May 2009
36 posts
Day 403
Sopaan, New Delhi                         May 30, 2009                           Sat  11:38 PM Yes !! I have travelled to Delhi. We shoot here for ‘PAA’, Abhishek and I.  And I have to be up at 2:30 am to start my prosthetics for the shoot to start by 7 AM !! I have but just this to say. I am simply overwhelmed by the volume of response that has come my way in the shape of comments...
May 30th
Day 402
Prateeksha, Mumbai                            May 29/30, 2009                          Sat  12:18 AM I am faced with a dilemma of some intense proportions. And as is the norm, when I am troubled I seek advice and consultation from the extended family. I have been witnessing with great dismay and shock, the recent violent attacks on Indian students in Australia, on the electronic media the...
May 29th
Day 401
Prateeksha, Mumbai                                May 28, 2009                          Thu  11:01 PM First things first… A new introduction to the blog. On the right side of the face page, below where the MoBlog is and at the very bottom is a fresh block introduced called ‘POLLS’. I shall be putting out a question and several options for the EF to vote on. It would be interesting to assess...
May 28th
Day 400
Jalsa, Mumbai                                          May 27, 2009                                              Wed  8:58 PM Thu  10:33 AM The flavor of the day has been Teen Patti, as you may have well observed by now. Posters, promos, talk at Cannes and some generous coverage in the International Entertainment Media. Ambika Hinduja the producer, has returned from Cannes with glorious...
May 27th
Day 399
Prateeksha, Mumbai                              May 26, 2009                             Tue/ Wed  1:09 AM A day of rest and recuperation, forced on to me by a considerate and concerned production. The reason being that the make up ladies that have been specially transported from far away lands, have warned that prosthetics on the face for more than three days at a stretch is harmful. The weight...
May 25th
Day 398
 Location shoot for PAA, Sahara Star, Mumbai                              May 25, 2009                     Mon 11:49 PM  Your concern for the timings I keep rings loud and clear and the anxiety expressed justified. I do try and keep within limits and on occasion make an effort to be reasonable. But my desire to be connected with EF rides higher than sleep and rest. Indeed so great is that need...
May 25th
Day 397
Prateeksha, Mumbai                                    May 24, 2009                                Sun/Mon  2:12 AM Where does the energy come from when time constraints push you to perform and execute at break neck speed. Where does an old man of 67, a senior citizen rustle, up the courage to go through the prosthetics for 4 hours and step out into the wide world of heat and unreal temperatures....
May 23rd
Day 396
Location shoot in Mumbai                             May 23, 2009                           Sat 12:45 pm                Ha.. ha .. ha… Noooooo !’ The dentist chair at 6 am’ remark from last night is, my make up chair. It resembles a dentists chair, hence the remark. I could have said ‘got to report for work at 6 am’, but I thought mentioning it in this manner would be different. Haaa.....
May 23rd
Day 395
Prateeksha, Mumbai                                    May 22, 2009                            Fri  11:30 PM The prosthetics are back. The ladies in charge take over and yours truly is converted into the character that shall represent the film PAA. Its at the Sahara Star Hotel, by the domestic airport in Mumbai. A stunning tropical ambience of a hotel within a hotel. The exterior could be...
May 22nd
Day 394
Prateeksha, Mumbai                                   May 21, 2009                             Fri  11:30 PM Your responses over the past few days have been large and expansive. I have noticed  that content of some substance, has always generated attention and voluminous response. This is an indicator of your temperament. Its shows gloriously what you desire and what you do not and I am happy to...
May 20th
Day 393
Jalsa, Mumbai                              May 20, 2009                             Wed  10:04 PM Your overwhelming responses to yesterday’s blog is putting me in a somewhat similar condition. If there are tears that well up, they are the true reaction to, not the post, but an emotion that has been touched. An emotion that perhaps lay dormant, but on its revival has overtaken all else. It has...
May 20th
Day 392
Prateeksha, Mumbai                                          May 19, 2009                                    Tue  11 : 08 PM There is a sense of completion today. I have visited my father again through the day, and found myself groping for words and expressions to describe him well enough for the foreword that I struggle with for Madhushala. In between dubbing for ‘Aladin’ and conducting...
May 19th
Day 391
Prateeksha, Mumbai                                     May 18, 2009                              Mon  11 : 09 PM Your heartfelt responses to the departed soul of Prakash Mehra is graciously acknowledged.  I wish there was some way of delivering all of this to his family, who I am certain shall greatly appreciate the feelings that you express. What has touched me deeply is the personal...
May 18th
Day 390
Prateeksha, Mumbai                                        May 17, 2009                               Sun  11: 59 PM Prakash Mehra passed away early this morning. An entire era of cinema and my association with him passed away with him. He was repairing well in hospital and was to be removed from the ICU to a general room.  A sudden infection resulted in multiple organ failure and he breathed his...
