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DAY 5624

Jalsa, Mumbai              July 11/12,  2023               Tue/wed 4:09 AM     

🪔 .. July 12 .. birthday greetings to Ef Vijay Joglekar from Dombivali .. Ef M. Zaheer Sattar from Malawi 🇲🇼 .. Ef Dr. Pravin P Patel from Toronto Canada 🇨🇦 .. love and prayers for wellbeing from the Ef Family .. 🙏🏻🚩

‘ Sympathy …you can get it from anybody …but ‘jealousy’…Boss u have to earn it.” ~

great words gifted from Ef Barun .. and how apt they are .. earn it boss, earn it .. jealousy you must earn .. and each day we are earning .. 

music is the food of late night creations .. impromptu, irrelevant but so apt .. much like the genius of many that never realised what they were designing .. and there are examples of such in the annals of music history .. a great composer I know designed a symphony on paper .. never played what he had written .. never heard it .. but it was sent to a philharmonic orchestra overseas .. to London .. and on the day of its recital, in an event he was invited and he heard the symphony being played for the first time .. 

he wept like a child, to the brilliance of his own creation .. never heard before , never ever played it .. yet ..

Brilliance …

this brilliance infests itself into us at times and the immediate or instinctive music that gushes out is the result of just being together to appreciate each others cooperative effort .. and at times the comedic impact of the creation ..

…. and it plays for me as I write  .. so much hilarity and laughter .. only to be shared by them that accompany me .. NEVER to go out .. never .. for they will never understand the reason and the cause and the immediate, informal, on the spot creation without knowing what is going to come out .. and then the surprise of its making .. the collective effort and the immense reference to situations .. 

वो ढोलक का ठेका जब बजता है तो बता नहीं सकते हम की क्या होता है  , बस सब माल निकल आता है  

the tall of the dholak is the inspiration behind the music that emanates willfully and in the unown  ….

it now approaches almost 5 am .. and the desire to carry on is supreme .. I have yet to sleep, but who the hell cares .. Ef is more important  .. so ..

there is envy .. and jealousy .. to not have what they have .. they lead a pleasured life .. and my life suffers .. the alternatives have ever been the reason .. they can do, I can’t .. so I need to be in an alternative .. 

and music brings that alternative from them  .. they shall give me the strength of belief with guidance and quality .. and that is what I do not have .. so I shall soon find one and perhaps then .. the envy shall be crushed by the learning of the alternative shall survive and breed ..

Breed .. 

for we want the need to be through generations .. generations that shall look back to my LIFE .. and the envy of the household shall abate .. and the theka shall stop appropriately ..

 LIFE .. shall survive .. that particular LIFE shall .. survive .. and to hell with all the other baggage .. its weight is getting too heavy to carry .. 

time to bring the new instruments down to the recordings of LIFE .. and to learn lessons on fresh instruments .. to play .. 

Play baby play .. for they shall bring the joy of playing that instrument, live

Amitabh Bachchan

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DAY 5623

Jalsa, Mumbai                July 10/11,  2023                 Mon/Tue  3:02 AM    

 🪔 .. July 11 .. birthday affection to Ef Rajesh Srivastava from Jamshedpur .. Ef Nikhil Saraswat .. and EF Mahesh B Solanki from Ratlam - MP ..  and my wishes and love for all ..❤️  

NOW .. it’s  a late late late night but one that somehow remains awake till the writing is done .. it is now 3:05 am .. and a respectable time to rest .. a rest of necessity and reason , at the NDTV Banega Swasth India  campaign TV launch !

The pictures are here, but  the NDTV Banega Swasth India, late and I want to be in slumber .. 

Better in to be in a better frame of mind after rest .. and advance the thoughts expressed by the Medical Community, in the campaign for health care ..

But more of that later .. its 3:14 in the morning ns

July 11,  2023 …. Jalsa … 1:00 PM 

It is almost afternoon now .. and I say sorry for the nonsense Blog ☝🏽 .. the head was working on one thing and the mind was doing something else .. it , happens in todays world, where the human has been crowded with millions of options and tracks and alternatives .. and the human is selfish enough , at times,  to get associated with all of them , at the same time .. not realising that when the different tracks are opted for , each of them has a story and a history of its own , to deal with which , is a mammoth task ..

