Jul 10, 2007 09:13 AM
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(Updated Dec 13, 2008 08:03 PM)
Phew - so many reviews on this charismatic person - charismatic both on & off screen. First let me clear certain things, if you are looking for facts (like when B was born, which was
his first movie, et cetera) you’re on the wrong article. There are umpteen other revs that detail on this and mine is not going to do that.
Now, lets go around making ’fun’ at B’s cost
Starting Stages
First this guy with the voice of a hippopotamus mating sound goes in auditioning for Anchor at A-I-R - result - obviously ’rejected’. C’mon, even the Beatles & Demi Moore were rejected; but a hippo-voiced 7 footer getting trashed out shouldn’t be compared with legends like Beatles & Ms Moore.
Next up, this cross between a Giraffe and an orangutan with the voice described above auditions for movies - man is he daring? And you know what 1969 & 7 Indians actually had role that would fit a Giraffe-crossed-Orangutan fully well - so he’s IN.
Slow Progress
Since, even the most blatantly foolish Hindi movies (otherwise sensible) population wouldn’t bear such a cross to be potrayed as a single lead actor of a movie - many movies were made with other heroes and our 7 footer doing second fiddle - at times even third fiddle. But as time went by more & more people felt the lack of zoos that had Giraffes & Orangutans meant the easiest way to spot such species were in B’s movies and vo-la we’ve got the BIG B.
Films like Deewar, Don, Laawaris, Andha Kaanoon, Hum, Kabhie Kabhie, & many more were looked at with an almost-divine reverence & awe (may be because of the way it could satisfy the lack of zoos in the country).
Mid-life crisis
If it was Hema’s date(s) with Dharmendar, it was ABCL and Politics for B. His loans from D-Company, CR-gang & the likes promptly saw to it that he was straight to his innerwears & on the streets - almost. Did B learn anything from his mid-life crisis - its a matter of imagination, really. With his head reeling under the huge debt, he had to get his act right and somehow save face. Thats where the Johar’s & Chopra’s enter to save his face. He gets relaunched in movies, in ads selling anything from a Pen to may-be in the future sanitary napkins (who knows some of our women like to have a tatoo of a wild animal clearly imprinted in their sanitary wears).
Current Scenario
After having been trashed out at by devotees waiting at the Tirupati shrine & having made the media (and loads of others who’d wanted to witness the wild-life based wedding) wait at his bungalows’ gates - Mr. B now claims that he is a ’farmer’.
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Okay, enough of Fun at Mr. B’s cost. If there is an epilogue for sarcasm, the above lines clearly display the same. Phew, are there any heights for ’stupidity’ - if there were I am sure all my lines above would be the epitome. Indeed, true.
Truth be told
I am putting down the truth at the bottom of the article because irrespective of how deep down it may be - at the end Truth alone triumphs (Satya meva jayate). Coming from a literary rich family with a father-mentor like Harivanshrai Bachchan (with the most famous works like Madhushaala to his credit) Amitabh had all the qualities that were needed in an actor and more so in a star. Being doon-educated & associated with big names like Gandhi, etc clearly displayed his status to the whole world. If we could associate ’he came, he saw, he conquered’ to Alexandar the Great in war-fare; the same holds water for Amitabh the Great in Entertainment.
Movies like Black & ads like Cadbury’s being enacted almost minutes from each other - shows the greatness that Amitabh resembles. Mr. B is a symbol of good acting, and gentleman-ly attitude. Even in his mid-life crisis he kept his cool, thought hard & worked much harder. Be it Laawaris or Black, Kabhie Kabhie or K3G, the King showed his charm - undisputedly.
He continues to charm in the characters directors/story-writers pen for him in his own magical-charismatic way. If there is one aspect that one can not imagine to express in words - its his charisma, his screen presence & his crowd-pulling ability.
I would like to thank all who have kept their cool to read this article and take this oppurtunity to wish Mr. B & the millions of his ardent fans & followers - the very best in their lives.
As always, brickbats & suggestions most welcome.
Rgds,
MN
