DAY 3455

Jalsa, Mumbai                 Sept 12/13,  2017               Tue/Wed 12:15 AM 

My dear friend and an accomplished and senior journalist has written a book after much study on the subject of serial psychopathic killers .. the book is in a story .. interesting intriguing and well researched .. a few pointers are here below that need attention and understanding ..

I wrote the foreword of the book after being given a brief on what Mark Manuel, its author, had composed .. it was fascinating .. and it arose from an observation he made while watching PINK and the nature of my character ..

My character as many who have seen the film may have caught, is a bi-polar .. and during the shooting of the film many incidents and actions of this condition were enacted during the shoot .. however Shoojit felt that the film was digressing in its approach .. instead of addressing a social problem it was becoming too medical in its nature .. and so very little of those portions remained in the final edit ..

It needs to be read to understand this very interesting aspect of them that suffer from a madness or a disease  .. and to centre it around the festive occasion of Ganapati, is a master stroke in story telling ..

Read and respond if you can get your hands on it ..

You may like to connect directly with the author @markmanuel26 

Amit ji I love u from all my heart , Allah bless u &protect u Gn my heart💝💝

DAY 3455

Jalsa, Mumbai                 Sept 12/13,  2017               Tue/Wed 12:15 AM 

My dear friend and an accomplished and senior journalist has written a book after much study on the subject of serial psychopathic killers .. the book is in a story .. interesting intriguing and well researched .. a few pointers are here below that need attention and understanding ..

I wrote the foreword of the book after being given a brief on what Mark Manuel, its author, had composed .. it was fascinating .. and it arose from an observation he made while watching PINK and the nature of my character ..

My character as many who have seen the film may have caught, is a bi-polar .. and during the shooting of the film many incidents and actions of this condition were enacted during the shoot .. however Shoojit felt that the film was digressing in its approach .. instead of addressing a social problem it was becoming too medical in its nature .. and so very little of those portions remained in the final edit ..

It needs to be read to understand this very interesting aspect of them that suffer from a madness or a disease  .. and to centre it around the festive occasion of Ganapati, is a master stroke in story telling ..

Read and respond if you can get your hands on it ..

You may like to connect directly with the author @markmanuel26 

Adore u my heart

DAY 3438

Jalsa, Mumbai               Aug 26/27,  2017               Sat/Sun 2:29 AM

Birthday - EF - Rohit Kumar Bhutoria          Sun, August 27   .. and we all wish you the very best for the day and the years to come … love from us all ..

In the hurly burly of the day and work .. there come many moments when the mind drifts away to matters that trouble you .. matters that were and shall remain in argument and debate .. matters that shall ring in the past and the times gone by .. matters that mattered then and perhaps now too .. but perhaps distance and the gaps of our lives have given them a flower bedecked burial ..

They haunt you at times and urge you to envelope them and bring them out in the fresh air of the world .. but hesitate to do so .. why .. for some thoughts are best covered in the dust of time ..

There is wonder and impatience on them .. there is them we worked like a team and now dispersed due time and circumstance .. there is the need to get them back to assist us in the work that was left unfinished .. they shall return to us .. to complete to assist .. but .. time shall have to be drawn level, so what remains fructifies .. 

Just a few deliberations without any head or tail .. just a need to press something within, that can give us, a moment to ponder and reflect on the work done in the day .. we are at times so oblivious of what has been achieved that, we tend to brush them aside .. and drive away .. but no .. they need to be brought back, so those that spent time and energy in creating them, live with us, and about us .. laugh and emote at the effects it could have had on not just the others but indeed all present ..

A large team of people work to make one person look good and successful .. they are the true creators .. we are the beneficiaries .. the ones that got stuck in the vacuum of the draft from the speeding car .. we drove close by, close enough to be dragged along in the wave of the one ahead .. and then in one fell stroke to overtake and survive the lead so created ..

The human is ever hungry and ever hungry to be in front .. to be ahead .. to be conquering all about .. and in that search and endeavour spends his or her lifetime, in its pursuit .. AND .. in doing so we forget living ..   forget to live , to breathe, to just take in that which we were born to .. 

Tragic that we do not .. someday we shall ..

