Posted on: July 23, 2009 - 10:52 pm
Singapore July 23, 2009 Thu/Fri 1:30 AM
I made some desperate attempts to answer as many comments as I could and as I went along the comments kept increasing. It began with around 125, which I felt was achievable if I started early. But I would do 10 and another 50 would come along ! I gave up at a point where I felt I would have to be up all night with answers and not be able to do the blog.
I chose the blog over the answers. But the idea remains. The intent remains and the will.
I became slightly adventurous today. Stepped out to get a few medications at a pharmacy and ended up getting a whole lot of other stuff. Little things like special toothpastes and brushes for the teeth, wrist bands for ailing ‘blog punching fingers’, a waist brace to keep my back straight and comfortable and a handy bag to carry all my gym equipment. The market is full of such variety and style, its an expedition to undertake. And the moment you decide on one and buy it, you walk past another store with better merchandise and you curse yourself for not having come by the second shop first.
But really.. it is such an embarrassment to enter a store look around, dislike objects shown and walk away to another. At least for me it is painful to do so. Women are masters at this. They have the capacity to pull an entire store down and then walk away saying they did not like anything !! I just cannot do that and I cannot be in a situation where I am accompanying the lady to a store when she is about to begin a demolition !!!
Men … get in, chose the object of desire, price, purchase … out of there.
Women … o! boy ! .. let me not attempt to even go there.
So got a nice, comfortable, soft, tight fitting case, for the computer - protective gear for this most important and precious element in the .. connect ! And got one for the wife as well for her lighter MacAir. She seemed pleased. Cooked me a pasta for dinner as the last strains of ‘GREY’S ANATOMY’ came to an emotional end. Season over. Got to switch to WEST WING now. Had left it mid way some months ago.
Singapore breathes efficiency and sterilized existence. Had a problem yesterday as you know with the internet. Took the liberty and the chance of calling the management downstairs and making a soft request if something could be done. Within seconds the door bell rand and suitably attired gentlemen, shoes off by the door, entered and had solution to the problem sorted in the next minute. And here I am, with a stupid grin on my face, hammering away at the keys to the ‘familia extendum’.
No, do not Google that remark to check on my brilliance. Its just a cooked up daft remark which I just made up, so that with the passage of time when we shall - ’shall’ fellas - get insulated tired and entirely fed up with the caps., EF, we could all switch to …
‘famext’ … !!
Got it ? Thought you would !!
National day for Singapore coming up. I think its 9th August. The city decorates itself with banners and flags at vantage points. The National Emblem, the LION face, prominent in its majesty looking down upon us, its lustrous mane symbolically divided into 5 partings depicting - democracy, peace, progress, justice and equality.
During the Singapore IIFA they had generously decorated the streets with banners of the event and gave us a most warm and hospitable welcome. I had the great honor of having an orchid, the country’s national flower, named after me at a most gracious ceremony at the orchid museum here. I brought it home to Mumbai and it still flowers in my garden as a most memorable symbol of the people of this island.
Many in the ‘famext’.. hey, I am already beginning to use this alternative .. have desired some photographs of Singapore, preferably with me ‘doing’ the streets ! Hokkayy ! An effort ’shall’ be made ! Overdoing this ’shall’ bit ?? Fine we shall put an end to it, willingly !
Got a really smart one on my mobile sms.. a bit risque.. but what the hell we are all adults are we not.. barring a few 16 year olds !
And here it is - its by Woody Allen -
“In my next life i want to live my life backwards. You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in an old people’s home feeling better every day. You get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension, and then when you start work, you get a gold watch and a party on your first day. You work for 40 years until you are young enough to enjoy your retirement. You party, drink alcohol, and are generally promiscuous, then you are ready for high school. You then go to primary school, you become a kid, you play. You have no responsibilities, you become a baby until you are born. And then you spend your last 9 months floating in a luxurious spa and end up as an orgasm…”
A lot of people I forwarded it to, thought it was just brilliant !
Then I got another one -
” Who says we don’t exercise ? we jump to conclusions, drag our feet, throw our weight around, stretch the truth, bend the rules and go around in circles !!
SUN TV … here I come !! Amma ! Yennaka passika de amma !!
Vanakkam !
Amitabh Bachchan
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Hola!
‘Yellow’ is definitely the new Black!
So here’s one from me – “Yellow” by Coldplay:
~Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And everything you do,
Yeah, they were all yellow.~
Keep connecting through the yellow line…
Love & Prayers
Dear Amitji,
Greetings!
Prior to working in Abu Dhabi, I was working in Egypt. I must say, a common man in Egypt recognizes an Indian as a place where Amitabh Bachchan belong!!…I faced this right from the immigration, customs, on the way out and then into the car with a local driver.
I also happened to go for a short holiday to Sharm al Sheikh during my tenure there. I and a few friends went out to eat and as soon as the owner of the restaurant saw us he offered a discount of 25% if we write your name on the napkin…I did…and my word, the Owner gave us a whopping discount!
You have ardent admirers there and please do visit Egypt to give them your love….
I see in Ur blog. A guy called Igor from Russia has been writing…even if you miss a peela line for us (of course, we do need), kindly send Igor a message if possible. It’s just that people from different country should not go unnoticed…
Regards
Shankar
Sir,
enjoy your stay in Singapore.
Dear Amit Ji,
The pics of Solar Eclipse were great especially with that green tinge. Good to see your photos up close and personal ..without the make-up and prosthetics.
It feel good to know that artists , however accomplished, celebrated and glamorous they may be are humans after all…they also wear white kurtas within the comforts of their home, play with their pet, watch the same shows that we do, they worry about similar issues like rain , heat , global warming, kids education, family values, religion, spirituality , cultural divide..or may be more trivial Issues like “what’s in for dinner tonight” ( although my husband would like to differ, and doesn’t consider this as petty )…
Celebrities just like us go through Security hassles at airports , they worry about their kids higher education —marriage—having grandchildren and so on.
I read a very interesting quote some time back ” Time is an equal opportunity employer, we all get 24 hours in a day” ..God or Universe doesn’t discount stars or Artists.
They are equally prone to diseases, affected in same way by sorrow , happiness and laughter. Yeah some may argue that celebrities have access to best treatments and procedures in the world. True!!! But the fact is that at human level they are like rest of us..their basic needs are just the same..roti, kapda, makaan …in short what brings happiness to a person .. As much as we would like to believe that we are all different there are some stark similarities in what brings peace and harmony to humans.
Celebrities are as humans and normal as we all are and should not be held hostage to the “what we believe ” they are . What we perceive their image to be may be our misreading or concoction of write-ups we might have read over some period. How tough do we make for an artist to just enjoy paani puri at juhu beach in rains..to visit a relative in a hospital, or receive a family member at the airport, how suffocating it becomes for them to be normal when they are followed by shutterbugs just everywhere.. Well barring the “rest room” …fortunately..
Imagine being followed by a crooked mirror all the time,, showing the ugly side of you most of the time.. just imagine how it would make us feel..(ladies would vouch for that) … I don’t think we would be in our best of best if being followed by story hoggers or lets say story scriptwriters all the time.. So if a celebrity snaps….please don’t punish them with harsh judgments , public verdicts and decrees..
For those of us who are parents must have experienced this many times, a child asking us similar questions and at some point we do snap and say ..Just keep quiet. Thankfully we are not being written about…Imagine how celebrities feel.. Being asked similar , sometimes same questions all the time…
—–How did you feel about this person saying this about this and blah blah blah———–
—–How do you feel that Aishwarya is your bahu ——– what do we expect to hear —- Sad …depressed ..how dare Abhi thought of marriage—–
—– whys is Amar singh ji your friend———- what do we expect to hear —-I had none to talk to —- so the first person i met i made him my friend
——How do you feel when SRK calls himself no 1—what do we expect to hear—–oh SRK .. naah i did a poll yesterday and 96% of the people who responded to my poll said that 25% of population feels in north that i am no 1 and rest……..
—- How do you feel now that your movie has flopped—- what do we expect to hear —-oh wonderful ..in fact on top of this world… now that all the money invested ..the hours of hard work , all the time , sweat..aspirations put in by all the people are down the drain..
— Some people say you are introvert— what do we expect to hear —-oh no i m not introvert..i m arrogant.. make sure those people are informed.
Well i can go on and on….
Anyways i rest my point by saying …. Please give them some leeway , some breathing space..Allow them some down time….Believe it or not they are humans as well!!!
Dear Amitji
Hope you had a great day!…thank you for replying to my messages, i really appreciate..but there are so many writing..do u make time and at least read them at your leisure…My son Ashwin and Daughter Jaishree send their love to you…My son loves Abhishek..My daughter likes Aishwarya..
Love
Shankar
A big hug and a kiss.
Love you.
Buona notte.
Hello Amit Ji/
When are you coming to Pittsburgh. I read your blog everyday.
You are such a normal sometime I pinch myself to think if you are writing these blogs.
You are a very normal person Pls come to Pittsburgh, Pa for your IIFA.
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BArish aapne ufaan per he krapaya ghar se bahar jiyada na jaaye ........
kaal ka din khatarnaak he !
Hello Sir.
A very good evening to u… Was amazed to see the blog!!! U seem to be quite happy. GR8!!! we all want to see u like this only. when u become sad, hamein bhi utna hi dukh hota hai. Felt really nice to see u in a good mood.
Have a nice time in Singapore.
GN
Amitji, we cherish the connection with you. The yellow lines are the icing, but I say the cake is quite delicious and very YUMMY by itself!
Great to see that you are still in a great mood. May you stay this way, always — happy and healthy.
That must’ve been a sight — AB shopping for toothpaste and sundries! I tried to imagine it and it made me smile.
Your enthusiasm for South Indian movies/songs is getting contagious! Must check them out.
Love and regards,
Jasmine J
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Dear Amitji,
Hello Sir we all know its not easy to reply to everyone but great atleast u tried..and u have done a god job…clap clap for you.. though i did not write yesterday but read ur reply and really loved it….. and whne u reply with thiernames it feels so goood..love u for that and will keep loving u …Hope Amarji is fine now.. regards for all EF .yet to read ur blog today… will read it after my reply ha ah funny isnit it .. without reading i m psoting my reply but as it ur writing is so good i dont have anything to say so i dont reply much though i read all ur post and i smply love reading it….
love adi..
I noticed that the more you reply, the more the comments keep coming. That is the strong desire for everyone in your famext to have a chance on getting a reply from you. So now a new word is coined.
Congratulations on all the purchases. I’m glad you got something for your back and wrists. I have wristbands on today but purely for show-they are Brooklyn Cyclones wristbands.
That pasta dinner sounds good. Have fun continuing with West Wing.
That Woody Allen paragraph was a scream. And it does sound like a great idea.
My break is over and I must return to AMC. I WILL continue later.
Love,
Rochelle
namastey amit ji,
finally i have made it 2 the first 5….. yipppeeee.. sir i am a budding journalist and you know i get a lot of inspiration from your blog…pls reply…. i will be so happy if you will reply…..
lots of love
respect
care
and everything nice u deserve….
Dear amitabhji,
In the shape of longer comments by you to the ef today, you have been very kind. Since i was beyond 100 plus i think i will have to wait to get your blessings.
SIR,DID YOU GO THROUGH MY COMMENTS IN REPLY TO POST NO 456 WHERE I HAD SENT DETAILED COMMENT ABT MY VISIT TO LEH LADAKH IN THE YEAR 1984.
i have just seen your new post coming . i will comment later.
Meanwhile my love and regards to you.
rajinder sehgal
Dear Amitji,
saw ur poll now great to see the EF names kaash i would have been regualr like those guys then may be my name would hae been there..ha haa..anyways happy for all the name..
lovev adi..
I think Rajesh Kejriwal is the most regular other than Rochelle.
Oh AMitji,
May be aaj mera number lagega and you will reply to my post. Yipee! Hope you are feeling much better, havent read yr post yet. But must comment that sometimes you act positively cheeky and naughty, getting back at your detractors. Its very funny reading you in that mood, capricious, must say. shows how full of life you are. May you yr star continue to shine on our horizon. With lots of love from washington DC. Just had a spot of rain, lots of dark clouds, 5 min rain and now the sun is back. love leena
Dear Amitji
I see that you went out to do a few errands for yourself..you must be enjoying it! can u imagine doing this back home in Mumbai!!
Love
shankar
hello!
प्रणाम गुरुजी, आप सदा स्वस्थ और मुस्कराते रहेँ ।आप जहाँ जाते हैँ खुशियाँ लाते हैँ ।सिँगापुर मेँ तो लोग खुशी के मारे पागल हो गयेँ होँगे । गुरुजी , लोगोँ के जीवन मेँ ऐसे ही खुशियाँ फैलाते रहिए । प्रणाम.
ham aap se maafi nahi maange ge ……….
kyo ki hamko maafi nahi chiye !
take care !
dhanyavad shall ke liye ……. aap ke liye sab choodh diya !
apna maan tak tyag diya !
maafi nahi magni ……
saja rab ji ne di …. kyo pata nahi ?
per u always here in my pray !
baau ji ………. nahi bola na sahi per chaama karne ka hak hamko he nahi ….
ham to kudh saja kaat rahe hey !
ek mujrim kese kisi ko maaf kare ?
GOOD night !
love u ……
and love u
hope for next coming ….. bye bye
You never cease to amaze me with your dedication. I will even buy a ticket for your terrible films and contribute to its box office collections because of the warmth and apprecation you show to us, your fans. You are one star who deserves all the love they get.
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Hello Sir,
Your blog has been an addiction for me nowadays. Will read your blog later but thought should reply you first. Keep writing. You are my ideal.
Diwakar
Wow! the sms that you got with life moving backwards is awesome!!!…share some more of this with us…i will trying copying to send to my friends..A good one..frustration in life has this in place !!!
Shankar
For AB,
In the poll above you forgot your own name! Who can be more regular than the author?
The answer is Amitabh Bachchan! Line wahin se chaalu hoti hain jahaan aap khade ho jaate hain!
Regards,
Sudhir
Who among the following has been the most regular on blog.. ?
Daisy M
Rochelle
Satyam
Reeham
Rose C
everyone …………
bacche ki jaan lo ge kya ? x) hi hi hi
Mr. Bachan, I am not talking to you because you stopped the yellow line exactly at my name. How are you. You still enjoying in Singapore. Love your post the other day. I did not do well in this memory test. The pictures were very nice. Abhishek looks so good and you are good as usual. Love reading your post. Today I still have time at work to read your post. Please let me know if you know punjabi. (Read and write) ofcourse you will know how to speak. I am from Punjab and I do visit every year to see my land.
Please do reply sometimes and dont stop at my name. love always
Fan from Toronto
Dear Amitji,
You should do a tamil movie, just for a change from your routine creative attempts and that too a comedy…
You ended up with “passika de amma”…. hope you had your dinner after blogging… my mother would allow me to say those words.. you know how women get sentimental…
anyways, keep your feet up… and stay in singapore for a while… i feel that you are liberated when you have that freedom… blog is rocking…
take care..
SaiRam.
Dear Sir,
Hope, Wish and pray you are fine and in good health, the Blog tells it all.
Enzoyyyyyyyyy your Sun TV……!! Amma ! Yennaka passika de amma, Ayeyahyooooooo….
Warm Regards,
Kabeer
Dear Amitji,
Lots of love to you and seepy recovery to amar singhji.
its very nice to see you there with him.. inspite your health not keeping well..
you didnt tell us how did your ten thousand steps trip for next few days go by ?
hope i do do do get a reply from you this time.. looking forward to yellow strip.
Regards
ye mat kaiye ………………….
now i m going on FB
with no friends
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
I did not have your yellow strip , I was ready to tell you , you can’t finish,
because the comments increased every minute !
I”m waiting for pictures of you , you watch Grey’s Anatomy and
I like to watch “McBachchan with his GREAT ANATOMY” !!!!!!
You are in good spirit and I understand you will be on long vacation overthere.
You look incredible young, relax and funny ! Keep be this way forever !
Love,
e.t.
Oh Just read your post. Must say Woody Allen is a genius. I love each and every movie he makes, even the duds because a poor film from him is still brilliant for a lesser director. I love the quote of his that you mentioned. Wouldnt that be a wonderful life. espl.ly getting death out of the way and then the trip back, brilliant! Hats off to Woody!
I got answer from you yesterday first time. i am really really happy. I like “familia extendum”. It sounds like spenish and tamil words together. Enjoy your days in Singapore!!!
You said i must write so i am writing to you and will continue to do so.
Regards to you and jayaunty,
Shiv
Dear Amitji
I am a Tamilian and i wish to know what you want to interpret in your last sentence…were you hungry?? We are proud of our language…
Love
shankar
hello sir,
when are you coming back to India? how’s amar singhji? Mumbai once again facing a bad monsoon.
which is the coolest accessory u ve bought for ur macbook till date??
love
pratik.
Hello Mr Bachchan,
Its always a previlege to read ur blog…it makes me feel something special..wishin you all the luck for your future endeavours.
Your loyal fan
Dearest SARKAR,
I am getting addicted to your blog with every passing day. Your SMS is quite similar to the story of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Neways, SIngapore smells good through your blog. Even in India, Before the Independence day, the atmosphere is quite similar. Would love to see more photos of you. Take Care & God bless.
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
You are funny! You made me laugh with your pedometer post and now today with your ending….Sun TV here I come.
Take care of yourself.
Richa
Hello Sir,
The font seems to be pretty small to read.
take care
nandita
Dear Sir,
Thanks for sharing the Woody Allen quote…..was really awesome! Superb!
I hope and pray to see a “yellow line” below my response.
Take Care,
Yash
hi amitji
how r u
Hello AB,
the poll question is a trash one… nothing like REAL ‘FOOD FOR MIND’ or general knowledge related or debatable/discuss topic category.
Please provide better polls
I posted message requesting … rather wishing if you could send a few words of ‘wish’ to one of my maternal uncle on his b’day … (June 19th ****My maternal uncle (Mr.Khatri) also is great fan of movie - SHAKTI. Actually he is very knowledgeable and learned man. He does lot of reading and watching movies. Once he mentioned that - its not me there in Bollywood, so is AB there, else it would have been me. It was his birth day yesterday. He is visiting USA currently for the first time. It would be delight to pass personal word from you to him through this medium.)
didn’t get one…
then i requested something of similar on my wedding anniversary for my wife….(Balmukund Kiri says:
June 22, 2009 at 8:40 pm
24th June is my wife’s wedding anniversary (our wedding anniversary)
I wish you could send her msg on)
didn’t get either
anyways…
Is it the lack of connection with immediate family members that brings out thirst to connect to EF at the cost of your rest and sleep? I guess that could be one of the reason because you and your family due to professional engagement keep travelling to distant locations for days together and then also when you are in hometown there are chances of different schedules to catch up with each other….
one of your old post … Your words—”Though all the work of art may end in ultimate uselessness…. ”
But still as long as it is used or helps to entertain someone, its not useless. If considered that way all sports and athletics also could be placed in same category. May be even teaching history. All that one studies in elementary and high school doesn’t necessarily help. Is that called ultimate uselessness…?
Secondly, There hasn’t been any of your pictures without wig out yet….. any plans see any change in your hair style… Let your EF see you without wig. the original AB as is as in home … casual… Do we get to see that?
The display of Reid and Taylor logo on blog homepage - A choice or A business oriented decision.??? !!!!! just curious…
luv
~Balu
Toronto
http://critique-base.blogspot.com
ps: Please do let us know if you happen to visit this part of the world(Canada), would luv to meet you.
Dear Sir,
I tried that memory test today and i got 100% yippiiiiiii!!!!!!!!
Thanks for that. I love these kind of things,like solving riddles and analytical questions etc.Watched “sholay” today.My favorite movie, i can watch it anytime…I have watched it around 25-30 times.Thanks for such a great movie.My brother went to singapore today and i told him to get your autograph when he will come as my “Rakhi Gift”…….:)
Take care
Regards
Jasmine
I have had an experience similar to Shankar’s — while visiting Key West (Florida) in May with my family, I was looking at some things at a road side vendor’s kiosk. Business must’ve been slow, coz’ the owner started to “sell” me the virtues of his goods. During the course of the conversation, he asked me where I was from, something we often get asked in this part of the world. I told him and we chatted, but I did not much like anything and started to walk away (right you are, women!! No compunctions in walking away! YOU would’ve probably bought everything!
Anyway, I must’ve walked four steps when I suddenly heard the vendor shouting, “AMITABH BaACHCHAN! AMITABH BACHCHAN!” Startled, I turned back — to see him grinning from ear to ear, as he had managed to grab my attention and pull me back. I started laughing too. He asked, “Do you know Amitabh Bachchan?” I said, “YES, I know Amitabh Bachchan!”, as “Duh, what do you think I am — a moron?” or “Where do you think I live? In a cave?”
He said, “I love him. he’s great.”
I: “I do too, and yes, he is.”
At which point we wished each other a good night and parted ways.
I don’t know if the man was Puerto Rican, Cuban, or Mexican. But he knew Amitabh Bachchan, and loved him. He wanted to connect with someone from the land of Amitabh Bachchan (even if she still did not buy his goods! Women, I tell you!). One more reason why I’m so proud of being from India — Amitabh Bachchan.
It was an amazing experience.
Love,
Jasmine J
Hi Amitji,
Seeing yellow lines after quite a long time felt so nice, though it was not for my reply. Thanks.. replying more than 50 is more than enough for us..
Regarding shopping.. hey all women are not like u mentioned.. I too feel very guilty just going to shop and buying nothing…. but I do have few friends who just love to go window shopping..
You are really hooked to “GREY’s ANATOMY” i like first two seasons of it.. but then it got boring.. now i have totally stopped watching it… Have you seen “LOST”…I love it.. waiting for the last season which will in Jan 2010..
love
Pranita
Dear Amitji, NAMASKAR.
It is perhaps first time I am responding to the post when so far only two of famext have responded. Maybe I may fall within 50 when my reply gets moderated.
I loved both the sms at the end. Looking forward to the photos. When will you come of SHELL of SHALL?
With love and deep regards, always.
sincerely,
vishan lal
आप हम लोग के लिए अनमोल हैँ । आप की उम्र बहुत-बहुत लम्बी हो, आप सदा मुस्कराते रहेँ जिससे लोगोँ के दुःख-दर्द मिटते रहेँ ।
Hi, Was waiting since a long time for todays blog, finally got to read it… tx
HELLO BIG B,
MAY BE THIS TIME I NOTICED BACAUSE I AM THIRD ON UR BLOG AND MAY GET A
POST FROM U IF I AM VERY LUCKY AND GOD LISTEN ME
Assalam u alaikum
Blog parhna khatam nahi hua aur itnay saaraay comments aagaye
but its ok.
A very brilliant blog again.
Sir! Women shopping!!!!! dont talk about that. Once my Ammi want to match some red cloth, she was out 1 meter to dress. The color was perfectly matching but she said no. we ran 3 shops and then came to the first and she bought the same one. But all women are not like this. My fiance never demanded any thing. she is Perfect.
very nice sms shared. Brilliant.
Will you be in singapore till 9th august. such a long time. its nice that your wife is with you. great
Greys Anatomy very nice—some times touchy.
Enjoy TV, have fun, Good wishes to Amar singh.
Thanks for writing to us.
Give my regards to all of your family.
Thanks for replying comments yesterday WOW:-D
Salam to you son and his wife.
I really like them.
take care. take rest as bought a lot of things for yourself.
Allah hafiz
Here I am in the correct room after my break.
When I was in Singapore, I passed by the art museum and the National Museum but not the orchid museum. I don’t even think it was in my guidebook. Congratulations on the orchid named after you. When you get home, can you send us a photo?
I think the few 16 year olds were the same person!
Familia extendum sounds like Spanish and Latin.
Just a note- I think it’s funny that the ‘dress code Reid & Taylor’ is under that character with that wild clownish outfit on. Do they sell that sort of thing there?
I liked the quote about exercise too.
Enjoy SUN TV. I’m not sure what you said after that.
Love,
Rochelle
Hi Amitji..
its a pleasure to read ur blog everyday..just keep that going….
Good night!!
My beloved Mr. Bachchan,
Great to read you once more just before I call it a day. Yes, another early shift beckons and I must rest enough to find the energy to answer approx. 1000 queries with a smile!
:) 
:) 
:)
Replying to each and everyone is a task you must NOT try to achieve. You have over 400 devoted people who “speak “with you daily. And although everyone is elated on receiving the yellow slip, there are many of us who DO fervently believe that you read us anyway. So please don’t try to please everybody. You are so devoted to this blog and US, so we do understand.
Will read through and get back to you.
Hmmm. not pleased to see your late sleeping hours…..yet again! Now, now, now…..
Love and concern-Lily D’Penha-Frankfurt-Germany.
Wish you all the happiness and fun in Singapore with a good health.
Mr Amit Ji
How is Mr AMAR SINGH Ji, please give our regards & Happy recovery to him.Also i read in Indian Paper(Iam in US)that Mr Junior went to see our BRAVE Sipahi who are protecting us from our enemy. It’s great for their MORAL.Here in the US lot of CELEBRETY visit our soldiers in IRAQ/AFGANISTAN.Iam very very proud of him. It shows family value & Love Care.
When are you going tobe DADA Ji?
DINESH
USA
Hi Sir
Thanks alotttttttt for your quick response.It ws my 1st yellow strip send by you on 20th july.It was a very BIG thing for me.I have no words to describe my feelings towards u.Sir If you remem i am sachin…astronumerologer and face reader from new delhi.I said i would like to send some mind blowing researchs on ur horoscope and your DOB(acc to numerology).
Sir according to the resources your birth timing is 4pm…is dat correct?
Once again thanks alotttttttt for yellow strip.GOD BLESS YOU.
Thanks
Sachin k rastogi(new delhi)
09999008038
MEN BUY; WOMEN SHOP!!! The sexes have different priorities when walking down the aisles. Men are more likely to respond to more utilitarian aspects of the experience — such as the availability of parking, whether the item they came for is in stock, and the length of the checkout line.
Women clearly dedicate a lot of time to making sure they find the best deals and the most suitable items for their needs. An excerpt from GE Money survey states that women spend more than eight years of their lives shopping. While keeping their families fed and clothed the average woman will shop for an astonishing 25,184 hours and 53 minutes over a period of 63 years. Women also dedicate 90 trips a year to keeping up their appearances - shopping for clothes 30 times, shoes 15 times, accessories 18 times and toiletries 27 times. A total of 100 hours and 48 minutes is spent hunting for the latest clothing bargains and fashion statements. A further 40 hours and 30 minutes is spent shopping for footwear, and 29 hours and 31 minutes looking for accessories. A further 19 trips, or 36 hours and 17 minutes, are used to buy gifts for friends and family. The poll also showed women will go window shopping 51 times a year, spending 48 hours and 51 minutes just looking for their next purchase.
So much for indulgence into ‘RETAIL THERAPY’
Woody Allen’s quote - Very intriguing thought. It reminded me of Brad Pitt’s ‘Curious case of Benjamin button’ about the man aging backwards (age regression).
‘familia extendum’ or famext sounds cool. Why not have a poll on this?
Love & prayers
Dear Sir, Nice to learn about your shopping habit, I think most of the men will agree with that their better half is better on this one thing. Providing the detailed itinerary of your everyday life give a sense of closeness with you, which is difficult to resist and that is what bring us (me, atleast) back to you every day. Some time when the posting gets delayed I end up reading the old blog allover again.
Please do not bother to give ‘yellow strip’ to me as I may not go back to see what you wrote, rather save that time to give it to some one else which you think would deserve.
I am giving a link for an article about bottled water and their truth. Please see it and all your EF is also welcome to go thru it as it is a practice to enlighten masses and let the truth be told.
here it goes:
http://health.yahoo.com/experts/eatthis/34361/the-truth-about-bottled-water/
Take a nice deep sleep, and may be next time you achieve 100% on that memory test.
Best wishes,
Umesh Yadav
SORRY to come back yet again. I try not to do that but these last 2 days, I’ve been unsuccessful.
Why did I just notice the poll now? I am so intent on what you write and figuring out what to comment, I keep missing the poll!
Can I vote for myself?