It requires extreme will to do that, which satisfies all .. satisfaction is the most unobserved misunderstood word of the season .. everyone wishes to think of who I am, as what I have done  .. 

We are all special cases, and we all want to say something in , say an appeal, against something ! Everyone insists that they are innocent, their innocence being at all costs .. even if it means accusing the rest of the human race and heaven .. 

We all think that WE , I,  am the sensible one .. we sensible people are all selfish .. we think , or rather are determined to be who we are , by what we have done .. and what we have done, is attuned to the elements of nature, tugging, pulling us into every contract to make its terms look fair .. 

THE IMPORTANT THING IS NOT THE CAMERA, BUT THE EYE .. the eye .. !!

AAAHHHHHH .. dear ones of my loved Ef , I build bridges of philosophical expedience and comfort, over raging rivers .. 😢

I wish I could have , in normalcy , been able to build the strong willed reality of bridges, over the raging, ravaging waters in Himachal and elsewhere .. 😢😢 .. in our land .. !!!

.. that little girl with the ‘gajra’ still haunts my heart .. I wonder of whether what was given to her was enough .. I wish I could meet her again, and give her more for her liking  .. and as I drive I keep looking out , but never see her .. or anyone that could know her .. or any other in similar ..

But what I see is somewhat touching for me, at an instant  .. this 👇🏽👇🏽 ..

.. the Mother did not have a smile , as I followed them .. unknown to them .. and at a traffic halt or jam when there was a pause .. I drew my window down to indicate to the Husband, how much he had loaded the bike on himself and more the Wife .. what you see is the picture, after the lady recognised me  .. and then the smile  .. 

But .. I thought .. this is a family out to get provisions for the home .. the Husband has a vehicle, no car , no facility to have the benefit of affluent home delivery , they need to go out and get it themselves .. the bike is the carrier .. of family of goods .. and of the thumb sucking , new born .. for he cannot be left at home .. what best can be done in such a situation is being done  .. the Mother happily looked at me and smiled in recognition .. her somewhat earlier withered with the woes of life and condition face , suddenly brightened up .. I asked, ‘can I take a picture’ .. she kept smiling .. I did .. pulled the glass up in some remorse , told the Husband, who was pulling out his mobile to take mine, to drive safe  .. waited till his picture moment was over .. the jam opened .. we moved .. and I was moved too .. 

How life brings to us what it does .. how and what are its parameters at the moment of its choice .. who to give what , who to give not .. 

.. and NO .. I did not feed the GPT for this post ..

my love as ever ..

Amitabh Bachchan   

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DAY 5599

Jalsa, Mumbai                    June 16/17,  2023                 Fri/Sat  1:27 AM

🪔 .. June 17 .. birthday happiness to .. Ef Rajeev Sharma from NYC .. Ef Sigali Siman Tov .. and Ef Rishit Shukla from Ahmedabad .. love to all from your Ef Family ❤️❤️❤️ and the prayers for you to remain well and happy .. 🙏🏻🚩

इस पार, प्रिये मधु है तुम हो, उस पार न जाने क्या होगा !

यह चाँद उदित होकर नभ में कुछ ताप मिटाता जीवन का, लहरा-लहरा ये शाखाएँ कुछ शोक भुला देतीं मन का,       कल मुर्झाने वाली कलियाँ हँसकर कहती हैं मगन रहो,       बुलबुल तरु की फुनगी पर से संदेश सुनाती यौवन का, तुम देकर मदिरा के प्याले मेरा मन बहला देती हो, उस पार मुझे बहलाने का उपचार न जाने क्या होगा!

इस पार, प्रिये मधु है तुम हो, उस पार न जाने क्या होगा ! 

                                                                     ~ harivansh rai bachchan

this end dear one , there is the nectar of fragrant flowers ; wonder what there shall be the other end ;

the moon doth rise above on skies , and relinquishes the burning heat of life ;

the dancing branches of the trees, doth make thee forget the pain in the mind  ;

the dried up buds of the flower, do smile and say , be in trance of joy ;

the bulbul on the tree doth sound the messages of your youth with glee ,

you give me the cup of wine and do enhance the state of my mind ;

but who shall enhance my state the other end in the tradition or responsibility of the look after  ..