Amitabh Bachchan

DAY 3409

Jalsa, Mumbai                 July 28/29,  2017                Fri/Sat 1:21 AM

A dear dear friend turns 70 and joins the CLUB .. !! We meet at a small comfortable gathering with old and almost forgotten others .. and a delight to see time and physiological changes in them .. but a joy all the same ..

There is talk of ol’ times .. so what else is new .. there is talk of the state of the nation .. there is talk of films and acting talents .. there is talk of politics and eventually there is the talk of those dirty jokes among men friends … 

Javed Saheb, yours truly, Amjad Ali Khan - the sarod maestro, Shabana Azmi and the wife .. many many moons ago and many many stories to share within that short stay at the event of celebration .. 

And many reasons to smile and laugh ..

Let me keep it this way .. for the morning beckons me .. the eye lids they leave their bearings and the urge to get to that horizontals is immense .. 

But there is delay in the time for presence tomorrow at work and so one must make full use of it to acknowledge and respond to them that go by the name of Ef ..

I shall be there in the early hours .. so before I start to start punching at empty bags of plastic, and before I make effort to be in such sublime state to respond to the Ef, in the morning .. I shall take leave 

Love ..

Amitabh Bachchan

DAY 3409

Jalsa, Mumbai                 July 28/29,  2017                Fri/Sat 1:21 AM

A dear dear friend turns 70 and joins the CLUB .. !! We meet at a small comfortable gathering with old and almost forgotten others .. and a delight to see time and physiological changes in them .. but a joy all the same ..

There is talk of ol’ times .. so what else is new .. there is talk of the state of the nation .. there is talk of films and acting talents .. there is talk of politics and eventually there is the talk of those dirty jokes among men friends … 

Javed Saheb, yours truly, Amjad Ali Khan - the sarod maestro, Shabana Azmi and the wife .. many many moons ago and many many stories to share within that short stay at the event of celebration .. 

And many reasons to smile and laugh ..

Let me keep it this way .. for the morning beckons me .. the eye lids they leave their bearings and the urge to get to that horizontals is immense .. 

But there is delay in the time for presence tomorrow at work and so one must make full use of it to acknowledge and respond to them that go by the name of Ef ..

I shall be there in the early hours .. so before I start to start punching at empty bags of plastic, and before I make effort to be in such sublime state to respond to the Ef, in the morning .. I shall take leave 

Love ..

Amitabh Bachchan

Love u my heart

DAY 3160

Jalsa, Mumbai              Nov 22,  2016             Tue 11:56 pm

They that follow me tell me my age of reference : 43 years of my film ‘Namakharam’ .. and send me pictures of the time, and the moments of the making of such great cinema by the godfather to Jaya and me - 

Hrishikesh Mukherji ..

The magnificence of the story .. the company of Rajesh Khanna .. the eminence of his star value and .. the precincts of that historic Studio - 

Mohan Studios ..

Now demolished and overwhelmed by high rises for housing and offices ..

How do these structures that inhabit such earth, enable their presence to be of needed value .. do they live the shadows of the past within - the Bimal Roy works of art the multitudes of exceptional talent that roamed those lanes by the floors where historic films were made ..

Vast open areas welcomed the visitor or talent, as you entered the portals of this huge property .. as you turned right the drive led you to the main 2 floors where all the action took place .. there was another floor behind but rarely used .. beyond the second floor a lane lead us to some tin shielded roofs, where in one corner a make up room, quite impromptu and quite insufficiently equipped compared to todays vanity styles, gave space to us to dress to prepare, to get the paint on and report ..

Make up rooms were a mere frugal backyard, by the way, environ .. after the essentials it was on set and at the very most a sit out in the open area between the floors, underneath two large trees, that provided the shade from the biting sun ..

Jaya converted this tin shed into some semblance of habitation when we worked together for long, in films at the Studio, by putting in a chair and a reclining bed, which she brought from the house .. and put up a few pictures on the corrugated walls to give it some semblance of homely living .. and that was it .. 

No toilet facilities .. no conditioning .. nothing .. a long walk to another corner of the sets, provided the general open air somewhat closeted toilets .. but the atmosphere was always vibrant, creative, filled with emotion and the genius of startling makers ..

