Happy birthday, Amitabh Bachchan: At 69, the actor logs on to his fan base
The actor says it’s a learning experience to get opinions from people through his blog and micro-blogging site
Superstar, megastar, star of the millennium – Amitabh Bachchan has been given many epithets in his four-decade long career in Bollywood. And the actor, who turns 69 Tuesday, is now trying to harness the online medium to reach out to his fans who’ve bestowed these epithets on him. Whether it’s Twitter, his blog or his voice blog, Amitabh is on a mission to connect with as many people as possible. After starting his blog in 2008, the Big B went on to start his voice blog called Bol Bachchan in 2010. He later joined micro-blogging site Twitter. Amitabh says connecting with his fans has helped him learn a lot. “I think social sites like the blog and Twitter are absolutely fabulous because they give you a chance to put your thoughts down and immediately get a response,” Amitabh said in an interview. “So in case you’re going wrong, you have the time to correct yourself, and in case you are right, you get an endorsement that you’re doing something correct. Most of the times, the opinions we get from people are brilliant…It’s learning (experience) for me.”
An avid blogger, Amitabh has regularly been sharing his personal and professional experiences with what he calls his “extended family”. Be it information about his ailments or the soon-to-be-a-granddad status, he keeps everyone up-to-date with the latest in his life. “When those that connect with me on the mobile or on the hot seat and express their happiness of merely getting the opportunity to talk to me or to be in the same environ, it embarrasses me. But somewhere I feel happy at the justification,” Amitabh wrote on his blog. “For it is not something that brings me the joy of justification. It is the justification of the joy that I see in the eyes of the other. That for me is the moment of glory, if ever it could be called that,” he added.
Amitabh started his Bollywood career in 1969 with Khwaja Ahmad Abbas’ Saat Hindustani, but it was 1973 film Zanjeer that actually kick-started his film journey. Amitabh’s stint on game show Kaun Banega Crorepati has brought him closer to the people of real India. The latest season of the show sees a lot of contestants from the disadvantaged groups, for whom meeting their screen idol is a dream come true. The actor leaves no stone unturned to make his contestants feel special on the show. He happily obliges their demands and fulfills their wishes in whichever way he can.
Amitabh admits he is inspired by the way these contestants delightfully make things work despite adverse circumstances. “To learn of their struggles and their pains in making ends meet, to experience the efforts that they make despite adverse circumstances to reach out to those dependent on them, to touch upon subjects that we would in our normal existence overlook is not just enlightening but one that is filled with a huge amount of guilt. Guilt at not being able to do something for them,” said Amitabh.
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First Published: 12.01 AM IST 10.11.2011
Farida Vania
Posted at 3:58 PM on October 11, 2012
Wishing you very Happy Birthday with long life happiness and prosperity. Dada I am great fan of yours and reuest you to reply me.
tanubha pandey
Posted at 12:53 AM on October 11, 2012
HApppY biRTHDAY sir…..!!
wish u a long and happy journey of life ahead…
Pankaj Srivastava
Posted at 8:10 PM on October 10, 2012
सदी के महानायक,
आपको 70वें जन्मदिन पर हार्दिक शुभकामनायें !
ये हमारा परम सौभाग्य है कि आप जिस शदी के महानायक हैं, हम उस शदी में हैं ।
निसन्देह आप धरती पर वही व्यक्ति हैं जिसे ईश्वर की सबसे बडी कृपा एवं सर्वाधिक प्यार प्राप्त है ।
हमारी यही शुभकानमा है कि यह कृपा एवं प्यार सदैव आपको मिलता रहे।
पंकज श्रीवास्तव
ilakshi
Posted at 3:29 PM on October 10, 2012
Happy B’day/…..
Wish you many many happy b’day sir…
vivek
Posted at 3:28 PM on October 10, 2012
Wish you many many happy r’eturn of t day..
happy birthday….
Rao K C K
Posted at 2:50 PM on October 10, 2012
VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY / SIR
Raviraj
Posted at 2:31 PM on October 8, 2012
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Rafeeza
Posted at 8:25 PM on July 15, 2012
u an my dad was born on the same day 11October 1941 my da past away last year 69 years i injoy watching all your moveis keep up the good work god bless u
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seshambal Prakash
Posted at 4:14 PM on October 12, 2011
Hi Amitji,
Wish you many more Happy Days.
Kind regards.
Seshambal
vijay rajani
Posted at 2:49 PM on October 12, 2011
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vijay
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