Unlike Shah Rukh, Amitabh never complained of his detention: Amar Singh

Politician Amar Singh, who seems to be like family to the famous Bachchanparivaar, is apparently not too pleased with Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan these days. Singh’s comments on SRK’s detention at Newark airport in the US, apparently, did not go too well with the actor, and since then there have been reports suggesting a war of words between the two bigwigs. Singh, who is presently recuperating from his surgery in Singapore, said, “He (Shah Rukh) says he’ll pray for my physical and mental health. Why? Because I commented on his detention at the US airport? Please tell him that I’m fine, both physically and mentally. But I pray for a better zubaan for Shah Rukh. He must understand that I didn’t comment on him. I commented on an issue much larger than his detention. Where were those four central ministers who’ve been so vocal about Shah Rukh’s detention, when Abdul Kalam was detained at an airport? Why didn’t they speak up then? Why has Shah Rukh’s detention become a national issue? If it has, let’s immediately cancel all diplomatic ties with the US.”

According to Singh, such detention at international airports is no big deal. He says, “Indians are stripped and frisked routinely at London airport. Amitji has been similarly detained in France and Switzerland. Have you ever heard him complain? And he isn’t even a Khan. My wife was detained at an international airport recently. So what’s the hue and cry about?”

Well, with that, this war of words already seems to be getting worse!

I was inadequate for politics, says Amitabh Bachchan

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who was an MP for a brief period in the 1980s, says he discontinued his association with politics because he felt he was "inadequate for the job"."Many ask me why I joined politics and then why I left it. I joined it because I was asked to and left because I was inadequate for the job," Bachchan posted on his blog.

The sexagenarian came into politics at the behest of good friend and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. He contested the Lok Sabha election from his native Allahabad in 1984. Though he won by a huge majority, Bachchan failed to make his mark as a politician.

He says it`s a tough job to be a politician and admires those who have managed to stay put in it.

"Politics is a complicated world - a world where if you are unable to play the game, you would remain a novice and a stranger eternally. I admire those who have remained in it for long years. Admire the guile with which they steer their boats everyday, every minute. The ease with which they make associations and break them, reject foes and months later embrace them as dearest friends. It is a tough job.

"A job that I would never be able to do. I would never recommend it to anyone. But I do know that those that pursue this line, do so with utmost dedication and passion. Their dedication and passion is admirable," he said.

Bachchan is currently in Singapore with his politician friend Amar Singh. The Samajwadi Party leader had undergone a kidney transplant there recently.

Amitabh Bachchan to pay homage to 26/11 terror attack victims

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is all set to pay homage to the 26/11 terror attack victims. The actor is to do a voice-over for an album being composed by famous music composer Aadesh Shrivastav to pay a tribute to the victims of the dreadful terror attacks in Mumbai.

According to our source, Aadesh is busy recording an album of peace to pay homage to the victims and has roped in Amitabh Bachchan to do the voice-over for it.

Aadesh says, “No one else can do justice to this album. Only Amitji can serve as the perfect common thread to all the national and international artistes who are coming together for my album.”

The project will bring together living legend Amitabh Bachchan and lyricist Javed Akhtar after a gap of nearly two decades.

Big B is holidaying in Singapore these days, so Aadesh will reportedly be flying to him to speed up things, making sure that the album releases in November - the first anniversary of the blasts.

Amitabh Bachchan goes melodramatic; blogs in hyperboles!

Choking on emotions, a teary Amitabh Bachchan has rubbished all reports that he is bidding good-bye to the virtual world after expressing his anger over reckless comments posted on his blog. Just days after the media went buzzing with reports that superstar in a moment of fury has decided to stop blogging, Big B in a first ever emotional outburst expressed the tremendous love and affection he feels for his readers who he states are his “extended family”.

The whole incident started after a hurt Bachchan threatened to stop blogging after witnessing a few of his fans using the platform “to get personal and ugly with each other”. “And each hashed comment that I came across as I scrolled down to the last that indulged in a slang match, felt like a stab in my precarious rib cage,” he wrote on his blog.

But now the superstar who received an overwhelming response to his blog has smashed reports that he plans to quit blogging. And here’s what the actor wrote for his fans:

“I never choked when I wrote about my Father’s passing or that of my Mother’s, nor of any incident that may have been close to it. But I am choked today. The eyes swell up with that strange liquid that appears involuntarily at moments such as this. The keys and the text that appear in front of me, blur and the fingers move at a pace that have no pre determined design.”

High on emotion he adds, “Truth has that exceptional quality that, by its admission, has the capability of moving mountains. ... I choke today because I have been confronted by a mountain of emotion, an emotion that has without any dilution, presented itself before me by my extended family. I do not think that there can be any doubt, that when we have confessed, faced truth, been a part of it, or admitted its presence, that we have not been overcome with overwhelming emotion. The truth I face today is the limitless love that I have for this family of mine and the limitless love that it reciprocates me with, every day of the year.”

Assuring his fans he stated, “I cannot decipher what it is I have done to receive such affection, but now that I have it I am not going to let it disappear. NO ... ! I shall not stop writing. NO..! I shall not stop my connect with you. NO ... ! I am not going anywhere. I am here and shall remain here!”