Aaahh ! so many memories of the films and the experiences at the Studio - Parwana, Anand, Abhimaan, Mili, Chupke Chupke, Muquaddar ka Sikander, Bemisal, Jurmana, Kaalia, Hera Pheri, Khoon Pasina, Lawaaris … the list is endless .. and Kirti bhai the owner by the gates of the Studio in his home, possessing the only telephone around .. a rarity .. if ever a call came through, one had to cycle down to the house to receive it ..

All gone now .. to a multistoried high rise .. that rides on the cinematic excellence beneath it ..

A fate that all of us shall one day be subjected to .. 

Good night,

Amitabh Bachchan

I adore u

DAY 3160

Jalsa, Mumbai              Nov 22,  2016             Tue 11:56 pm

They that follow me tell me my age of reference : 43 years of my film ‘Namakharam’ .. and send me pictures of the time, and the moments of the making of such great cinema by the godfather to Jaya and me - 

Hrishikesh Mukherji ..

The magnificence of the story .. the company of Rajesh Khanna .. the eminence of his star value and .. the precincts of that historic Studio - 

Mohan Studios ..

Now demolished and overwhelmed by high rises for housing and offices ..

How do these structures that inhabit such earth, enable their presence to be of needed value .. do they live the shadows of the past within - the Bimal Roy works of art the multitudes of exceptional talent that roamed those lanes by the floors where historic films were made ..

Vast open areas welcomed the visitor or talent, as you entered the portals of this huge property .. as you turned right the drive led you to the main 2 floors where all the action took place .. there was another floor behind but rarely used .. beyond the second floor a lane lead us to some tin shielded roofs, where in one corner a make up room, quite impromptu and quite insufficiently equipped compared to todays vanity styles, gave space to us to dress to prepare, to get the paint on and report ..

Make up rooms were a mere frugal backyard, by the way, environ .. after the essentials it was on set and at the very most a sit out in the open area between the floors, underneath two large trees, that provided the shade from the biting sun ..

Jaya converted this tin shed into some semblance of habitation when we worked together for long, in films at the Studio, by putting in a chair and a reclining bed, which she brought from the house .. and put up a few pictures on the corrugated walls to give it some semblance of homely living .. and that was it .. 

No toilet facilities .. no conditioning .. nothing .. a long walk to another corner of the sets, provided the general open air somewhat closeted toilets .. but the atmosphere was always vibrant, creative, filled with emotion and the genius of startling makers ..

Aaahh ! so many memories of the films and the experiences at the Studio - Parwana, Anand, Abhimaan, Mili, Chupke Chupke, Muquaddar ka Sikander, Bemisal, Jurmana, Kaalia, Hera Pheri, Khoon Pasina, Lawaaris … the list is endless .. and Kirti bhai the owner by the gates of the Studio in his home, possessing the only telephone around .. a rarity .. if ever a call came through, one had to cycle down to the house to receive it ..

All gone now .. to a multistoried high rise .. that rides on the cinematic excellence beneath it ..

A fate that all of us shall one day be subjected to .. 

Good night,

Amitabh Bachchan

Plz my life amit ji follow back plzzzz

DAY 3158

Jalsa, Mumbai                 Nov 20/21,  2016               Sun/Mon 1:47 am

Folded hands, gratitude project

Each week held up , in respect abject ..

I never have the right of words

To say to express to not be nerd …

Disturbed I am at tragic sights

Somewhere inside the conscience fights 

Rejoicing in the little’s birth

Friends and toddlers in different girth

Walk I around, in blissful glee

These lawns have witnessed, much to see

Births and birthdays, marriages, bereaved

Each leaf and plant has a story, weaved

Wish I remain in such domain

May I not cause incessant pain 

This page describes all what I feel

Bind me not else, my humbled appeal  

                                                            ~ ab

Amitabh Bachchan

My heart amit ji only

DAY 3157

Jalsa, Mumbai                  Nov  19/20,  2016               Sat/Sun  12:00 am

BAADDUUUMMMBAAAAAAAAAA … !!!

