DAY 5405
Jalsa, Mumbai Dec 2, 2022 Fri 5:06 PM
💛🪔 ,
December 3rd .. birthday of Ef Attia Mirza originally from Pakistan and living in New York City .. greetings .. and thank you for the @BachchanPakFC on Twitter .. my love to all my Pakistani Fans through you .. and indeed all my Fans and Well Wishers are the kings and queens of my heart .. ever grateful .. ❤️❤️❤️
December 2nd .. birthday wishes to Ef AMIT Lahoti .. remain in delight and wellness .. love from your Ef .. 🌷
✨ ..
… it shall come the Blog .. just trying to beat time to it .. no one wins against time ..
but no harm in trying ..
there is a story to this .. which shall be given in time .. err .. before time .. 🤣🤣🤣
Amitabh Bachchan
ps : at 9:40 PM .. same address .. and day 👊
on the picture above a short revert .. nothing stimulating or exciting as being made out to be by some friends .. or intriguing .. just a laugh .. 🤣🤣
a dear lady commented on my lips on KBC and liked them .. ahhheemmm .. so I put this out ..
its a picture form ANAND .. and I retorted to say .. my lips not now but then as seen in the picture had a story .. which was that my lips were unusually red, and often when I went in front of the camera , the Director and the DOP , would scream at me :
“ why have you put lipstick on your lips ; who do you think you are , wipe it off ..!!! “
followed by a few choice abuses .. 🤣🤣🤣 .. naah just kidding !!
when I told them there was no lipstick, it was my natural colour, they did not believe me .. screamed at me again and asked the Make Up to wipe my lips..
the make up person came and tried , and told them what I had been saying all along that there is no lipstick on it ..
defeated, the D and DOP, told make up .. put some base make up on them they are too bright, make them dull ..
So Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, what you see in the picture ☝🏽 is just that - base make-up that is used on the face , rubbed onto my lips ..
AND ..
That is how it has been to date ..
The lips have weathered 53 years of trial and tribulations .. have withered and lost all the ‘lip stick’ , but still draw attention .. !!! 🤷🏻♂️
So what can one do .. ?
Have a good night 💋
Amitabh Bachchan
DAY 5405
Jalsa, Mumbai Dec ½, 2022 Thu/Fri 4:51 PM
What was for the night before this day stroke evening has appeared now and I am tired of repeating the same vocabulary again and again and again ..
Yes , the occupation during day and evening and night took prominence , but the desire to write the missive of the years and years of the Ef combine , took a rest and is being delivered this evening ..
But the need to rest the body after a lofty day - lofty because the spirits rose and fell and rose again and fell ..
Life ..
It does this to you .. if it did not , then our destination should have been somewhere else ..
Ok Ok Ok .. cut the philosophy lecture Mr B and get on with the writing and your thoughts for the day, because or rather before more than one start complaining “ where’s the Blog ‘ ?
It is here .. it is being written as you can see .. but ..
But what to say is a task these days ..
What word, expression, feeling, meaning, shall be picked and made news, fun of, ridiculed, trolled, reeled, etc., … conditions I am truly uneducated about .. one never knows ..
Actually we know but hesitate to express it ..
But life teaches and at a certain stage of its ageing, the inhibitive temperament dissolves , and the not so conscious, devil may care attitude takes over , bringing to the fore a personality that many could have been unaware of ..
“who could have ever thought he or she would turn out to be this” are the talk of the talk and more ..
and the more we get conscious of the fact that exposure deflates opinion stature .. the more the desire to do more .. more brave , more frank and straight , more open ..
OPEN yes .. many open .. whether they be accepted or not .. who cares .. your life is ending .. before they start reacting to it you shall be gone ..
so .. so .. so ..
naaaaaaahh .. not going to say it .. you understand don’t you ..
My love
Amitabh Bachchan
DAY 5404
Jalsa, Mumbai Nov 30/Dec 1, 2022 Wed/Thu 12:51 PM
💛🪔 ,
December 1st .. birthday of Ef Shiladitya Mitra .. and Ef Ashok Mistry .. love and happiness .. ❤️❤️🌿
Ef Neer Sharma from the Dehradun of Chandigarh and his better half Neha Sharma .. their 11th weeding anniversary was on Nov 29 .. auspicious number 11 .. may you remain blessed in the auspiciousness of love and togetherness .. our greetings and wishes .. from the Ef .. 💐💕💍💒
“GHOOMER” .. the film .. the Abhishek Bachchan film .. the R Balki directed film .. the film extracts of which have given me a sense of great pride .. not just in the choice of the story but in the work of SON, Bhaiyu ..