Dearest Amit Uncle,
Small request, can u switch back to the normal font that u use while typing, today’s font is quite strenuous on the eyes…the letters appear to be merging after a while…
God Bless
Lots of Love
Swati
PS: I have perfect vision in both my eyes…
Hi,
By the time I read your yesterday’s blog..it was very late, so I did nt put a comment, but regreting now seeing so many yellow bands after many days.
I’m glad that you are happy with your purchases, but not so glad about your remarks on women buyers..no, we are not that bad when we buy for us, ,,but you know we are really rude when we buy for our boy friends, husbands or children, it’s bcoz mostly we have to buy for them and rarely they like what is bought for them..
I love the words you create..it’s so funny, yet so intelligent..
Love and more,
Hiranmayee
Hello Sir,
Reading ur blog is the first thing I do as soon I enter the office. Its been bit late today for the post. Its already afternoon here.
Yep, it pays sometimes to make wife happier with surprised gifts.
Take care..
Regards,
Padma
Amitji,
Great to see you are now responding to the messages, make the EF very happy to see the yellow lines:)
Glad you are chilling and shopping:)..every though some of the stuff my may not get to use much:))
Nice quotes, I preferred the second one, have heard the first one many years back:)
I would also put my name on the poll, and take the lead Im sure the girls wont mind as Im friends with them:))
Going to check the yellow lines now…lets see if I was one of the lucky ones..
Enjoy your West Wing:)
All the best always
Kishore
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salaaaaaaaaam amitji!
thanks for today post! so lovely and thoughtful!wow!60 reply!
yeah it is our great capacity! but to be honest in this case i’m like you!
good night and shab be khair!
looooooooooooove u
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Dear Amitabh Bachchan,
Thank you for your ‘sunny line’ and your kind and reassuring words… : )
I wish you good night and will comment more later..
God bless and take care.
With love.
Tatiana S. USA
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
my comment was once in the 100’s and i was hoping you would read it. I have a suggestion…why don’t you alternate the way that you start replying…..one day start at the top the other start with the last one. I understand that the last one keeps increasing…but alleast that will increase the number of diffrent people u reply to and make more happy,…..
it was a pleasure seeing the yellow line……..
well shopping and women hmmmm……thats why my husband sends me shopping when he wants a good deal
love
Khushnum/khush
Kis ne kiya kis ka intezaar ?
Kya Ped ne , Fal Phool ka ?
Phool ne fir kiya beej ka ?
Beej ne fir, kiya, Ped ka ?
Har baar, Zindgee, jeet gayee !
Har pal, parivartit drisyon mei,
Ugte Ravi ke fir dhalne mei,
Chanda ke chanchal , chalne mei,
Bhoopali ke Uthte spandan mei,
Raat, Yaman tarango mei,
mukhrit, har baar Zindgi jeet gayee !
- a poem by : lavanya
Nice post ~~
Do please eat whole Grain Pasta
( refined ain’t so good ~ as you must know
Singapore celebrates Independance Day on Aug 9
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Mexico on Sept. 16 !
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Hungary on Aug. 20 th
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France on July 14 th
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U.K. Nov. 7th [ Guy Fox Day ]
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U.S.A. july 4 th !!
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Independance is different for different Folks !
For the Female population - It is the WILL to CHANGE your mind
as & when , WE , please
warm rgds to EF & yours ,
- Lavanya
Cincinnati, OH USA
My beloved Mr. Bachchan,
I love that very infectious mood you are in. I have told you this before and will repeat now. You are in a much better mood when you are away from home: Is it the freedom you enjoy being a somewhat “common” man doing his normal stuff? You do get recognised most of the time I know, but nevertheless I think those few occasions where you do enjoy being a commoner brings you a sense of freedom which we then notice in your posts. Lovely, lovely indeed.
Enjoyed thoroughly the Woody Allen bit. Had a laugh. I think it would be lovely if life was such. Would’ve made more sense, wouldn`t it?
;) 
;) 
You take care and stay happy.
Love-Lily D’Penha-Frankfurt-Germany.
Hello Sir,
How are you doing? Hope you are having a good time in Singapore…
Warm Regards,
-Madan
To Angel:
Welcome back — as EF! Your signature style is quite unmistakable, so doesn’t matter what pseudonym you use, we know it’s you!
Now be happy. Enjoy being in love. It’s said to be the greatest feeling in the world. Much better than ladai, wouldn’t you say?
Hey, you forgot my name in your “Who’s the most regular on the blog?” list! (Which as Sudhir so wisely pointed out is Sir AB). Now I’m sad!
Just kidding, Angel.
Love,
Jasmine J
Hi Again Dear Sir, I think there should be atleast 100 or more names on the poll of the day….
Please exclude mine, because I think the criteria is who leaves the comment and not who reads it regularly and tries to learn someting daily from it ( I have seen some EF member addressing you guruji, and thats true litterly).
Famext>>>>>
regards,
Umesh
Discrimination!!!!
I have been extremely regular..but not always post comment. I’m sure there are plenty more that deserve to be in that list of yours for posting comments regularly. It is fun reading your blog. you have great sense of humor.
I like ‘famext’.
Enjoy!
hello Bachchan ji,
following ur Blog regularly..very nice pictures of solar eclipse captured..a neat & clear view even though it remained cloudy for many parts of country yesterday…u look great in White wardrobe..keep posting ur pics..love ya!..
Third attempt…appreciate your time!
Hi BigB, Though I have commented here before, I must congratulate you on your success with this blog-what commitment! Wow… Anyway, coming straight to the point….the reason for writing today is great disappointment over IIFA telecast over the years. Though, this may not be the right place to complain but you being the brand ambassador, I feel, you may be able to help viewers like me. First and foremost, it is not live…I remember when Sony used to cover it, it was telecast live. Okay, I understand-there is time difference problems with IIFA being in different locations each year. Secondly, they take 4 weeks to edit the main event. Third, they fast track technical awards to save time on air. Fourth and the most annoying part is their horrible mix and match of expressions. For example, whole show they show Abhishek in suit sitting in the front row…in fact, it is not possible for him to sit and watch Aishwarya perform when he just got done with his act. That becomes obvious when he comes to hand over the award to someone in the attire that he wore for his performance on the stage. Then, there are many like…Genelia’s expressions everytime Ritesh cracks a joke (because they are speculated to be dating). Terrible, why are we not allowed to see the right expressions of the starts sitting there? Why are some of the speeches cut short to save time on air? Why to link someone’s wrong expression with someone else’s performance. Irritating! While I am talking about IIFA, let me add this request to bring it to the NY, USA…as I am sure it is as rocking as ‘The Unforgettables’-witnessed it twice, by the way….amazing energy! Please bring my concerns to their attention and if possible, give the rights to someone else who is willing to keep the spirit of IIFA alive. I am not sure if this will ever come across your readings..but I sincerely hope that whoever reads whole bunch of words that I put in here, will help me get to you to put forth my point of view, just that, as some people must have liked the glossy editing that STAR PLUS indulges itself for 4 weeks. Once again, keep rocking, take care and keep writing…your command over the language is mind boggling…good luck for your future projects! Thanks a lot for your time and attention!
Amitabhji,
I am also women but not shopholic. Go to store, pick what I need and leave..my hubby was quite surprised initially when I used to get bored in shops and malls..btw..didn’t understand your comment regarding Sun TV?
Hmmm and some how I hardly get the chance to be in the top 50-60 hence miss the yellow band. Never mind it is first come first service, those who manage to respond early deserve yellow bands for their effort.
Your poll of today have all who are regulars so can’t decide
I love small bits and pieces .. And buy them alot too.
Okay sir will go now
Night night
hello sir i am eagerly waiting when will u reply me…..i just want to hear my name from u ….u read me will satisfy me a lot……. you are a great person
u try your best to be connected to us……
really we are like your extended family……
the honour and the service ,respect you receive from others is really deserved by you…
i don’t know how can a hero be so kind to all of us!its amazing.,and gives us inspiration that how should big people behave to common people!
god respects u !!!!!!!and i tooooooooooooooooooooo love u sir
RINI BHARDWAJ
khurja (near delhi)
rinibhardwaj@yahoo.com
Your number one Afghan Fun!!!
This might be funny if it weren’t so darned true.
Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table
At which he’s fed.
Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
Are the rule.
Tax his work,
Tax his pay,
He works for peanuts
Anyway!
Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his shirt,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.
Tax his cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries
Tax his tears.
Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass.
Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won’t be done
Till he has no dough.
When he screams and hollers;
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He’s good and sore.
Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he’s laid.
Put these words
Upon his tomb,
Taxes drove me
to my doom…’
Amitji,
I just saw your interview with Anjali Rao on CNN.com and was almost in tears.
Your description of your relationship with your son Abhishek and his dedicating the award to you and him saying that he has always wanted to grow up and be like you just got me in my heart. I wish I had someone to guide me and mentor me like you did Abhishek. If possible, please share this reply with him.
I am a successful professional and live in Washington DC. Growing up as a child in India, my father developed mental depression when i was very young and lost all hope and secluded himself from everything. I grew up with a father who was physically there but was unable to provide me any guidence and direction, which in my opinion builds a child’s foundation and continues along as the child grows up and becomes a man or a woman. My father passed away in 2000 and I miss him but do not have any memories that I can think of and share with my children.
I have two wonderful children whom I am giving everything that I had starved for all my life - father’s love, and they absolutely love my 1000% love that I shower them with.
You are a true vision of a parent and your son reflects your principles and values that you have raised them with.
I have not seen any new movies in a while but did get to see Cheeni Kum and you were fantastic!!
Bahut Bahut Pranam,
Aapji Ka Punjabi Fan from Chandigarh
Hi sir,
Your writing really amazes me. I think it should be that way. Its in ur genes. U write it every day and ideas are so coherent. Initially I thought maybe u r writing to clear the wrong impression which media creates about ur family. Now my impression is that it is an exercise which gives pleasure of connecting with others to u. So gud, things should be for your pleasure and not a futile exercise to clear the impression made by a media which doesnt have any purpose other than gossip-mongring.
Yes sir, wanted to talk with u regarding that article which appeared in mid-day( not sure) by not quite pleasing headlines about using gas-guzzlers. Its very difficult to reduce gas emission in the society where we r living, our model of development is so horrible that we dont have a way out…electricity and transportation are two biggest reasons. We cant do much abt electricity now as our government is not willing to invest in anything other than coal-fired power-plants. Hope it gets better when nuclear agreement with US comes into effect. But still its going to take time. Nevertheless we can still decrease pollution by using some mode of transportation which have less disastrous effect on environment. So way out is using hybrid-cars( unfortunately only way right now, lets hope we get a alternate mode of transportation soon which is more environment-friendly and economical). In japan, Honda insight(one hybrid car) has become highest-selling for last few months. Even thought its India and awareness-level is very low(in a country like India where the biggest problem is poverty , its natural) , still it would be great if we can switch over to hybrid cars.
I am not going vote!
There should be an option which says all of above — for me all of them!
and I miss little sister Reeham’s comment - Dear you! where are you?
I hope every thing is fine with you - I think Lenka from Russia met her, when she went to Eygpt.. does anybody know that Reeham is alright!
May God bless her! she such wonderful soul!
‘Familia Extendum’ sounds like a botanical name of a flower !!! aah! so we are ! except the other gender. oops ! well! some are …. he he ! reminds me of Chupake Chupake prof. Kumar. poor guy ! here he does all latenighters to inpress that gal & lo ! she studies herself none other than the same Topic ! eh! forgot whose remake it was ! anyway ! one of the good comedy one can find in Hindi cinema.
lol… u can use FmXt instead famext. which sounds more sportiv & American i guess ! oh ! forgot that u don’t like Americans. shall we consider that u Hate us !?hmm…..what am i doin’ here then!? aah ! its better to keep enemies closer u…..@%&@% oops ! yeh ! right !
gosh! don’t believe u go all alone for shopping into one of those shopping paradise ! now its a long list but few years ago SingP & HongKg were most loveable places for Indians to shop around. Glad to know you got something for your back,wrist,fingers …..etc etc.u got your Dog Collar for your camel neck a while ago-i remember see….! hope no part is remaining ! ha ha….
boy o boy ! u make me frawn. u sound like a male chauvinist. are u really !??? Grrrrrrrr…………
seems u r very opinionated about women. uhh! don’t u forget u r there where u r JUST b’coz os Us-The Women. (ha ha ha ha)
r u talking abt Curious case of Benjamin Button ? that sms sounds jus like that. how odd would that be to progress in reverse unless that happens to ALL.
AND Yes ! We All Exercise A LOT ! ha ha ha…….. omg ! lol
Dear Mr. Bachchan
I had mentioned many a time watch “House” its infectious especially the dry wit & sarcasm of Dr.Gregory House (Hugh Laurie) you ‘SHALL’ love it.
Singapore is doin good for you wot wit ur high ’spirits’ good keep it up & enjoy the sun…
cheers
Vijay
Shopping spree sounds great! Personally I always return from shopping having bought 50 items I have no need of! But have you noticed that even buying sundry, mundane items in a foreign country becomes exciting simply for the novel brands and of course when you get home, nobody else will have the same!..ok maybe just me then?
For some reason I cannot shake the mental image of Buddhadev (from Cheeni kum) in chemist buying ’sundry’ items!! Hehehe..
But, hey I didn’t miss the women shopping jibe .. and I’m afraid I will “go there”…
Its a fine art I’ll have you know dear Mr Bachchan…The point of browsing, inspecting, trying on and dissecting everything in the store (in all colours) and walking away is that the ‘dream item’ we are looking for usually exists only in our imaginations!! : )
Back soon am in the middle of eating dinner ….
Goodnight for now …
Much love …
Jasmine
xx
PS The poll answer is obvious!! But I think perhaps Angel might have been included up there as a very ‘consistent’ member of the famext?!
xx
Mr. Bachchan,
I am elated that you responded to me. It must be overwhelming to respond to one and all and I truly appreciate it. Thank you.
It was good to read that Jayaji made pasta for you. Isn’t it wonderful how each one has their own way of showing they care!!!!!!!!!!! You’ve travelled to so many places, and may have picked up so many artifacts, is there something very special you’d like to share?
Well, I must congratulate you on your memory test-98% . This truly concludes that you are not old at all. I got a 92% and thought I was good, till I saw your score. Well, take care. Love you, Mr. Bachchan.
Sujata.
Dear Amitji,
Vanakkam, thanks for the wonderful post and a new poll question.
It is difficult to guage who is the most regular, but yes to me Daisy, Rochelle, Rose C and Satyam seems the brightest besides being regular and more in line with ur style, and i voted for the last among the four. Wish there were more choices, like Sudhir and Jasmines.
If anything other than for your love that motivates me to be a part of EF, it is your definite style and the way to lead the EF. Something amazing, where participating makes so easy and fun. The language of the heart and mind finds better expression here. I feel you have contributed a lot to the articuations in the comments section.
I was keeping track of your yellow strips as it was increasing it coverage, but knew that it will not be able to reach till my comment #149, and the time was getting late. Bad luck.
You are so right when you say about women and their mastery in shopping. The art to pull an entire store down and then walk away saying they did not like anything is something most men will find it hard.
The Woody Allen SMS is so brilliant.
I enjoyed reading the full post. Every post brings in something new and makes you more closer.
This leaves me content, happy and well. Hope you are not otherwise.
How is Amar Singh Ji coping up. Convey my regards to him. My prayers for his speedy recovery.
Kind Regards
Muralee
Dear sir,
your poll question is interesting today.you are in for interesting comments from the EF.
I , feel all of them have been very consistent and regular. Rose c was found missing for a few days .
All of them have not only been regular and consistent , they have certanly contributed a lot to make your blog more intereting and thrilling .we have been getting divergent comments from them all through the last few months when i joined the extended family three months back.
satyam,
reeham,
rochelle
Daisy. m.
Rose c.
you guys are doing grand job.i am really enjoying your valuable and informative
comments.
please continue to write .
my best wishes and BIG HELLO to you all.
rajinder sehgal
Dear Mr. AB,
First of all, I would like to convey my best wishes to everybody in Mumbai for today. May your houses not be flooded, your roads not be too chaotic and please, please, nobody be hurt or killed!
Those were great quotes today, wish I could live by the one and lose a few calories by the other.
It’s got to be Rochelle, I still remember her “Kya? I cannot leave a post unanswered” in response to your entirely Hindi post.
No more SHALLs? You got a few thousand of them thrown at you in our responses and now you can’t stand the sight of them any more? I’m not worried, they shall sneak in again!
I’m not sure I like the “famext” too much, it sounds like a pharmaceutical product.
I love you, but I will not take you along shopping, ever
Renate
Dear Amit uncle,
How r u doing……
I know whatever time you get u definitely wud try and reply as much as u can………Our love will never decrease even if u don reply………but we shall always wait to get that yellow line as always…….
Ya as i told u yesterday i went for my birthday shopping which is on the 27 July.
And ya as u so rightly explained about how women shop i did pull the shop down and ended up liking nothing……….so the adventure shall begin again tomm…..hehe…
I am in Germany and yesterday they telecast Talk Asia with Anjali Rao.And it was your interview from Macau.Wao! u were awesome Amit Uncle.It rocked.
Incase u missed my comment yesterday regarding the post problem here i write it again…..
Since you donot want to write in WORD since it takes away the feel from you.Why don’t you slect all the content and click COPY before posting it.So that even in the case that it gets lost u can again PASTE it and post it again.Please try and let me know if this works for you.
I too made Pasta for dinner today…….so easy when u don wana make a proper north indian dinner……
The Woody Allen post was awesome…..
Hope Amar Singhji is recovering well.You too take care Uncle.
We all love you.
Luv Swati
Hello Amitji,
Good one - a very very good one. Enjoy my Man, enjoy. Shoping yuk, dinner nice and the other…a headache. Later..
Correction in my sentence (# 37 above): Please read :When will you come out of SHELL OF SHALL? Thanks
Woody Allen’s fantasy was brilliantly put together in a recent Oscar winning film called The curious case of Benjamin Button and Brad Pitt transforms himself ( I am sure you the works of the make up geniuses). Have you seen the movie and what did you think of it??
Love you always
Ritu
By the way, I read your blog religiously everyday, but do not comment like the ones in the poll. However I did vote for Rochelle .
hello sir this is rini .i haven’t got ur reply yet ..whats this yellow line .i am not able to understand..
i like greys anatomy as its related to medical. the profession i want to be in..my problem is this that i am unable to get my dream medical college.so i am very sad.please help me!
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Amitji,
Just checked out yesterdays responses:( unfortunately I missed out, was our 6th year wedding anniversary yesterday as mentioned in yesterdays post:) ah well maybe next time:))
Congrats to all those who got a reply:)
All the best always
Kishore
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hello
thnx for da pic amit jee……..
and pls members ,c this Amitabh Bachchan interview1984
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wz6K4oP39E
keep enjoing
bye
Oh.. how sweet of you to use the alternative.. “famext”.. i do love it so much..
thank you so much my dearest dear.
Thank you so so much for your sweet reply to me… it did make my day.. i didn’t enjoy any moment of it .. although my friends had tried their best to cheer me.. smiles were on face.. but the heart wasn’t smilling at all.. till the moment i saw your precious reply.. i felt a gentle knock on the walls of the heart.. when i wondered who was it.. an answer came .. ” it is joy .. bringing you good news.. open up.. let me in.. the most loved one had replied to you ”
Shopping.. and women.. that was so brilliant.. but you know what.. i may have few xy chromosomes hidden somewhere.. i do feel so ebarressed to get any shop without getting anything.. then feel stupid.. looking at what i had bought.. i won’t use it.. why had i bought it from the first place.. then feel relieved later.. one of my cousins SHALL definately rescue me and take it away..
Concerning the poll… i think that dear Rochelle had joined since day 3.. reeham since day 100.. i am not sure about dear Daaisy M and dear Rose C… but i want to tell you about someone who had followed you since day 1.. never missed a post.. she is dear Rasha Zayed.. she is the ONE.. but the poll idae is so interesting.. thank you so much.
Thank you for sharing the quotes and Woody Allan’s brilliant statement.. i love it so much.. and it seems that i am going to abandon my favorite series.. ( CSI , bones , House , NCIS , Medium, Mentalist, Mental , Law & Order ) and follow Grey’s anatomy and west wing.. just to feel what you like about them..
Glad that you had enjoyed the pizza which the Mrs. had made you… please the wife and you will be rewarded by delicious pizza.. my love to both of you..
Amitji,
Thanks for the answers u had given for all the comments…
Again another day with ur blog…for me……..The sms message was good..Me and my friend liked it very much….Also it reminded us of the movie: The Curious case of Benjamin Button - had the same story like it……..
Last but not the leaast ur Tamil language was gud…….i am a tamilian…Also i came to know from a website tat ur bahu speaks brilliant tamil and superstar rajini was stunned by her skill n that language…
Lovely blog…….
Regards,
Karthick.N
today you seem like you are in a mad mood. i like it.
i am alright i love india and miss it still like hell.
ahhh.
life?
love to all
me
Hello Amitabhji and Jayaji,
Glad you went shopping. You can imagine how difficult it is for women to shop.
Today’s Sms were really nice - one by Woody Allen and the other one. Thank you for sharing with the EF.
Hope Amar Singhji is recovering fast.
About the Noon Miday there were some resposes in the negative. We do not understand how they were there when they said not to visit your blog. Please ignore these people.
Please take care of your health and Jayaji’s too.
Regards ,
D.B fromUSA
Another humble suggestion Sir! -regarding new poll topic,
Who are those, who consistently write abusing/mean responses to you on the blog… day after day and also based on topic of the blog - twisting and on purpose, otherwise your very innocent, well intended thoughts…
I know list will be long… But Please, please put it up!
And Please do not forget add option, all of above… and I requesting not to mention those from the fourth estate - they are gone case anyway.
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Can you tell me if this wolud be available to buy on DVD, or download from a web-site. I would love to watch it in higher quality and bigger screen (ie. the TV) and in one portion (as opposed to 8). I want to watch it again and again.
I have the books ‘To be or not to be’ and ‘Bachchanalia’ but never come arcoss a video that charts your career. This is the best thing!!!
This is excalty the kind thing I look for on your blog. The movies, behind-the-scenes, the little stories no-one knew ’til your interview, an archive, a video to keep forever!!!
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I look forward to your response. Thank you.
Amit ji,
YOU ARE SPOT ON WITH ALL YOUR OBSERVATIONS, I HAVE WALKED OUT OF SO MANY SHOPS WITHOUT BUYING ANYTHING AND MY HUSBAND HATES IT!
I THINK THE WOODY ALLEN SMS WAS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT, ALTHOUGH WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH IT I WAS THINKING WHAT’S SO RISQUE ABOUT IT-UNTIL I GOT TO THE LAST SENTENCE. MUST PASS IT ON TO EVERYONE I KNOW.
I HAVE CAST MY VOTE FOR THE POLL & VOTED FOR ROCHELLE. I AM QUITE A REGULAR ON THE BLOG MYSELF & WOULD HAVE LOVED TO BE IN THE TOP 5 BUT HOME & WORK COMMITMENTS DON’T ALWAYS ALLOW ME TO, BUT BE REASSURED YOU ARE ALWAYS IN MY THOUGHTS.
LOTS OF LOVE (as always)
YOUR NO.1 FAN FROM UK
hi again
check this Amitabh’s Retirement Decision Reaction in 1982……
bye
This SHALL business has become quite interesting. Why stop it? We can use it once in a while.
The Woody Allen quote is interesting and innovative thinking.
Never got a yellow slip. Hopefully I SHALL get (or earn) it one day.
Wish you the best of health and spirit. Best wishes for Mr Amar Singh also.
Love.
Love from my daughter Priya who is nearly 4 and loves to see your photos!! Getting her into your movies, starting with Naseeb!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUYt5Us7lu0&feature=related
Amitji,
When I don’t reply - you respond to the comments. When I do reply, you don’t respond to comments. When shall we stop this hide and sick game ? -
I hope you are in good health and eagerly waiting for your next movie !! When is it coming ???? Any update on your family’s website ? I remember you mentioned about that in DAY XXX or XX !!
Dear Amitji,
Hooray! today is my lucky day. I got a reply from you and felt connected.
THANK YOU.. THANK YOU.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading your blog today. It was fun to read your shopping experience and I astonished to know that you share the same feeling like us
(You are Amitabh Bachchan!).
love,
Swathi
The poll could with a little humor be turned on its head. ‘who’ among those ‘regulars’ would one want to remain ‘regular’?! I am sure those others mentioned in the poll would beat me rather easily!
I will continue here in an older vein. The question of kings and abdication. I of course offered a comment on the original post. But I’d like to add to it in somewhat provocative fashion. If a king has decided to abdicate he must abdicate fully and totally. There cannot be half measures in this sense! Siddhartha did not leave for the forest and then say ‘let me check on the kingdom from time to time’! The abdication cannot be ‘temporary’ or provisional. However what if one is not just a king but an emperor and decides to do exactly this? There can then arise very legitimate questions about who’s leading the kingdom! At the same time the king in question can tarnish his legacy by doing things this way. He might be blamed for decisions for which he only half responsible. He might say he has relinquished his power to a great extent but the ‘praja’ wouldn’t know exactly how much as long he continued to occupy the throne. The king might decide all of a sudden that he had done enough and did not want to be ‘great’ anymore. Did not want to be part of that daily struggle. But what of his ‘promise’ when he first assumed the throne? What of his life’s work before this decision? Who would then ‘guard’ that legacy? Complete abdication has its advantages. Whatever else happens, good or bad. nothing can really take place ‘in the name of the king’. This is a crucial difference. As long as the king is on the throne he might be seen to ‘bless’ whatever goes on in his kingdom whether he sanctions it or not. There are great questions of responsibility here. It is not even clear whether the Buddha is so becoming one was really the most ‘responsible’ human. This statement might seem a bit offensive but I have always operated with the belief that the ethical demands that arise between humans cannot be simply accounted for by invoking the divine. Because we, as humans understand this, a paradox results. In the name of the divine, or other ‘collective’ causes, we routinely inflict great violence on others like us. This in every age of human history, every culture of human history. To get back to the earlier point one would like to ‘abdicate’. But this is a tangled question of responsibility in the first instance. But to choose either way might be better than remaining suspending in the middle. There is a king but one who does not ‘act’ like a king. Except that there is no other also! It is responsibility of this king to be completely responsible for his ’signature’ one way or the other. at least comprehend the stakes. If the king decides one day that he is only an ‘ordinary’ man this creates confusion, conflict and more..
Hello Amit Uncle,
Pranam, I had busy with Chariopratic Theraphy so I could not able to leave comments for last two days.
My pain again made me uncomfortable from those I have been suffering, anyway I had enjoyed a lot to see snaps those you had uploaded…
All were an awesome, My medicine theraphy let me tell that you shall take healthy rest so you will get well soon, so I shall quit but be again right back soon…. Miss your comment ha ha ha…
Give regards to Abhiaash and Jaya aunti….
As always smiling,
Snehal Patel.
Amitji
Nice one, can I share it with my adult siblings?
Regards
Mannie
Amitjee,
Please visit Sentosa Island in Singapore !!!!
it’s fun!!!
Apurv
Gorakhpore (U.P.)
Dear sir,
i loved ur blog today, very day to day thing still it tickles ur funny bone. im a regular reader but dont leave comments tht much, but i love reading ur blog. its always wonderful especially when its not way too long coz sometimes i just loose out in between, tht quotes were too good. thank u sir
love you
pooja
Hey Mr. AB. Hope you are doing good as same is here with us in US. Last week we saw IIFA AWARDS and it was awesome…. Hope you have a good day in Singapore take care and God Bless You
Not fair..
Todays poll is not fair and I am not voting
But todays post is really funny..:D
Specially the “Curious case of Benjamin Button” kind of story ..