Performing PINK and then a song ‘Yaari’ with Farhan Akhtar .. for the Global Citizen Concert an amazing experience .. last time it felt like this was in the 80′s and 90′s on a concert tour of USA and UK .. and Europe .. Giants Stadium New Jersey, US, Wembley Stadium London ..80, 000 audience and more .. what memories of those times .. the first ever concerts by the Film Industry on this scale, performing and singing live .. never done before .. and the audience .. incredible .. electric moments .. documented somewhere I believe .. never forgotten .. the West Indies, and Amsterdam and ahhh .. the world over !!

Getting a feel of the expatriate audience settled through generations overseas, was a first for me around 1981 .. my visits to UK and US and Europe, just to make an appearance for a film opening .. never ever realised what the NRI’s would do or accept or patronize .. but they were in their thousands and were overwhelming in their show of strength and presence and love .. 

That prompted some very enterprising enthusiasts to design my first concert and the first for the Film Industry ever on a scale never seen before .. it was magical .. for the first time live performances by an artist was seen and heard .. previously they came in some rarity, said a few words and left the stage for the music directors and singers to take over .. but this was different .. I had to perform .. so with the guidance and many rehearsals with the duo maestro of Kalyanji bhai ad Anand ji bhai all was arranged, by that bundle of ideas and management Kirit Trivedi and his enterprising vision .. what he managed and how he did it, no one one could ever fathom .. he just did it .. the foreign crew had nick named him Kirit ‘no problem’ Trivedi .. a 12 city tour concert covered in 14 days and 3 continents - USA, South America, Europe .. around 150 crew, not a single baggage lost, not a single flight missed .. not a single event not starting on time .. it was magical !! It was madness .. it was IT .. never before, never again ..

In South Africa , Durban, Johannesburg .. massive concerts at football stadiums .. the first time ever an Indian concert just before the end of apartheid .. a special permission given to us by the Governments of both countries, and in SAf especially by the ANC that was about to come to power under Mandela, 1990 .. show time 7 pm .. stadium and seats full by 3 pm .. we had to start ahead of time - 6:30 .. 60 - 70,000 crowds and those that could nt get the tickets, did a special appearance in their region as a private visit, landing by helicopter on the roof of the Mall, because the roads to the area were blocked by the massive turnout of the people .. visuals of which are there in the docu ‘Follow that Star’ ..

Wembley Stadium was a first ever .. Wembley Arena, the smaller 12,000 capacity stadium was what had been used by earlier concerts, but never the stadium .. Wembley before it was refurbished in its present state .. 85, 000 people attended .. the Jumma Chumma concert in film now .. entries on horse, elephants, cherry pickers, lifts from the roof of the stadium .. unbelievable .. took Aamir and Salman along for their very first show .. they were just one film old .. 

And the West Indies .. Trinidad & Tobago .. just unimaginable moments .. the audiences wild and loving and in continuous carnival form and mood .. somewhere pictures of the times lie .. mobiles and videos were not born then .. 

Documentation has taken on such an enormous state in our world of today .. nothing goes unescaped .. fortunate to be in these times .. yes today paparazzi lands up everywhere .. some object , others do not .. paparazzi has an earning to look after .. a picture takes care of their living .. it cannot be avoided .. the air belongs to all .. it is free to every human .. free to the paparazzi too and to the fans .. 

There have been many subsequent concerts after .. alone and with some of the more popular artists now and few years earlier .. your impact reduced .. theirs high .. its the nature of the profession .. happens and should happen .. all shall go through that phase .. one cannot be at the maximum eternally .. the next younger more popular takes over .. its the nature of the world .. nature cannot change, or shall not allow change for you in the way you may want it .. accept .. be grateful for the mercies you have received, and live in contentment …

At the end of my portion today at the Global Citizen Concert, coming off the stage, a lady held up a hand written paper in front of me and finally gave it to me .. it would not be prudent for me to present it .. for, I would be most embarrassed .. but I thank you Ma’am for your affection and your most gracious words .. they are far too complimentary for me to believe them, but I shall store it in my heart and shall ever remember .. 

My love 

Amitabh Bachchan

Chris Martin and Cold Play and artists and crew of the concert getting together by midnight at ShahRukh’s .. he has wished me to drop by .. I shall rest .. but an able representative, Abhishek will attend .. or is attending already ..