~ HRB .. 

Amitabh Bachchan

when in doubt of trite ..   recite 

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DAY 5587

Jalsa, Mumbai              June 4/5,  2023              Sun/Mon  12:01 am

Birthday - EF - Mayur Sejpal ..  Mandakini Patel  USA Monday, 5 June .. and my wishes to the sincere love and affection you give to all .. love from the Ef family ..🌹❤️

We have lost another great of our Cinema World - Sulochana ji .. the gentle, generous, caring Mother that played in several films with me  .. she had been ailing for some time .. and this afternoon she left for her heavenly abode .. 

I had been monitoring here condition with her family .. but finally the sad news !

We can only pray in such unforgiving circumstances .. 

There was work today as well and the timed schedule allowed me to be back for the GOJ .. happily .. but the news of Sulochana ji has taken away all the cheering and joy of the well wishers at Jalsa .. 

I am hesitant to write anymore .. so do excuse ..

More another DAY ..

Amitabh Bachchan

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DAY 5573

Jalsa, Mumbai                 May 20,  2023                Sat 10:06 PM

Birthday Ef -  Gopi Sheth .. Sunday, 21 May .. and the wishes of the Ef for your special day .. love ❤️

🪔 .. apologies for the belated birthday wishes to Ef Hassan Ali from Egypt for May 20 .. our affection always and all the good wishes ..

 and Ef Gopi Sheth from USA .. love and greetings from the Ef Family always .. ❤️❤️❤️🌿

“The World does not rest on your shoulders ; you don’t have to constantly correct people ; after all the onus of making everyone perfect is not on you ..”

Writers and publishers have continued to send me their books in complimentary grace .. and in my acknowledged response is a gratitude for the thought and the assurance that in time there shall be desire to read them .. the above quote being one such example .. 

The response is appreciated and further books arrive .. !

On travels beyond our shores, while trundling up to the Gate of departure at Airports, there was keen desire to stop by at the book store en route and rush through the best sellers of the time , acquiring some , and on the flight home, the desired wish of putting my name on the first page, the destination where the book was acquired, time and date , the flight details from and to .. and a quick rummage through the pages ..

Travel restricted .. the book stores in abeyance  .. 

BUT ..

Now, substituted, by them arriving voluntarily at the door step .. or rather on your desk .. 

How wonderful .. 

And the practice of the writing on the first page continues  .. 

Fascinating , is it not ..

Yes and the fascination gets justified when in the library storing Babuji’s books , you quite by chance come across one that has been signed and dedicated to you, with a short message .. 

One such , came across to me by the Wife .. a bit moth eaten but still in some legible condition .. marked to me from Cambridge in 1953 , during his study there for his thesis ..

A habit I never forget and pursue to date .. with the hope that some day the next generation , if it still shows interest in reading books and not internets, shall be chuffed at coming across one such roster , with some glee ..

In BHS, Allahabad - the Boys’ High School - in the year 1953 -54, when I was in the 4th or 5th Std., and Babuji was in England for his studies, I wrote to him that I had entered the Boxing ring in School, to enhance the Cock House points of my House, the Blue House .. and that after one successful bout, had got defeated in the next one .. and that my physical condition against a stronger opponent had given me a black eye and a bleeding nose  .. 

Some several days later - several, because parcels and letters came by boat then  - a book arrived for me ..  on boxing .. and inside on the first page was his signature, the date of purchase and destination and a quote from him :

“ Good hard blows are delights to the mind “ !!! 

On a visit to St Catharine’s College, Cambridge during a shooting stint in England around the early 2000′s to see the College Information manual, and seek Babuji’s name , I was, on coming to know I was there, accosted by the Faculty Members of the College  and invited over for a cup of tea and a chat .. and I narrated this incident to them .. 

It was the heartiest laughter I had ever witnessed from a Britisher .. they are a bit reserved , aren’t they .. 