Luv,
Amruta
Hahahahaha. I love your Tamil Sir.Yennakum passika de amma. Love you Man. Take Care. With Lots and lots of Love from Moskva
Asalam u alaikum,
i think that i am third but i am at 53. when teen pati and paa releseasing?ur todays blog was very interesting.unfortunenately,i am unable to visit on ur blog regularly but when i visit there then my all day passed very happily.
enjoy a good health,
keep smiling,
take care of ur self,
Khuda Hafiz
Amit ji,
I am a telugu guy. I am very happy to see that you watch a south indian channel and it entertains you… the last line of today’s blog was tooo cute… Please share few thoughts on what kind of association do you have with telugu film industry… You are so popular here and just to let the EF know, RGV is one of the finest directiors from Telugu film industry who made wonderful films with Amit ji like Sarkar and Sarkar Raj… Sir, request you to write a little about your relation with any one from telugu cinema.. this will make all your telugu fans very happy.. Please sir…
I wish you a great health and great life ahead
Cheers!
Naren
ooooooooohhhhhhhhh ooooooopssssss i am sorry …i got ur kind message …..your yellow line ….lots of thanks …i can not belive it u read my name and nswered me taking my name….ohhhhhh u know this time iam jumping……
i gone totally glad …..u really answered me…… oooohh thanks for wishing me to get my dream college….
oohhh really i cant belived …ooooh my destiny disproved it….. i got ur sign …oooh thanks god ….thanku amitabhji….
my extreme thanks thanks…….
Mr. Bachchan,
I am so wishing that I was in Singapore right now, for the simple fact that you are there too! If you are still around for 9 Aug, you will see how Singapore celebrates its National Day, a great deal of fanfare, parades, fireworks etc.
Shopping is awesome there, I would’ve probably done the same as you, going with the intent of a single purchase, and ending with multiple purchases!
Also, is it just yourself and Mrs. Bachchan left in S’pore? Do you have others with you, family members or staff?
Love,
Harmeet - Vancouver, Canada
You have changed your font style!!! Any particular reason
Love & prayers
Interesting poll this.
Pray tell me how do you define who is the most regular Sir? Is it someone who visits everyday? Is it someone who visits most often? The difference between the two being in the case of former a person could read a blog once everyday and in the latter a person keeps on checking for updates every hour or so.
Or Is it someone who comments the most?
And comments on what? Related to the post? or absolutely unrelated stuff? To get your attention? I am not blaming anyone here in the poll list of trying to get your attention because I do not read other comments so I can not pass any judgement on them.
A blog is a two way communication. Between the writer and the readers. But pray tell me when a reader finds something interesting to discuss, puts his point on the blog and gets no response, time and again, and hence starts participating only in the reading exercise, does he become an irregular?
There were exercises you had mentioned in your blog that you would do. One being a discussion on media or something, my memory fails me here on the exact details so I apologize. You had said let’s discuss. A discussion can not be just a stream of comments from readers of your blogs. It has to have your feedback on the comments too and it has to be cyclic. You may not the luxury of time here, that I understand but then should we venture to call it a discussion at the first place?
Another exercise was on readers telling you about their favorite scene or any scene they wanted to choose and you telling in detail about the scene or some such thing.
You have hardly responded back on any of those plus a few more. So does a discouraged reader who still continues to read but gets an impression that a discussion is not really a discussion and that a comment that was actually invited may really go unnoticed etc continues being a regular or not?
I know you did not create this poll to hurt anyone’s sentiments. But all the same I do want to tell you, there may be those out there, who do not like to write for various reasons, but who may be more regular than you can ever know. Perhaps asking for IP addresses from the BigAdda team can help reveal the identities of true regulars (which by the way may just be the list you have actually published, so this post is definitely not targeting them and I apologize to them in advance if they feel offended.)
Kind regards and lots of love,
Anoop Saxena
Asalam u alaikum,
i am not on 3 ,i am on 53.eagerly waiting for ur movies to releseaed.upload ur more pics on blog.they r really awesome.waiting for reply.what r doing in singapore,film shooying or enjoying.
TAKE CARE OF UR SELF,
KEEP SMILING,
KHUDA HAFIZ
Hello Amit ji,
3rd Day of Gandhigiri…
I loved your blog today. Just a comment on the women’s shopping part - do you know why that is so ? Why women take so much time deciding….Because women want to get things right the first time, while men don’t care how many times they make the same mistake.
Loved the “Benjamin Button” kind of quote by Woody Allen. Here are few to make you ponder….
Why does the minute hand on school clocks always click backward before advancing?
If a person kills their clone is it murder or suicide?
Coming back to my ‘mudda’ of Gandhigiri - This is what I had written earlier….
I would love to know whether you ever received the certificates for the STAR that I had named after you. I had been waiting and waiting for a response for you. But you were in and out of the country so many times that I kept thinking you would respond whenever you get a chance and time flew by. Now that you might be reading through these responses, I am grabbing my chance. All I want to know is whether you received it or not. I had sent it in January this year. Please please please, do let me know. I will be here with my Gandhigiri once again, till you respond.
Glad you are walking out and about a fair bit after your recent medical complications.
Care to translate your finishing lines which are in a South Indian language?
Mahesh R
Lovely Just lovely……..Have a great day!
Dear Amitji,
You posted the blog at 1:30AM and then wanted to watch Sun TV..so I was wondering at what time you go to sleep! how long you sleep to be soooooo energetic and enthusiastic.
take care.
love,
Swathi
Hi Sir,
Looks like you enjoy watching South Indian channels.
Which is your all time favourite South Indian movie?
i would like to suggest you to watch a Shankar Nag directed movie called as
” Minchina Oota”. The cast is Shankar Nag and Ananth Nag. It stand’s out for its technicality, screenplay and the gripping story…
I also suggest you to buy ” prison break” series. Its really good!!!
Warm regards
Anil
anilkum@tatasky.com
Ha ha ha..its cuty blogy
Love
Ramesh - Bangalore
Good Evening Sir,
Dont take too much medication. When do u head back home? I am coming to India 14th August.
Good Night
NB
Amitji,
you sure tickled the funny bone,
very very hilarious!!
keep them coming
cheers
bhavana
Salaam Amit Uncle,
I noticed your diligent effort to provide everyone with the requested yellow strip…although you stopped just short of my comment, I’m sure you were able to read it….still I wanted you to know that I appreciate your efforts to make us, familia extendum, happy.
I was checking the “news” section on in.msn.com and found this article…thought you’d be interested in the subject matter
If this article is true….WELL DONE BAHU RANI!!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Aishwarya threatens legal action over ‘false’ write ups
Mumbai: Miffed over baseless and false quotes being attributed to her about her personal life, actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has threatened to take legal action against such irresponsible acts in a section of the media.
“Irresponsible statements about her private life will not be left to grow without a strong rebuttal,” a statement issued on behalf of the actress by her publicist said.
“This may be read and understood in no uncertain terms that henceforth we would be forced to take legal recourse in any such event of a piece or article appearing without any credibility or which is an absolute fabrication of one’s imagination,” it said.
The Bollywood diva’s ire was directed at a section of the media after a quote was attributed to her regarding maternity and her career in film industry.
The statement said previously the actress chose to remain silent to the news that she was married off to a tree.
“This silence should not be construed as weakness,” it said.
The statement said Aishwarya got married in the middle of a film and has been a thorough professional even after her wedding.
“We must not forget that besides being a star in every right, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is about a daughter, a wife and a daughter-in-law, a symbol of our tradition and she has always believed and practiced values that govern our society,” the statement added.
Love you always
Dil Se
Pat
To the dear ones who were so caring, thoughtful, considerate.. thank you so much for your kindness and sweetness.. thank you.. i am fine and alright.. and as i have been always here.. i shall continue to be here.. love.
Dear Umesh kamat Day 433(i) # 38 , Day 458 # 85
Dear E.F. Day 458 # 29
Dear R.K.Sehgal ( Los Angeles ) Day 458 # 91
Dear Sudhir Day 456 # 131, # 223
Dear E.T. Day 454 # 131
Dear Anat Magen Day 453 #192
Dear Deepti Shrikant Pote.. Day 441 # 65, Day 442 #42 , Day 443# 128, Day 445 # 128
Dear Daharam Day442 # 130
Dear Shakti Day 440 # 204
Dear Ramanthan Day 428 # 144
To Balmukund Kiri @ 46.
Tell me Mr Kiri, just WHY do you keep on insisting on seeing Mr B without the wig? WHAT PURPOSE DOES IT SERVE YOU? One more thing DON’T drag the rest of EF members into this. Do you get that? If you are an adult behave like one.
Shruti
Dear AB,
It’s quite disappointing to see that U broke your own promise from y’dy of not naming few names. It’s unfair and justice denied to all other EF. Almost all EF are compassionate and to deny them ‘Regular’ title is unthinkable. This is passion for EF and to degrade us by calling ‘irregular’ is disheartning. EF are not to be judged or compared. There is no race among EF and pl don’t try to create one.
I sincerely hope all EF don’t participate in this unfair poll and shall give loud and clear massage-message of harmony and no to all kind of discrimination. I never intended to write what I just wrote in my 491th post.
Really enjoyed Woody Allen anecdote if i can call it…My god you are having a fabulous vecation in Singaaapuram..Men … get in, chose the object of desire, price, purchase … out of there….well said perfect… get what you want and get the hell out…absolutely…
i make an attempt to read ur blog daily….so i’m not happy with ur poll question.
thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks for ur kind reply…….
your reply made me so much happy that i started eating my food ….which i was not taking because of depression….. if u wish then god will definately listen me…….
i am delightful …..actually i want to get mbbs college of delhi which i am not getting ..lets see if u say ..god wil look upon me…..
really u said right in ur blog going in shop and rejecting the articles pains us….
my father also is of same nature..he feels pain but my mom she says
come on lets see the next shop……
please ,be always connected to us like this…….
oooooooooh u answered me ..i think thursday was the big day for me….
oooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh gggggggooooooooodddddd please give me my mbbs college i want !!!!!!!!!!!!!please !i need urgently!i will tell u first here weather i got .i want to get aiims delhi mbbs .its so big thing for me ….so keep on reading and replying…here …..can u help me!
Hello Sir
I have to register a complaint about the question posed today..There are numerous of us who visit the blog everyday but dont necessairly post a reply but that does not mean we are not part of the EF who dont read what you have to say everyday. I have been on the blog since day 1 but i dont reply back everyday but that does not mean i dont admire you or love you any less than anybody else in the world.
Regards
Ram
Dear Sirjee,
I hope you read this one.
I always used to feel angry as to why they didn’t choose you to play your own self (KBC role) in Slumdog millionaire, until I recently saw the movie……
and it was very clear why they kept away from you.
Anil Kapoor’s character has obvious negative shades. You couldn’t have convinced the Indian audience with the best of your acting skills in that character.
And the 2-3% people who say they shall not continue to read this blog……..
I think they comprise THE AFTERNOON staff,
they have achieved what they wanted…….
gained publicity by associating their name with you……
thats what political parties have done with you in the past….by putting up posters in front of your house…creating controversies.
Anybody wanting to suddenly become popular will use your name,
doing this positively will not create any ripples,
they will throw stones in the water to create a splash.
Loyally yours,
Shibani.
with the
Dear Amitji,
Hope your stay at Singapura has been pleasant so far, and so has Jayaji’s, Abhishek’s and Aishwarya’s. And hope your aquaintance here has been recuperating well.
I understand this is a personal family trip to Singapore made for purely personal reasons. However, I’m sure there are some blog regulars here too who would like to see / meet you even for a short while. Definitely an impossibility back home in Bombay. Clue in a few shots of your Singapore walks to let us know your whereabouts. Or as Julia Roberts doe i n the film “Notting Hill”, do you have a favourite cartoon character that you use as a pseudonym if a fan enquires about you at your Hotel lobby??!
Love you Sir
Vivek
Dear Mr Bachchan
Seven thousand eight hundred and eighty two!
Either the number of steps taken today, or the number of times I re-read my yellow slips! You decide
:)
LOVED the Woody Allen quote… he has so many other great ones too. But possibly the ones that spring to my mind aren’t QUITE suitable for the Blog…
And …. don’t kill me for this my feminist friends…. but Mr Bachchan might care to take into consideration the fact that an awful lot of “shop-demolishing” is carried out by females anxious to find something that might not totally dismay their male paramours… so guess we should all be grateful not to be facing the ultimate nightmare of dressing for a ‘date’ with Mr Bachchan!
With love from Daisy
Amithji Parnam,
Your desperate attempts have been very much appreciated, well I did miss out though being at no#85 I think around that anyway.. but you stopped last one at 77. Must say that was very good going on your part, everyone of those answered , and not just 2 word responses.. thank you for taking out the time… maybe if you were in Mumbai you may not have had as much time on your hands… you always seem alot more relaxed away from home!!! But hey we know your dedication, today it as the first lot that got yellow boxes, maybe next time the late latiff’s may be in for a chance… haha…
Do have an idea, you could always do a post one day, and the next just reply to them as many as you can… keeping everyone happy!!! But somehow I don’t think that is how you wish it to work, your passion to blog everyday on your own events n happenings is probably more appropriate from where you stand…
Never knew Jayaji was with you, please do convey my many regards and Parnam. Do miss Jayaji on the big screen … Glad you enjoyed the Pasta, always a convenient, hassle free, quick and scrumptious meal… the Italians know a thing or two about precious time.
Your shopping venture sounds very similar to mine, that I posted to you yesterday…lol… these things happen, it’s like popping into the supermarket for a loaf of bread or just a pint of milk, and coming out with £100 worth of shopping…. But hey don’t want to get into your debate which it may turn into about male/female shopping habits… you may speak for the majority, but come on what about the minority ???
Loved the txt messages that you got, so true yet hilarious….
Today it just rained n rained n rained cats n dogs all day… Hope you are having a more dryer Singapore…
Well that’s it for the kids.. holidays galore, my boys broke up from school today.. now the brain stresses of how to keep them occupied for 6 weeks ??? mind boggles… but I’m sure all will plan effectively, each day a new adventure.
What happened to your font size,as soon as you start the convo on male/female shopping habits ???
Hope you enjoyed your SUN TV, by the time you read this post you probably be putting back your waist brace…
Have Khoon Pasina on in the background on Max as I tap away.. always enjoyable to watch as the clock strikes 10.30pm..
Lov as always
Anu
x
Oh main bhool gaye…
Mujhe kiya karna pade ga Hanumanji ka jaab lene ke liya ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Samje aap ??
Lov as always
Anu
x
I have spread the news among Indian community in Singapore that you are shopping spree In shopping malls
CONFIDENCE
Once, all village people decided to pray for rain.
On the day of prayer all people gathered and only one boy
came with an Umbrella,
that’s Confidence
***
TRUST
Trust should be like the feeling of a one year old baby
when you throw him in the air,
he laughs…… because he knows you will catch him;
that’s Trust
***
HOPE
Every night we go to bed,
we have no assurance to get up alive in the next morning
but still you have plans for the coming day ;
that’s Hope
Regards and love……..Vipin
Hello there dear Mr. Bachchan, Sir… So very nice to be home from work and be able to read your words… just finishes off my day and starts my evening so very nicely… thank you so much for all your witty responses to everyone yesterday… you tried very hard to do them all, I am sure, but how will you ever be able to do that??? Just so you know, I feel the ‘connnection’ anyway.
I am typing to ‘y-o-u’ right this very minute and I know it… Watching ‘Bachban’
this evening. Going to go take my shower and have a glass of wine with my dinner and then ANOTHER glass of wine and then - you.
With much affection, XXXXX OOOOO Valorie
Yo!! Mr Bachchan
Shame my name did not pop in the polls. But to be fair I have not been regular here. But I am dead sure when you will do the next poll my name will apear.
How is Mrs Bachchan, and how was the pasta she cooked. Pasta is my favourite. You must be enjoying SIngapore. Today we had sad news. My mums uncle has been put on a life support machine. We are praying he pulls through.
With all my love and more to you and Mrs Bachchan.
Ekta xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
HAVE CONFIDENCE, TRUST & NEVER LOSE HOPE
DEAR BALU #46,
AAP TO AMITJI KE PICHE HE PAD GAYE.SO MUCH DESIRE FOR ATTENTION IS NOT GOOD .BAR BAR WOHI BAAT REPEAT KARENA BLOG AFTER BLOG ,JAANE BHI DE BOSS….
Dear Amit ji,
And the story of living life backward does not end at the orgasm. The zygote inside the spa splits into two parts, one living there and the other rushes out …
Come on… we are all adults!!
Dear Mr. B,
Thanks a Million for your reply to my last comment #32 on Blog 457
I’m sorry i did miss out reading the part where you mentioned about your staff in New Delhi who photographed the Eclipse (Green Colored - Filter) and went on to admire yours, Abhishek Bhaiyya’s & the Eclipse Photographs.
I was in a bit of hurry to post my Comment expecting it to be in the first 50 and lo it was.
I couldn’t view the Eclipse here as the Clouds played a spoilt sport and disappointed all the Eclipse watchers.
Well, its 3:10am now and i ‘ll go sleep now.. Thanks again for the reply i was the happiest person yesterday plus my Mother’s Birthday.
Loads of Love,
NiTiSH
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Hi Bachanji,
The SMS you mentioned relates to Curious Case of Benjamen Button’s Story line. Have you watched the movie?
Well, I am surprised to know you like to watch SUN TV and that too at late nights.
How do you manage to sleep so late and wake up so early. your sleep test should have told you if you are having enough sleep or not.
Cheers,
Jyostna
Good Morning Dear Amitji,
I thought first I wirte to you and then read the blog so I don’t miss the yellow train of your. Do you know that single line from you can make our day.
I had been asking this for a while, now hopefully I will get a reply.
My wife is due in september and I need you help to choose the name of our baby.
I had a two years old son whose name is Jiaan (Well wanted to have is name as Gyaan(knowledge) but due prounanation here I had modified and it to jiaan and later found it, its a persian name means strong. i would like your suggestion first and then if you don’t mind we can put this on the poll, so your’s and mine EF can help me in choosing the name…what say….
I had shorlist name for boy as:
Veer, Josh, Neil,
For girls,
Jia, Geet, Sera, Jasmine.
As usual please pass my love to Abhi…and tell him he is the best….
Love forever
Manoj
My Dearest Mr. Bachchan,
It was nice seeing your yellow lines to many of the ‘famext’…they were missing for a long time.
It was interesting reading your post and great you had an adventurous day shopping…but sorry, i feel depressed to give my through and long reply.
Sorry to say that Mr.B, but you made me really sad. It might sound childish i am afraid, but it realy hurts being ignored and even unobserved while being from the devoted and regular EF as well.
Thank you R.H
Rasha Zayed.
Pranam Amitabhji and SHwetaji,
I have to at least convey my good wishes to someone I admire. That was Priyanka Chopra.
What about ladies buying habit? Does it any way mean that they did not like the house listing I have linked about. No problem…. we can search further…. In fact that particular house was just a result of search… we have narrowed down to state as MD or W D.c!!! In fact W. D.c is very congested state and so we can only see min of 30 year old house and so I found out in my search….. SOme suburb of MD are considered W.D.C suburb. Montgomery county is one of those county with many suburb in it. I have chosen Rockville based on description in the literatures. So the final choice on the signature court house. FYI it took me 2 years before I build my first 5000 sq feet home. I dont think it SHALL take that much amount of time now. I will visit the MD this weekend and find out my first impression…… How are you shwetaji anyway? I hope you are wonderful. I have some touch with priyanka chopra and since I found out that she is twitting on net. I told her openly how I feel for her as a person….
Shwetaji, Hey do you tweet at tweeter.com???????
Love ya and be in my heart. Be carefull when you dig my heart because you are in it!!!!
I have always loved amitji and I have always cared for you and now love you….
Sanju
Dearest Amiji…
May the Creator always keep you happy.
Working day coming to an end. Extremely tired, i did something really weird today….got up at half three in the afternoon. Couldnt believe this. I think its the effect of wife n kids not being here, routine out the window.
I believe all 5 are regulars to the blog…along with 50 or so more. This family shall continue to live forever, Inshallah.
Just finished watching Khoon Pasina rigt now, your chemistry with Vinod khanna was amazing. Any special memories or incidents you want to fill us with?? Also can you tell us your experience with Nirupa RoyJi….would love to hear your collections.
Amitji….life calling….
Lots of love
Ibrar Hussain UK
Hahahaha…
That is an interesting poll you put up there. But that is not fair. You know I have been busy almost the last month now and I have only just got home a few minutes ago and it is way past 10 pm already and I have not had time to read you or even rest as yet…
Actually contemplating on sleep or making a llooonnng comment just to make you sssmmmmiiiilllleeee!!! Hehehehe…only kidding.
And btw - this poll, is that your way of telling me and goading me to come home to the fold and write as prolificallly as before ??!! Again only kidding …
Will rest for a bit and write another comment either before sleep or just after I awake…
Love sent…
Rose x
Jasmine - from Day 457 - Readers’ Pets
According to my recollections, Tatiana is the woman with an adorable pet rabbit… she once said her bunny is better behaved than her husband ..
And she always writes so lyrically about her love of nature and beautiful wild places…
I think we are kindred spirits, but I am not sure it would be wise to introduce my cats to her rabbit!
(a slight clue to another of your quiz questions)
With love from Daisy
To the dear ones who were so caring, thoughtful, considerate.. thank you so much for your kindness and sweetness.. thank you.. i am fine and alright.. and as i have been always here.. i shall continue to be here.. love.
Dear Umesh kamat Day 433(i) # 38 , Day 458 # 85
Dear E.F. Day 458 # 29
Dear R.K.Sehgal ( Los Angeles ) Day 458 # 91
Dear Sudhir Day 456 # 131, # 223
Dear E.T. Day 454 # 131
Dear Anat Magen Day 453 #192
Dear Deepti Shrikant Pote.. Day 441 # 65, Day 442 #42 , Day 443# 128, Day 445 # 128
Dear Daharam Day442 # 130
Dear Shakti Day 440 # 204
Dear Ramanthan Day 428 # 144
Dear Amit Ji
It was nice to read you blog, which I read everyday . Though the ladies are quite famous for shopping(???) , in my case If I have to shop I just go to a shop and buy what i have to buy and chose from what I have been shown by the shipkeeper instead going for shop hopping but my husband is so unlike me, if he has to buy he goes to minimum 4 to 5 shops and look around whether it is electronics or clothes and you won’t belive he finds some fault or something missing in the object in question, which I usually overlook. earlier I used to get embarrased but now I take him alongwith me.
I think he will be one of the lucky husbands in he World not suffering from his wife’s shopping.
take care
Love
Swapna
Btw - that poll. In a kinda way shows a somewhat bias attitude to us listed. There are those who are just as regular as we are, if not write more comments but for some reason, and I say this out of observation, they don’t get so noticed.
I have been away from the blog mainly because I have genuinely been that very busy but also the underlying reason was that I felt others too needed to be noticed more and deservedly so rather than you focusing so much on certain individuals. You know me, I speak my mind - fair and non bias to all … Ya know !!
And please no one gets offended …
Love again…
Rose x
Good morning Amit ji
First of all let me acknowledge, I loved that Woody Allen quote, it’s simply hillarious. How brilliant, something that most of us would never ever had thought of huh. I can sure imagine Woody Allen actually playing that role.
We also learned some vocabulary from the South, Amma Yenkanna, Vanakkam etc during our visits to Singapore. That Sun TV was very educational for us, loud and entertaining! and when we returned home, those songs were still playing in our ears during our sleep! Couldn’t understand even a word though.
There was a time when chemist shops used to be no different to a hospital, stocking medicines, bandages etc only but now it’s become a variety shop and very inviting. I also do the same, I go there to get a repeat for medication and end up buying other interesting stuff. Post offices are the same now, they have all sorts of interesting gadgets, mobile phones, camping gear, gifts etc etc, they also joined the chain of variety shops.
So your Grey’s Anatomy series has sadly come to an end, it sounds like one of my favouriet tv series coming to and end. It becomes the saddest day for me and I feel like it’s the end of the world!! Amazing how we get so addicted to series.
Yes yes I also support the idea of your personal photography around Singapore but uncropped and uncensored please. Straight out of the hot oven!!
You have a nice one.
Lots of love
Divya
Dear amitabh ji,
Thanks for sharing Woody allens paragraph. it is really superb.i like that.
These days i look after a readymade garments store for women which is located in a wholesale market of womens apparall in DOWNTOWN, Los ANGELES .This is a huge market which is catering to customers coming from so many countries including mexico,venuzualla,costa rica,barbados,canada and bulk of customers come from ALL parts of USA.Some of the customers just come in and look around the merchandise, dont buy anything but leave the shop by politely saying ”
i will be back .”
i like this comment .
Customers have been found very polite and kind during my two and a half month stay.i donot mind if they leave the shop without buying anything.
in india also the trend has changed . Bulk of Shopkeepers dont mind even if the customer had just a tour of the shop and did not buy anything.Some of the shopkeepers , however ,do show the complaing face .
BUT TIME IS CHANGING.
EVERYBODY IS NOT AMITABH BACHAN.AMITABH SHALL NOT WANT TO ANNOY ANY SHOPKEEPER ,SO HE BUYS ONE THING OR THE OTHER .WANT TO KEEP EVERYBODY HAPPY. GREAT.
Your love for south indian music is understandable.i also enjoy the south indian music. They produce flawless music .
with lots of love ,
rajinder sehgal
Dearest Amit ji,
The Famext thingi was just fab…. It was really nice of bringing the name s of our ‘ famext members on the vote…
Wonder if iam on the list some day !!!!
take care.. happy shopping..
luv ya
Joshua D
Dear AmitJi,
Hope you are doing well. It has always been a pleasure to watch your films and read your writings.
Why don’t you write a day’s blog about some of the struggles (emotional, physical, monetary) of your life from the very beginning till yesterday? It would be a source of inspiration for those who want to give up.
Many Thanks,
Manav
totally absurd ! absurd it is ! who really cares who is regular or not !? BTW what do you mean by regular !? if someone can’t chk or writes comments make them on irregular list !? o boy ! is it a kind o’ school or what? r u keeping a ledger/muster or what? u sound like none other than a school teacher ! HUH !
very disappointed in u Mr. AB. ppl visit your blog to ‘Connect ‘ with u not some XYZ u mentioning ! damn it ! in that process if ppl like others writing & feel connected with eachother is a different ball game altogether. Jeessss……..!!!!! are u outta mind or what !?
Man ! u really getting OLD !
Dear Sir, I like this part of you the best. A very funny side!!! The shopping trip, the Woody Allen wish, lovely !
If in future, you are going to reply the first 100, there is going to be a struggle to be there first.
I laughed when I read the bit where the wife demolish the shop and get out, without buying anything. My Dear Hubby usually finds a corner where there is a sofa and dozes off!! The assistants in the store and the on lookers laugh and pass by. I take my own time and pretend I don’t know him until it is paying time!!! hehehehe
It is such a shame, it wasn’t our pharmacy, you came to visit. May be one day, I in my dreams!!!
I had to work late today,as other people are having their annual breaks. One of my colleague has gone to Tunisia, as his parents are there. He works here and is married to a lovely Gujarati girl, but his parents are happy in Tunisia, so makes a few trips there and back.Bless him.
Anyway coming back to todays post, please make it this simple and funny, liked and
loved it. Pranams to you,your family and all EF. ” famext “
Hello Sir
Yes…saw lots of yellow slips being dished out today. You say the intent and will to answer to as many as possible remains. I have not been lucky so far despite being a regular but I will keep my faith. As you said, you will have time to do this more during this hibernation period.
Sounds like you are enjoying the relative freedom of being able to move around somewhat unhindered in Singapore. How do you avoid or handle the recognition and regular stoppages by admirers asking for an autograph or a photograph as you go about your shopping expedition in the busy bazaars?
To avoid any embarassments or sense of guilt, I generally prefer to go to the shops and department stores where they don’t turn the shop upside down for you and where you can choose what you want by yourself, pay and get out.
So how many steps did you do today?
Your not so daft cooked up term could be valid. At least it sounds latin-ish.
Possibly could mean ‘family extended’ (:-)
I prefer the second quote over the first one by Woody Allen.
Enjoy the South Indian song and dance routines.