All love to u, sweet dreams my hero

DAY 3157

Jalsa, Mumbai                  Nov  19/20,  2016               Sat/Sun  12:00 am

BAADDUUUMMMBAAAAAAAAAA … !!!

Performing PINK and then a song ‘Yaari’ with Farhan Akhtar .. for the Global Citizen Concert an amazing experience .. last time it felt like this was in the 80′s and 90′s on a concert tour of USA and UK .. and Europe .. Giants Stadium New Jersey, US, Wembley Stadium London ..80, 000 audience and more .. what memories of those times .. the first ever concerts by the Film Industry on this scale, performing and singing live .. never done before .. and the audience .. incredible .. electric moments .. documented somewhere I believe .. never forgotten .. the West Indies, and Amsterdam and ahhh .. the world over !!

Getting a feel of the expatriate audience settled through generations overseas, was a first for me around 1981 .. my visits to UK and US and Europe, just to make an appearance for a film opening .. never ever realised what the NRI’s would do or accept or patronize .. but they were in their thousands and were overwhelming in their show of strength and presence and love .. 

That prompted some very enterprising enthusiasts to design my first concert and the first for the Film Industry ever on a scale never seen before .. it was magical .. for the first time live performances by an artist was seen and heard .. previously they came in some rarity, said a few words and left the stage for the music directors and singers to take over .. but this was different .. I had to perform .. so with the guidance and many rehearsals with the duo maestro of Kalyanji bhai ad Anand ji bhai all was arranged, by that bundle of ideas and management Kirit Trivedi and his enterprising vision .. what he managed and how he did it, no one one could ever fathom .. he just did it .. the foreign crew had nick named him Kirit ‘no problem’ Trivedi .. a 12 city tour concert covered in 14 days and 3 continents - USA, South America, Europe .. around 150 crew, not a single baggage lost, not a single flight missed .. not a single event not starting on time .. it was magical !! It was madness .. it was IT .. never before, never again ..

In South Africa , Durban, Johannesburg .. massive concerts at football stadiums .. the first time ever an Indian concert just before the end of apartheid .. a special permission given to us by the Governments of both countries, and in SAf especially by the ANC that was about to come to power under Mandela, 1990 .. show time 7 pm .. stadium and seats full by 3 pm .. we had to start ahead of time - 6:30 .. 60 - 70,000 crowds and those that could nt get the tickets, did a special appearance in their region as a private visit, landing by helicopter on the roof of the Mall, because the roads to the area were blocked by the massive turnout of the people .. visuals of which are there in the docu ‘Follow that Star’ ..

Wembley Stadium was a first ever .. Wembley Arena, the smaller 12,000 capacity stadium was what had been used by earlier concerts, but never the stadium .. Wembley before it was refurbished in its present state .. 85, 000 people attended .. the Jumma Chumma concert in film now .. entries on horse, elephants, cherry pickers, lifts from the roof of the stadium .. unbelievable .. took Aamir and Salman along for their very first show .. they were just one film old .. 

And the West Indies .. Trinidad & Tobago .. just unimaginable moments .. the audiences wild and loving and in continuous carnival form and mood .. somewhere pictures of the times lie .. mobiles and videos were not born then .. 

Documentation has taken on such an enormous state in our world of today .. nothing goes unescaped .. fortunate to be in these times .. yes today paparazzi lands up everywhere .. some object , others do not .. paparazzi has an earning to look after .. a picture takes care of their living .. it cannot be avoided .. the air belongs to all .. it is free to every human .. free to the paparazzi too and to the fans .. 

There have been many subsequent concerts after .. alone and with some of the more popular artists now and few years earlier .. your impact reduced .. theirs high .. its the nature of the profession .. happens and should happen .. all shall go through that phase .. one cannot be at the maximum eternally .. the next younger more popular takes over .. its the nature of the world .. nature cannot change, or shall not allow change for you in the way you may want it .. accept .. be grateful for the mercies you have received, and live in contentment …

At the end of my portion today at the Global Citizen Concert, coming off the stage, a lady held up a hand written paper in front of me and finally gave it to me .. it would not be prudent for me to present it .. for, I would be most embarrassed .. but I thank you Ma’am for your affection and your most gracious words .. they are far too complimentary for me to believe them, but I shall store it in my heart and shall ever remember .. 

