Big Bachha

It is very difficult to understand what Amitabh, regarded as a superstar once upon a time, is trying to prove.

He has been appearing more and more on TV advertisements promoting all sorts of useless products. It is not clear whether his goal in life at this stage is to earn fame or money by appearing in such advertisements.

Now the news comes that he is going to act as the "Boss" in a stupid reality show on the TV called Big Boss which tries to present cheap excitement to the viewers by showing imbecile fights amongst the participants, some foul speech, some titillation etc. etc.



Perhaps, Amitabh needs to do all this for money. On the other hand, it is more than likely that he is entering his second childhood at the same time trying to appear very mature. Another possibility that cannot be ruled out is that seeing his son and daughter-in-law getting so much popularity, and his wife also being in politics, he does not want to be left behind and fade into ignominy and wants to remain in the public eye in any way possible even resorting to cheap gimmicks. Even his writings in his Blog increasingly look like meaningless ramblings of a teen keen to show writing abilities. Perhaps, he should take now seriously to twitter.

More and more, he is being his true self and behaving like a real Big B (Big Bachha).

As far as the movie industry is concerned, there are some like Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand who would like to live a dignified life in their twilight years whereas some like Amitabh, rather than doing something useful for the society, indulge in frivolities, pursuing activities that do not matter. It is true that men considered to be role models are after all merely men of straw.

One thing is sure as far as Amitabh, the angry young man of yesteryears is concerned:

He is neither young nor does his anger, if there is any left, make any difference to the public in this day and age which belongs to Akshaykumar, Shahrukh, Aamir, Salman, Saif and other Khans.