Best Wishes
Rajesh
p.s. interesting poll question today….now what spurs this on? I hear a lot of the EF members say, ” …but what about me….I am a regular too…hmmmm…”
Ahhh, this is much better… 2nd glass of white wine going down nicely… feeling a little bit more bold… have a suggestion for you, kind Sir… I know you try so ‘desperately’ to answer as many of your famext as you can - time allows only so many, we all understand… bless your heart… perhaps try this: instead of starting at the beginning, with comment #1, start at a random number - like start at #75 or say #135 or something obscure like that… what a lovely surprise for the dear person who works all day (away from a computer) and can only comment to you after returning home? Hmmm? Would make the ‘playing field’ a little more level, no? I can picture you in your ‘track suit’ with your ‘wrist bands’ reading this, stroking your lovely whiskers thinking ‘my goodness, this beautiful, young girl has a really gooooood idea!’ Just spontaneously pick a number out of the air and start there, totally making the day for someone who least expects a response… This ties in with your Woody Allen quote from today’s blog, you see?
Come on, give it a go… Loving you from very far away…XX OO Valorie
Full disclosure: not so young, not so beautiful but still loving you from very far away, that much was true - it was the wine talking………. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Amit ji
Although each one of us would feel special to have the yellow highlight under our comments, however, we are many and you are one and you are the one who is bound to get stressed reading each comment as well as replying to it. Certainly I wouldn’t like to put you in that situation. Yellow highlight is irrelevant to me but as long as you are able to read each of our comments, that is most appreciated.
With abundance of love.
Divya
Dear sir,
hope you would be having tight sleep right now as clock says its 6 40
am in singapore.Besides your good acting i like you because of your
good nature which reveals unintentionally in your interviews.a m
from pak and so i want you to work on friendly environment between
pak and india as we all need peace desperately.i wish you long
healthy life.
flowers you like
faisal
peshawar- NWFP-PAKISTAN
Hey Kaka,
I didn’t know that Kaki is accompanying u in Singapore.
Convey my regards to Her. Have Fun !
Luv u both a lot,
Priti A
whats the 411 on that best scene poll, day 388 pls!!!!!!
Dear Amitji, Wonderful post enjoyed..like to see you happy always…Amazing quotation od Woody allen…never thougth like that..reverce journey of life
take care with love
Dilip
Dear Amit Uncle,
I scored 87% recognition and 85% temporal memory on yesterday’s test.
Dear Mr.Bachchan,
I am sadly, that the time in last days not sufficient had
around your post and also the many comments of the EF to read. It was around
me so much hectic and stress and my thoughts was with others busily. Because I translate first, there lasts it somewhat longer. But I become in the next days my missing lines catch up.
I will read now your post ,First your poll question;I think all the names that stand therewrite much Interesting messages, and it is for me always a joy and pleasure when I can read this.
I take my hat off to; Reeham ,Rochelle ,Daisy, Rose C,M Satyam
… and be pleased about further good messages. Many thanks!
I have vote for Rochelle I believe she never is absent.
best wishes to you Mr. Bachchan take care of your health.
Enjoy the day
love always
Carla
Hello Sir,
I am a regular reader of your blog… my son of 11 years says I am addicted to it. I never thought of commenting here since I just take sheer pleasure in reading your blog. But since last few days, since I came to know that you are in Singapore, I am just overwhelmed with the thought that you are staying where I have been living for the past few years.. You are walking on the streets where I would have once walked… How I wish to see you.. Sunday is my birthday.. and the gift I asked my husband… lets go round shopping malls trying to catch a glimpse of you.. I dont mind his starring at me…
Well, well, the new name now
FAMEXST
I guess we SHALL get used to it
FAMILIA EXTENDUM sounds beautiful and universal - and suitable for different languages and countries.
Love
Jana from Moscow, Russia
Read this funny write up about aspiring BOLLYWOOD STARS ;-))
MATUNGA — is the neghberhood of Bombay city from where Prithvi Raj Kapoor ji
&
many other Film personalities of yersteryear emerged .
Read ON : ~~~
http://binagupta.sulekha.com/blog/post/2009/01/neighbors-and-old-bollywood-page-4-of-memory-book.htm
One quaint incident regarding this Kapur family comes to mind- they too were from Amritsar and one of their grandsons had come to stay with them as he had Bollywood dreams. He looked like Jamavant of Ramayana (like a bear) and so the family called him Jamura lovingly!!- guess tongue in cheek. Well after lots of chakkars of filmistan studios and heartache- finally he got a small role in a movie. With great fanfare Jamura took us all to the see the movie on its opening- I remember the name was Sikander-e-azam. The whole movie got over but we did not see him at all!! When we asked in which scene were you? He said during the war- I am one of the dead bodies lying on the battlefield!!! Hehe-omg. This is called filmy junoon. Poor Jamura
As far as the poll is concerned, all the above have been the most regular and lot more who have not been mentioned.Jasmine, Anat Magen, S Khan, Lily from Germany and many many more, and a lot more new EF’s, who come up with some lovely comments. Thanks to all.
My Dear MrB,
So now you have taken up tamil too? Unnakkka pasikarada? Saadam venamo?
Glad to see you in revved up mode. I hope you stay that way always.
Love..
Shobita
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Everyday from your writing we get enriched with thoughtful comments which may have otherwise been confined to your close circle or mind;
We want you to share your observations on anything going “GREEN” around you and your thoughts on going “GREEN”.
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Sir,
Fonts start unusually big and then went unusually small.
Pranam Amitabhji and Shwetaji,
You both have lifted me knowingly or hiding it. I must confess it is true by my heart. I am watching bloomberg business news and as my brain cell pick up new horizon of knowledge remind me of both of you… I hope I would be any help to your family…. Love ya and continue to do so….
sanju
Hi Big B,
i cannnnnnnnnnnnnnnt believe it in first sight,again i check if you actually replied my request to say hellooo,,sudeenly ,i was jumping on my head..i saw ur reply —-GOD,U REALLY EXIST SOMEWHERE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Well i have taken the print out of your reply and posted on my company Notice board and it has attracted almost each and everyone there,,even my boss ,head sitting abroad in sanjose CA is feeling envy of me now hahahhahahaa….sir you made my day ,,in true word my life time wishes came True…my friends,relative, colleagues somehow somewhere saw you biut i never get any single chance to get in touch or see you…i must say…MERA DIN AGAYA…..chalo aise hi sahi i got your mail and its enuf for me…I REAlly dont want to see you now…believe me if i ever come face to face with you or see you from any distance i will sure be fainted….Love you,ABHISHEK mostly as i m his biggest fan on earth… Obvuously After you….Please do take care of your helath as you are inspiration to Millions and national Icon undoubtedly the best and most entertaining personality from the HINDI CINEMA ever produced…your constant touchbase with your EF is INCREDIBLE at such age,,,,APPP PLZZ APNA KHOOB ACHCHEY SE KHYAAL RAKHEYN,,you are AMITABH BACHCHAN,.,,,,you have to,,,,app jo kaheny pagalpan ya deewana pan but my whole family is Diehard fan of you and now Abhishek…..Keep doing good work and please BE ALWAYS AMITABH BACHCHAN——-THE PHENOMENON—
Love you all
Sam..
This is a nice clip sent to me today. Have fun everyone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQcVllWpwGs
Amitabh, dear one,
Why not start your yellow line responses at the newest one and go backwards? That way those in line first will not always be the ones responded to. We’re all on different time zones and it’s impossible for me, for example, to be in the first 150 without getting up in the middle of the night to do it.
Maybe this could be an alternate thing; one time start at the beginning with #1 and the next with the latest message.
Aloha from Hawaii …
Love, Dorothy
And another one I have received. A good one.
George Carlin on age102.
(Absolutely Brilliant)
George Carlin’s Views on Ageing
Do you realise that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we’re kids? If you’re less than 10 years old, you’re so excited about ageing that you think in fractions.
‘How old are you?’ ‘I’m four and a half!’ You’re never thirty-six and a half. You’re four and a half, going on five! That’s the key
You get into your teens, now they can’t hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.
‘How old are you?’ ‘I’m gonna be 16!’ You could be 13, but hey, you’re gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life …. . You become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony.YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!
But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There’s no fun now, you’re Just a sour-dumpling. What’s wrong? What’s changed?
You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you’re PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it’s all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone.
But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn’t think you would!
So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 andMAKE it to 60.
You’ve built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it’s a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!
You get into your 80’s and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30 ; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn’t end there Into the 90s, you start going backwards; ‘I Was JUST92.’
Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. ‘I’m 100 and a half!’
May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!
HOW TO STAY YOUNG
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay ‘them’
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. ‘An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.’ And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love , whether it’s family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don’t take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER :
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
And if you don’t send this to at least 8 people - who cares?But do share this with someone. We all need to live life to its fullest each day!!
My dear Mr.Bachchan
Thank you for making an effort at answering all EF.I’m happy for fellow EF….happy to see the yellow lines,it brightens the page.
It seems you are enjoying your time in Singapore,you very well deserve to.
You went shopping?that’s nice,you make us all feel as though we are on the same level as you,we have so much in common.And yes ,we ladies have a different style when shopping….I love to shop,it’s a great pleasure for me!
It is wonderful for an orchid to be named after you…truly a great honor!
Thanks for the quotes….i like the second one
Regarding the poll,i voted for Rochelle….hope i’m correct.
I hope and pray that the ‘high tide’ may be kind to India
How is Abhishek and Aishwarya doing?….just wishing them well!
My love and prayers always…for you,your wonderful family and all EF
Saroj
Glad your stay in Singapore is keeping you in a happy and cheerful mood and hoping your friend Mr Singh feels his spirits lifted, having you stay close by. Wishing him a speedy recovery and back to full health. And I wish the same for you too, Sir.
Enjoyed that piece from Woody Allen, really funny and very clever. The man is a genius for sure!
Hope you managed to clock up thousands of steps on your pedometer, going on your spending spree adventure! Are you still having fun with your gadget? Looking forward to seeing your pictures of walking the streets of Singapore!
Take care & love,
Brenda
Dear amitabh ji,
Right now the POLL RESULTS show that rochelle is far ahead of others .
i think she has bagged the prize.
congrats .
keep blogging.
rajinder sehgal
Y DO MY MAILS NEVER BE EATEN BY YOUR SERVER BIGADDA ENGINEERS???
hey I see that you watch a lot of drama series like west wing etc. oh pleases dont start watchin the series called 24 its damn addictive,had a lot of sleepless nights by staying up and watching that.do you watch any funny sitcoms should try How i met your mother.
Thanks for posting about this, I would love to read more about this topic.
Hi to my dearest Amit ji, ENJOY ENJOY YOUR STAY AT SINGAPORE!!!!!
ALL MY GOOD WISHES ARE WITH YOU.
TAKE CARE
S KHAN(USA)
Hi sudhir , you missed my previous comment. I thoroughly enjoyed your Bazme-shayeri. Thank you and God bless you.
All the best
S khan(USA).
Dear Sir, saw ur interview on CNN ystdy by reading ur blog everyday i feel that i know u so well that all the questions asked i knew what ur answer will be and believe me it was same as i expected it shows that how much ur blog have connected you with EF and all of us feel that u r a part of our family Best wishes and regards Anwar Khan Riyadh Saudi Arabia .
Dearest and Beloved Amitji…
Eyes wanting to close yet sight is longing for the One i wait for….
Fingers tremble at the priviledge bestowed on me of writing to you….
What shall I write, where shall i begin. Is there even a beginning?
For you were always there, always there to give the heart some peace.
Totally lost in this my deepest blue, but being lost can be such a virtue. Only the ones that are lost can contemplate. So lost in being lost that lost is the desire to be found. Insanity, the intelligent ones say. What do they know? For its this insanity that keeps me sane. For I have this gift which is my most prized possession. None can take away. Noone understands and noone needs to, nor do you my Dearest one. Let me enjoy this love. For we only live once and in this once, I have lived many once’s. That is sufficent for me. Loving my Beloved, what more could I desire?
The brain says I should stop as I am laying bare my inner self. The heart just wont let me. What dimension am I wandering in? What does it matter? Intoxication many call it. Why dont they call it true love? For love is the biggest intoxication of all. So high that you forget yourself in this love. Guard it selfishly so much so that the one loved doesnt even know how much he is loved. That brings a smile to the face.
But then, hasnt love always been slandered? The Giver of love has given me this love, how then can it be impure? Being mortals we wish for being together. Floating in the thought of the Beloved is immortality. Thank you my Lord for letting me love my beloved.
Close my eyes in the thought of you, my Beloved.
ih
Dearest and Beloved Amitji….
Eyes wanting to close yet sight is longing for the One i wait for….
Fingers tremble at the priviledge bestowed on me of writing to you….
What shall I write, where shall i begin. Is there even a beginning?
For you were always there, always there to give the heart some peace.
Totally lost in this my deepest blue, but being lost can be such a virtue. Only the ones that are lost can contemplate. So lost in being lost that lost is the desire to be found. Insanity, the intelligent ones say. What do they know? For its this insanity that keeps me sane. For I have this gift which is my most prized possession. None can take away. Noone understands and noone needs to, nor do you my Dearest one. Let me enjoy this love. For we only live once and in this once, I have lived many once’s. That is sufficent for me. Loving my Beloved, what more could I desire?
The brain says I should stop as I am laying bare my inner self. The heart just wont let me. What dimension am I wandering in? What does it matter? Intoxication many call it. Why dont they call it true love? For love is the biggest intoxication of all. So high that you forget yourself in this love. Guard it selfishly so much so that the one loved doesnt even know how much he is loved. That brings a smile to the face.
But then, hasnt love always been slandered? The Giver of love has given me this love, how then can it be impure? Being mortals we wish for being together. Floating in the thought of the Beloved is immortality. Thank you my Lord for letting me love my beloved.
Close my eyes in the thought of you, my Beloved.
ih
y do my mails get eaten?
Brilliant Woody Allen quote. Will be sharing it.
Mr B, see..when women go shopping..they don’t necessarily know what they want…or what they need…in fact, they may not need anything at all…it’s all about how they feel at a particular moment in time, where the mood takes them…we impulse buy (at times) depending on the hormones….and return the item a week later…lols!
Familia extendum…?! Mr B, seeing as you’re the last person I want to be related to…I guess that’d make me ‘Amicus Extra-Extendum’ (Amex)..
Love…and g’nite…
Reconsidered - and very contrite: of course I would take you shopping, Mr. AB, if you had the strange desire! Legen - I can think of much better things to do, how does dinner and a movie sound….keep dreaming, Renate and don’t wake up…haha
Oh..and forget West Wing..if you like Grey’s Anatomy you’re gonna love ‘House’…the guy is a genius…!!
Dear Sir
Singapore is one of my favorite city/countries in the world. I used to go there on business trips from the US…and stayed at the Grand Hyatt in downtown. The service at Hotels and restaurants in Singapore is almost always excellent, efficient and respectful. You really feel special and pampered when u stay there. Something that you miss in the US.
During my last visit, my colleague and I tried many restaurants at Clarke Quay — what a diverse variety of food in a unique setting. The other unforgettable experience is with the taxi drivers in town. One can have the most profound and unexpected conversations with them.
Anyways….good memories and happy travels…hope to go back there soon..
Best wishes for your stay and your friend’s recovery.
I
Amit Ji,
An idea ! !
Is it possible to interact to you live through this blog?
Or
Once a while , we have your audio or video post instead of written?
Vipin
My Dearest Mr.Bachchan,
It was nice seeing your yellow lines to many of the ‘fametx’…they were missing for a long time.
It was interesting reading your post and great you had an adventurous day shooping…sorry but i feel depressed and iam unable to give my thorough and long reply.
sorry to say that Mr.B, but you made me really sad. It might sound childish iam afraid, but it really hurts being ignored and even unobserved while being one of those regular and devoted EE as well.
Thank you R.H.
Rasha Zayed.
ha ha ha All I did was smile and chuckled reading your this post….nice joke! As for women doing demolition work in stores…well to be honest I don’t know whats up with men..my hubby is exactly the same - he won’t let me open the bedsheet that I am wanting to purchase to see the full design!! Till Monday - have a good weekend..
Hello Mr. Bachchan,
Watching SUN TV in this age can be injurious to your health . hehehehe.
Devils in the detail of this comment hahaha..
Have fun anyhow. A men needs what he neeeds.
Cheers !!
VIbhanshu Sharma
Amitji, great to hear that you also shop.
I thought that Jaya ji would be doing this for you all the time as wives are great at buying things for their husbands and we generally overlook our second halves. We are renowned to forget wedding anniversaries, birthdays, etc.
Anyway it was good to hear you bought something for Jayaji. Also the exercises bag is great and it shows that you are keenly taking exercises.
I would love to see a picture of the flower named after you in the blog sometime.
Yes Singapore is a very clean city indeed.
The Latin “Familia Extendum sounds really class-act. Feels like a very prestigious Private College’s motto. I love it.
You have not updated us on Amar Singh’s health yet. How is he going anyway? Please do keep on passing our good wishes to him.
Finally, regards to you and the Bachan Family.
Dharmen (Melbourne)
Dear Amit ji,
Just wanted to say ” Hello” and enjoy your trip in Singapore. You have changed your blog font , any reason. Please change back to old font. That was better . Atleast we can read .
Thankyou
love you
waiting for your ” PYAAR BHARI HELLO AND BIG HUG
Loved those jokes!!! Wish I could actually hear it from you…ur voice is sooooo soooo good… never come across a man with a voice as sexy as that.
Take care.
Love.
YENNA SAAPUTINGE? PASTA?
Hey Babujiiii
Today i’m in Australia… so very less tym
But Wanna Say
“I LOve YOu n My BAchchan Family…”
TAke CAre …n God Bless !!!
YOurs:
RJ T@ntr@
Radio JOckey
94.3 MY FM, Jabalpur
+919302256575
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Dear Amitji,
Sorry to miss out your blog from 20th till today as i went to Virginia beach with family, and yes, I did not have computer with me, as i was not allowed!!!! Otherwise, i would still be responding to your blog. Although, I liked the poll, i am ( I should not be saying this) also a regular “commentor” on your blog. Not to outsmart anyone or being jalous, i am just a regular visitor on your blog, and I love it.
love
Ashesh
Since u seem to follow a little Tamil, I was wondering if I could suggest you watch one of my favorite movies ‘MAUNA RAAGAM’ by Maniratinam starring Revathy and Mohan. Like Cheeni Kum (which I have seen 47 times), it leaves us feeling good….warm and tingly…
please do watch it for me.
Love.
Hey Babujiiii
Today i’m in Australia… so very less tym
But Wanna Say
“I LOve YOu n My BAchchan Family…”
“Aaj mere pass, bangla hai, gaadi hai, bank balance hai, .. KYa hIA Tumhare pass ???
i Said :- ” MERE PASS , MERE PASS BABUJIIIIIIIII HAIN ” ……..
TAke CAre …n God Bless !!!
YOurs:
RJ T@ntr@
Radio JOckey
94.3 MY FM, Jabalpur
+919302256575
myfmtantra@gmail.com
Woody Allens comment is similar to the story of Benjamin Button, but it is worth thinking that if you had your retirement to spend when you are young…you probably will be broke in a week or two.
Hey Babujiiii
Today i’m in Australia… so very less tym
But Wanna Say
“I LOve YOu n My BAchchan Family…”
“Aaj mere pass, bangla hai, gaadi hai, bank balance hai, .. KYa hIA Tumhare pass ???
i Said :- ” MERE PASS , MERE PASS BABUJIIIIIIIII HAIN ” ……..
so AAJ KHUSH TO BAHOT HONGE AAP …….. PLZ BE LIKE DIS …
TAke CAre …n God Bless !!!
YOurs:
RJ T@ntr@
Radio JOckey
94.3 MY FM, Jabalpur
+919302256575
myfmtantra@gmail.com
Hey Babujiiii
Today i’m in Australia… so very less tym
AAJ MUJHE YAAD AA RAHI HAIN WO LINES:-
” मैं और मेरी तन्हाई अक्सर यह बातें करती हैं,
तुम होती तो कैसा होता,
तुम यह कहती , तुम वो कहती,
तुम इस बात पे हैरान होती, तुम उस बात पे कितनी हसती,
तुम होती तो ऐसा होता, तुम होती तो वैसा होता,
मैं और मेरी तन्हाई, अक्सर यह बातें करती है ”
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” ये रात है या तुम्हारी जुल्फें खुली हुयी हैं,
है चांदनी या तुम्हारी नज़रों से मेरी रातें धुली हुयी हैं,
ये चाँद है या तुम्हारा कंगन, सितारे हैं या तुम्हारा आँचल,
हवा का झोंका है या तुम्हारे बदन की खुशबू,
ये पत्तियों की है सरसराहट की तुमने चुपके से कुछ कहा है,
ये सोचता हूँ , मैं कब से गुमसुम,
के जबकि मुझको भी ये खबर है की तुम नहीं हो, कहीं नहीं हो..
मगर ये दिल है की कह रहा है, तुम यहीं हो, यहीं कहीं हो.”
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” मजबूर ये हालात इधर भी हैं उधर भी,
तन्हाई की एक रात इधर भी है उधर भी,
कहने को बहोत कुछ है मगर किस से कहें हम,
कब तक यूँ ही खामोश रहे , और सहें हम,
दिल कहता है दुनिया की साड़ी रस्म उठा दें,
दीवार जो हम दोनों में है उसको गिरा दें,
क्यों सुलगते रहे लोगों को बता दें,
हाँ हमको मोहब्बत है, मोहब्बत है, मोहब्बत
अब दिल में यही बात इधर भी है उधर भी….”
****** तंत्रा *********
TAKE CARE ………..
YOurs:
RJ T@ntr@
Radio JOckey
94.3 MY FM, Jabalpur
+919302256575
myfmtantra@gmail.com
GODFATHER
I have learnt and still learning many things from you
hope one day I will b like you
I really want to be like you.
You have already made and you can make anyone flattered by your SENSE of HUMOUR.
I have some concept related to movie script
Can I share with you ?
I score 82% in MEMORY TEST,
I have one more can u add some more pics of JAYA MAM.
I just love her INNOCENT SMILE.
REGARDS
VARUN SURI
vds62002@yahoo.com
hi Mr B
there’s something particular in buying a case for ‘the’ lapee-top..
i’m sure most of us can’t live with out it…
i’m pretty sure.. i’l quickly flounder without it, get withdrawal symptons..
be sent to a clinic to get better.. by the family!
anyway..
Rochelle.. blogs are informative, honest
Rose.. blogging .. funny bables.. in a really good way..
Satyam… incisive..cutting to the core..
Reehan… loving
Satyam… your articulation on Kings Emperors Abdication..
interesting..
there’s the whole thing of man can become through action/or perception..creation ‘god’ like.. a hero in the eyes of society…
but, he can’t then return to being a mere mortal with all the frailties … of a man…
(many of the western super hero movies deal with this ..)
but, my view is.. why not…
afterall, a King.. an Emperor is but simple a man (or a women)
human..not supreme and, anyway to be fallen..that is a given, there is no running away from that, so why not live as you desire, deem fit and brings you maximum happiness.
why should a King/Emperor..live in a prism (prison) created by the people for the people..
no.. absolutely not!
love
Salma
ya…
Daisy M… cool..
I am back early from the rained out Cyclones game. Of course they had to wait an hour to decide to call it so people could make their purchases at the concession stands and the team store (where I did shop and make a purchase of a T-shirt on the clearance rack huge enough to be used as a night shirt)
So you think you could slip that gender stereotype by me! I held out because you’ve heard enough from me on that. Actually, I never even heard that generalization before. That’s how in touch I am with the world of shopping! The only shopping I like is for fun stuff like CD’s and T-shirts. I think I’m very sensitive about gender roll stereoyping because I grew up in the era of the women’s lib movement. And decades later, all the ads on TV show how excited women get over housecleaning and cooking for their families (to me being a servant), while there are plenty of male chefs and janitors out there. What infuriates me most is the women that uphold all the stereotypes more than the men that mention them. And so, I will burden the blog with another appropriate song lyric:
The Slits
“Typical Girls” lyrics-from 1979
Don’t create
Don’t rebel
Have intuition
Can’t decide
Typical girls get upset too quickly
Typical girls can’t control themselves
Typical girls are so confusing
Typical girls - you can always tell
Typical girls don’t think too clearly
Typical girls are unpredictable (predictable)
Typical girls try to be
Typical girls very well
Typical girls are looking for something
Typical girls fall under spells
Typical girls buy magazines
Typical girls feel like hell
Typical girls worry about spots, fat, and natural smells
Stinky fake smells
Typical girls try to be
Typical girls very well
Don’t create
Don’t rebel
Have intution
Don’t drive well
Typical girls try to be
Typical girls very well
Can’t decide what clothes to wear
Typical girls are sensitive
Typical girls are emotional
Typical girls are cruel and bewitching
She’s a femme fatale
Typical girls stand by their man
Typical girls are really swell
Typical girls learn how to act shocked
Typical girls don’t rebel
Who invented the typical girl?
Who’s bringing out the new improved model?
And there’s another marketing ploy
Typical girl gets the typical boy
The typical boy gets the typical girl
The typical girl gets the typical boy
Are emotional
I promise I won’t come back to say goodnight. I’ll say it now. Goodnight. (Thank you for the long and entertaining blog even after spending so much time replying to us.)
Love,
Rochelle
Dear Mr.Bachhan,
Its morning for me so I am happier when your posts are like these ,where they bring smiles on your face.Woody Allen ’s imagination is what I am referring to.
To read those heavy posts in the mornings is not so great,though I confess I reflect over them far more during the day.
..Yes,”shall ” is getting to be an overdose.You don’t get things out of your system easily ,do you ? You would make a bad mother-in-law, Mr.B !
Between YellowBand and Sleep I choose the latter.For one thing, I scored only 75 in Temporal memory and 92 in Recognition ,and I don’t have the liberty to get up when I feel like as there are three 80+ year olds that are dependent on me for a lot of stuff.I guess, between Yellow Band and seeing Daybreak, I choose the latter too.
I always write with the conviction that you are definitely reading what we write.
I am pleased with myself for I sound (!) happy,positive and hopeful and oh my God also sound like you !
Cheers and God Bless,
Ragini
Hi
Just saw the poll. Good idea to keep all of us at famext busy competing with each other while you enjoy it all with a he he he…..lol
Since you shared that paragraph with us I thought of taking a leaf out of it and start my comment from what I read last, well, only a leaf as I may not continue it like that. This was probably the first time (correct me if I am wrong) that you have shared a sms like this one. I know you must be having plenty of those on your mobile and hope you SHALL share the same in the future and increase our GK. he he
You have got yourself so many gadgets to log in to and chat with famext. Now use it to the fullest. Your intentions seems to be very healthy as you try to insulate EF and make it famext. I hope it succeeds. SHALL be people may carve out a hole in this one too. How many holes are we going to plug in this one life!
You have got some special tootpastes? Whats that? It may not be special like dant manjans that we used to have (and still have) in India. Anyway, I hope to be blessed enough to have enough teeth when I become your age to try out those special things in life!
Your demolition (sorry description) of shopping was hilarious. I agree with you and be ready getting demolished !
I enjoyed reading your post today, I hope so have you.
lots of love
Naresh Kapoor
I did not know how funny today’s post is until I re-read it again as usually I do you know y!!!! Don’t get more funnier sir there are ladies in the courtyard. We otta be gentlemen!!! Hey what the hack its beautiful relation anyway is not it? Ma-Son….
Just cant stop smiling though on your wit to even write on the blog…………
Have a good day….
Sanju
Respected Sirji: SAIRAM. GOD BLESS YOU. Happy you are in Singapore. We too. Please Sir permit us to meet you, where are you? How are you? Pray Almighty bless you with lots of energy. How is dear Amar Singji? Shall be happy to know thro mail when and where can we meet? 4 adults + one child my grand-daughter who is fond of listening to and singing again and again “Main aapko ek kahani sunaun? Hmm? Mere Paas aao…” We all shall be delighted once again (met you in Goregaon Film Cty in Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gum sets.
Kind Regards and Prayers for your welfare
V. RAMASWAMY & SON PADMANAB SRIDHAR
Hello Amit Uncle,
How are you doing in Singapore? Howz Amar Singh Uncle Health now?