My love 

Amitabh Bachchan

Chris Martin and Cold Play and artists and crew of the concert getting together by midnight at ShahRukh’s .. he has wished me to drop by .. I shall rest .. but an able representative, Abhishek will attend .. or is attending already ..

Be always happy my love I adore u

DAY 3156

Jalsa, Mumbai              Nov 18/19,  2016               Fri/Sat  1:19 am

Jalsa, Mumbai               Nov 18/19,  2016               Fri/Sat  12:26 am

Birthday - EF Pravin Ahuja  today the 19th of November and we wish him and regret the late acknowledgement .. but wish him all the same … love

Birthday - EF Rubina Mulchandani  

Saturday, November 19, 2016

A birthday a birthday a birthday we have got .. Rubina Ef’s birthday we celebrate with our family lot ..  love and happiness always ..

Routine has strange effects on character, personality and demeanor .. not necessarily in that order, but order all the same .. it surprises me how scarce we make our lives in not following basic routines for the day of our lives .. it would be most rewarding and fulfilling, I think ..

When work starts early, and the entire schedule is in your mind, it makes opportunities for work even better placed, than before .. there is an acceleration in our moves, as we would be programmed to do, by finishing one and jumping to another in anticipation of more quality work .. and this rhythm falls into a continuous manufacturing belt like situation, moving rapidly from one end to the other, in a constant maneuver, military like and most regularised in its appearance and disposition ..

When you know the end of the day by the beginning of it, the timings and what needs to be done when and how, simplifies our lives .. there is no time to sit back for pleasantries and self assessments .. all that can be done in time .. but for now, its the Global Citizen Concert tomorrow with a host of performers, lead by this man :

Mr Chris Martin of ‘COLD PLAY’, who I came to know more intimately when I heard his song that he sings along on the streets of London or England or somewhere, in a video .. and now this .. this Global Concert being performed for the eradication of poverty in our Universe, and for the well being of the poor ! A sense of pride envelops us as we speak about the venture .. and why not ?

Rehearsals .. always a mess, but somehow on the day all seems to work out .. and I do hope it does .. the cause is great and noble and worthy ..

And then when the confusion of the various repeat performances is done its family time .. a member of the family in the cousin’s lives, gets engaged and its an honour to be present at the exchange of confirmations for man and wife .. no they have not been betrothed in Holy matrimony yet, but they shall in time .. so .. some rituals, some million ‘selfies’ and some special food, and back to the ‘crowning glory’ .. The Crown serial, which I must admit has had me fascinated from the very first few minutes of the projection on TV ..

The writing in any creative film venture is the hardest and most admired part .. words when written in context of the nature of the character, make it imperative that admiration for it follows .. and follows well .. and that is what has been the most fascinating portions of the serial CROWN .. the music the performances, the locations and the large interiors of the gallery of pages that introduce us to its nature, shall disturb .. disturb bad .. !!

And so, much like what royalty figures in the serial, we mush in celebrated opulence and pageantry, of the times and perhaps still do on the Kingdom, and Kings and Queens and Royal Highnesses and Princes , Duke’s and Lords and Knighted Sir’s of the Empire that once ruled almost the entire world .. not to say that it still does not have a foot in every nation’s pie .. if there be such expression !! And what of the Palaces and Castles and those that inhabit hem .. and the grandeur of those years, and the privilege to be a part of those ceremonies .. to have had the experience first hand ..

Quite remarkable, I should say .. would you not ..?

And the sharing of light hearted banter with some of the celebrities on the show, namely Parineeti … which I must add is quite different from Parineeta .. Parineeta is the married one, wifed to a husband .. Parineeti is completely different .. yet a slip of the tongue, brings laughter ..

And what do we see when we stand on the stage of the GC :

Miles and miles of open spaces .. which hopefully shall fill up by tomorrow as the time closes in .. starting 1:30 pm I believe, and ending by 10:30 pm .. COLD PLAY, Jay Z and all .. I come on by 4 pm I think for a bit ..

But the cause - a move to eradicate poverty - that is the most vital element !

And so we part, to meet again ..

My love

Amitabh Bachchan

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