But .. I discovered that tales of a fight, any fight, seem to attract their attention rather more prominently than fish and chips  !!  

I depart .. शुभ रात्रि  ! 

A very early call tomorrow for work, in order that I can finish in time and drive rapidly back for the GOJ !

Amitabh Bachchan

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DAY 5522

Jalsa, Mumbai                 Mar 30,  2023                Thu  10:45 PM

🪔 .. March 31 .. birthday wishes to Ef Sai Poorna Patnaik .. Ef Keren Ben Ezra .. and Ef Shravan Kumar .. keep well and happy .. ❤️❤️❤️🌿 and filled with the affection of the Ef family  ..😁

.. ever wondered why a particular oft used expression came to be ‘oft used ’ .. and why and where did it come from .. I did .. and got an immediate retort after a consult from the ‘knower of all’ the Boogle Google .. 

some of it was surprising .. some not so .. but the revelation an education on all fronts .. like did you know why the exclaimed term .. ‘he’s on a roll’ come from .. went to the BoGo and got it .. rolling dice in the game where dice are used , and the roll often spelt a winning .. a victory .. so ..’on a roll ‘ saying behaving such like the roll of a dice bringing success victory .. and on ..

there were attempts to seek the origins of some others .. but they were too risque .. so did not risk it .. 🤣 .. risque .. risk  !!! 

I tell you I am ‘on a roll ‘ .. baby .. yaaa  !!!

its been the laziness of the tired body that limps along the entire day and clutches the sling to relieve the rib .. but .. heck .. its alright and fine .. and getting in the vicinity of a closure ,  in some rapidity  .. for even though stable work has begun , the real mojo - haah another unknown expression - is to begin in a couple ..

till then some art work by the well wisher …

be in the prime of a good night in the ‘shubh’ .. 😴

Amitabh Bachchan

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DAY 5510 (i)

Jalsa, Mumbai                Mar 19,  2023                Sun 10:37 AM

Ef a request .. does anyone have a picture of me wearing this 👇🏿 dress and walking the ramp  .. with dark glasses .. please send it to my whatsapp .. or put it up on Twitter ..

Gratitude ..

AB

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DAY 5279

Fcfl11, Mumbai                  July 26/27,  2022                  Tue/Wed 10:46 am

Birthday - EF - Riki Biswas .. Wednesday, 27 July .. our wishes for the day and happiness and love from the Ef family ..

‘apologies’  .. has become a password for these past few days .. but work drives me to say so, to excuse the irregularities here .. 

am at work now .. Hyderabad reconstructed for a day ..

yesterday was also most important .. worked for the preservation and restoration of films and the building of a centre to keep records .. of which more later .. but yes ..

shot the promotion in the historic and iconic cinema hall here the Liberty .. still maintained in its original art-deco form .. and to watch , my favourite and cult film, Kaagaz ke Phool shots on screen .. restored and preserved by the Film Heritage Foundation that I work for as an Ambassador ..

ahhh .. a delight of a life time ..

.. the final scenes of Kaagaz ke Phool of Guru Dutt ..

.. and the film in my hands is the restored preserved .. ZANJEER .. !!!

.. the greats .. more to the left are Shammi Kapoor and other greats also ..

.. the art deco cinema .. and the last scene of KkP where Waheeda Ji gets surrounded by fans and cannot get to Guru Dutt ..

.. old films restored and preserved by Film Heritage Foundation ..

.. and yes the film that I see in my hands is .. a restored Zanjeer ..  what a moment .. 

more much more later ..

Amitabh Bachchan

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DAY 5279

Fcfl11, Mumbai                  July 26/27,  2022                  Tue/Wed 10:46 am

Birthday - EF - Riki Biswas .. Wednesday, 27 July .. our wishes for the day and happiness and love from the Ef family ..

‘apologies’  .. has become a password for these past few days .. but work drives me to say so, to excuse the irregularities here .. 

am at work now .. Hyderabad reconstructed for a day ..

yesterday was also most important .. worked for the preservation and restoration of films and the building of a centre to keep records .. of which more later .. but yes ..

shot the promotion in the historic and iconic cinema hall here the Liberty .. still maintained in its original art-deco form .. and to watch , my favourite and cult film, Kaagaz ke Phool shots on screen .. restored and preserved by the Film Heritage Foundation that I work for as an Ambassador ..

ahhh .. a delight of a life time ..