You know one thing..Amar singh Uncle visited our house in Indore couple of times. My bade papa - Kalyan Jain is senior leader of Samajwadi Party. So whenever Amar SIngh Unlce comes to Indore, he visits our house. Give our reagrds to him.
Have quality time with your family out there..!!
Lots of luv
Sir
Being a Singaporean i’m so proud to know you are here and enjoying your stay in our small and unique country.
Our hospitality and cleanliness with good customer service provided to all visitors is what make Singapore known.
I hope you enjoyed your stay here and do take your grandchildren to Singapore and visit the Underwater World at Sentosa and also Singapore Zoological coz i’ m sure they will love it.
Sir i would like to recomment you to take the Singapore Flyers at night coz you will be esctatic with the view of Singapore at night….
With Love
Imah
PS: Pls ask AB JR to visit the facebook and say hi to all the ABCD’s cos we are all missing him terribly….
enjoy sinagpore! all the very best 2 u !
Love,
Lopamudra
Pradip (re: Comment # 140): Pradip: I am quite an irregular poster on this blog, but with all due respect I don’t agree that this is a discriminatory poll. That is, it is not discriminatory to draw distinctions — it is discriminatory to invest those differences with value, and to regard some differences as unjustifiably “lesser” in value (”unjustifiably” because, for instance, no-one could reasonably criticize me for being biased against pedophiles — but I could be criticized for being biased against brown-haired people). Amitabh Bachchan’s blog is not phrased in such a way as would lead one to believe that he is saying regular commenters are smarter or somehow “better” than others (indeed, the fact that he calls ALL commenters his extended family suggests precisely the opposite) — at most he is saying what everyone knows to be true: that some post more often than others. I see this poll as a kind of “thank you” to them (I might add that Mr. Bachchan has also, in the past, said thanks in even more inclusive ways: I believe his 50th or 100th post listed the name of EVERY commenter. So he has covered both bases, and is clearly very conscientious when it comes to this issue).
[I apologize for jumping in this way; obviously Mr. Bachchan is more than capable of speaking for himself, but I felt strongly about this, hence this comment].
PS– loved Sudhir’s comment (#28): I am continually amazed by how regular Mr. Bachchan is, given his schedule etc. I have never seen nor heard of such dedication by a celebrity toward his/her fans.
Gosh! Who taught you yenna passikade? After all that pasta. Still passikade?
Looks like Aishwarya is giving you Tamil lessons! Sun TV to be thanked too.
How many languages do you speak?
Anshu
PS: Murphy’s darned law of the inevitable blogger’s paradox: The day I have a hectic schedule and can’t find time to post a comment is the day AB will respond to 125 comments . AAAAAAAAAAARRRGHH!
Loooooved Woody Allen’s comment.
What a genius. I am going to forward that left, right and centre!
Anshu
NDH
g morn,
That is really a pure piece of literature and philosophy , perhaps only Woody Allen can proclaim. Sorry ,I am unable to answer the polls today, cos I really dont know the answer. I think the yellow line is less important than the fact that you read the comments. So i write , not for the yellow line, but like to continue believing that your read all the responses.
I still havent been able to figure out why the solar eclipse photos were green. But , I hope the google search will help. I am an avid photographer too for last 30 years … natural , for an architect.. I guess… so I am curious. Would you ask your NDH staff …. oh no, again , no answer
Here come the good wishes …and the affection … have a great day and my regards to your spouse
Sir, Absolutely loved your last post. Brilliant!!!
Regards,
Anu
hi
rose darling
take some chilling pilling.s..
i’v read mr b’s bloggee.from the. first day.. but only recently started to comment..
and,
i must say…
its just comments on styles of writing…
fun..
love
salma
Mr. B
Give u an idea, take a sabbatical for 3days ONlY and answer all the EF who have not been replied to, what say?Now now dont suggest something else as this sounds reasonable.
The Woody Allen stuff sounds very much like “The curious case Of Benjamin Button”.
Hope at least if not able to reply u read all our mail ’cause whats the use of sending one when it is not even seen. Cheerio then take care and love and regards sharmishta
i think .. recently the most enjoyable read has been Daisy .. with her cats plus the walking…
ya
love
salma
hello Sir…..
i also did observe yesterday your replies but believe me Sir I don’t write here seekin for your reply……I just wanna know whether you go through your blog comments or not…..and yes like the way you explained your shopping thing :)…..
regards………:)
hi
see, ya ya… i admit it, i rather enjoy reading comments by fellow blogg ers..
anyway..
aishwarya… is it the aishwarya… filming..
if so
hi,
salma
Sir
Am writing generally to you…..my father and you belong to the same generation…I always tell my father…see the way he has kept himself….its only becoz he is still working…..u will never get old…if u continue working….there will be fatigue….but the responsibilities…will drive oneself….my father in your language…is a old wog….so please keep working….and ailments will come and go…
I like your friendship with Amar Singhji….he came to you when you needed him the most…and now when he is recuperating…u r there for support….In your blog everybody gives their wishes to him….but mine one is for his wife…she must be going thru a tough time…my father had 2 bypasses and stent implantation in his heart….I have seen the anxiety and worry in my mom’s face….so may god give all the courage to her
Now a small appeal to people about myself on behalf of your blog….its feels embarrassing to write also….we are in a financial duress…in a layman language..debt trap…If I would have been in America….I would have declared myself…bankrupt….Please help….
Thanks
Anindita (09349117669)
Haha
I had a good laugh at the ’shopping” topic and the term Demolition used…..first thing I read this blog and this made my day as I actually laughed…hehe….thanx a ton you make a lot of difference to our lives 
appreciate this…..Cheers frm Ktm as always - Varsha
Dear Mr. Bachchan;
Thanks for the memories! Made me feel like 50 isn’t the end of the world after all. I scored 100% on the recognition and 95% on the temporal. So why can’t I remember to take my purse off the top of my car before I drive away from the gas station???
Kindest regards from Calgary Canada
MY NAME IS MISSING IN THE REGULAR BOG VOTES..SIGH SIGH SIGH SIGH….AS ALWAYS FRM KTM VARSHA
Hello,
How can you generalise Women as in whole???
Not all enjoy shopping and I am one of them. I enter a mall only if I have a purchase to make and I walk away with what is required. Never bother to see whats on the next shelf.
I do read your blog but never participated……….but, this statement!!!
I reside in Singapore and would want to meet you if you may allow.
Regards,
Alpa
Dear Mr. Bachchan ,
Lovely pictures . White linen shirts look so cool on women and men alike.You look particularly stylish in one. Velly nice.
Yes ,men and women have such different shopping rules and etiquette. The most amusing mall scene is the husband sitting patiently on a chair ,holding the wife’s handbag and wearing a resigned look while she is trying on clothes left ,right and center.I generally end up buying something if the shop assistant is particularly nice and helpful even if I have to return it the next day.Have to avoid those little kiosks in the mall though. Those guys can be very persuasive. I have bought many useless things from them.Can’t even return those ,for they might be gone the next day.
LOL
Dear Amitg,
Nice ….achchi khashi shopping ho gayi….did u buy anything for jaya ma and abhi and ashh….
Regards,
Naresh Sharma
Anashwar Chopra says:
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July 20, 2009 at 10:50 pm
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Anashwar Chopra says:
July 20, 2009 at 4:54 pm
#453(292,94 & 295).453(145)
(292)Anashwar Chopra says:
July 19, 2009 at 8:04 pm
HI,
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace. Taking, as he did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that he will make all things right if I surrender to his will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life, and supremely happy with Him forever in the next.
achopra_1001@rediffmail.com
(294)Anashwar Chopra says:
July 19, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Hi,
Be true to yourself
Help Others
Make each day your masterpiece
Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible
Make friendship a fine art
Build a shelter (of faith) against a rainy day
Pray for guidance and count and give thanks for your blessings every day .
achopra_1001@rediffmail.com
(295)Anashwar Chopra says:
July 19, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Hello,
Do not begin to measure your safety by your comfort - but measure it by the eternal Word of God, which you have beleived and which you know to be true.
achopra_1001@rediffmail.com.
If a woman gives a man her telephone number, he should call her the next day.
He shouldn’t wait two days. If he hesitates, she’ll feel hurt and rejected.
If you get her answering machine, read a romantic poem (e.g., a Shakespeare sonnet). Women love romantic poetry.
achopra_1001@rediffmail.com
Salma, thanks very much for your kind words and great comment. I don’t disagree with the fact that the king is a human being like others. Unfortunately it is also the case that those who have a public name also have greater responsibility. Not the least of which is the question of legacy. If a king institutes a system what happens to the latter when he walks away one day to ‘abdicate’? Does he ensure beforehand that there will be a degree of continuity? Or is he ok with barbarian hordes tearing these down the very next day?
A public name is I think precisely a kind of prison. One is actually not free to do what one wishes. We see this pragmatically all the time. Can celebrities for example lead the lives ‘normal’ people do? Of course not. It is regrettable but as Emerson might have said this is nature’s iron law of compensation. ‘Nothing is got for nothing’. So the very public name that gives one influence, gives one’s signature a certain potency is also that which denies one life’s simplest pleasures. To be a public figure is to be someone who cannot be reduced to the merely human. Because the latter ceases to encapsulate the reality of the former.
So a name like ‘Amitabh Bachchan’ (I have been talking of kings and emperors!) is not just Amitabh Bachchan the human but also Amitabh Bachchan the megastar, the demi-God.. so on and so forth. There is simply no way of divorcing one from the other. Public figures lead this sort of hyphenated existence. To sound a bit Miltonic about this there is always ’strife’ in their lives. They cannot be either one or the other but must be both one and the other. As ordinary people we cannot even begin to comprehend the stresses this kind of hyphenated existence places on the human psyche. This is why I almost never have any patience for ‘bourgeois’ judging of public figures and so on. Not because the latter aren’t constrained by the same ethical and/or moral imperatives. Just that their ways of accessing these are by definition very different from those of non-public figures. One always has to make this allowance.
Dear Mr.Bachchan
Im gonna take this liberty and address u as “dude” in my reciprocations to ur daily E-Rendevous with netizens around the world for following reasons
a] there is no human who befits as apt as u to this word - ” dude”
b] and it saves time and easy to type
Tonite while u publish ur ” famext” - i make a mark with my very first post and admiration towards u and i congratulate the indifinite bloggers who are a part of ur virtual family here and been regulars.
Last nite i watched ur interview on Asia Talk @ CNN - candid, modest and REAL was ur outlook as always.
I have been thinking for a period now to join this forum but work and real life demands more often than the virtual enterprises,but, why, since im on my sabbatical - i decided to try and connect to u and other members here.
Singapore - “shop till u drop” [ non proverbial ] - ENJOY.
The woody Allen sms was indeed intriguing and interesting, im sure national geographic / discovery scinetists have taken a cue and are working on some similar phenomenon burning tax payers money under govt R&D projects
which do not yield any results other than 1 hour documentary to be broadcasted few years down the line.
so long dude - god bless.
Seabiscuit.
Your desperate attempt has not reached my reply, :(. Anyways I am not as old as the five nominees so shall remain unnoticed.
You cannot be generic, not all women are alike… As a woman I do take time while selecting than my male friends but I would feel embarrassed too to ask for it and not buy it. The other day I went along with my male friend to a Japanese restaurant in Perth and took my time to decide on one meal, for him it was just a matter of seeing the menu and ordering it in few seconds…
Please consider Perth/Adelaide for your next IIFA awards venue for Indians here..
Woody Allen’s extra-ordinary imagination has always amazed me.
A very nice light hearted writing/blog
Take care
Amit ji
Just making you aware that the search function CTRL F is apparently not working on your blog site. I only noticed this happening since yesterday. I think someone else in here has mentioned it also. Is anyone else facing this problem too?? Each time I do CTRL F the screen freezes. Perhaps you could bring it to the attention of Bigadda.
Thank you
Divya
hi amitji,
once more an interesting piece of writing in the end . is that the going to be ur story for the next movie ‘PA’ . i read somewhere that it is somewhat similar to the ‘curious case of ..’
so aren’t people in singapore running around u asking for autographs when u r supposedly shopping in the male manner .
u r going to get a lot flak from the female famext today .we females usually leave the stuff of one shop after pulling it all out to check out on the price in the next shop so that we feel pleased if we save on r husband’s money . amitji this is not fair the people who write first get most of ur attention and yellow lines while we the latecomers have to settle with no response ever .
thats a good replacement word ‘famext ‘ . the voting question is quite unfair to the other bloggers who r regular ones too. so i boycott it today.
but still love u
noticed the sleeping timing . very bad . u need to improve it .sleep early baby.
bye
rachana
Carla, Rajinder Sehgal: Thanks for the comments..
Dear Mr. Bachchan ,
UNIVERSAL
SECURITY, PEACE AND HAPPINESS
VERSUS
POVERTY, FEAR AND WAR
We all desire happiness,—nor do we begrudge the fulfillment of this desire in the life of any other person—therefore, why should we not help each other to find security, peace and happiness? Why should we not stand together,—”One for All and All for One”?
Since none of us would want anyone or anything to stand in our pathway and obstruct or prevent our happiness; nor have any right-thinking men or women the slightest desire to interfere with the happiness or joy of others,—and since these two correlated statements are indisputably true when applied to the lives and thoughts of any group of people in any country on the face of this globe,—Why then is it also true that so few of us have ever felt securely happy? Why is it that envy, jealousy, hate, bloodshed and war, are observed all about us as the indications of experiences in the lives of everyone, and that these conditions exist today, literally as unabated as they have throughout untold centuries of human life? Why is there so much lack and why such ceaseless fear of losing what little we have?
achopra_1001@rediffmail.com
Must Read P.L.Choptra”Naseem” (1906-1970) Book “Holy Prostitute”,
Famous Urdu poet and writer and leading criminal lawyer, P.L .Chopra.”Naseem”, popularly known as Naseem died about 39 years ago but his memories are still alive in his poetry even today.
His son, AnashwarChopra , a lawyer , not only inherited his profession and library but also carried forward his legacy of writing novels.
In a tribute to his father, Anashwar Chopra(DOB.2/8/49) published a book “Holy Prostitute”, a compilation of short stories written by Naseem, which was released here on March 1, coinciding with the first birth anniversary of his son, Yashwant (DOB 1/3/2008).
dear amitji,
i love your blog very much..first thing i do when am wake up is reading your blog..keep bloging have u nice day
Excellent!! Thats all I can say right now!!
Love u..
“Famext”
Hi,
What I mean by wasting your time is that he does not respond to you in a productive manner. Believe me he will eat up more time. Money is NOT always an answer. But IF you are willing to accept his responses than you will be obligating yourself to his wishes. Been there before. Hope for the best!
Must Read P.L.Choptra”Naseem” (1906-1970) Book “Holy Prostitute”,
Famous Urdu poet and writer and leading criminal lawyer, P.L .Chopra.”Naseem”, popularly known as Naseem died about 39 years ago but his memories are still alive in his poetry even today.
His son, AnashwarChopra , a lawyer , not only inherited his profession and library but also carried forward his legacy of writing novels.
In a tribute to his father, Anashwar Chopra(DOB.2/8/49) published a book “Holy Prostitute”, a compilation of short stories written by Naseem, which was released here on March 1, coinciding with the first birth anniversary of his son, Yashwant (DOB 1/3/2008).
Dear Mr. B,
Hope to get a Yellow line from you and to feature in your poll someday!!!
A very impressive blog as ever..
I happened to see a Kannada movie in which you have starred. It is called Amruthadhare if you remember. It is such a delight to watch you on screen.
Hope to see you in many more Kannada movies.
After all, Kannada is a language with highest number of Jnana pita awards, he country’s highest literary award. And the language and people would be blessed to have you in many more movies.
Lots of love and respect,
Gowri
from Bangalore.
Respected Amitji,
A strange day yesterday was for me.. started in with preparations for an important meeting.. by god’s grace and blessing of elders and u went on well.. i was happy..back to normal.. but i dont know what went wrong.. i was down and the day ended very badly and weeping.. It was too much for me to take it..
ur blog has given some life back to me.. must thank u for that sir!!
Strangely sir..i am the type who spends time in the shop for not more than 10 mins.. and whatever i select i feel the first one is the best most of the times .. just check others too incase i get a better one.. but i am completely a spoilsport when it comes to shopping!!
Happy to know that u bought some things important and trendy too.
Famnext??.. i am not aware of this sir.. Looks like u turned tech savvy !!
U cooked pasta?? wish to taste it once though i dont actually like it.. but ur cooking.. would love to have it.
I think all in the poll are regular.. But who was the first i am not sure cos i joined 6 months later .. and was really happy to see Reeham in today’s post.. wondered where Reeham was all these days???
Welcome Reeham!
Lot of yellow strips means lot more coming in to comment!! EF population seem to be increasing by the minute..Great!
Ur attachment to sun tv and tamil is good sir.. please try to turn to right sir.. u have another beautiful language. kannada! No no.. i am not forcing u on any particular language… but just a deep wish that u speak my mother tongue too which i am proud of!. otherwise all languages speak same content ..
Sariyaagi oota maadi sir! Namaskaara!! ( Please eat well!! Pranams )
lots of love and lots of respects
archana(bangalore)
hahaha…brilliant
Dear Amitji,
Glad to know that you are doing well there.. also some personal time to go around shopping …
but ,, ,,
I will not vote anything on today’s poll because my name is not there …
I am not kind those folks who writes to you everyday.
Also, why is such coincidence that, your response(s) comes on a day when I have no post … and when I have something written here, I do not get response .. yeh mera “Abhimaan” hai. did I use that word , correctly .. I hopr so
I “shall” wait to see some pic From Singapore.
with luv
Bachchan Sahab,
Who knows whats there in next life?????
Regds,
Vishal Kumar Gupta
Hi
SECTION 10 PROMOTION OF SINGAPORE LAW
1.10.1 To promote the Singapore legal industry, the SingaporeLaw initiative, supported by the Singapore Academy of Law and the Ministry of Law, was launched in 2006. This initiative seeks to increase the international profile and use of Singapore law and to promote Singapore as a centre for dispute resolution as well as an international provider of legal services. In particular, recent efforts are directed at attracting Indian and Chinese parties in their disputes with foreign parties to use Singapore as a neutral seat of arbitratio.
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achopra_1001@rediffmail.com
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Must Read P.L.Choptra”Naseem” (1906-1970) Book “Holy Prostitute”,
Famous Urdu poet and writer and leading criminal lawyer, P.L .Chopra.”Naseem”, popularly known as Naseem died about 39 years ago but his memories are still alive in his poetry even today.
His son, AnashwarChopra , a lawyer , not only inherited his profession and library but also carried forward his legacy of writing novels.
In a tribute to his father, Anashwar Chopra( DOB.2/8/49) published a book “Holy Prostitute”, a compilation of short stories written by Naseem, which was released here on March 1, coinciding with the first birth anniversary of his son, Yashwant (DOB 1/3/2008).
1.10.2 The thrust of these efforts is to ensure that Singapore remains and enhances its cachet as an international centre for the provision of (inward and outbound) legal services. In particular, the emphasis is on encouraging foreign parties to choose Singapore as a partner for ‘legal solutions in Asia’ with the following significant platforms promoted: (1) Singapore law as the law of choice governing contracts involving Asian parties; (2) Singapore as the ‘natural choice’ venue for dispute resolution, especially mediation and arbitration.
1.10.3 In tandem with the promotion of Singapore law is the liberalization of the legal services sector. The granting of the Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) licences to selected foreign law firms in December 2008 to allow them to practise Singapore law in selected areas is part of the overall efforts to enhance the legal talent pool available in Singapore, meet the needs and demands of Singapore’s economy, to adapt to the changing global legal landscape, and to attract and retain legal talent.
Dear Mr. Amitabh Ji,
Greetings from Ludhiana.
I love to read your blog everyday. Nice to learn your views about everything.
How is Mr. Amar Singh doing now? Please convey my GET WELL SOON wishes to him. I am looking forward to see Abhi in Jai Jawan, which is going to be telecat on 25.7.2009.
Regards and take very good care of yourself.
Annie
Sir,
The Poll today was not in good spirit.
There are a lot of us who are regulars too - maybe we don’t respond or comment regularly because we believe that one comments only when one has something to comment about. Sometimes your posts are just to be read and enjoyed. You may not get to see our comments either as we may be way down - like today at 225+.
Your poll today gives importance to a few while missing out on a whole lot of others.
Regards
Kaushal V
Oh boy, Amitji, you seem to be in DEEP TROUBLE over the poll. People are hurt, disappointed, angry, defensive, angry, hurt…..
I feel for you. Sibling rivalry seems to be alive and kicking in our EF/Famext/extfam…Poor parent…..Now he has to manao the children, soothe some hurt egoes.
Arrey yaar, doston, take a chill pill and lighten up. Does it REALLY matter that your/our name wasn’t there? Remember Amitji’s post about the cosmos and our totally insignificant place in it? Millions of suns and moons and earths possibly in the brahmand, who are we? C’mon, give the man a break, he was just having fun. It’s not the end of the world. Did you not catch the jovial mood, the tongue in cheek post? OF COURSE Amitji knows that one can be a regular visitor and not write comments. Of course he knows other people write comments regularly too. Just don’t take this so seriously, PLEASE. Relax. It’s okay.
On another note — I had a massive addition to my GK today — till now I had no clue that Amitji could only make it in the Indian film industry (I do not like the term Bollywwod and will not use it) ONLY coz’ a certain gentleman did not go there to be in films. WOW! I guess we owe a collective THANK YOU to said gentleman, right Amitji? What an amazing favor.
Also, I must remember to command you to wish MY HUSBAND on HIS wedding anniversary! Ah, the things I learn on this blog.
As if aapko koi aur gham to hai hi nahin zamane mein. Guys, just think — there are thousands of us, millions, maybe. I know it would be so wonderful to have Amitji wish us on our special occasions, but if he started doing that, or calling each number that is left for him on the blog, or naming our children and grandchildren and great grandchildren — that is ALL he would be doing all day and all night. He does try his best to reach out to us as much as possible. Be thankful for that and be reasonable.
And now I must sign off before the brickbats come flying my way.
Peace everyone, and love,
Jasmine J
RESPECTED AMITJI.
NAMASTE.
VERY NICE AND SWEET POST.
GREAT EFFORT AT YELLOW LINE TOO.
WHEN IT COMES TO HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT, YOU NEVER SEEM TO DRAW A LINE..
WE ARE INSPIRED EACH DAY BY YOU..
MANY CHANGES HAPPENING IN LIFE.. NEED YOUR BLESSINGS.
LOVE TO YOU AND JAYAJI. GET WELL WISHES FOR ASJI.
Hi
Just wanted to say congrats to all my fellow bloggers Rochelle, Reeham, Rose c, Daisy M and Satyam for being part of the poll.
Naresh Kapoor
Gud Morning Sir,
I am really happy that you are very much concerned about ur EF. I just love the way you put todayz poll…. Hats off t u .
take care…!!
My vote goes to all 5 up there. When time permits I do read their comments plus others who are also regular on the blog.
Really enjoyed reading Woody Allen. Thank you for sharing. Demolition bit was so so funny.
Enjoy your stay in Singapore.
@}’~>,~>~-
Have a beautiful day.
Love
Ashwini
Sydney
Hello sir,
I just wanted to ask if you have any plans to do a role like “Babu”(Satte Pe satta).Thats one of the best characters you have always played till date.
Dear Amitabh Bachchan,
Loved your story about shopping.. You make the most considerate and thoughtful shopper, I must say ! Bible teaches that it is not right even to make a seller think you are interested to buy the merchandise - if you are not really interested, because it would hurt the feelings at the refusal point and would make sales person spend time and efforts on trying to sell it …
Ah… Now days it is all much simpler and ‘tougher’ : ). Here in America sales associates would even thank you for just coming to the store and trying things on even if you did not like anything and walk away without buying - and , believe me, they sound very sincere at that and are smiling : )
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So nice to know that Singapore has named an orchid after you and it is flowering in your own garden !!
I have a favorite nature artist Marjolein Bastin from Holland.. They named a tulip recently after her…
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‘Familia extendum’ - sounds something like a plant species… ‘famext’ - I am not sure how to pronounce it, but I like this fresh word..
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Enjoyed your delightful sense of humor again in this entry.. : )
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Woody Allen put it nicely in the quoted piece.. And it is brilliantly witty.. What I find particularly charming - the modesty of expectations in a better shot on life. No parameters radically changed - just the same thing played backwards ! : )
Personally, I would like to think though, that keeping our natural life time line we can hope for something similar in quality ( metaphorically speaking) to his proposed ‘conclusion’ - as a result of being released into spiritual dimension of afterlife… Many spiritual practices are aiming at such state of catharsis at the end of our life journey without altering the direction we are traveling too..: ) Interesting parallel, I think…
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I have not seen much of Woody Allen but like him a lot in “Hannah and her sisters”( 1986 ), directed by him, as also I like the film itself.. We watch it once in a while with our dinner.. Such soulful, warm and well done film with great cast and sense of humor. I also like Mia Farrow in it. I remembered her well from “Rosemarie’s baby” ( 1968 ) - one of my favorite American masterpieces by film director Roman Polanski. It can be considered a horror movie, but there is only one little episode of ‘horror’ as such, and I skip it while watching - do not offend my senses over and over again.. The rest of the film is a pure delight to see with a great taste, actors work, visuals, mood, wonderful female main character - Rosemary - and a meaningful story line…
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It has been a nice day for me with usual dinner cooking and having, and I am ready to go rest…
I wish you a beautiful day and all to be well for you and yours..
God bless.
My love to you.
Tatiana S. USA
Just wanted to mention that I have read every single of ur blog. Also posted comments some times. I couldn’t help but to feel envious of all the people who get mention in ur post. So decided to keep commenting even when sometimes I make fool of myself.
hi…Sir…
I saw u have replied to quite a lot people….I am always in between 200 & 300…I think sometimes u shd start replying from last entry, sometimes from middle..so that atleast one day i can get ur reply too…..
And I can’t believe u r fan of Sun TV..!!! You know the language????..
Regards
Pratyasha
Hi Amit,
I think you are not fair with your poll. Some of other regular ppl like Jasmine (london) you missed completely. May be you should had “other” as last option along with name.
Prashant
Hi Mr.Bacchan
It was a lovely post today….I must tell you that your tamil is fantastic…lots of love……take care
Walk & Talk - The Best.
ShubhKadam !
Hi Amit Ji,
It is very nice to see u r talking in Tamil. Keep it up and enjoy staying in Singapore.
Hi Mr. Bachchan
It must have been quite fun for you to go on shopping coz i believe you get very rare opportunities to go on one.
The mobile sms s were really fantastic.
Take care
Love & regards
Anu Verma
For AB,
Spontaneity.
I remember how I learnt to use this word in general-speak! I was in high school then… It leapt out of a film magazine, from one of your very rare interviews, and you used the word to appreciate the acting forte of filmstar Asrani… And from that moment I brought this word ’spontaneous’ out of the books to the spoken world!
In fact, to share a secret just between you and me (Ssssh!), practically all my english language skill has accrued in this curious way! I need to hear someone say the word before I start using it myself!
But coming back to the subject,
By not drafting the post in Word and typing it straight on the air, you leave that flavor of spontaneity in the content which makes it charming…
And I believe this is also the reason why good writers and editors are careful in preserving this original spontaneity even if they have to knock off bulk of some other unessential substance…
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Spontaneity is not restricted to aesthetics… For me, its an indispensable element in all walks of life… with or without a pedometer!
I can’t do without it even while writing informal comments here!
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My spoof of the Deewar scene yesterday was only written in fun! I have never played football or cricket at competitive levels… I was a hockey player… and hockey is maximum fun in the mid-field, not near goal lines! Its like chess… The end-game is a necessary evil!
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While in college, we were watching your film Coolie once. And I said, this is the first man-in-red that I am seeing who is carrying four bags on his head, smiling, dancing and singing at the same time!
One of the others said those bags must be empty…
And after a little while another said, those bags are not empty guys… He is carrying far more weight than anyone can ever do. He’s carrying this baggage of name, fame, wealth and acceptance!
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Regards
Sudhir
PS:
For Jasmine Jaywant: Thank you for the support
For Muralee: Thank you. Its all in fun!
