Archive for October, 2009

DAY 557

Posted on: October 31, 2009 - 2:17 am

Comments: 600

Prateeksha, Mumbai                           October 30/31, 2009                       Fri/Sat  1:31 AM


When there is an honesty in revealing, it is disturbing to be struck down for being truthful.

If my honest description of religious routine for a particular day is not to be understood and criticized, then I shall remain with the routine and bid adieu to him that advises me against it.

That I visit a Muslim dargah and a Hindu temple has been viciously criticized by an unknown element on my mobile. He says it is incorrect of me to do so and that I should never do it again.

Well dear man, if you are reading this insignificant little blog of mine, here is what I have to say to you. I AM GOING TO DO IT AGAIN, AND SHALL CONTINUE TO DO IT. AND I WANT TO SEE HOW YOU ARE GOING TO STOP ME. IF YOU HAVE THE COURAGE AND GUTS COME AND GET ME.

I do have his mobile number and I do have a name too. I believe that there is no law that can protect such atrocious uttering. We live in a temperate secular society where we learn to respect all religions. My belief is of my own making. If the temple or the mosque or a dargah has no objection to my visits ; if my Constitution and the laws of the country give me that freedom and if I do not offend them, then who is this man to stop me or correct me ?

It is elements like this that penetrate the psyche of vulnerable and innocent people and subject them to unnecessary and unjustified bias. I strongly object to it and abhor the existence of such elements in society. This gentleman even threatens me by getting personal. He says that my film ‘Aladin’ shall not have success because of this deed of mine.

Let me first tell you dear brother that if the film has merit, no force on earth will be able to stop its worth. If the film is weak and does not have merit, no force on earth shall be able to make it a success. No prayers, no reviews nothing will be able to save it.

Secondly, at the cost of every film of mine failing, I am not going to change my routine. If I wish to go to a temple I shall go there. If I wish to go to a mosque I shall go there as well and so also to a gurudwara or a church. And I want to see who is going to stop me from doing so !!

It has been a tiring day at Bigg Boss. The act of seeing someone being evicted is not a pleasant task to perform. It is painful and disturbing. But nothing could be more disturbing than this obscure mobile message that challenges our very basics of a free and liberal society such as ours.

I am also excited about showing my extended family the first promo of ‘PAA’. I believe the formal launch for it takes place by the 6th of November, but I shall see if the FmXt can have a peak before. So till I can get the mechanics of that in place, let me catch some much needed sleep, disturbed as I am with this obscene mobile sermon !

Love to all

Amitabh Bachchan

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DAY 556

Posted on: October 30, 2009 - 2:45 am

Comments: 538

Prateeksha, Mumbai                           October 29/30, 2009                         Thu/Fri  2:07 AM


Yes it is late ! Yes I should not be writing at this time ! And yes I need to look after my health !

But the joy of connecting with my EF is beyond late hours and health conditions. I am late because we have just concluded a trial of ‘Aladin’ at YRF, for family and friends and elated by the response have not been able to contain myself in penning down a few lines before hitting the sack and sacking the hit in a few hours. Yes ! In 3 hours I shall be leaving for Lonavala and BB 3, and so a very sleep deprived pop philosopher shall be conducting affairs at the break of dawn.

Actually the morning was early too. Off at 5 am to Haji Ali dargah, to the Devi temple at the corner of Marine Drive, at a small dargah on Worli sea face and finally at Siddhivinayak. A day of fast too for the pooja later in the house - Satyanarayan Pooja, which in the absence of my Mother and Father I now conduct personally. It is not the same; it never is without them. But I do what ever has remained with me of the time they performed it for us and follow. My cousin sister from my Mother’s side, her elder sister’s daughter, has sent me a GuruNanak Dev ji pendant and I wear it around my neck and thank the portraits of all the Sikh Guru’s that bless the wall of my little temple in the house. An air of religiosity pervades every corner of our existence. Inexplainable acts and deeds that the entire universe is subjected to, we believe, do belong to some supreme power, an unknown force around us. We have titled it and revered it and worshipped it. Given it a place in our hearts and minds. Given it belief and the strength of our convictions. Many have given it form and voice. Many converse with it without getting any response; many say they do.

It is the strength of our belief and the power it exudes that keeps us servile in its midst. How wonderful that mankind found someone to be servile to. Most of the time our arrogance and ego do not subject us to servility even in the most extreme circumstances. But here it is the supreme power, one that beckons without calling, dictates without telling, listens without letting us know that it hears. When you look at the edicts that they prepared for us - the Ramayan, the Geeta, the Bible, the Quran, the Granth Saheb Ji, you wonder at these feats of godliness. How did they put down in writing thought and word all that these respected and revered religious books contain. It is the marvel of their existence, it is the marvel of their thought and belief that subjects us into awe and reverence. And so may it remain. The human would have been bereft of belief if it had not existed. Was this the way of the gods to instill belief in us ? Would we have been a different race if there was no belief in our existence ?

Interesting do you not think ? The matter of belief !!

My love and more,

Amitabh Bachchan

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