont know if you will call Dil Ashna hai, one of the greatest film ever made in Hindi because it had launched SRK also in hindi films.
U have missed the latest news that SRK has now statue in France also.
Regarding awards if awards make a film maker or actor greatest then ( hopefully Charles aka so many things ricci will forgive me for using Satyajit Ray’s name again)Satyajit Ray was nothing on world’s map covering many great directors because his films never got any Oscar. But we know he was one of the greatest film maker. so these awards swards cant be criteria. there was a period in India, where directors used to picturise their films under light coming from zero watt bulb and they tried to insert them in the category of so called Art films, a movement started by some great film makers and hence when any tom dick and harry started making those kind films movement saw premature death.
I just recall some months ago you had commented that last time (first time also for you) Amitabh had acted in Saudagar. That was a very ordinary film having so many lackings in every field. if Gurh banana and perh par charhna is acting then certainly he did very fine job there. But as art lies in eyes of watcher so perhaps for you thats the film, for me it was not. Just to show ordinary characters can not be a criteria to declare a film as great.
If Mithun’s talent has been wasted then he is more responsible than film makers. He had got good position at BO and in film industry which he himself wasted by dying for few bucks. He became a shrewd businessman and hence he became source of making some vulgar kind of films. he had a hotel in bangalore and filmmakers were forced to do shooting there. all actors were fixed in his chandal jallad and what not kinda films.
If he lost respect then he is responsible. he misjudged people’s love for him. He did not want to fulfil their expectations from him.
so result is his works are like a muddy pond and sometimes lotuses are seen there.
Its a pity an actor of his calibre almost wasted his talent.
If youi have any access to him, then please advise him to do some good films. he is not in that situation when he had come to bombay from culcutta in 70s. now he is rich and can afford not to do bogus films. He can wait to do only good films.
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Dr Romuz:
This is going to be funny so pls take it that way only.
I had a dream last night and I got this revelation abt whatever you have been saying since long. Whatever wrong has been happening with Mithun and his career its all because of Amitabh and his propaganda gang. If Amitabh was not there then Mithun was going to be Amitabh for all audience and not only Amitabh of poor people (though I dont understand this tag- when cinema ticket is same for all then whats this rich or poor). We all shd fight for Mithun’s rights.
He has a strong fan base in BENGAL and especially in Culcutta but its conspiracy of Amitabh that some people have made a temple in Culcutta where they adore Amitabh’s statue. First this is blasphemy to adore a person and that too a living person but for some time if we accept this stupid act of some blind followers then this temple shd belong to Mithun. First this is his state and this is his city. So we shd make a plan.
Now I have got two minds here. First we are not Mahmood of Ghazani or Aurangzeb that we can demolish an existing temple and can make a new building there with the ruins of that temple. Wew are not even present days fanatics that may try to make it disputed land so that stautues of Mithun and Amitabh lie outside and people fight over ownership of the land. and its also not possible to establish Mithun’s statue in same temple where Amitabh’s statue is already existing as that will make Mithun’s status less which you and many others will not like.
So other thought is to make a new temple and for this we need money.
What abt collection and donation of about 2k-5k Pounds, then it can be a good start.
Mimoh is going to start his career and SRK is helping him and in few years we can establish his small statue also there in that temple.
please think over the proposal.
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Pratim: I am not defending AB either as a person or as an actor and neither I am attacking Satyajit Ray. It has less to do with AB Ray etc and more to do understanding of us ordinary people.
Its hilarious to see that Charles can become so angry just by mentioning the name of Ray in some disputed manners and he does not think twice before doing it same for other biggies.
This is the point. Its like religion. when you believe in a religion then it teaches you to respect other’s religons as well. Otherwise you are just turning in to fanatic beliver.
Its possible that one cant understand Rays work and its very much possible that one cant assess AB’s acting work so in such cases comments shd have some justified tone.
Mera Khhon Khhon tera khhon pani cant/should not happen. (My blood is blood and yours is water)
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//Regarding awards if awards make a film maker or actor greatest then ( hopefully Charles aka so many things ricci will forgive me for using Satyajit Ray
OP: I think Acedemy just washed its sins by giving them life time achievement awards.
Well I dont assume Oscar is ultimate parameter for success but it certainly has some importance and recognition all over the world. I cant recall Ray got it before death or they gave him after death and if Ray got it before dying and he accepted it then it also suggests that he recognised its worth.
Ray even accepted film fare award for Shatranj ke khiladi. At the same time the same movie was nominated for Golden Bear in Berlin Film Festival. Being a cinema afficianado, you are aware of the prestige to be nominated in competition section in such film festivals. Does that mean Berlin Film Festival and Filmfare are on the same ground.
As far as Ray recognizing oscar is a different issue as no matter what he does he cannot submit a film by himself. As long as Harmesh Malhotra chairs the committee, we will keep on sending Jeans. Also you failed to recognize in my earlier comment that I never said Ray did or didnt recognize Oscar, I was rather saying that Oscar for someone who won top prizes in all the who-is-who film festivals around the world hardly matters. This was my opinion and not Ray’s. :d
Ray got honorary award on his death bed. He actually gave a video conference speech on the screen from the hospital bed.
