Watching Amitabh always raises awe, inspiration, wow. I have always maintained that when Amitabh is on screen, it is impossible to do anything else. People speak about his bad days on screen. Even in those days, you would continue to watch him and feel sorry, but still won't be able to take eyes off him.
He did a wonderful job today, yet again. The last part was the most interesting, where Rajdeep asked Bachhan Sahab to ask him back any difficult question. What Rajdeep thought was easy, slowly turned out to be pretty tough and embarrassing. This is how it went.
Bachhan Sahab asked him, what gives media the authority.
Rajdeep, said the credibility of research
But then Bachhan asked him, what gives media the authority to pass judgement
and then the question wandered into TRP stuff and media's dilemmas of balancing things out, and yet continue to pass judgement.
By the time, Rajdeep realised the gravity of the question, and was becoming uncomfortable with it, the program got over. But I think Bachhan Sahab by this time had already made the point, in a very subtle way
Anyway all the talk of Bachhan Sahab took me to his blog, and I found something wonderful there. A small kavita from Harivansh Rai Bachhan Ji.. I quote here
मैंने शान्ति नहीं जानी हैं !
त्रुटि कुछ है मेरे अन्दर भी,
त्रुटि कुछ है मेरे बाहर भी,
दोनों को त्रुटिहीन बनाने की मैंने मन में ठानी है !
मैंने शांति नहीं मानी है !
--हरिवंश राय बच्चन
I and Gayatri were having some further discussion on Bachhan and what further occurred was this...
There is something about people at the top, some common thread, that runs across among all people who have sustained at the top.I and Gayatri were having some further discussion on Bachhan and what further occurred was this...
Is it humbleness or
Is it that they connect to the common man so well,
Or is it that there minds have so much clarity, they are so uncluttered
Or is it that they have a certain sense of responsibility to be there
Good to listen to Bachhan Sahab. You continue to mesmerise us....