.. the final scenes of Kaagaz ke Phool of Guru Dutt ..

.. and the film in my hands is the restored preserved .. ZANJEER .. !!!

.. the greats .. more to the left are Shammi Kapoor and other greats also ..

.. the art deco cinema .. and the last scene of KkP where Waheeda Ji gets surrounded by fans and cannot get to Guru Dutt ..

.. old films restored and preserved by Film Heritage Foundation ..

.. and yes the film that I see in my hands is .. a restored Zanjeer ..  what a moment .. 

more much more later ..

Amitabh Bachchan

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DAY 5272

Jalsa, Mumbai                July 19/20,  2022                Tue/Wed 2:05 AM

❤️ , July 20 .. birthday of Ef Somaia Ahmed aka Soma from Egypt 🇪🇬  .. we regret that your birthday was missing in the record data of the Ef .. not anymore .. may your life be full of joys and love .. be well .. 🌺 .. and to Ef Sachin .. his birthday also on the 20th .. wishes .. love and happiness .. 🌺

And it begins again .. the play for the past 22 years , with reasonable off years as illness and other anchors took over .. as did the Tv Channel .. and each year brings with it the expertise of the crew that work along this most intricate presentation to the millions all over the World and particularly so to this Country and this magnificent city of Mumbai .. 

… and the audiences that come to sit in the silent confines of the seating, bring with them the joy of cheer and appreciation as time goes by and their love and cooperation exceeds all limits of patience and dedicated involve ..

.. the contestants , may the Almighty bless them all , bring the colour that shines so brilliantly all about the arena, and with their tales of effort and association , bringing emotion and happiness around ..

.. for one whose love began from the early 70′s for one of my films and then matured on to this day finding himself before me ad about me is truly the story of great abandon and emotion .. 

he came from a limited background .. both in the families means and surrounds , but desired to see a film of mine - ‘Muqaddar ka Sikandar’ .. he commented I owed him something and on prodding him revealed his desire to see the mentioned film and not having the means .. so he managed to procure Rs 10 - somehow and travelled miles to a theatre after making all possible calculations on how this 10/-, would be spent or be enough for the film to be seen .. stood for hours, with the 10/- Rs and by the time his turn came to the Box Office window, a rush for tickets and the stampede of the audience, resulted in the Police being summoned and mayhem .. in that wild atmosphere he was pushed ans shoved and bore the ‘lathi charge’ dispersing the crowds , finding himself thrown to the ground, head injury , and the 10/- gone in the mêlée .. he swore never to see that film that day and swore he would only see it if and when the leading man of the film would sit by his side and watch it together .. 🤗 .. its been over 20 years of this and he has kept his promise of not seeing it .. till ..

I gave him his lost Rs 10/-, with an interest of 10/- and assured him that one day perhaps we could see the film together  ..

.. the other an even more emotional passionate moment .. of the young man who stole money from his Father, to travel to Mumbai … just to be able to stand in front of the gates of Prateeksha .. he was very young perhaps in his lesser teens .. but he did it .. travelled to Mumbai all on his own, stood in front of Prateeksha for a few minutes and returned back to his home town .. 

At the end of the episode today, he came up during the pictures moment, a tall well built grown up man .. and I took a picture with him, embraced him and perhaps gave him the moment he had waited for .. tears in this grown up man’s eyes, were difficult to behold .. but there he was .. we stood together for sometime .. neither said anything and then he just quietly left .. whist I carried on with the rest of my duty and work .. but shall never forget the moment or the person .. in pink jacket  .. 