Expressions and performing looks that I never saw before - and I am perceptive when it comes to Abhishek - and a story line that has prevailed upon me in such a unique way ..
This is the pride of cinema … the pride of a Father .. and the love of being in close proximity to the product ..
I do not often talk about family professional rights wrongs achievements , but I will here .. because for far too long has talent been stifled , not allowed to blossom, not given recognition ..
I do believe it shall with GHOOMER .. and my prayers shall ever be with it ..
yes .. so I did a small walk on part in the film .. just a day .. and came away surprised and happy that the film shall be one that I could participate in my very small way ..
cannot reveal what the story is about .. cannot reveal what the one day appearance I did is about .. but can reveal one thing .. I have loved the idea of the film .. I have loved Abhishek in the film and loved all the others that have worked , albeit in a smaller capacity ..
at times yes did some production work too on set .. cleaning the glass partition so the camera does not catch a fogged look .. and what is wrong with that .. if one person can do that job for which 10 others have been kept, it makes economic sense and a lot more speed ..
I gloat today in the essence of the film, Balki and Abhishek .. and my prayers for the cinema going audiences to come out and experience a change .. a film with heart …
keep heart .. keep the plaint of them that put so much of them into the craft .. and understand the complexities of cinema and life ..
Amitabh Bachchan
DAY 5403
Jalsa, Mumbai Nov 29/30 , 2022 Tue/Wed 1:48 AM
💛🪔 .. November 30 .. birthday wishes and affection to Ef Hemant Binani and Ef Mahua Das from Assam .. 🌷
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Annnnnd ..
Look what I found !! 😍😳🤯🤗
extraordinary ..
to be maintaining such a file after so many years and after an insignificant tenure at Blacker’s ..
so overwhelming ..
those days in Calcutta , now Kolkata .. free ..freedom .. freeeessstttt .. just the most independent times ever ..
8 of us in a 10′by 10′ room .. those were the days my friend .. office hours, then evening with the guys checking out the joints of popularity .. no money to enter them, but standing around with the hope that some day we shall ..
and we did .. pooling in .. buttering up the gate keepers .. telling them when time improves shall look after them .. haha never happened ..
BUT .. when in new profess .. and the shoot in city .. visiting same places , now getting invited to them .. and the change .. meeting those ol’ times and people and giving them the desired promise of yore .. visiting all the ol’ streets of residence in the middle of the night .. and recollecting each and every spot and what transpired there .. some unpleasant but generally all in the goodness of events .. some friends lost .. some of those times still around .. nostalgia .. and the love of them that remained till the last with us ..
NOW .. new fresh friends and Ef .. steady loving filled with emotion and great respect and care ..
.. and the meeting of the past at the friends of today .. a rare outing for me .. the surprise of discovery of what goes on in this great city of Mumbai .. the structural changes , the roads and bridges and tunnels and highways all over .. constructions galore .. developments all over .. in the next 10, it shall be a different city ..
in the time of reticence , it is awakening enough to listen to the wise .. they be younger , i believe , but have the leanings of the old and trusted ..
Amitabh Bachchan
DAY 5402
Jalsa, Mumbai Nov 28/29, 2022 Mon/Tue 12:05 AM
💛🪔 ,
November 29 .. birthday wishes to Ef Rajni Sawhney .. keep well and happy ..
.. and .. more greetings ..
Ef Kunal Sai Bulbul .. your birthday was on November 27 .. along with Babuji .. right ?? .. we thought we have your birthday recorded on the database of the Ef under the date of Aug 9 !! .. ??? 🧐🤔 .. any way , we wish you all happiness and well being for your special day and for everyday .. every Ef who comes on this Blog is important and so you are .. thank you for your affection .. thank you for translating the Blog words to Hindi sometime ago .. it was superb work and our admiration .. thank you for the KBC (Kunal Bulbul’s Code) and your affection for KBC .. be well .. and may all your desires be fulfilled .. and may you meet the true love you deserve .. no one is poor that has the richness of life .. you should know that you are very rich because you have a life .. that is the richest possession a human can have .. you should not be afraid of struggle because “ jab tak jeevan hai tab tak sangharsh hai ” .. so long as there is life , there will be struggle .. Babu ji’s words .. strength to you , Manoj aka Kunal 💪🏽 .. love from your Ef .. ❤️❤️❤️
Nov 29, 2022 Tue 9:49 AM
the network failed .. Jio , jee na saka … Jio जी ना सका , और ये दुविधा आ गयी .. so went to another Dongle because the entire house is on the blink, and am connecting again ..
the mind and the body repels discomfort .. a discomfort that builds over time either through thoughts that disturb, cause anxiety, develop through feels that do not go according to what is desired - an ideal situation ..