“The impregnable walls that we have constructed around our little world, the unbreakable links that have formed within each one of us in our chain of friendship and family, the abstract air of deep understanding and togetherness, is not going to be swayed or dented by any encumbrance. We may totter unsteadily, we may run against obstacles, we may be suppressed through force, BUT .. We shall rise above it all, unscathed, to walk the path we have chosen to walk.”

Raising a toast to acknowledge his fans he said, “I do not drink. But let me hold a glass to that and say a cheer for the well being of our fraternity.”

Amitabh Bachchan irked with ugly comments on his blog!

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is very upset these days and has threatened to stop blogging. The superstar’s blog bigadda is a big hit among netizens, who often use the space to express their ire and opinion on various issues. But they go overboard sometimes and write some unmentionable comments on his blog, which irks Big B.

Amitabh is facing tough times these days as he is coping with a bad back, daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan`s flu and friend Amar Singh`s illness. And the nonsensical comments annoy the Bollywood actor no extent.

He mentions on his blog, "A few hospital visits with my friend for routine checks and balances, a stop over at the chemist store en route, to get some tie ups for the back, the gym and the pedometer racing away to near 8,500 steps, to the room to respond to comments and a heavy heart to witness a few familia extendum, using the platform of this medium to get personal and ugly with each other."

"And each hashed comment that I came across as I scrolled down to the last, that indulged in a slang match, felt like a stab in my precarious rib cage."

He states, "So here are the options. Either you stop or I stop."

Hope the ultimatum by the superstar will stop the flow of such comments. After all we all love Amitabh’s blogs.

Aishwarya Rai down with flu-like symptoms

Actress Aishwarya Rai is down with a "chest infection" and "flu like symptoms", leaving her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan worried.

The 35-year-old actress who was shooting with husband Abhishek Bachchan in Ooty for the upcoming Mani Ratnam film 'Ravana' is down with the illness, Bachchan who is in Singapore tending to politician Amar Singh wrote in his blog.

"Aishwarya has taken ill and is down with chest infection and flu like symptoms. Had a high fever yesterday but is settling down today," wrote Bachchan.

"Its worrying to be so far away from children and not be there to look after them. Yes, they are mature and married and responsible, but children will always remain children," a concerned Bachchan added.

The 66-year-old veteran also complained that he has been suffering from a "strained back".

"Jaya left this evening for Mumbai after having spent more than a month by the side of Amar Singh ji during his ailment. I stay back till he is sound enough to travel back," he wrote.

Overworked Amitabh Bachchan goes on a self-imposed sabbatical

The recent illness of his good friend Amar Singh has forced Amitabh Bachchan to view his own well-being and take a self imposed break in order to calm his nerves. With a series of flicks lined up Big B’s popularity quotient beats that of many young guns in Bollywood. But the actor, who had been delivering non-stop hits, has now wisely decided to go slow and take a much-deserved sabbatical from his work.

Known for punctuality and zest for his art, this is the first time in years that Big B has decided to go slow. But though the actor might have resolved to take it easy as he renders support to his pal in Singapore, filmmakers back home are keenly waiting for his return.

One of the leading producers awaiting Mr Bachchan’s return is Pritish Nandy. The superstar will be seen playing himself in Nandy’s film ‘Actor’.

Set to go on the floors after Bachchan’s return from Singapore, the film is said touted to hit screens next year. But unlike other producers who would have thrown fits over Bachchan’s sudden sabbatical, Nandy was much too glad to see Amitabh relax.

Speaking to a news daily, Nandy said, “Amar Singh has recuperated as much he could, considering the seriousness of his illness. But Mr Bachchan seems in no mood to leave his friend’s side right away. It’s almost like he has withdrawn into a cocoon for a while. And we at Pritish Nandy Communications have no problem waiting for Mr Bachchan. It’s wonderful to see him so relaxed and stress-free after years.”

Big B's blog to be compiled into a book?

Ever since his blog was launched in April 2008, Amitabh Bachchan has been regularly updating it. From movies to his arguments with the media to social issues—he has written at length on various subjects. And now it may be compiled into a full-fledged book.

"During one of my meetings with BigAdda.com, the people that matter said that they have a desire to convert the blog and my posts into a book and release it,” Amitabh wrote on his blog www.bigb.bigadda.com. “I would find that terribly embarrassing, but if they were to persevere, I would want to suggest that the book also contain some of the responses from fans."

The sexagenarian says he has received some very thought provoking responses and that is why he would like them to be included in the book if it ever takes shape.

"I have found that during this long journey of ours there have been incredible inputs from those that have so liberally contributed to every blog of mine. Many among them have had a most lasting effect on me... I'm sure they must have on you as a reader too.

"Some of the discussions and points of view have been so engrossing and valuable that it would be a pity if they are left out to dry. It would have to be a mix of several different categories - serious, intellectual, humorous, indifferent—so that there is an opportunity for some democratic fairness in their representation," he explained on his blog.

Amitabh, who shares his thoughts with his fans regularly, refers to bloggers as his extended family.

Big B graces Filmfare magazine

Amitabh Bachchan turns into a cover boy for the latest edition of Filmfare magazine. Like the latest cover boy?