NO the follow team did take a picture but never sent it to me here, so I am unable to put it up .. horror of horrors  !!  upset and annoyed .. 😡

never look back even in the gravest of occasions .. time shall heal .. change, uproot the unwanted .. march on in stride after stride .. feel the air in your lungs .. look beyond the horizon and the rainbows .. may their colours be the colours that bring peace prosperity and love ..

you do not speak say some .. speak and give away the value .. to another .. the smart conditions of the valorous .. they ask engage question .. they .. not we , they .. and they derive all the asset benefit of convenience, and the attached value  .. 

my opinion be mine for my soul .. shared be not my soul .. protected in the folds of ones vocabulary among their own .. best .. 

and the debate continues - theatre or OTT ..

good night 🌹

Amitabh Bachchan

and the courtesy of well wishers :

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DAY 5164(ii)

loc, darya, Unn del                     April 7,  2022                    Thu  11:36 AM      

So the Hanuman temple and its story ..

Around 1957-58 when we were living in Delhi, at the Diplomatic Enclave D1/D2 flats for Govt officers , Babuji being with the Ministry of External Affairs as OSD , one day Maa ji and I discovered on the road leading away from the Ashoka Hotel on the barren land, towards the GOI appts., a Sadhu sitting by a ‘murti’ of Hanuman ji .. Maa ji got down and spoke to him and he said that this ‘murti’ just appeared on the ground where he was and he was cleaning it and had begun to give it due homage and prayer .. 

It was a ‘murti’ out form the earth, nothing around it, just barren land - the Ashoka Hotel recently constructed, the large 5 star facility of the GOI and way down to the right the Safdarjung Airfield, Delhi Flying Club .. 

In time we started going to this ‘murti’ of hanuman and paid respect .. gave it some donation to keep it alive and slowly but slowly the structure around it started being built .. today it is a full developed Mandir complex .. as you see in the picture and the sadhu is no more .. its been long many years .. from 1958 ..  I think his relatives now run the temple and take care of it .. it runs and survives only on the charity and ‘dakshina’ that devotees keep giving ..

In time the land opposite it was a wasteland that got developed into a massive park and there inside it were huge rocks .. on one of the rocks they had inscribed a few lines of Babuji .. I was wondering when I went there whether it still existed, because I heard they had removed it .. art and creativity have ever struggled for survival and recognition .. but when I sent the pictures to Shweta and Family she wrote back and said the rock still exists and so does the inscription .. the park is called Nehru Park  ..

This morning it was a revisit after years and years .. so much inside and about it has been developed and grown .. trees plants buildings .. difficult to recognise .. this simple earth where the ‘murti’ appeared .. now a flourishing township about it ..

.. the earth gives .. in its simplicity .. mankind develops it with belief .. and belief survives .. hopefully in the calm and peace , that it should ..

Amitabh Bachchan

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DAY 5140

Jalsa, Mumbai                  Mar 14/15,  2022                 Mon/Tue 12:33 AM

💙 , Tomorrow .. March 15th .. be the birthday of the beautiful , Ef Fatima Zohra Daheur , aka , Amita .. from the state of the Two Lions .. !! .. Prayers for the peace of beauty and strength .. within and without .. 🙏🏻💠✨ Love .. 🌹

Birthday Ef  .. Ankita Dadajwar , Nanded .. Tuesday, March 15 .. and the wishes of all the Ef for this special day .. 🌹

The process of thought in these days and times is a process which I now discover, has been notoriously given the pseudonym‍ of a certain Shri Googlé !

It used to be ‘when in doubt, shout’ , but then since, the affections have altered and the informant of all possible required information rests peacefully with the Shri G .. 

And the gentleman has such a vast sense of obligation that even in the worse case scenarios , unknown, unaltered, by any circumstance, he responds with reason and effect .. when he knows !

When he does not, he has the honesty to say so, in unabashed brazen and audacious verbology  .. and even in this unfound word it tells me that it could be an expression in the ‘urban dictionary’ not typically in use .. 

SO ..

( many may wonder where this is leading to )

every now and then a reference is desired and at times they belong to a category that may never have a direct meaningful mean .. so what does one do  .. ?

we refer to it in any case , and when questioned point towards that emoj’d finger in the other direction .. 👈 / 👉 ..

 I tried that, not so very long ago and discovered that the intel quotient in the system is actually prepared for all circumstances .. it can manufacture run it and lock you out if needed .. 