OP: ya thats a trick,
all greats dont give much weightage to any award. and perhaps they cant and they shd not. If they come on their ways they accept.
Can a single person be chairman of selection committee for long? Harmesh Malhotra can be at the most for 2-3 years. is not it?
I was not saying that he was one who actually sent jeans. It was a rhetoric to corroborate the fact that we choose people like harmesh malhotra with creditable filmography (nagina, nigahen, etc) as the jury member and then expect us to be recognized. There has to be some credibility of Jury members.
RK in my years of interactions with Foreigners esp from Europe SATYAJIT RAY is the only name everyone knows. And this was even before I was a film freak. Everytime I would ask anyone about our films the first name on most people’s lips is always Ray. Now maybe Shahrukh is a famous name. But famous & respected are two very different things.
So I don’t think you can say something like that
“Satyajit Ray was nothing on world
sir ,(RK) your ignorance of movie world is apparent from the fact you have no idea who produced sharara ,it was an adaptation of irving wallace book second lady produced by hema starring raj kumar and herself with mithun and tina .you can contact her to find out the other details .your counter arguments are actually countering your own arguments ,as you are the one who raised the issue of awards as a merit to amitabh ,mithun has seven national award nominations and 4 awards so you can be sure he is not wasted at all ,as for cheap movies there is nothing cheaper then nishabdplease go and watch it and then we can take the argument any further.but i think it will be wasted as your lack of knoweledge of both good cinema and cinema in general is obvious regards
Mainak: Man you could be very successful in Media.
You know how to lift lines and present them out of context.:d
This quality is highly needed in Media of present time. Something which can be presented as sensational.
Thank You RK!
But no thanks. I don’t think very highly of the Media these days. There are exceptions….but very few.
@RK
I was away from net last week…seems like I missed all the action here.
Like they say, A Picture’s Worth A Thousand Words.
Here is something that a friend of mine drew about Amitabh: A farmer, issue. (I plead guilty of self-promotion)
http://8ate.blogspot.com/2007/07/sandeeps-cartoon-corner.html
In his interview ‘Amitabh Strikes Back’ telecasted tonight on NDTV, he even quotes the definition of a farmer as given in some dictionary.
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070022380
”It’s becoming a controversy because the media wishes to put it that way. The definition of a farmer was put across in such a way as though it was mocking me, it was full of sarcasm.
Okay, I heard something about myself here. I am not in a mood to start arguments all over again.
‘I can become so angry just by mentioning the name of Ray in some disputed manners and I do not think twice before doing it same for other biggies.
This is the point. Its like religion. when you believe in a religion then it teaches you to respect other
Gosh! What did I write unconsciously! No “beer”!
Vinayak:
Sarcasm is good and many times its very good. and to say something which is covered with layers of humour is best way to present the things.
Many people have been doing this and many humour based columnist do this. If you watch Great Indian Laughter Challenge then you must be finding many comedians taking Amitabh Bachchan’s recent controverial matters in funny ways.
If one has not laughed since ages then he must watch Kuljit Dubey, a contestent there while he is digging graves of Abhishek and Aishwarya’s marriage. Completely hilarious act.
But all said and done, Let Demi God and Gods and atleast their God status shd vanish for once and all and let actors be actors, nothing more nothing less.
This Demi God status if helps them then it harms them a lot whenever there is some controversy then its blown up out of proportion else every tom dick and harry in india is enjoying this trick of remaining farmer to save tax. AB also fell for this trick then it shows he is also not above rest of the countrywallas. and Many other film stars and sport stars might have been doing same trick since years but luckily (luck for them) they were not caught. Extra attention to stars is a bullshit thing. At present these stars are demanding less public attention and they shd be given as that less public attention bring them down on earth also. They shd be professionals as any other professional. and this proper treatment from public will set the market in good manner also. As a Soldier is doing his service at border but nobody is giving millions to him to show him in Advertisement then why a cricketer shd be given mad sum of money? He shd be given satisfactory money with response to their performance on ground and not for their long hairs hanging on their shoulders.
Hope this sarcasm work well:)
Romuz. I think you are bit on Shahrukh side… Shahrukh is only known among Pakistanis based in UK, USA and Canada apart from Indians based abroad. And all these BAFTA-NAFTA is bull-Cra*. I was talking to a Egyptian Taxi driver in Saudi Arabia and he told me that he has seen all the movies by Amitabh Ji. People in Oman, Yemen, Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, UK, USA and many more knows Amitabh ji properly. I think you are one of those musi’s who are die hard fan of that Haklu SRK. Get a life and stop comparing Amitabh Ji with SRK…. bullshi*
Thats a funny thing regarding Dr Romuz and Usman Khwaja.
I got a chance to read few initial posts of Amitabh Bachchan on his blog and here at PFC and everywhere on net Dr Romuz and Usman Khwaja simply try to treat Amitabh Bachchan as the worst actor ever appeared on the surface of Hindi cinema and there either of them (Dr Romuz or Usman Khwaja) had published a long comment prasing Amitabh Bachchan and seeking his attention towards this praise. If they get power they will erase the name of Amitabh Bachchan from the cine history and will inscribe Mithun Chakravorty’s name in embossed letters as biggest actor (which he himself will not accept).