But idealism is an ‘ism .. does it really exist ..
The existentialist gurus that brought awareness to it - a mr Sartré, Jean-Paul methinks - must have reason for it to be displayed in the public hemisphere .. and put ignorants like us into a literary display of knowledge without knowing what it really means ..
The creator of Crime Passionnele or some such spelling of the writer’s play, enacted on stage with yours truly in it , in the days of yore in the City of Joy, Calcutta - then, now Kolkatta .. was in remembrance .. aah .. the mind .. it remembers that which it remembers and then does not what it does not .. existentialism ? or euphemism ???
So in the state of disturbed one seeks a infection of remorse or explain or simply none at all and lives .. lives , lives .. in existence prime ..
For existence is indeed prime .. when you exist , you persist .. and the results find answers to the discomfort ..
ending finally on the aspect , strangely, of the physical ..
jog run gym the body push it to the end of all acts in its periphery …
and there .. there it is .. solved in solution, but retained in its existentialist mind ..
Pity ..
never final solutions ..
Amitabh Bachchan
DAY 5401 ( i )
Jalsa, Mumbai Nov 27/28, 2022 Sun/Mon 12:23 AM
💛🪔 ,
November 28 .. birthday of Ef Ashok Manwani from Delhi .. love and greetings ..
Poonam .. our lovely smiley .. your wedding anniversary was on the 27th .. on the birthday of Babuji .. we know it was hard for you .. but we want you to know that your Ef are with you in thoughts and prayers .. all of us .. sending your way our affection and 🤗🤗🤗 .. take care .. keep well .. keep smiling .. you’re not alone ..
.. and .. to Ef Ambar Mukherjee from Dubai .. their 13th Marriage Anniversary .. also on the 27th .. our prayers of the ever love and togetherness .. 💍💕🎉
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And .. down memory lane ..
.. on this day .. 28 November 2016 .. Astra Force .. the animated superhero television series .. was telecasted by Disney India Channel .. it was a cute one .. and I enjoyed watching it .. 🥰
.. the creator that created me .. that gave me the essence of all that he creatively created .. that created in me the desire the will to be the one that I be today - a HUMAN ..
Nothing more ..
the Sundays begin again .. with love and grace ..
… a bench made of stone in Wroclaw , Poland in the shape of a book - Madhushala .. intricate and most uniquely done .. weighs a ton .. brought from Poland, through the kind offices of the Counsel general India in Wroclaw , Shri Kartikeya Johri , who worked assiduously in putting up the elf statue of Babuji in Wroclaw, a stamp in his honour and now has worked on opening a Research Centre for the study of modern Hindi literature in the name of Babuji - Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Research Institute ..
As we all know, Wroclaw in Poland has been declared the Heritage City by UNESCO and Universities there now have an entire section for the study of Hindi .. a moment of great pride for India ..
And as the Ambassador for the City of Wroclaw an immense moment of gratitude that Poland gives to India and indeed the study of Hindi Literature ..
.. a book bench .. Madhushala
.. all this Astra was initiated but have no idea what became of it .. I did voices for this as well ..
… my gratitude as ever for the well wishers on Sunday at the gates of Jalsa .. standing behind me is the Counsel General Kartikeya Johri, who organised the bench to be brought . ..
.. and in the remember of Babuji, how auspicious to have that bench installed today in our lawns at Jalsa ..
and in his memory and thoughts his famous lines from an important poem of his :
mitti ka tan ; masti ka man ; kshan bhar jeevan , mera parichay
my body made of the mud of the Earth ; my mind filled with the joy and happiness of life ; a life of momentary time , that be my introduction
in his arms and mind and body do I sublimate myself .. in prayer in devotion in selfless immersion ..
Amitabh Bachchan
DAY 5401
Jalsa, Mumbai Nov 27, 2022 Sun 2:05 AM
the days are lined with sadness .. friends and colleagues .. artists of huge merit , leave us day by day .. and we listen see and pray .. 🙏
Tabassum ..
