Actor Amitabh Bachchan recently talked about an incident where a small boy told him to stay in and relax at home after hearing him claim to be 80 years old. Amitabh wrote on his blog that the child approached him and inquired about his age since he was working on a campaign. The seasoned actor claimed that after the young man offered his advice, he was speechless because of the boy’s “precocious veracity”.
Amitabh wrote, “Work calls and gives impetus to the creative nerves all about, seeking where the effort needs to be pulled out of .. and one discovers to one’s horror that there really is no such gadgetry at all within the system ..cope with it buddy or give the life up .. ! I was at work for the RBI campaign and in the scene was a little kid about 5 or 6 years of age .. in the middle of a rehearsal he turned to me and said ..‘excuse me, how old are you ?’ I said ‘80′ ! he snapped back ‘ Oh! so why are you working? My grandparents are sitting at home and chilling .. you should do that also ..!!’
He also added, “I did not have a reply for him .. Primarily because I was astonished at the precocious veracity of this 5 yr old! And secondly, I did not have an answer! So bid him goodbye at the end of the shoot, took a picture with him and gave him an autograph, instigated by his mother, and left… The conversation remained with me, as do many matters in this digitally informative encyclopaedic world, and found its placing today .. this morning .. of retired work .. and screamed and waved and applauded the mountainous presence of the live audience at ‘YKW’.”
The renowned game show Kaun Banega Crorepati 14 will soon have Amitabh back as the host (KBC 14). The date has not yet been set, but the show will air on Sony TV. Except for the third season in 2007, when actor Shah Rukh Khan served as host, the actor has been consistently hosting KBC since its beginning in 2000.