Consistent character bhee koi cheese hai ki nahin?:)
Hmm RK, i had my experience with Romuz and Usman at a website called www.mouthshut.com, where i earlier published some movie reviews of mine. Usman Khwaja used to publish the same sort of anti AB articles, in fact he was persistently critical of Abhishek and Aishwarya. Usman did have a good knowledge of World cinema, but the major problem with him was his king size ego, if u dared to disagree with his views, he would launch a personal tirade against you. And that got to him on Mouthshut, where he indulged in some very cheap personal attacks on certain members. It was then that some members did not take it lying down, and launched an all out attack on him, and Mouthshut, had to ban him forever. BTW i thought it was Dr.Usman Khwaja.
Incidentally Usman’s user id on Mouthshut was Oz, and in fact during my early days at PFC, i was wondering whether this Oz was the same one here. As for Romuz, he was more of Usman’s lap dog, parroting everything his master had to say. In fact after reading through some of Romuz’s posts, it makes me wonder whether he and Usman are the same guy.
Interesting observation regarding Romuz and Usman, i had an earlier encounter with them.
Amitabh Bachchan is a legendary legend if I am permitted to use this coinage. He is a man with debonair looks, a pleasing friendly personality and a completely outstanding talent for acting. He is India’s only superstar with an actor built inside and puts to shame the choclate heros ney boys like the modern day actors be it SRK or SK who mimic and stammer and are busy copying him in more than one ways.
The first ten spots of Hindi film stardom to this global icon whom we call as Big B. His macho image in real life overcoming many upheveals and accidents some fatal and his brave and successful fight against life threatening diseases prove he is what he named himself in over 20 movies and that is “Vijay”, or Victory. Big B is an original, natural and cult inventor whose mere presence even if it is silent is enough to chill your spine and make blood run through your cheeks in excitement. His versatility and passion coupled with his energetic emotional outbursts are enough to even make even the dead take notice and he sets the screen ablaze with his dynamo magnetic appeal. He is a Charles Bronsan and Robert De Niro rolled in one.
This guy Big B has inspired actors and actress all ages to give their best or else be eclipsed. The most popular and commercially successful movies of Hindi filmdom have come from him no need to mention names. A career spanning 40 years and more than 160 movies almost all being classics and blockbusters puts all other to shame. Movies are made specially keeping in mind his persona which is probably not true for anyone else. Big B is probably equalled in only some ways by only Dilip Sahib.
This great guy can play any role with a natural ease and always exceeds the expectations of his team and audience. Big B has a tone that reminds one of a person with natural leadership of the highest order. He does movies all which have an entertainmental theme be it Anand or Don or Sholay or Hum.
Big B ia the stuff that get demi God status because they deserve. This is a guy who has been termed as a single man industry.
Big B is real stuff both on screen and off screen because he comes out as a person with elegant mannerisms and a gentlemanish attitude.
Big B is the guy who first made people notice the corrupt environment beginning with Zanjeer and dethroned the earlier heartthrob Rajesh Khanna by starting the angry young man cult. This was a big challenge and big risk in those days and only Jayaji was there to support him when other actresses initially showed reluctance to even work with him something that Sallu Bhai also faced. They married only after the success of Zanjeer which was a super hit and made him numero uno.
Big B reaches both Hindi and non-Hindi population across continents no woder he defeated the likes of Charlie Chaplin and Marlon Brando. You can fool some people some time but not all people all the time.
When you see a Big B movie you get much more than what you spend. He has a magntic appeal and a very contagious successful persona.
Big B has a civic service bent of mind as he wants to be a journalist in his next birth. He is a noble soul because he abhors meat and eats only vegetarian or Saatvik meals as per Hindu shastras even though his castemen are known to be great meat eaters.
Big B is almost always politically right and enjoys appeal with a lot of people because of his panache and persona. Big B is a man head and shoulder above others who are either boys or in between. Comparing Big B with someone is like showing a lamp to Sun.
Do we not remember what Prakash Mehra said that who will give this horse any work and it was he himself instrumental in making this horse others look donkeys.
Big B is enough to be a single character in a movie. Others should thank their stars that they are sharing stage with him and rubbing shoulders with this doyen and father of Hindi filmdom.
Hats off to this guy and may God bles him with all he desires and wants to do. I pray that he be awarded a Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award. A stint at Presidentship would also fit the bill.
Jiyo Amit Jiyo! Kudos to this son of the soil!
Marhaba to Big B. Humble suggestion to Big B you are the most envied person and people are after you which is not hidden…please stop this dogfight and mud slinging with Soniaji and family as it is of no use…let bygones be bygones…chhodo kal ki battein kal ki baat purani naye daur se likhenge hum milkar nayi kahani hum hindustani…the biggest virtue is forgivance…to err is human and to forgive divine…people are enjoying the cock-fighting between these two families and it is taking tyrannical shape…you are a man why are you pitching yourself against a lady who is a pawn of the coterie? The power struggle should be a civilized and mature affair.