For Reeham: Welcome back. I hope all is well. I am putting up all my idealistic cogitations on a separate page. Its at sudhirkulkarni.wordpress.com. Please do visit it once and let me know if I should continue. Its very difficult to practice and expound at the same time!
For S Khan: Sheikh! I am sorry! I did not miss it. The subjects on the blog changed so quickly I was unable to keep pace! I even forgot the memory test yesterday! Its a combination on insomnia and amnesia! Yes. Those ghazals are my weakness too. I am glad you are one of us! I feel sure AB loves them…
For Qalandar: Thank you. In the CNN interview aired recently you could sense the pride that AB takes about the blog and the EF! It’s indeed exceptional!
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Dear sir..
to day i read your new post with a good information of singapore..the national day of singapore is coming on 9th july.2009..!
i hope you will enjoy lots of colour of singapore on 9th july..
i read your blog text in defrent font size.and i feel you have been take a one more test of myself. this test name is eye test ..I am right..ha
yesterday i was in truble of stomach . i got loosmotion by nuture so i can’t share proper time with my art and studio i was totaly upset . but in that case i can’t do anything i was on rest .the result of rest i come out to that truble to this morning and feelling relief from myself..ha..
har har mahadev..
regards
yogendra kumar purohit
M.F.A.
BIKANER,INDIA
yogendrapurohit@yahoo.com
Good Morning Sir, Hope You had a good night Sleep!!!
I have a request to you….Please Convey my Best wishes and regards to Mr Amar singh. No matter what opinion people have about him but I think after all he is a nice person and good at heart. He never thinks Bad about any body and always fights back. I like his presence of mind and the way he presents his views on varied political issues. God bless him with speedy recovery. I read that Sanjay Datta is not going to celebrate his Birthday Untill Amar singh ji is out of Hospital, healthy and sound. It sounds so nice.
OK, shall wait for your next blog… keep fit.
Umesh
Hi Sir..
Many of them including me have been regular to the blog..
but hats of to ‘ROCHELLE’ she i guess never missed a day…
Her commitment n sincerity towards you n blog is unquestionable though it doesn’t makes us or me inferior as we all love you n our commitment too is unquestionable..
Its a proud feeling that many love you
Amit pandey
Hyd,India
oh sorry..
Hats off….
My dear Sir,
Very good morning to you – hope all is well with you & yours.
Many thanks for the wonderful blog – OMG, there are lot of comments already for day 458 (289!) & I know I’m not going to see the yellow line below my comment – not even for this one – very unlucky!
Re. the poll – am extremeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeely sorry to point out this to you – no, my intention is not to offend you but I feel that the poll is somewhat unfair to all the other regular blog readers like Angel (coz she used to post lot of comments per day, including her wonderful drawings), Joshua David, Anu etc. etc. – also I’ve noticed that Rose C didn’t post any comments recently i.e. for about 2 or 3 weeks (I think that I’m correct but if not please forgive me!) – once again, do accept my sincere apologies if this makes you unhappy! (Dear Daisy M, Rochelle, Satyam, Reeham & Rose C – pls accept my sincere apologies!) – Some EF members might get disappointed, too
Shopping – well, I normally shop till I drop! To all the EF - especially ladies – do you all agree with me? Yeah, yeah, I know you do!
Hope your friend is recovering well.
Please do take care of yourself & be happy.
May God bless you!
With lots of love & warm regards,
Shyama
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Dear Jasmine (comment No. 395 – Day 456)
You’re welcome sweetie – so happy to get a reply from you. I’m very much looking forward for the answers & will let you know my results to you! I too did the Memory Test & my scores were : recognition score = 100% & Temporary Memory score = 83%. Enjoy & have a wonderful day. All the best for a “yellow line” below your comment! You might get one today.
With lots of love,
Shyama
xxxx
Dear Mr.Bachchan
Today’s poll question is a tough one.. I have voted for Rochelle but i think the rest of the lot are equally regular too.. So, in fact my vote goes out to all of them..
I think its only natural for all the EF members to expect a yellow line… Every single person who visits your blog loves you a lot and definitely wants YOU to know that.. to some extent, i feel getting yellow lines also depends on where you stand in the list — the first few ones are usually the lucky ones.. When you were in London, i had the privilege of getting a response thrice!! I was so so so happy.. So i am definitely NOT complaining.. I am absolutely content and glad that i am a part of the EF or should i say “famext”.. and that you read my comments however insignificant they may be.
Thanks for staying connected..
Love always..
Anagha
Dear Amit ji ,
Hope you are doing gr8. You seem to be growing reverse in your heart like benijmin button……..like woody allen saying goes………. every day you are more peped up n have an entu of a 12 yrs kido…….
just love reading your thoughts and its become a very imp part of my life…. being here on your blog reading n interacting gives a new dimension to my life….
just wish all the best , good heatlh , peace n well bieng to you and your entire family……………..keep entertaining us
god bless u
karthik
Dear AmitJi,
Here in india some people are telling that the blog is not written by you but your paid staffs.
We are feeling bit depressed after hearing this news.Because this is the only channel which gives your insight and also we can learn so many good things from your blog.
Could you please clear my doubts sir.
Regards
Kaustuv
Dear Amitji,
woh…… good article……. enjoy the hospitality…..of singapore.. its high tide day today here,,,,all the BMC is geared up for what i do not know. Nobody can prevent a natural calamity….GOD BLESS..
Rajasekhar Pillai
haha the woody allen one was so thought provoking n funny
BIG B,
‘familia extendum’, ‘famext’ looks cool! Love it!
Love and regards,
MJP - Seychelles
Hi!
Loved the tone of cheer in your voice.
Fabulous!
EF is nice and nifty, famext id famished and makes me want to check the dictionary.
So shopping has been done, more like overshopping.. but hey, a lot of women are quick shoppers too.
What’s with the Sun TV overdose?
These days they are showing good old movies - not so old- maybe 2005 or 1996- on HBO and Zee Cinemas- new for me.
So CUTE of you to think this one is risque. :))
Vanakkam Namaskaram.
ps- VERY Strong winds - lovely whooo sound - but no rains, thank the Gods.
ROSE! It is so good to see you post again, and twice! You know, I have been around, but I have not been posting at all in a long time, but I do read… I missed your mention, somehow, that you were working so hard, and I missed you.
You know, I also posted that there are those of us, like me, who have been around since the beginning days of the blog, but don’t post daily, or even weekly.
To our EXTFAM: A few days back, I had even asked if it was a better idea for us, as a EF or extfam, to not overwhelm dear Amitji with posts, as we must most certainly flood the blog with comments, some are just to grab attention, or post “am I first?”
We all would like to have a comment, and I got my first one yesterday, after all these months here, and I am pleased, but it is more pleasing to see a variety of posts from different members of the family, and less of one person posting 20 or 30 times in one day, or super long posts, just to grab attention, but having nothing to share. This is just one person’s opinion, no attempt to start a riot in the family! I myself have trouble reading all of everyone’s postings, how much more difficult must it be for our dearest Amitabh, to not only make effort to read, but to try to please all of us by the yellow stripe of reply?
Could we not try to have more consideration of each other, and of him, whom we love, and wish to share of life with? I am thankful for all of you, and would wish to share, but with consideration of time and effort required to read, and respond, to each one. It was easier when there were fewer of us. Now that we are so many, can we find a way to lighten the load?
Love to dear Amitabhji, and to all extended family, (now off to bed for me!)
Elaine
Hello Amitji,
Good to hear from you!! I sincerely appreciate your attempt to answer all the posts. I have only once got a reply from you through our entire sojourn of 450 odd posts. However that doesn’t stop me from writing after reading every post of yours. I maintain honesty from my side, as you have been maintaining, by consistently connecting and stretching all your limits to reply to us. I ’shall’ patiently wait to be noticed by you for the second time and would doggedly pursue the pleasurable task of writing to you.
Cool text messages and thanks for sharing them!! You know what? I pick up the texts that you share and put it in my orkut profile. People get the impression that here is an intellectual. They of course don’t know about the plagiarism…l0l
God bless!!
Regards
Bunty
Dear sir,
How are you? looks like your bout of illness has passed and you are in great spirits.loved your Tamil must be the influence of Singapore, i wonder if as a Nation we will ever make a foreign language one of our national languages, we need English other than that …………..long shot .
i am waiting for a minor furore from the EF about ” demolition women” , all in good fun.
love and laughter,
andrews, DELHI
Sir,
Whenever you get a chance, you should read some of the Graphic Novels that are in available in the market. These are a genre by themselves with the Japanese Graphic Novels having cult status. Most of the American graphic novels are also great ones with some of them turned into great movies like…’The Sin City’, ‘Shadow’, etc. You should buy some of them from Singapore and bring them back with you. They will be of great past-time during the breaks in your shoots. Regards to all.
agree with Jasmine from Jersey..
chill…
my name being mentioned, or not, or should be ..or why was’nt it..
kind of
so oblique..
trivial…
makes it boring and not fun…
a bit like .. ‘afternoon’…newspaper… comments on ‘Shall’…
its not a despatch on essay writing (perfect form) neither …
or some sort of lenient sycophant-icy….
people be cool ..
i mean warm…
we are not in school…we are going backwards.. right .ok.. then it be like Kindergarden..
love
salma
Hi…
Howz u?
Well…..ur wifey is lucky”
By the way,the way u ended the the blog is mind blowing…..:)
Regards,
Vaishali
Love from me,my family & ma frnds
Dude
Im gonna try and make some sense regarding Woody Allens’ sms - although im not as clear in my mind myself - even though lemme give it a try >=->>
let’s consider one dies in this life in this very world of ours - moreover, let’s assume this death to be a new birth with the same face value, age, social strata etc etc into another world which is infinitely subjective to be existent and one starts living backwards until birth [ as woody allens' sms proposes us to visualise ]. So, when one is reborn as an infant into this very world,it automatically completes the visualisation, therefore arent we living it already?
Jeez - did i make any sense or logic above? i wonder if i did - well, assumption is the mother of all inventions and visualisation
innit?
im gonna watch some cricket and get some sleep now.
have a wonderful day - so long dude, awaiting ur post for the day.
Seabiscuit.
Dear Amitji, Good Morning. Bachcha me reh na saki…. used to be a pet dialogue of my grand-mother after she would scold or say something unpleasant or something hard hitting. She performed her duty despite any obstacle and used to sooth nerves by her above dialogue now silent forever since she is no more after completing almost 100years life out of which 80 were widowed years.
Now you will ask me the pertinent question why bachcha me reh na saki rhymes very well with Amitabh Bachchan reh na sake… will be headlines in next few days because of your demolition act of feminine ego. Blatantly you accuse them of spoiling shop decor and bringing down everything as if it is a morn after the mela is over and BMC sweepers haven’t done the street cleaning.
I must admit today’s blog is ladies special in its flavour. The poll question also has ladies and so also the blog writeup. Only saving grace is when you mention wife made pasta for dinner so you are not alone and have an escape route. Your wife shop demolished and you sincerely made the wrong purchases and envied the next shop. This is true of men in general as a habit. They like other women better than own and are always complaining. The final retort will come from the wife: Fir mujhse shaadi kyon ki…Usually men mellow down at this question and then meekly say: Woh mili nahi…uski shaadi pehle hogayi….me chakkar kaat-tha rah gaya….most important reason is when in front of her I could not say anything and she went away with someone who spoke…your Miranda days and our college days are no different.
Life in reverse gear is dream of every male but everyone wants to stop at 14/15 years of age.
The Singapore sterile experience and efficiency is worth emulating and hope we can learn a lot from there.
Have a wonderful day and enjoy SUN TV and do post pictures of lovely places around your place of stay.
Regards
Ravi P Malhotra
Mr. Bachchan.. wats up with the bold font? Its hard on the eyes..pls take it off.
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Meri naakaam muhabbat ki kahaani mat chhed
Apni mayoos umangon ka fasaanaa na sunaa
Zindagi talkh sahi, zahar sahi, sam hi sahi
Dard-o-aazaar sahi, jabr sahi, gam hi sahi
… … … [talKh = bitter; sam = venom; dard-o-aazaar = pain and trouble]
… … … [jabr = opression]
Lekin is dard-o-gam-o-jabr ki vus’at ko to dekh
Zulm ki chhaanv mein dam todti khalqat ko to dekh
… … … [vus’at = extent/ scope]
… … … [Khalqat = citizenry/ hoi polloi / EF/ famext]
Apni mayoos umangon ka fasaanaa na suna
Meri naakaam muhabbat ki kahaani mat chhed
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Jalsa-gaahon mein ye vahshat-zadah sahme anboh
Rahguzaaron pe falaakat zadah logon ke giroh
… … … [jalsa-gaahoN = venue for a carnival; vahshat-zadah = riveted by manic obsession]
… … … [aNboh (or amboh) = mob; rahguzaaroN = roads]
… … … [falaakat-zadah = mystified; giroh = onlookers]
Bhook aur pyaas se paz-murdah siyaah-faam zameen
Teerah-o-taar makaan, muflis-o-beemaar makeen
… … … [paz-murdah = putrfied; siyaah-faam = blackened]
… … … [teerah-o-taar = dark/ gloomy/ sinister]
… … … [makaaN = shelters; muflis-o-beemaar = poor and ill]
… … … [makiiN = occupants]
Nau’e-insaan mein ye sarmaayaa-o-mehnat ka tazaad
Aman-o-tahzeeb ke parcham tale qaumon ka fasaad
… … … [nau’e-insaaN = humankind; sarmaayaah = reward; mehnat = work]
… … … [tazaadd = inconsistency]
… … … [aman-o-tehzeeb = peace and civilization; parcham = flag]
… … … [qaumoN = communities; fasaad = conflicts]
Har taraf aatish-o-aahan ka ye sailaab-e-azeem
Nit naye tarz pe hoti hui duniya taqseem
… … … [aatish-o-aahan = fire arms; sailaab-e-azeem = excess]
… … … [tarz = conduct; taqseem = division]
Lahlahaate hue kheton pe javaani ka samaan
Aur dahqaan ke chhappad mein na batti na dhuaan
… … … [dahqaan = villager]
Ye falak-bos meelein, dilkash-o-seemeen baazaar
Ye ghalaazat ye jhapatate hue bhooke baazaar
… … … [falak-bos = sky scrapers; meeleiN = mills/ industry]
… … … [dilkash-o-seemeeN = delicate/ heartening]
… … … [Ghalaazat = rough & rude/ tapori in the Mumbai lingo]
Duur saahil pe vo shaffaaf makaanon ki qataar
Sarsaraate hue pardon mein simatate gulzaar
… … … [shaffaaf = pure white; qataar = line]
Dar-o-deevaar pe anvaar ka sailaab ravaan
Jaise ik shaayar-e-madhosh ke khwaabon ka jahaan
… … … [anvaar = light/ illumination]
Ye sabhi kyon hai ye kya hai, mujhe kuchh sochne de
Kaun insaan ka khudaa hai, mujhe kuchh sochne de
Apni maayuus umangon ka fasaanaa na sunaa
Meri naakaam muhabbat ki kahaani mat chhed
—–Sahir Ludhianvi
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Regards,
Sudhir
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Hello Sir,
i am really sorry, missed to see the pictures yesterday…actually my son is participating in the Kids Fashion Week in Dubai, was busy with him whole day…the Show starts today, he’s very hyper and restless…i don’t know how he’ll perform…
The pics are very nice, please keep writing….will wait to see the blog tomorrow again….i am too late today, i know no chances of getting yellow…
Love and Regards
Vandana Joshi Bhatt, Dubai,UAE
Namaskar………
Respected Amitji,
Everytime I expect the Yellow line, I fall short in nos of replies. On day 455 i was 21 in reply..but yellow line didnot appears. Y’day I am on 200+, and the line stop too early…Whom should I complain, is it your fame that attract so many fans or the compitition we are facing in the reply race ???
Anyway I yday i saw one of your not so popular movie “dil Jo bhi kahe”. Its my 4th time. The movie is so touching..dnt know why its not been talk about. Ur acting is as great as ever. Avi is really lucky to have a father like you.
Singapore must having a ball as you are roaming freely there. But do remember that High tide already started in Mumbai. So come back soon to advanture in the street with your “HUNK”.
BTW the thoughts of Woody Allen is just great as we can think…
Take care & do reply if possible…Aiiiiiyoooo SUN TV started again…
Regards,
Rajdeep
09864269931
Hi Again,
Good to know, you went out for shopping, please take care of your back…..when are you returning back to Mumbai?? Just one request, we would like to see your latest family pics, together with Jayaji, Abhi and Aish…..i hope we’ll be able to see one, probably taken in Singapore..
Love and Regards
Vandana Bhatt, Dubai,UAE
Dear Big B sir,
How are you sir? Hope so you are well in singapore.good to know that you purchased some good objects from singapore market.SMS are really awesome sir.
with Regards:-
Raj
Loved the Woody Allen; he’s the greatest for funny lines and anecdotes; and next to our Woody I love Sudhir’s humor! #193 yesterday had me in stitches, and thank you so much, Sudhir, for translating; otherwise, since I can’t read Hindi, I would have missed out on this comic Deewar gem; and , Rochelle, thanks for the Nomi link; that second version of Total Eclipse gave me goose bumps; made me think about that great movie “Farinelli” about the famous eighteenth century castrato.
Now, Mr. Bachchan, what can I say? I hate, hate, hate to go shopping (except for bookstores) but the last time I looked I was still a woman…OK, a little stereo-typing never hurt anyone as long as it’s in good fun…and I forgive you because you were just TOO DAMN CUTE sitting on that brown couch and looking up at us through those delectable specs.
Hiee Mr Bachchan
Hope my mail finds you in the best of your health and spirits.It seem that you are enjoying life to the hilt at this point of your life,relaxing,shopping the way you like,watching whatever you like.Touchwood to all that.
I loved the mobile smses and I am eagerly waiting for your snaps of singapore.Two of my class fellows are settled there.They tell me a lot of good about the place.
I was expecting your reply but it’s o.k as your fingers were hurting but I do think you have read my comment.
Keep blogging.
Take care
Love &warm regards
Priyanka .
MY DEAR AMITABH BACHCHAN…
good morning to you my lovely ..how are you doing?i hope and wish you are well…
i didnt write to you last night and till now becouse my sisters doughter came to me last night to a sleep over and i didnt get a chanc to be with you till now…
and i was so happy to see the reples from you last night to most members of our EF …i ,as much as i am a regular on your blog for some time now ,i didnt get mentioned on your poll,but never mind…as olong as you read my comments and you do notic me every day i am very happy with it…for now….maybe next time for me….i wish.. to be mentioned on your post…better luck next time i hope…
happy to read that you went out to walk and for shoping..my fevorit…
i too,can go into a store and check if there is something i like and if not ,i dont buy enything if i dont want to…..
i am very thankfull for your seet reply to me…as long as i can i will be a part of your wonderfull blog…its became a big part of my day life and i just cant imagen my day woth out you and our blog…
you eat pasta last night…so did i…i love pasta…with every thing…and with enything…i just love it…
my sisters doughter was so happy to see your reply this morning..you end me your love and she says:HE SENDS ME HIS LOVE TOO..RIGHT??HE WROTE THAT HE LOVES ME TOO,RIGHT??I LOVE HIM VERY MUCH…and then we started fighting who you love more..me or her…and she is only 3 years old….:))
i tought her to dance like you and she loves it so much…
i realy have to go now beouse hse wants me to take her out for a walk and i just cant do enything about it now..can i ???
love you so very much…
all the best to you and your family…
see you later…
have a good day…
take good care…
anat magen here in israel…
MY DEAR AMITABH BACHCHAN..
SORRY FOR ALL THE MISTAKES I MADE ON MY LAST COMMENT…
I HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO MY SISTERS DOUGHTER AND I DIDNT NOTICE MY COMMENT AT ALL,…AND NOW I HAVE TO GO AND TAKE HER FOR A WALK OUT….SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY BUT I LOVE HER SOOOO…
SEE YOU SOON….
MY LOVE TO YOU AS ALLWAYS…
ANAT MAGEN HERE IN ISRAEL…
Dear Mr B,
Another amazing blog and from the feel of it… you sure seem to be in a very very good mood. Good to see you this way.
It was a very difficult poll to answer today. I have opted for Rochell just because I have seen being mentioned a lot of times, more importantly she’s a friend and I love reading her replies.
The Woody Allen one, I have received that quite a few times in mail and I love it. I had it printed on a T for a summer and then I got over it, but still love it. I usually get the quotes I love on a T and wear them quite a few times during the summer.
-Vikas.
Big B Yahoo Group.
Kolkata.
Mood’,… ha ha ha, fun to be with the wit, with the humour, the deliciousness of words that water in the mouth and then they flow like the holy stream in the content of this blog, that bring joy, peace, contentment and so much lightness to the otherwise heavy body and heavier than that mind’
Keep it up, be happy…..
shopping and women:- created to test the endurance and patience of all Men!!!!
Woody allen you have it man………. woosh waash and what an end to the most perfect drama of life…….. think about it is it possible in some state in some being, in some form to get out that way……….??? ha ha
kalanidhi maran will be a pleased man!!
nariye sun nai paakadinga kann ketta poido
may the mystique of this joy ride never end…… have funtooosh!!!!
cheers
jus..b
Hi sir
have a great day sir, blog padha lakin sach ma thora samajh nahi aya .
please write natural blog(apni language ma)
Regards
Awantika singh
Good Morning Mr Bachchan,
Famext….. its a nice word.. must say! I am amazed to see so many of these are awake, and am assuming keep refreshing the blog site to see if the new post has arrived. They all want to be the first ones to comment. Me being an early riser (not that anyone wants to know that)can’t do that even if i eagerly wait for your next release.So much love so much dedication really moves you. If i can acheive that amongst even a smaller group i would feel i have acheived a lot in life.
Yes… some of your candid pics would be a great idea. Would wait for them. I read about Abhishek wanting to do a role with a negative shade. Infact the other day i was talking to some friends about this. It certainly a right direction for an actor. I personnaly wish him the best for this inclination.
See you soon and Shabba Khair!!!!
Msg for Jasmine Jaywant, NJ
This is with reference to ur msg # 48 , thank you to sharing ur experience, Amitji is an institution and a role model, no wonder, the Millions luv him!
Regards
Shankar
Dear sir,
A HARD TRUTH BY woody Allen ..
i can’t vote for today’s Poll because 4 out of 5 are regular or Perennial .. thank to all five for that they are popular in Blog and
hindi mein kahna chahunga_
“sabse Badi baat ki
AAp ki NAZAR
padi enn Bhagyashali Par ”
Baki toh kafi Tha
Big Adda ka Server ”
with regards as always
Dinesh
Dear Sir,
have just started reading your blog and am completely hooked! you write really well and its a pleasure to read.
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
It seems that you are enjoying your stay at Singapore. Keep enjoying a small vacation. How is the health of Mr. Amar Singh?
Have a nice time.
Naishadh Vyas
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
I see I’m late again today hmmm…!! Anyways congratulations on the new goodies am sure you must be enjoying them!
So what season of Grey’s ANatomy did you finish? & I haven’t followed West Wing but do enjoy that as well!!
Wow Jaya ji also uses Mac - that’s super!!!
And the Woody Allen passage was hilarious! & definitely does sound the perfect life!!
Benjamin Button did it!! lol
Oks, got to rush somewhere now or will be late!!
Much love & best wishes
One of the famext,
Mussu
hello sir,
god bless u
Syed
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While we’re in the ass-backwards mode, I just have to mention one of my favorite lines from another famous American Jew, Bobby Zimmerman:
But I was so much older then,
I’m younger than that now….
Respected Amit ji,
Havin loads of fun in Singapore,rite!! Ya you are right..women are crazy and master in shopping, so do I..Well am waiting for my final year MPT (Master of Physiotherapy) exams so cant write you often but i dont miss a chance to peep in ur blog everyday..This is the best way to keep in touch with you..You are a great human being..
Take care of your back..
With regards
Niharika
amit ji…
u r a real mega star of deccds ………….
but dats no true i was joking!!!!
srk is d king khan of d industry
DEAR AMITJI,
TODAYS BLOG OF YOURS IS FULL OF REFRESHMENTS AND REJUVENATION … YOU HAVE BLOSSOMED TODAY IN YOUR WORDS AND WRITING JUST AS THE ORCHID YOU HAVE MENTIONED : WHICH IS NAMED AFTER YOU IN THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY OF SINGAPORE….
THE MESSAGE THAT YOU HAVE PUT AT THE END OF THE BLOG ABOUT BACKWARD INTEGRATION OF LIFE WAS A WONDERFUL READ, IT REALLY MAKES ONE THINK WHAT IF ACTUALLY IT WAS LIKE THAT !!!!
KEEP ON THE GOOD WORK AT THE BLOG
OF COURSE WITH ALL THE “_____SHALLS____”
LUV
ANISH TATARIA
Dear Amit ji
Truly refreshing.
Love
Ajay Bhalla
Ha ah ah..
it was a funny post.
nd truly said bout shopping. i also feel very embaracing to leave a showroom whithout buying anyting.normally when i shop with my wife or some baniya frinds of mine.
i normally dont have look into the shopkeepers eyes & walk fast without looking backward:-))
Love & regards,
KRishna Raj
Shri Respected Amitabh Bachchan ji
We are worried about your ailment
Best wishes for the good health and long life.
So long as you are in Singapore , you are memorise your and tell me many things about Singapore . You have told us about how you can shooted for Suhag.When it was released,it was a very big hit of that time. I have a lot of of respect for Shri Man Mohan Desai ji he is the best director India.
You must keep on writing blog it is my humble request even if in lesser word .
May god keep you fit in good health and give a long and healthy life with happiness
Sharwan Kumar Maurya Lucknow
sir gud pics
and gr8 test
i scored 100 on picture rememberence and 87% on temprory rememberence
what was ur score??
Shri Respected Amitabh Bachchan ji
We are worried about your ailment
Best wishes for the good health and long life.
So long as you are in Singapore , you are memorise your memories and tell me many things about Singapore . You have told us about how you can shooted for Suhag.When it was released,it was a very big hit of that time. I have a lot of of respect for Shri Man Mohan Desai ji he is the best director of India.
You must keep on writing blog it is my humble request even if in lesser word or As usual .
May god keep you fit in good health and give a long and healthy life with happiness
Sharwan Kumar Maurya Lucknow
Hi Amit Sir,
Very Good Afternoon
Good to hear that you are in singapore.I hope you are enjoying your stay here.Would be looking forward to meet you,or atleast have a glimpse of you.I simply love you….And my husband don’t have objection in that;-).Catch you soon
Lots of luv
Sue
Singapore
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MAN!!!! YOU’RE JUST AMAZZZZZZZZINGGGGG!!!!!!!
Just look at your blog today - its so bloody FULL OF LIFE!!!!!!!
I mean, please excuse my ‘genext’ lingo, but I got so charged up reading your today’s blog, that I ended up going through it THRICE on the trot!
The ‘familia extendum’ - “FAMEXT” thingy is brilliant!!!
The play of words “SHALL” & “WILL” is cheeky!!!
And the Woody Allen SMS is hilarious!!!
With today’s writing style you sound so much like today’s college kid that I now seriously think at least YOU yourself are on your backward life journey!!!!
So, a lot many goodies are in store for you!!!
ALL THE BEST!!!
ENJOY LIFE… -
BACKWARDS!!!
with love & regards,
Rajesh Kejriwal
BigB Yahoo Groups
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Beyond 300th Message….:)
I am again somewhere really at the back…Neverthe less I am there!!
Lots of love and best wishes…You are super cute.
My wish- To be able to meet you someday
…Miles to go before i sleep….
Dear Sir
When you will you back to Mumbai?/I hope you are enjoying your stay in one of cleanest city in the world..Its good that you are having some time for yourselves..
Thanks & regards
Dear Sir,
Thank you for such a beautiful post. You couldn’t be more committed to extended family members. I write about the post but my mind keeps diverting itself to the poll question. I would be most grateful to you if you would please allow me to disagree for which I apologise in advance. I hope you will forgive me if you do not agree.