Vikram Gokhle
and some dear ones that are close and known ..
they came to us in our lives .. they played their parts and left the stage empty forlorn and desolate by their absence ..
Amitabh Bachchan
DAY 5400
Jalsa, Mumbai Nov 26, 2022 Sat 11 : 33 PM
💛🪔 ,
A candle of respect and admiration is lit on the day birth of Babuji .. November 27th .. may his love and blessings are ever guiding our steps .. 🙏🏻 .. 🕯️ .. 💜💜💜✨
.. and on this blessed day ..
EF Kala Yadav .. the poetess saheba .. is blessed to be sharing the same date birth with Babuji .. and to be gifted herself , with the gift of writing and verse .. ✒️
Blessed may her kalam be .. and blessed is her Spirit ..
Nov 27th .. is also the birthday of Vinita S (VinniDePooh) from UK .. Ef Gaganpreet Singh from Chandigarh .. and Ef Babita Gupta .. and to you we extend our wishes and love .. from your Extended Family of this Blog around the globe .. ❤️❤️❤️
November 26 .. birthday happiness to Ef Pankaj Kanodia from Bangalore .. and Ef Shamika ..
.. and .. to Ef Yogesh Sharma .. for the 26th .. Happy 26th Wedding Anniversary .. love and togetherness .. 💍💕💐
November 25 .. birthday greetings to Ef Ekaterina Shchukina from Russia 🪆 .. all happiness and wishes .. 🌸❤️❤️❤️
.. and so it be the moment of prayer and thought .. to be in the air and breathe the environ that delivered 115 yrs back the creator that created me .. my Father .. Babuji .. for long called Dad .. till the responsibility and the need to address the right address - Babuji .. !
much is remembered , much is lost in remembrance , but some remains alive and in the light of the night the early morning to follow .. the early rise to hear the sound of the birds and the like, but also to hear the voice of Babuji , matching his tone to the whir of the table fan that brought in the cool of the summer heat .. his bed ever in the veranda .. in the open ever .. to imbibe nature .. in the summer and in the winter .. the same ..
his folk song written verses .. ever often .. फुल माला ले लो , लाई है मालन बीकानेर की .. phul maala le lo , lai hai maalan bikaner ki ..
and the times of discourse , un accounted for .. never in any planning .. to be given deliberate advice or moderation on it .. staid, meaning ful only after it has been sunk by experienced happen .. an example to set , long after the means of its presence has been lost ..
the supremacy of supreme wish .. never fulfilled .. were it to be ? DEVASTATION ..
In life be not expectant .. it shall not be ..
Be ever ignorant of the expectant ..
Do .. and be not in remembrance ..
Love ..
And remember ..
perform and provide .. in no expectancy ..
That be idyllic ..
And be accepted ….
.. the best and most lasting performances come in the deepest of pain .. to hide , to resist , to cover , to be unknown in its company , to be in normalcy despite ..
the be all and end all of the GREATEST PERFORMANCES OF LIFE !!
love and the night be good .. shubh raatri !
🙏🙏
Amitabh Bachchan
DAY 5399
Jalsa, Mumbai Nov 24/25/26, 2022 Wed/Thu/Fri 1:48 AM
and the desperation to catch up on time and place and DAY continues and still faces failure .. but there shall be perseverance and continued effort to put in something even if its is a two word information ..
.. on the KBC floor an audience complimented that the KBC was getting too long and needed to trim , in an effortless, last minute ditch .. which is now reaching home to the big daddies ..
and in the rarest of times they say at least we get to see the latest pictures, and that is sufficient for the Blog to be read ..
I am in grave danger of being labelled one that has reached the edge of his tether .. or which ever, what ever appropriate can be used ..
I shall of course pursue .. label and defy convention .. but shall ever be within the realm of the outbursts of them that cannot and shall not find ways for the recognition ..
a breather then and later the pics …
DAY 5398
Jalsa, Mumbai Nov 23/24, 2022 Wed/Thu 1:39 PM
💛🪔 ,
November 24 .. birthday greetings to Ef Mousumi Mukherjee from Kolkata .. Ef Kailash Khatod .. Ef Ketan Nardhani .. and Ef Cindy Ali from Toronto - Canada 🇨🇦 .. love to all and happiness from your Ef .. stay well .. stay safe ..
apologies again .. but am racing against time and conditions to rectify all that has gone wrong ..
bear with me ..
Amitabh Bachchan