Which brought memories of the film ‘2001 Space Odyssey’ and the human manufactured computer system Hal on board .. which actually has been preprogrammed by the human to defy human behaviour or command .. it being  the most brilliant moment in the film .. and its death by physically unscrewing his parts is the most poignant moment  - the dichotomy of a human, killing another human manufactured human .. 

Oh mr Kubrik you are a genius Stan .. in every film you designed, the variety, the innovative condensation, the genre shift in each, has without doubt made you stand out as the ‘greatest cinematic human’ - pardon the pun .. of all time ..

AND ..

the choosing of the name for the on board computer as Hal .. was simply stupendous .. 

HAL as in Shakespeare’s Henry .. Henry the V or the VI th in their notoriety  .. or was it derived from the French Henri .. often pronounced  .. Onree .. and then straightened out to the simpler Henry or nick named Hal .. 

Dear O dear ! .. we started with what and have landed up somewhere in the odyssey of unrelated unconcerned mirrored intelligentsia .. 

yes I do this at times .. 🤪

Amitabh Bachchan

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DAY 5142

Jalsa, Mumbai                 Mar 16,  2022                 Wed 11:11 pm

.. the complicated exterior for the interior to be presentable .. 

.. and Rana the actor of fame .. shooting next door and drops by to visit me .. so obliged and humbled ..

.. on a train again .. the train rides of the earlier years come floating by .. and with nostalgia - some exciting some not .. 

.. smile and the World shall smile with you .. even though we are aware that in some parts of the Universe this is hard to come by .. but we hope and pray that peace prevails .. and suffering ceases .. 

One of the most irritating conditions to be in is the common cold .. and even though it may be addressed as ‘common’ it is indeed quite uncommon , at least from the conditions that my damaged body goes through .. 

So one bears ponders and continues ..

the ad., shoot for the RBI was somewhat train borne and stable .. it was in completion sooner than what the ‘chaukadi’ had imagined .. but it was over .. and then around 16 shorter videos were done and accomplished before the lunch break could be announced .. pretty cool na !

.. but the medication is drowsy filled and containing elements that bring lethargy to the fore front .. and one copes with that .. somewhat .. 😅 and the afternoon nap after ages allows the time to flow by for another 4 hours .. 4 hours of rest ! that is amazing, but due mainly to the drugs for the cold .. hmmm .. 

So when there is opportunity to nap while being driven to home, the mind still maps the route being taken and visually keeps informing the mind as where we have reached, until the bell rings and home has arrived .. strange ain’t it !!

Interpretation of dreams is something that has been of interest and there have been many suggestions for its reveal, but without any success .. books and gurus of the medium have registered their valuable inputs but it has always fallen short of the reality , for the reality  is of little verified truth than any other ..

What could be a dream for one could be a nightmare for the other and vice versa .. so we despair not and allow in its frequency to be held without reason and live in the realm of imagination and its fructification ..

spoken but never valued ..

as it nears the hour, the wish shall be pronounced to the first born - Shweta , named by Babuji as Shwetambara , the one clad in white , Saraswati the Goddess of Learning .. wisdom perception and good sense  !

I leave .. and love ..

Amitabh Bachchan 

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DAY 4879

Jalsa, Mumbai                       July 7/8,  2021                  Wed/Thu  11:43 AM

.. you sit and review .. thoughts of the years gone by .. of the times with the departed .. and the memory sparkles in its brightest and reveals the visuals and times  ..

.. words in those early years , when cinema was an illusion for us at age 12 .. in the 50′s it was the privileged few among the group of friends that went surreptitiously into cinema halls saw films and came back to our little ‘adda’ to narrate in heightened excitement the story and the visuals that were witnessed by him .. smitten with the narration we sat and made our own impressions .. 

.. AND then one day .. you actually entered that darkened hall and saw first hand what had been heard and narrated .. and found yourself mouth open in awed emotion .. we now had our own ability to narrate the narration .. and the sense of superiority in its multiple variants engulfed us .. 

.. AND .. in that bubble of vacuumed superiority one name kept floating about in the resonance of our verbosity .. DILIP KUMAR ..

and then strangely on a family vacation in 1954 or ‘55 to Nepal, Kathmandu there came an evening when the hosts brought us with his aides, an opportunity to visit a cinema theatre .. to see a film .. 