“Who among the following has been the most regular on the blog?”….I never have been the most regular nor did I start commenting from day one and I hope you will accept my view as unbiased. If the poll question relates to the most regular members, then there ought to have been a lot more than five options. The question appears to be biased not just because you have mentioned certain names in the poll but because these names have been repeated in your previous posts (with the exception of Reeham)as well. Certain comments or people may stand out from the rest but you will always be able to feel the love and affection of those who are perhaps quieter….but they come on the blog everyday, they leave a flower here in the form of a comment and they walk away quietly…they may have supported you at times even though they may have disagreed to an extent with your views. These people are bound to get hurt. Your love for all members of this blog remains paramount, you have sacrificed much to keep us all happy to the extent that you neglect your own health. Perhaps you would have a rethink on those who were left out of the options inadvertently.
Women….you are making sweeping statements again this time about shopping…not fair you know…Whenever I do shopping in India, I know they in the shop will spoil me with choices but I tell them in advance not to “bring the shop down” and they say “we don’t meet many like you.” But I know what you mean, men generally wait outside the shop or choose to sit in the car listening to football commentary while the biwi is in the shop! But they are always in a hurry to get home..you know why?..More football…cricket….someone has to watch it na…? One true fact…most women are better at economising than men…ghar chalta hai to biwi se…say “Yes.”…if the Earth rotates it is because of us women..long may reign the woman….
Lots of love,
Daksha
Hi Amitji,
Going backward kool idea.
love,
Pravin P Patel&family.
Toronto originally from India the graet.
Good Morning Dearest Mr Bachchan,
I sense that dissension is rife in the faction after last nights poll questions! Most of the comments are dedicated to discussions on that subject and we have neglected to comment on your post!!! Don’t worry, at least you have roused some strong feelings and you know that some/many take this medium of communication with you ‘very’ seriously! …..And at least it prevented the “righteousness brigade” from complaining about the risqué Woody Allen joke!! : )
Singapore’s National Day happens to fall on my birthday if it is the 9th August, so I won’t forget that again. If you are still there in two weeks pictures of the celebrations would be most welcome.. as are pictures in general!
So there is an orchid named Amitabh Bachchan?? Cool… you learn something new everyday!
Right off to hit the shops (yeah seriously) I’m in the mood to demolish a few department stores with my feminine indecision… ha!
Love to you…
Have a great day …
Jasmine xx
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90 Muralee - Thank you again, very kind. I think Mr Bachchan meant regular since day one whereas I started reading in Oct 08 and commenting Jan/Feb this year!
Best wishes to you
164 Daisy!!!
Oh NO!! I got it wrong! Clearly need to go away and do some revision on my chosen subject! Yes thank you for the clue. The cats question is the one causing the most confusion. I must get the answer right before I post them!
Shyama
Thanks again hun. I have had about 6 pink/yellow slips from our poor, very pressured Mr Bachchan to date. I don’t like to be greedy, his responses are always welcomed by us ALL! Enjoy your day.
Mrs G A Patel
I have been regular since Jan/Feb..not since day one..I think Mr Bachchan meant from the start! Thanks anyway kind of you to say and thanks for sharing the clips and emails!
With love from Jasmine
zoom tv totaly bad zoom tv!!!!!!!!!
i am strike on zoom tv…………………
Big B Sir,
well, i really don’t know what to comment right now except that i’m kinda sad that im #343. huhuhu..
i try to check your blog as early as possible everyday and have been doing that just recently eversince i got a job this July (since we don’t have internet connection at home). but unfortunately, i lost the internet connection on my pc this morning and i didn’t get to check your blog early *sigh*. 
anyway, just also want you to know that you have a Filipino fan out here (obviously that’s me :)). i’m a huge fan of Abhi and Ash (and you of course) and i really pray that i see you all in person in the not so distant future. maybe in the next IIFA, God willing.
i hope that you randomly scan the comments and get to read mine. i’ll keep my fingers crossed. God bless you and and your family and may you have great time in Singapore. Take care always!:)
love love love,
Dane Medina
Manila, Philippines
Dear Sir,
Well Said.I wish i could have the liberty to live life in the manner u just narrated.It is just awesome…..
I hope you are doing well and enjoying what seems to be something priceless for a busy person like you - Spending time with your family and laxing.
Afa ur blog vote is concerned i envy for not being regular in posting my comments.Will make sure i do stick to it regularly coz i want my name there….up there……..
i stongly recomend u to read my comments on 23 and 22 July blog for it has a story which u wld love to listen.
It has made me a better person and compelled me to value for things that are so common yet so strong….
Love & Regards
Rohit
dear sir,
just wondering, have you ever tried to reply from the bottom…it SHALL be a good idea….coz people like us are able to see the blog only by 11 am. so we land up in the last few comments….but are as regular as others as u may think….. i wait endlessly for the yellow line every day!!!!
but also wish u happiness and good heath everyday. hope you are ahving a nice time there…..looks like….
and yes, lovely pictures…..we love you even more when we see “real” pictures…..
love
shubhi
Shri Respected Amitabh Bachchan ji
We are worried about your ailment
Best wishes for the good health and long life.
So long as you are in Singapore , you are memorise your and tell me many things about Singapore . You have told us about how you can shooted for Suhag.When it was released,it was a very big hit of that time. I have a lot of of respect for Shri Man Mohan Desai ji he is the best director India.
You must keep on writing blog it is my humble request even if in lesser word .
May god keep you fit in good health and give a long and healthy life more than 100 years with happiness
Sharwan Kumar Maurya Lucknow
Big B sir,
amazing! aproximately 3 minutes have passed and i’m already #346. i’m amazed with the number of people who comment on your blog. mind-blowing!:)
love,
Dane
Dear Sir,
Here is one link u wld love watching…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3xaTlF_8lY
We Indians are like this indeed……….
Love & Regards
Rohit
Big B Sir,
for the third time this day! hehe. and i realized that i should not keep track of my exact number in this blog since people from virtually all parts of the world comment on your blog.
i definitely agree with shubhi. you might want to try to read from the bottom for a change. it SHALL be a good idea to know and see the latecomers.
love,
Dane
Thanks, for your kind comments, Satyam.
Um…
Interesting.
I’m far from having any real philosophical hue, this surely reduces … ability to see somewhat.
Um…
it’s the old thing, of once you attain the demi-god standing, there you must straddle, with the cloak and the garb, otherwise you will be pelted with ‘chapples’ by the ‘ordinary’ aam.. public.
isnt this, quite an ungenerous view of the aamm…public (Plato must be smiling), maybe!
Personally, I’d like to give us ‘normal’ people a little more credit!
Beyond this, I think the core of your premise is based …on a different understanding of Mr B’s screen persona, then the one I understand it to be! (I’m assuming … your views were on Mr. Bachchan … and not simply the terrain of (would-be, ever present, or existing) Emperors, Kings & Abdication!)
Let me expand …a little… the idea.. that pubic existence be ‘hyphenated’… after the attainment of becoming an Emperor a demi-god..(or is it, that you are crowned, in a prestigious ceremony, were the presswalla or a kin to guards of honour)
But, it does’t touch on the issue, of what is the essence to this demi-god-ness?
purity, a simplicity, a power, what was its alluring aspects?
If the alluring aspects were themselves dark, complex, edgy… not quite picture perfect .. but blood-shot…(masculinity), then surely Mr. B’s screen persona (70s/80s) gives him more space, then maybe even he realizes, in the private and the public!
Far more then the ‘ordinary’… man/women, who … may have little or no maneuverable space! or even an SRK or an Abhishek B.
If there is a ‘hyphenated’ tension (this we cannot assume)…it does not come from Agneepath (the first Mr. B film I viewed) or Dewaar… Parwaana… MKS…Sholay… Kabhi Kabhi.
But maybe the prism is not a consequence of any demi-godliness… reduced or otherwise but the ‘responsibility’ of the ordinary…earthy things…. rather then the inordinary!
And, maybe in the 1984 interview that you referred to (the space was being used more!)
I hope… I’m a little coherent!
Have to go now. Work! Yes, why do we work! (that was’nt a ?)
regards
Salma
Hello sir
Thank you for this cheerful and light post, I read it yesterday and now and laugh in both readings.
Hope you enjoy and in best conditions with your friend mr.Amar Singh ji.
remain happy and well
love
Read abt the high alert in Mumbai………….Praying
Hope you are doing fine….
Iam not going to give the latest poll,coz,iam regular visitor but my name is missing…..
Take Care dear
My dearest Amithji,
How are you ?
Amithji, you forgot to mention my name in the poll!
You have finally made me feel jealous!
But then , these 5 people do write such deadly comments! So one way they do deserve it.
Your woody allen joke was sooo hilarious! it reminded me of the movie ‘benjamine button’ the punch line was a scream , really!!!
After reading your blog , now i want to buy one pedometer. 10000 steps! Does one hour of walking on the tread mill meets the deadline?
hope you enjoyed your pasta!
I love pasta, but since too much cheese is involved in it , I dont eat it much, but today I think i’ll let myself go & gorge on some pasta!
got to go ,
my love, with regards,
kalpana kakade
P.S. congratulations! Satyam, rochelle, rose c, daisy m , & rehaam for featuring in/on the poll! All of you write soooo well.
Dear Amitji,
wonderful. Its lovely
You made my day again.
Regards
RENU
Hello Amit Ji,
I am a great fan of yours. Well, hoenstly just mentining ‘great fan’ really doesnt give the feel of how big a fan i am. i try to read your blog regularly. you are truly is an awesomely great writer. Praying that you remain healthy and keep writing. take care.
love // rimi
good afternoon Senior B,
1.The husband has just discovered your blog….goes without saying he is a huge fan and cant hear anyone say a thing against u…makes him dislike the person instantly. I am now waiting and watching to see if he joins …famext”. Bet ya anything he’s reading…;)
2. Any luck with “Man in The wheel chair’s ” name.
3. Lucky you getting paka pakaya pasta…that to cooked by a Star….how many can top that!!
Thought for the day:prayer is not to lighten your burden. It is to strengthen your back. Ask not for the mountains to be removed but for the strength to climb them [ Diasaku Ikeda]….:)
Have super Day and Big Hi to Mrs Senior B.
Chai cheers!!
Hello Dr. Mr. Amitabh Bachchan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am your fanat.I AM NOVICE ON YOUR BLOG. My name is Igor .I am 16 years .I am from Russia.Your show very pleased me with Abkhishek.HOW DID YOUR TIME PASS IN SINGAPORE AND IN LONDON? You looked at oneself very healthily, interestingly. This show reminded me the stage from your the mega-series of film Khud-Daar.
Ivery love your films such as Sholay,Don,Satte Pe Satta,Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna,Agneepath,Amar Akbar Anthony,Khakee You are the best actor of Bolliwood,YOU ARE KING OF INDIA.You are the best actor of Bolliwood. I wanted for you to know about your new films of Teen Patti and Shantaram. What will these be films? Where do you intend to make them?
Did Don please you with Shahrukh? You and Shahrukh are two my FAVOURITE ACTORS. YOU And SHKHRUKH BOTH TWO the STEEPEST DONS, WHICH not HARDNESS, But it is IMPOSSIBLE to CATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU HAVE VERY STYLISH, BEAUTIFUL, SEXUAL HAIR-DOS.
ALSO IN THE INTERNET I LOOK SHOW OF KAUN BANEGA CROREPATI. YOU ARE THE BEST ANCHORMAN. YOU READ QUESTIONS VERY BEAUTIFULLY. EXACTLY YOU are CREATED in Order to CONDUCT IT SHOW.
Hope alls well..i am yet to read ur blog of today…hope alls well with u ..take care and wish u well..kindly read my message of yesterday. Blog..i am the first one ..wish to hv ur reply!
Yet it would be desirable to know about a film Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag. I did not yet see him, but read, that this film remake of your immortal and great film Sholay. you in him act part of Amjad Khan. Will you have projects in 2010?
Will you have films yet, where you will play itself in 2010?
I wish you a health, success, love, happiness and all wonderful in life.
I would like to know about your new film
Chenab Gandhi (2010). What it will a film be and what in your this film character?
I wish you a health, success, love, happiness and all wonderful in life.
Whether there will be you to conduct yet some shows besides Kaun Banega Crorepati?
Hello Dr. Mr. Amitabh Bachchan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am your fanat. My name is Igor .I am 16 years .I am from Russia. You are the best actor of Bolliwood,YOU ARE KING OF INDIA.You are the best actor of Bolliwood. I wanted for you to know about your new films of Teen Patti and Shantaram. What will these be films? Where do you intend to make them?
Yet it would be desirable to know about a film Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag. I did not yet see him, but read, that this film remake of your immortal and great film Sholay. you in him act part of Amjad Khan. Will you have projects in 2010?
Will you have films yet, where you will play itself in 2010?
WILL YOU HAVE LI YET JOINT FILM WITH SHAHRUKH KHAN IN 2010?
I think that although Shahrukh to you colleague, but it seems outside, that you are a father and son. I very like the stage from a film Don,gde your character strikes bargain with gangsters.I like when you banter, and gangsters open a mouth only.
I wish you a health, success, love, happiness and all wonderful in life.
I would like to know about your new film.
Chenab Gandhi (2010). What it will a film be and what in your this film character?
I wish you a health, success, love, happiness and all wonderful in life.
Whether there will be you to conduct yet some shows besides Kaun Banega Crorepati?
DO I HAVE YET QUESTION ARE CARRIED AWAY LI THERE YOU BY CRICKET?
My e-mail t426745@yandex.ru
Hi Bhai
Have u noticed ? the day when there is yellow strip, next day number of Comments heavily increased. Everyone wants yellow line…. me too.
Plsss sometimes start in reverse order, so that person like me who normally read blog around 1pm IST, will also have yellow strip.
Request.
Luv U always.
My dearest Amitji.. I in delight from statements Woody Allen.. It is really excellent told! )
Concerning answers, a yellow strip.. I perfectly understand, how it is difficult to answer you all comments.. And it is not necessary to try to please all. It is unreal.. How many were in time and thanks could - also! Hope of that that here reasonable and understanding people.
Your shopping in shop has raised at me a smile.. Yes, as a rule men are intolerant of female weaknesses.. It is intolerable to stand nearby and to wait.)) I Understand.)
Singapore.. This country is affable and accords your such warm and hospitable welcome.. It is pleasant to read it and it is joyful..
How your state of health, my angel? Care of itself, my dear.. The Best regards to your friend and the speedy recovery.. Bless you God.. My prayers.. my care and warm love.. Yours devoted Lyudmila.
क्या हम “सच का सामना” में अमिताभ जी को देख सकेंगे?
एक दिली अभिलाषा थी कि अमिताभ जी NDTV के प्रोग्राम “जय जवान” में आयें …….
देखें पूरी होती है कि नहीं ………
हाँ अभिषेक आ रहे हैं…. बहुत खुशी की बात है
Hello Amit Ji,
Hope you will be fine.
I really enjoy reading your blog and noting you discussions on peace and hormony across the world.
You invested your valid four decades to bollywood and won the hearts of millions across the world as pincale. now you are in a position to turn the direction of wind.
On the other hand your beloved son celebrating “Vijay Divas”, re-calling ten years old enmity.
Instead you come forward to resolve issue between two countries and prove the lover of peace and hormony across the world not as a politican but as a Sr. citizen.
Sincerely yours,
A link to a picture of the flower named after you Mr Bachchan for anyone who had not seen it (like me).
Hope it IS the right one…’Dendrobium Amitabh Bachchan’ according to the article..
http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/11/26/stories/2007112650860400.htm
With love from one flower to another…
Jasmine
xx
dear big b,
how r u?hopefully fine.YOU READ MY LAST NIGHT POST?YES THEN THANKS IF NOT THEN READ THIS ONE.
I WANT YELLOW LINE ……..PLEASE.
WITH LOVE,
UR FAN.
Nice blog
Bad poll…running short of questions ..are you?
So biased…anyway, since i am not counted why bother writing…
Dearest Mr.Bachchan,
What a lovely post today, what with a new christening for us too.We have been upgraded from two letters to…Famext. Sounds good??? hmmmm don’t know have to get used to it a bit. You always blog better when you are away from us I know I have said this earlier, you are more cheerful and carefree when away from all the hustle and the bustle of work and keep us in splits with your great sense of humour. So I SHALL continue to read your blog and try and be more regular here.
For a moment there, I thought you had let my husband take over the blog in saying we demolish a shop before we buy anything. Why don’t you men see it this way, women have more patience in looking and purchasing things and spending money then you do…food for thought??? Whatever we do,we still bow down and finally buy what the men say is nice? how is that for compensations??
Would it be a good idea to give up on my 45minutes walk round the park every evening and just do the exercises you put on your blog??? hahaha. Better stick to pebbleometer rite? The quote about life of all people shouldn’t have come from Woody Allen for he knows no old age and has a new 16yr old to a 96 year old woman on his arm for every single photo shoot. If he hasn’t lived life to the fullest don’t know who has….But its a great quote. Love always and God Bless.
Why do people leave comments on the blog………plz reply
Dear Jasmine (the flower:D), (Comment Nos. 348 & 369)
You’re welcome sweetie – once again very many thanks for the reply. Yes, you are correct – totally agree with you.
Many thanks for the article re. Orchid – I too haven’t seen it before – lovely isn’t it?
Have a pleasant day ahead & enjoy!
TC
May God bless you.
With lots of love & warm regards,
Shyama
xxxxxxx
Please don’t be upset..
whatever you do is absolutely the right thing.. !
hi Mr B
i don’t get it?
tocchie tocchie blogging!
i think you like getting into trouble?
what is life without a little trouble, i guess?
case of over sensitivity, me thinks!not you Mr B (rare time when its not you)
anees.
salma
Dear Amit Ji, Namaste,
Knowing yu are well through yr posting dated 23.7.2009.
A nice brief on Mall.
Tks n rgds-
“OUT ! OUT ! black spot.. Enough no more, ’tis not so sweet as it were before..!
please.
I am so sorry…. you seem to be so upset.. please don’t be.. no one of your loving EF/famext had meant to upset you.. they had just expressed their feelings.. they all adore and respect you.. please for god sake and for the sake of those who really love you the most.. you rae more than family to us.. please cheer up and don’t feel sad or frustrated..
For AB,
You did - No doubt absoultely the correct thing- by removing the poll! It polarised the mood instead of charging it!
The difference between sensitivity and sensibility!
Notice that those movies made sensibly are likely to bomb but those made sensitively strike gold!
Okay. Not rubbing it in…
Thanks anyway,
Regards,
Sudhir
ha ha ha.
come on, have to laugh. what’s the saying..ya ‘a storm in a teacup’…
can somebody explain, why so many people were so upset? seriously.. crazy.
no more. on this, begone!
salma
Hello Mr. AB
First time here on your blog.
Am glad you’re having a good time in Singapore with your wife.
I am just a small-town simple man from Tamil Nadu, half your age and no where near comparison to your greatness !
You are a master craftsman in more ways than one ! Very down-to-earth & insightful, now am sure you’ve heard that a zillion times before, but its the first one from you’rs truly(now I know just how you leave lasting impressions on your admirers) very enjoyable blogposts you’ve got going. Thank you for letting us into your life and not bent on holding it back.
God sure has blessed you sir with many exotic experiences. But do you know God personally ? (with all-due-respect. ) The one God who sent his own son to bear your sins and mine, so that we could be put right with God and get to heaven after life on earth is through. - JESUS CHRIST ? Sorry if that’s too rude and totally unrelated to your post today. But I Love you
Reality b-i-t-e-s.
We live here a while…then we “sleep” a while with our “Fathers” in our graves and then when we are raised up on “That Day” All that would matter will be if you and I are going to spend eternity with “God in heaven” or with the “Adversary (satan) in Hell” ….This goes out to everyone in the world not just you & Me and the visitors of your unique blog. I personally realized after living a life of “extremes.” Nothing achieved materialistically here on earth will add up to one’s account to get them a free pass to enter heaven once our time’s up…Getting saved by the only Redeemer and living out his will (not ours) while he can still be accessed in our times of Grace.. will satisfy us eternally. Now that would do justice for the price he payed to redeem us :)…these thoughts slapped me on my face this morning and I thought i’d share it with anyone who cared enough.. Sorry for making it hard….but I just had to… After all nobody knows when we’d say our final goodbyes and the road to heaven is narrow. This may not be easy, but certainly achievable because God said so. Am no preacher man/scare monger of sorts. Just a plain old truthseeker/broadcaster
Sowin’ these thoughts as humbly as I humanly can. Please Choose God and choose to live for ever at his feet everyone, I am begging you all. Jesus Loves you very much and so do I. Have a good one everyone 
Thank you kindly Mr. AB. I’ve said what I wanted to say. God Bless. Have a safe & pleasant flight back home both of you.
a big hello sir frm me to u and ur family just love the way u blog sir its just amazing
Yes I noticed it had gone.
Doing the right thing? …not sure Sir. Because the thought existed for you to put it up in the first place…so now you have just been forced to do something kinda against your will I suppose! I only thought Angel should have been included because she writes daily!
But I know we all appreciate you trying to please us all and keep the peace! Removing the poll is indeed a beautiful affirmation of how much you care about all your EF! So thank you!
I was actually more perturbed by the women shopping badly jibe! : ) Hit a sore point, ya see!!
Lots of love to you Mr Bachchan…
You continue to do the right thing according to your conscience!
Jasmine
xx
Mwahhh!!!
i love your blog and articles, wish you all the best in everything you do
mary
maldives
Dear Mr B,
Thanks so much for responding to me and many more of our famext (yup, using the new word already!) - you made us all a very happy lot. I think there is not one person here who does not appreciate your honest attempt to try and answer as many of us as you could.
Re shopping ladies versus men: yessir! Absolutely right - we are like this only (haha) and your words remind me of what my beloved always says: “do you need it (whatever the desired item may be) or do you just want it”? And my reply: “Honey, I honestly don’t see the difference!” haha So all the more reason for us ladies to be financially independent and do WTH we like with our money! Three cheers to women-power!
Ok now I may upset some of you but God’s truth is that….I absolutely dislike Woody Allen and most of his work! Oops! Have I made a faux pas?! Hope not…
Anyway, the lines you wrote were funny and I don’t think anyone took offence - so no worries about them being risqué (you forgot the accent on e, as in risqué ).
Signing off now, my dear Mr B, with lots and lots of love
Dee
PS: Angel, my dear, are you and EF the same person?
Dear Mr. Bachchan,
I live in West Africa and affixing your Signature in a cut & paste manner is not a good idea. It can be neatly lifted and at the very least printed on a good laser printer and sold as your genuine autograph. There is a monetary value to it, as SlumDog Millionnaire showed.
Going further, it can and be affixed to stuff you may know nothing but which can then about then attributed to you. For the 419 Cyber Crowd, it is a goldmine which is really what they send emails for and so can even show up on an authority at your bank account. Pleasetell your Bank Manager to be careful.
Due Diligence never hurts.
Best Regards
Mr.B You are sounding great ,The Wody allen statement is just MIND BLOWING /BOGGLING in real sense ,i ‘m still getting the goose bumps…… great to see you in good mood,hope to hear more about amar sigh ji’s health updates.love you a lots vikas
Taking the previous poll away - ” NO DOUBT THAT I DID ABSOLUTELY THE CORRECT THING !!! ” Thumbs up on that one…
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Ufff !! Whatever made you thought of it in the first place ??? lol …
Anyway, I thought my dealing with tax was over and done with but now my Uncle is asking for my help with a form he needs to send a.s.a.p. so I guess not much time for anything else for me today …
Ah well … guess it’s always good to be busy. Sharpens the rusty and no doubt not so intelligent brain I guess. You any good at maths ??? Wanna help ??
Ok Amitji - will read you later…
Love and respect…
Rose x
Dear AB
Just googled Familia Extendum!!!! And guess what????
The first website shown in the search is you blog!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
Regards
IM
HEY!U GET UPSET.VERY VERY SORRY IF I WRITE SOMETHING WRONG AND IT HURTS YOUR EMOTIONS.
VERY VERY VERY VERY SORRY,
PLZZZZZZZZZZZ FOR GIVE ME.
WITH LOVE,
UR BIGGEST FAN
IN THE WORLD.
no words justttt…………………..”bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillllllllllllllllllllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnttttttttttttttt”.you are simply brilliant…!!!!!!!!!!!
For AB and PB-a-fan-from-Texas at 318,
Thanks PB. I love the exercise. And there is no scene of AB’s films that can’t be brought into our famext! Every one is a gem!
Now since my mind is off the poll, allow me to return to my daily dose of the real thing - the main post!
Back in a jiffy!
Love
Sudhir
Dear Amitji
You hv done the right thing of removing the previous poll…
Monalisa…hope u feel better too, your messages were quite hardhitting.
rgds
shankar
My Dear Sir,
Ooooooops, I am soooooooooooo sorry…. you seem to be so upset.. please please please & pleeeeeeeeeeease don’t ever get upset..
we have no intention to upset you – 
coz we all love you more than anything in the world – respect you as well - never had any intention to make you sad, unhappy, upset, frustrated, hurt etc. etc. etc. – Oh, come on My Dear Sir – cheer up 
– cheer up, cheer up ……. please please please pleeeeeeeeeeeeeese say that you are happy – give us a clue then to show you are happy 
- will you pleeeeeeeeeeese? 
Enjoy your stay in Singapore & be happy.
TC
May God bless you.
With lots of lots of lots of love & respect.
Shyama
xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Ek din apne saamne
saaf–sa ek aaina rakhna
phir uske aks par kuch likhana
koi aisi baat
tum usmein kahna
jismein sirf tum rahna
apne har jazbaat ke saath…
sab ujle-maile khwaab ke saath
choo lene waaley ehsaas ke saath
par jab bhi dhoomil ho jaaye…
likhane mein khud ka dikhna
tab kabhi nahin; tum kuch bhi likhna
kyuonki zaroori hai
apne likhe mein dikhate rahna
aur khud ko dekhate huye likhate rahna
tab hi
khud ko achcha lagega
aur duniya ko sachcha lagega.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
…! … Subh Srijan! … Rahe Anant!!…
Main bhi Allahabad se hon par hon mumbai mein hi…aur apne blog ko aapse jod raha hon, kabhi fusat ho to dekh leejiyega …
Neelesh Jain, Mumbai
http://www.yoursaarathi.blogspot.com/
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Khush hun ki mera husn-e-talab kaam to aaya
Khaali hi sahi meri taraf jaam to aaya
… … … [talab=pursuit; jaam=toast]
Kaafi hai mere dil ki tasalli ko yahi baat
Aap aa na sake aap kaa paigaam to aaya
Apno ne nazar pheri to dil ne to diya saath
Duniya mein koi dost mere kaam to aaya
Woh subah ka ehasaas ho ya meri kashish ho
Doobaa hua Khurshid sar-e-baam to aaya
… … … [kashish=strife; Khurshiid=sun; baam=morning]
Log un se ye kahate hain ki kitne hain “Shakeel” aap
Is husn ke sadaqe mein mera naam to aayaa
—Shakeel Badayuni
Dear Amitabh Ji,
How are you? Hope you are having a great time.
If you get to read this all I want to say is “What people think of you, is none of your business”. It’s a great thought and may be you have read it as well.
I have said this because I sometimes think that you give too much attention to what people say about you and your family or what the media says,,,,,
Have a nice and rocking day….
Sahil Chopra
For AB,
I thought the SUN TV visit was only the day of the total solar eclipse, because the one in the sky had been switched off for some time that day.
But seems like you are visiting Rajnikanth’s territory (The Name is Rajni, teriyamma?!).
Annnney solaray pa? or should that be appa? No… I guess ‘Pa’ is more appropriate!
Regards,
Sudhir
#369 Jasmine.. thanx for the link to the picture of the flower..
Love always..
Anagha
Hello Sir,
Its always a charm to read and read your words.
Not well so could not comment yesterday, but then all those snaps were a treat and the memory test scored me a good one. Thanks I do feel elated by my own memories achievement. I did want just a small hi or hello but there will be millions and millions who will be in line. though your words got me good. Thank you for those beautiful words to answer a few, many will be disappointed.
Well Still I will be hoping ….
Noah
Dear AB
Was busy last night and so was not able to read your blog, read it now.
Totally agree with you in the shopping habits of Men & Women, my husband doesn’t accompany me because of the demolition i cause
Yep i agree the Woody Allen comment was brillant !
Keep writing
love u
Vinita
hi amitji
the grreatest thing in all my life is loving you the greatest thing in all my life is serving you the greatest thing in all my life is knowing you.
these above lines are from the hymn which we sing in our church mass at st.marys church dubai these are the words meant for my lord jesus.
but you are to pray to him for your salvation of the soul.
regards
varghese
Today is Mahanayak Uttam Kumar’s 29th death anniversary. When he left this world I was a kindergartener. But still a fan and nobody has come to that level, not only for me, for many it is true. Suchitra-Uttam, unforgettable duo…………. What a romantic pair, never compared to any other in Indian Cinema, I can bet.
Another nice post, many of Ur EF’s got reply, I have seen, many has got more than one reply. This could be the reason many EF members not received the yellow strip.
We, women take more time in shopping in choosing the items because we have lots of patience in us, which men don’t have, they just can’t put so much of time to choose the best one, that is the reason shopkeepers can make men convinced very easily……………… and they work hard to convince a lady customer. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah…………… I can’t admit one thing, pasta could not be the best price for the protective gear for her MacAir………… no, no no no no………….
Do U really think it’s a good idea to become younger and end up to an orgasm?? That means we have to go back to initial stage where development started or could be better idea to develop in such a way where our planet will be safer…………………. Confused ^_^
Bye now,
Take care, have sufficient sleep……………………
Love
Tumpa
http://blogs.bigadda.com/ghoshtumpa/2009/05/07/3/
BigB Facebook Group
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5380871097
Comment no. 8,9, 12…….. EF, why u have changed ur name Angel?? What’s wrong??
OMG….you’re sweet..u got caught in the emotional black mail and changed the poll…It didn’t turn out to be that good an idea with the Famext after all sirji…lol..
hota hai hota hai…kabhi woh intellignet aur kabhi wahi khota hai…emotional atyachar.
chai cheers.
For AB,
Quote
… … Baar-baar maine aage badh, aaj nahin maangi haala;
… … Samaj na lena is se muhjko, saadharan peenewaala;
… … ho toh lene do aye saaki duur pratham sankochon ko;
… … Mere hi swar se phir saari gunj uthegi Madhushaala!
Unquote
Ye Madhushaala to aap hi ki hain; Aap swayam saki hain aur shiv ki pratima bhi!
Aap naraaz to nahin hai?
Aur kahin main Angel ki tarah sawaal to nahin kar raha?
===
Regards,
Sudhir
Why dont you do a straight tamil movie..with one good role…which does not have that north touch… and completely south..i hope SUN TV watching helps you in picking up familiarity before doing one like that…
Hi Sir,
Love your blog. And the BBC test you posted. I’ve posted it on my Facebook wall as well.
I definitely noticed the new poll this time as soon as I opened it!
Just when I was on the way to a victory I believe. I was going to ask what the prize was -maybe lunch with you?
Anyway, I’m sure you did the right thing. I did not want to be a part of any black spot on your blog. I wouldn’t want anyone to feel left out. I understand. It was fun while it lasted (for me) . And no matter how busy I am, even if it means 2 hours sleep, I always comment on the blog. But I understand that others may need sleep.
Thanks to anyone who voted for me.
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Ki vafaa hamse to gayr use jafaa kahte hain
Hoti aai hai ke achchhon ko buraa kahte hain
Aaj hum apni pareshaani-e-khaatir un se
Kahne jaate to hain, par dekhiye kya kahte hain
Agle vaqton ke hain ye log, inhen kuchh na kaho
Jo may-o-nagmein ko andoharuubaa kahte hain
… … … [a.ndoharuubaa=cure]
Ik sharaara dil mein hai, us se koi ghabraayega kyaa
Aag mataluub hai hamako, jo havaa kahte hain
Dekhiye laati hai us shoKh ki nakhvat kya rang
Us ki har baat pe hum naam-e-khudaa kahte hain
… … … [naKhvat=pride]
Vahashat-o-sheftaa ab marsiyaa kahen shaayad
Mar gaya “Ghalib”-e-aashuftaanava kahte hain
… … … [vahashat-o-sheftaa=poets; marsiyaa=eulogy/ tribute]
… … … [aashuftaanavaa=baloney/ drivel]
—Ghalib, Mirza
“The curious Case of Benjamin Button” kind of living! Wow! that’s amazing piece of imagination. I like your writing and sense of humor. Nice reading. Thank you
hello Amitji
I am big fan of yours. My family would like to meet & say hi to you..is it possible?
rajashree (Singapore)
Hi Amitabh
It would be nice if You can post in this blog the brightest memories about shooting nearly 200 of Your films, like You did few weeks ago posting the memories of shoting Your first fim Saat Hindustani. It can later go in to history. Very interesting was Praksh Mehra memories about shooting Zanjeer. http://www.rediff.com/entertai/1998/may/19zan.htm
Best regards
Guntars
Someone on the blog actually watched the Klaus Nomi videos that I posted yesterday. Sorry, the control F function isn’t working so I can’t find that post now. Here are a some more videos if you are interested:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFaZyHxQGYQ (Simple Man)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKYpepxGkyY (Nomi Song)
Dear Mr. B ,
I’m glad you removed the previous poll.I am sure you didn’t intend to but made me feel less equal to some others.I dislike polls anyway .Never came across one I did not dislike.
More later.
जब दूर कहीं किसी मलिन बस्ती में गरीब का बच्चा रोता है,
कुछ खाने को कुछ पीने को कुछ खेलने को या फिर सोने को,
लेकिन नहीं कोई पूछता उससे ,लेकिन नहीं कोई पूछता उससे ,
तू क्यों रोता क्यों तू रोता,
क्या तू है भूखा? या है प्यासा? या चाहिए तुझको प्यारा एक खिलौना?
या चाहिए माँ का प्यार सलौना ?
जब हो जाता है बच्चा रोते रोते चूर,
कहीं दूर से आती है कर्कश ध्वनि कठोर,
चुप हो जा तू चुप जा,
यहाँ न है खाना न है पानी न है कोई प्यारा खिलौना,
अगर आ रही तुझको नींद
जा सोजा ट्रेन की पटरियों के बीच,
थोडी देर मई ख़त ख़त करती माँ आएगी
गोद में तुझको लेकर सैर स्वप्न लोक के कराएगी,
वहां न होगी भूख,न होगी प्यास,
तेरे पास होगा खिलौना का बहुत बड़ा संसार,
ये सब्द सुनकर वो बालक ,
सो गया पटरियों के बीच,
थोडी देर में आ गयी वो काल वाहिनी डायन,
बच्चे के मुख से एक चीत्कार.
और चा गई चहुँ ओर घोर शांति अपार……………………… द्वारा लक्ष्मी कान्त सिंह chhoker lucknow sir mai kabita likhta hu meri madad kijiye ye meri kabita hai
Dear Amitabh sir,
Hope u r doing fine..The concept of the journey of a dead man to a small baby was awesome…Waiting for ur film Aladin…Have a nice stay at singapore..
Keep well and smile always
Sadar Pranam
Hope u r having a nice time in Singapore
Ur blog is getting interesting day by day, aap sa koi nahin jo hamere liye itna waqt de sake apne busy schedule ke bawajood
Your comment by Woody Allen was nice
Prayers for abundant health
Love u always
Anamika
जब दूर कहीं किसी मलिन बस्ती में गरीब का बच्चा रोता है,
कुछ खाने को कुछ पीने को कुछ खेलने को या फिर सोने को,
लेकिन नहीं कोई पूछता उससे
तू क्यों रोता क्यों तू रोता,
क्या तू है भूखा? या है प्यासा? या चाहिए तुझको प्यारा एक खिलौना?
या चाहिए माँ का प्यार सलौना ?
जब हो जाता है बच्चा रोते रोते चूर,
कहीं दूर से आती है कर्कश ध्वनि कठोर,
चुप हो जा तू चुप जा,
यहाँ न है खाना न है पानी न है कोई प्यारा खिलौना,
अगर आ रही तुझको नींद
जा सोजा ट्रेन की पटरियों के बीच,
थोडी देर मई ख़त ख़त करती माँ आएगी
गोद में तुझको लेकर सैर स्वप्न लोक के कराएगी,
वहां न होगी भूख,न होगी प्यास,
तेरे पास होगा खिलौना का बहुत बड़ा संसार,
ये सब्द सुनकर वो बालक ,
सो गया पटरियों के बीच,
थोडी देर में आ गयी वो काल वाहिनी डायन,
बच्चे के मुख से एक चीत्कार.
और चा गई चहुँ ओर घोर शांति अपार……………………… द्वारा लक्ष्मी कान्त सिंह chhoker lucknow sir mai kabita likhta hu meri madad kijiye bahut pareshan hu kabita likhne ke alawa mujhe kuch nahi ata
Sir
I notice the poll question has changed from last night….I have not read anyone’s comments to know why the change. Perhaps there were too many unhappy EF’s….
I can’t say, with the exception of possible one, if all the names you had listed are indeed regulars since day one of your blog.
I have been following your blog regularly since this time last year and have been commenting since about 7 or more months ago. With the risk of leaving someone out, I will not name names but I would say that there certainly have been many other regulars who were worthy of joining that list you had yesterday.
I guess its human nature - we all do this - we pay more attention to the comments where the writer has something that connects with yourself draws your attention…and perhaps your list was more reflective of this than anything else.
I will keep believing in your declared fair and equal embrace of all your EF members.
With Kind Regards
Rajesh
Salma, a great comment once again. I didn’t mean that one has to be “demi-Godly” because the ‘public’ wouldn’t have it differently but that one just becomes something other than ‘human’ in the ordinary sense. One becomes a screen on which ‘desire’ by the millions is projected. This is not something that incidentally happens to one that one can then choose to profit from or ignore. The identity of the public figure enfolds this ‘desire’. Once this happens the figure cannot step back and disinvest himself (or herself) of these ‘holdings’. I also wasn’t referring to any specific image or another. I in fact even moved away from concerns of legacy and so forth. Here I am trying to provide just the most general statement on the notion of a public figure.
Respected Amitji,
Nice blog.I like it.Pl do take care.Bye.
Ram Bhole.
Sire,
Gee……..i always end up after the 400th or 50000th comment. Where do these ef members get all the time in the world to write not one but at least a 1000 comments and in addition repeat the same comments for another 5000000 times.
ya, as you see i am frustrated for being ignored now for a long time.
Still i love you, Wooody allen is a genius, i love all his movies, his tongue in cheek humour, the pathos in the humour… amazing guy with oodles of energy….
Just like you! woody allen somehow reminds me of Dev anand, i dont know why?
What is todays poll all about, i didn’t get it. I scored 95% & 73 % in the memory test.
Sire, Your tamil is good too, i mean the phonetic transation is just perfect… i guess you had a lot of south indian company in your youth…. uh-oh!!! sorry!!!
Humse bhool hogayi, humkaaa maafi daido!
Love
Mohnish
good evening vijay-the name which stuck to you like a lucky charm.anyway i did tell you that mumbai will have sunshine for atleast a week.and lo!it was sunshine for a long period. high tide etc have limited effect on life in mumbai. however the heavy clouds bound for mumbai took a right turn due to strong winds and pounded gujarat.mumbai is saved .indeed a miracle!
i would suggest to bloggers to limit their postings to 10 to 15 lines so that you find it convenient to go through each and every message and get to know the views expressed therein.
enjoy yourself -you have seen many ups and downs and you now richly deserve rest and peace of mind.
all the best.
devkishin vyas,mumbai
Thank you sir !!
Removed prevoius poll away ,”No doubt you did absolutely the correct thing” and my Vote for that.
feeling fresh than before..
with regards
Dinesh
Dear Amitji,
Your shopping experience is, indeed, very realistic and remarkably interesting. We men don’t know what we are missing that women enjoy so much.
There’s shopping for pleasure and shopping because you need something. Pleasure shopping has an emotional facet that is gratifying; it’s enjoyable to meander and browse, to socialize with friends, and to see and touch new merchandise. Just browsing at the mall? That’s what you think. As you step in the door of a retail store — whether it sells Gucci handbags, jeans for teens or hardware — you’re being lured to shop and spend in ways so subtle you probably don’t know what’s happening to you. Or your wallet. Retailers know how you’ll approach a store, where you’ll hesitate, how to affect your mood, how to pique your desires, how to play to your aspirations. Everything in a store, from lighting to floor color to music to how goods are displayed, is meant in some way to get you to not just shop, but spend.
As the Information Age continues to go retail, brands with a clear message and track record of consistency are ahead of the game with the new breed of informed consumers. Women today are spending more and more time browsing the Internet for apparel and spending less time in stores, and online retailers are enjoying a robust growth as a result. It absolutely appears to be a complimentary process, particularly when you factor in that personal touch many women crave when making their fashion choices. The Internet certainly psyches people up before they come shopping in the stores. Consumers are educating themselves before they come in and they know what they are looking for. Cultivating individual style is a form of continuing education for many women, and they are utilizing every resource at their disposal for inspiration, information and efficiency. Fashion magazines are for browsing; the internet is for searching. Shopping online makes it easy to compare prices and styles without running yourself ragged; it definitely streamlines the shopping process, especially if you know what you’re looking for. Shopping should be fun, having options like getting the details online and then touching it in a store is a win-win situation. It’s clearly time well spent.
In a soft economy, more women are heading to thrift, resale and consignment stores. These are one of the few recession-proof segments of retailing, a niche market that not only survives but thrives during periods of economic uncertainty. Hitting the thrift store isn’t the same thing. It’s a combination of treasure hunt and sociology lesson. They have no idea what they will find, or what some of it is even used for. There is the thrill of the hunt, i.e., the joy of finding useful and good-quality items at low prices. Thrift stores, along with yard sales and clearance racks, allow them to stretch their giving dollars. And what a joy that gives to the women, we men can never imagine.
With regards and best wishes
Tilak Rishi (USA)
Dear Amitji,
I dont know if you will get time to get to this post. Got a chuckle on your comparison between men and women shoppers. I found this website which puts your description in a schematic. Very funny.
http://www.flowgo.com/funny/5209_shopping-men-vs-women.html
Regards, Nirav
Sir, i read your blog many a times but close it without comment often…enjoy reading more ..it’s such a pleasure just to read your thoughts…
Yeah your take on the ‘Shall’ factor is hilarious..we all ’shall’ enjoy more of it..just keep writing!!!
The ‘Woody Allen’ comment was ‘deja ‘vu’ to me as I had a nutty software friend who would echo the same thoughts..and that’s almost 8-9 yrs back!!!Wonder where she’s around now..am sure she would love your writing style…you are like a combined package..humour, wisdom,..all combined and that’s the reason we love you so much …a cause of envy I guess to many!!! ..but it’s nice that we have emotions…that’s why God has made us ‘Humans’..
Your ‘memory stuff’ got me a 92% !
Someone sent me a site with the advancement in technology…have a look …it’s pretty amazing how you can zoom to any corner of that picture and enlarge it!!…Of course I guess it would appear as child’s play to the technologically savvy EF(some of them) that you have..
http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullscreen.php
auth=033ef14483ee899496648c2b4b06233c
Take care …and YESSS REMAIN AS HEALTHY AS YOU WANT TO BE..!
God Bless,
M.M
Hi Amitji,
Happy to see you happy.
Otherday, I saw IIFA awards on TV and I liked your gesture of acknowledging Rajesh Khanna as the first superstar and what caught my attention was-
you, clicking pictures with your camera, so like us.
Amitji, I want to see you in movies that really suits your age and has scope for your character and just in any movie for guest appearance or to satisfy someone. You have made a name and now you have to preserve it. You wont get too many opporunities to rectify your mistakes. So please be choosy.
Love to your family.
Warm Regards,
Jhanu
Hello Sir,
The Wody allen statement is just too good…..
Love you hamesha,
Ajay Lodha
pranaam sir ,
i think sir you have forgotten me . i was regular on your blog 2-3 months before .i always replied to your blog but i got married and shifted to wardha from neemuch(mp) .
after a long time i am replying you sir i hope it continues . but your writings are as usual very intresting and inspiring.
neha gupta
Your an icon and you have a great wife, we love both of you
Saaqii kii har nigaah pe bal khaa ke pii gayaa
Laharon se khelataa huaa laharaa ke pii gayaa
Bekaifiyon ke kaif se ghabraa ke pii gayaa
Taubaa ko tod taad ke tharraa ke pii gayaa
… … … [bekaifi=dry lifeless; kaif=intoxicating]
Zaahid ye meri shoKhii-e-rindaanaa dekhanaa
Rahamat ko baaton baaton mein bahalaa ke pii gayaa
… … … [zaahid=wise man; shoKhii=mischief/restlessness; ri.ndaanaa=drunk]
… … … [rahamat=benevolent/ kind]
Sarmastii-e-azal mujhe jab yaad aa gai
Duniyaa-e-aitabaar ko Thukaraa ke pii gayaa
Aazuurdagii-e-Khaatir-e-saaqii ko dekh kar
Mujhko yun sharm aai, ke sharmake pii gaya
Us jaan-e-mayakadaa kii qasam baarahaa “Jigar”
Kul aalam-e-bisaat pe main chhaa ke pii gayaa
… … … [kul=whole; aalam-e-bisaat=the whole milieu]
—-Jigar Moradabadi
MY DEAR AND MOST BELOVED AMITABH BACHCHAN…
i am back and free!!!we went with my sisters daoughter for a shoping walke at the mall…it was fun..and now i am back …
its a great filling to have children at your house…it was worm and welcoming at our house last night and today too..with her…we had so much fun!!
we danced to your songs from your movies ..we were very happy…and the iceing on the cake was your sweet reaply to me…it was very nice of you …thank you…yoou made my day…and night…
about your poll….
its true that every one here is a part of your family ,your EF but there are some that are here from day one..not that they love you nore then me or enyone else here…we all love you and fill great affectiont to you…that is why there are some that are hurt by todays poll and by you mentioning one or others name at your posts…it hurs becouse we think that you dont pay attention to us who love you not less then they are maybe even more and we dont get mentiond…
BUT….we all are here to love you ,to be a part of your day, a part of your family…
thank you for all your love and for trying to reply to most of us…thank you so very much for it…it meens alot to me..i cant speak for enyone else her but i think that many sher my thoughts…
you dont have to fill upset with enything…its your blog..your thoughts and your fillings…you dont have to fill sorry for things you fill at first and then regret them becouse some were hurt…me too…BUT ,for me its enough that you reply to me sometimes when you can and for your sweet word to me…i have so much more then i dreamd of few mounths back..i am here since january ,i think and not from day one…this blog has become a great part of my life…i was happy with you and was sad with you …you made me happy and you made me sad…and thats life…
we all here love you and we all here want you to write to us as allways every day and tell us about your fillings and about your thoughts and abput your day…
this is why i came here for and that is why i am here now..to love you,to know all about you as much as i can…and so it will be…
i pray and wish ffor the day i willl meet you in person and tell you all about me and how i fill for you…someday soon i hope…
just remember that i am here for you and with you allways and for ever…
as long as you know i am here …you know that i love you…
so now,please dont fill upset…be happy …see what your love makes us fill for you???this is love…
please do take care…
all my love to you as allways…
wating for your new post this evening…
all the best and please do take care…
anat magen here in israel…
Dear Mr B,
Very much appreciate your gesture of removing the poll that was felt by a vast majority of the famext to be inappropraite. To be frank I did not comment on it purposely as I normally try to avoid confrontations, especially if it is not a matter of utmost imporatance to me. My respect for you at the same time has increased even more (if it was possible!) as I too echo Jasmine’s view (# 383) that in fact this in itself is a proof of your love for us!
Love, and more
Dee
# For Sudhir
Hi there, no long ….Have been enjoying your shero-shayari (don’t always get all the Urdu words but try my best!) Take care, Dee
Dear Emperor,
I am missing a few of your filmson DVD - Saat Hindustani, Gehri Chaal, Parwana & Mahaan & have looked for them all over high & dry, but to no avail !
Are you able to help me find a vendor for this - anywhere in the world ?
Dont you think all your material should be available for your fans worldwid including your KBC episodes ?
Please help !!!!!
Dharmesh & Nisha
Dubai
dear sir, hru, if you donot mind again i put you same question you feel you the haooest person in the universe & second you fullfilled all your responsibility during your life time. when you have free time please reply me,
ibelive you definate reply me
For AB & Dee S at 435
Its been a merry week. I am competing only with Angel on the number of entries!!!
Its been a week of holidays and fun here… hope you are well!
Will be offline for a few minutes. Must go for some manly shopping! Only a month’s supplies to purchase!
Regards,
Sudhir
Dear amitji,
Welcome to singapore!!! hope u have a pleasant stay here ….sir any way to meet you here in Singapore ..life will be blessed if we could meet u…plzzz let us know
Amitji, you forgot to add one option: “Damned if I do and damned if I don’t. ”
Great to see your fabolous sense of humor is still intact, in the face of all the flak you got (ref: your poll options). Sad, really sad to see so much sensitivity out there for such trivial things — I think the people included in the poll absolutely deserved to be there. Why we can’t be a bit more generous, large-hearted, understanding and a tad less egotistic is beyond me.
But — it was heartening to see all the comments of understanding and good sportsmanship that were posted regarding your poll as well.
Elaine, #302 — ABSOLUTELY AGREE with what you’ve written, every word.
Salma #376, 380– storm in a teaspoon it was, no doubt. Can’t figure out either why people were upset.
Rajesh (UK): good point about the poll list being reflective.
Sudhir, thanks for all the shayari. Am a huge Sahir fan.
PB: loved the Zimmerman quote. That’s how I feel sometimes!
One flower to another (of the same species!): Jasmine, London, thanks for posting the article and the pictures.
Shankar, Abu Dhabi: good to connect with similar experiences.
SRK (”king of Bollywood, acc. to you) Fan: what are you doing on this blog?
Me, #373: people leave messages on this blog coz’ they want to connect with Mr. B (and sometimes with each other), coz’ they love him and want to get their feelings across to him. I could go on, but this shoule be enough.
And last, but definitely not the least — an angel by any other name shall still remain — ANGEL!
Love,
Jasmine J
sir
have a nice day
manoj
Hello Dr. Mr. Amitabh Bachchan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am your fanat.I AM NOVICE ON YOUR BLOG. My name is Igor .I am 16 years .I am from Russia.Your show very pleased me with Abkhishek.HOW DID YOUR TIME PASS IN SINGAPORE AND IN LONDON? You looked at oneself very healthily, interestingly. This show reminded me the stage from your the mega-series of film Khud-Daar.
Ivery love your films such as Sholay,Don,Satte Pe Satta,Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna,Agneepath,Amar Akbar Anthony,Khakee You are the best actor of Bolliwood,YOU ARE KING OF INDIA.You are the best actor of Bolliwood. I wanted for you to know about your new films of Teen Patti and Shantaram. What will these be films? Where do you intend to make them?
Did Don please you with Shahrukh? You and Shahrukh are two my FAVOURITE ACTORS. YOU And SHKHRUKH BOTH TWO the STEEPEST DONS, WHICH not HARDNESS, But it is IMPOSSIBLE to CATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU HAVE VERY STYLISH, BEAUTIFUL.
ALSO IN THE INTERNET I LOOK SHOW OF KAUN BANEGA CROREPATI. YOU ARE THE BEST ANCHORMAN. YOU READ QUESTIONS VERY BEAUTIFULLY. EXACTLY YOU are CREATED in Order to CONDUCT IT SHOW.
Hope alls well..i am yet to read ur blog of today…hope alls well with u ..take care and wish u well..kindly read my message of yesterday. Blog..i am the first one ..wish to hv ur reply!
Yet it would be desirable to know about a film Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag. I did not yet see him, but read, that this film remake of your immortal and great film Sholay. you in him act part of Amjad Khan. Will you have projects in 2010?
Will you have films yet, where you will play itself in 2010?
I wish you a health, success, love, happiness and all wonderful in life.
I would like to know about your new film
Chenab Gandhi (2010). What it will a film be and what in your this film character?
I wish you a health, success, love, happiness and all wonderful in life.
Whether there will be you to conduct yet some shows besides Kaun Banega Crorepati?
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Dear Amitji,
Vanakkam..Singapore visit nalla irundhatha? Nalla enjoy panneeningala?
Unga Tamil nalla irukku? Daily it became a ritual for me to read your blog..and learn a lot from you..hope to learn from u a lot..god bless u with hale and healthy life..’shall’ we retire for today…hahahaha
Dear Sirjee,
I don’t think you read this one yesterday and so I am writing it again.
I always used to feel angry as to why they didn’t choose you to play your own self (KBC role) in Slumdog millionaire, until I recently saw the movie……
and it was very clear why they kept away from you.
Anil Kapoor’s character has obvious negative shades. You couldn’t have convinced the Indian audience with the best of your acting skills in that character.
On a different note,the 2-3% people who say they shall not continue to read this blog……..I think they comprise THE AFTERNOON staff,
they have achieved what they wanted…….
gained publicity by associating their name with you……
thats what political parties have done with you in the past….by putting up posters in front of your house…creating controversies.
Anybody wanting to suddenly become popular will use your name,
doing this positively will not create any ripples,
they will throw stones in the water to create a splash.
Loyally yours,
Shibani.
with the
dearest biggest b
it seems that u like singapore very much.r u there 4 professional engagement ?
with luv
smallest b
raj bansal
मै सिर्फ इतना कह सकता हु की मै और मेरी सारी फॅमिली आप को बहुत प्यार करते है ,सायद इतना नहीं जितना सभी पर फिर भी सबसे ज्यादा
Rochelle, it was me who commented on the Klaus Nomi, and, thanks, I just watched the other two you posted on 414. Ya know, his looks reminded me of Brian Eno in the early Roxy Music days; I always loved his feathers and furbelows! Altho Klaus’s look is more cubist…the ambience he creates reminds me of old Bertold Brecht songs
I love reading your posts because you are such a true blue devoted baseball fan and also because you report on such interesting NYC doings…your vast punk repertoire never ceases to amaze me - reminds me when New Wave and punk seemed like such a wondrous breath of fresh air back in the day-
Also, I love the movies you choose to tell about; that Maori Shakespeare one really intrigued me, especially the choice, Merchant of Venice, not necessarily your most by-popular-demand Shakespeare play! ha
OK, slip of the brain re Brecht, I meant to say Kurt Weil songs
Dear Amitji,
Of course Rochelle wins hand down, no doubt about it!!! Koi shaque?????
I love shopping and am a shopaholic. My younger brother used to tease me and said that the family should just phone Debenhams to know where I am!!!!!
(A little guilty of returning unsuitable items purchased as mentioned in Kabhi
Kushi Kabhi Gham, when you were at the Bluewater shopping mall)!!!!
So, are you a gadget junkie???? You bought quite a few things.
Good night and God Bless
Love and best wishes
Sangita xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
lol..
very funny, always enjoy reading your blog,
love,
Rajiv
Dear Amitahji
u r just fab. mindblowing. i loved how u played with ’shall’.
please tc of urself. don’t over burden urself.
with lots of love
lisa
Hello Amit Sir,
Sir, U r really a wonderfull person. Please take care ur self Me My Family loves & Like u very much. I have a question for you, You see the Serial Such ka Samna if the makers of this show give you offer for HOST of This show whats your responce abt this Show? becoz this show already have big controversy.
Love you alots
P.K.
Comment # 18
Monish Aggarwal USA says:
July 24, 2009 at 12:29 am
I think Rajesh Kejriwal is the most regular other than Rochelle.
Hey, Thanks mate!!!!
You just made my day….
….even if AB didn’t!
lol….
This is great! It really shows me where to expand my blog. I think that sometime in the future I might try to write a book to go along with my blog, but we will see…Good post with useful tips and ideas
I apologise, but it not absolutely that is necessary for me. There are other variants?
Do not immerse in water,use a mild soap like Ivory and a very damp rag to wipe down.
Anguilla is a cool place to visit, I wish I could live in Anguilla.