.. the name cannot be remembered .. but the vision does .. and the name that had been floating in that vaccum suddenly took shape , right there on the screen in front of me .. large and in black and white .. that name , that visual often repeated in converse .. DILIP KUMAR .. 

.. there was something in his presence .. when  he appeared all others became a blurred focus .. when he spoke , you felt right , convinced .. 

.. and you came back with all of that home .. and it remained with you .. 

.. going to the theatre again , more so the ones in Hindi were not allowed .. it was more the fairy tale stories of English nursery in film that was our permissible content .. 

..and then another vacation to Bombay in the 1960′s and a random visit to a restaurant in the megapolis .. and there he was , near the entrance speaking to the owner of the place we were at .. after long contemplation which drove me to awe and shivering excitement, I decided to approach him for an autograph .. 

.. but no autograph book .. 

.. so out again in the street, a book bought and inside the restaurant again and the relief to still find him there .. the walk up to him .. he is concentrated conversation .. i push my words to him in general and the book in hand .. there is no reaction .. he did not even look at me or the book .. and after a short while walked away , out through the door and gone .. the autograph book still in my vacant hands .. 

.. the autograph book was not important at all .. it was his presence .. thats it ..

from then on it became a known story so any reference towards it would be a repetition of what you already know .. know from your point .. know in general .. but the actually knowing, was the observation in our maturity ..

.. you never found a single element out of place when he performed on screen or in his non public appearance , or even the public appearance .. his eyes his walk his each limb his every spoken word was like poetry .. the graph and the tone , the pauses the rapid fire , the run by a train , that glass of the sorrow and the inconsequential and consequential expressions of learning .. and then ..

.. then that character of the birthplace province , Uttar Pradesh , Awadh and I continue with the admiration .. his presence is not as inconsequentially fluid as the others that were about him, it was IT .. never could you fault or destroy his power of observation and delivery on screen .. there was no alternate .. that is how what it was meant to be .. 

.. the film Gunga Jamuna .. and the bubble inside has burst .. ..he is real .. he is not an actor , he is real .. he is HE ,.. 

.. how did he do it .. a mystery in the realm of performance .. and the confirmation that there can never be another .. 

.. years pass by .. several associations conversations and presence in his company .. him by your side in film as well .. 

.. and today ..

I stand in front of this mound on the earth, freshly dug .. a few garlands and flowers scattered about over the mound .. and no one around him .. 

.. he sleeps underneath .. under the earth of his bearing .. it is peaceful and quiet .. 

this large presence .. this mountain of talent .. this gregarious creative visionary .. this excellence of the excelled .. the ultimate .. now reduced to a small mound of grave .. 

he is gone … 

.. and the World has not stopped .. it has been in constant move .. and move we do  .. as do many others to everyday life .. in remembrance of his words and performance .. his every little detail that you spent with him .. he has gone , but not those remembrances .. 

.. thank you Cinema .. thank you ..

.. we can see him whenever we wish to .. in our homes in others homes in the palm of our hands .. we shall and can see him .. see him to observe what he left behind for us all and learn ..

.. history shall ever be .. 

before Dilip Kumar after Dilip Kumar  .. that is how it always was .. now more so than ever ..

a prayer for his soul  .. a silence 

Amitabh Bachchan

Opora 

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Lost a man of everlasting dignity and presence.....starting from Apur sansar to recent Basu parivar....Soumitra Chattopadhyaya.....called the great Satyajit Ray's adopted son....without whom, he wouldn't have won Oscars...

Aranyer Din Ratri, Gonoshotru, Posto, Mayurakshi, Hirak Rajar Deshe, Foni, Jhinder bondi, a man who made us believe in Feluda with Sonar Kella and Joy Baba Felunath......

He said, " I am not doing cinema as I am alive, I am alive as I am doing cinema". What a dedication to his work...He should have got a Bharat Ratna...

Now, my entire reaction is silence...I am just crying....no thoughts coming, doubting the existence of his highness.

Is their anything called life?