May 17th
Day 389
Jalsa, Mumbai                                                                       May 16, 2009                                                         SAt  10 : 40 PM I was never quite aware at the amount of love the EF have for the canine. But now that I do, thanks to the response from all, I thought I could stretch it a bit. This is Shanouk in all his glory. The cat is as curious as...
May 16th
Day 388 (iv)
Jalsa, Mumbai                                                 May 15, 2009                                      Fri  6:58 PM There is a certain attraction of spending an entire day in front of a computer screen, connecting, reading, writing, up- loading, to those that  you connect with everyday. There is an anxiety as you open the browser and wait for internet connection and pray that it comes...
May 15th
Day 388 (iii)
Jalsa, Mumbai                                            May 15, 2009                                  Fri  6:53  PM coverstory … and for those that want to see the actual presentation of L’Officiel straight from the magazine, click on the ‘coverstory’ above. I hate dong this procedure, because I think it becomes very impersonal, so I have given both options on this post and the other on...
May 15th
Day 388 (ii)
Jalsa, Mumbai                          May 15, 2009                          Fri  6 : 42 PM For many that may never get to see the L’Officiel Magazine with Abhishek and Shweta on the cover, I thought i would put it on the blog for their benefit. There is an interview as well. Enjoy. With love, Amitabh Bachchan
May 15th
388 (i)
Jalsa, Mumbai                                      May 15, 2009                                     Fri  4 : 47 PM Okkaaayyyy ! So I am back sooner than before. Which is like, sooner than past midnight. And I am here because I was going through all the comments for yesterday and came across Jaspreet’s remark and he has stirred up a fantastic idea.  This is what he wrote - Jaspreet...
May 15th
Day 388
Prateeksha, Mumbai    May 15, 2009         Fri  1 : 15 PM Dearly beloved… You that show affection and love. That have weathered many a storm in remaining constant. That have despite adverse comment been steadfast and sincere. That have defended me in all manners of conflict. That have shed your tears with mine in distress. You that have breathed with me and lived my life. You that...
May 15th
Day 387
Jalsa, Mumbai                                          May 14/15, 2009                               Thu-Fri  2:03  AM So Hindustan Times gives us points on our blog. And I print below, the figures that have come to me from professional data keepers. The actuals are  astonishing. If the media has the capacity to judge us by exporting ill conceived and completely in correct information to the...
May 14th
Day 386
Jalsa, Mumbai                                                       May 13, 2009                                              Wed  9 :58 PM ~*~ Marvelous Answer ~*~ Real story happened with famous Heart Surgeon Lt. Dr. Nitu Mandke. He had done many heart operations. A mechanic was removing the cylinder heads from the motor of a car when he spotted the famous heart surgeon in his shop, who was...
May 13th
Day 385
Jalsa, Mumbai                                       May 12, 2009                             Tue  9:54  PM My contemplations seem to be the cause for worry amongst the fraternity. Many feel that I am troubled or that there has been some kind of altercation with another. Nothing of the sort has taken place. Its merely the state of my mind as soon as the screen opens in front of me. The late hours...
May 12th
Day 384
alsa, Mumbai                                    May 11, 2009                             Mon  11:30  PM The  contemplation exists ! It remains in the body and the soul. It drives cautiously within, throughout the day. A complacency begins to hibernate on the extremities of the body. One that resists activity. Any activity. Numbed and morose almost in its structure the mind and the being...
May 11th
Day 383
Prateeksha, Mumbai                                            May 10, 2009                                    Sun  11:38  PM Buddha said  ” There is no way to happiness : happiness is the way.” and “Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live” “Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another” We may preach that we need to learn to live. We may preach that it is wise to...
May 10th
Day 382
Prateeksha, Mumbai                           May 9, 2009                       Sat  11:30 PM Just off the plane from Hong Kong and on to the blog to be with the extended family. Find it hard not to start immediately sharing and connecting, especially since there has been a long gap due to travel. Many among you question what I was doing in Macau for such a short time. Traditionally, before...
May 9th
Day 381
The Venetian, Macau                         May 8, 2009/written on May 9, 2009                    10:35  AM OK !! HEY !! Guys, guys, guys… and sorry.. gals, gals, gals… this whole thing about 7th May 1959, is a joke which none of you caught. Its nothing.. nothing happened on 7th May 1959.. didn’t get born on that day, didn’t join the Industry on that day.. nothing. It just rhymed with...
May 8th
Day 380 (i)
The Venetian, Macau                      May 7, 2009/ written on May 8, 2009                          Fri  10:00 PM The 7th !! The 7th ! Must write about the 7th. What did transpire for the 7th ? Strange one can remember what happened on the 7th of September 1959, but has difficulty in recollecting what … Ah ! Yes of course ! The 7th of May 2009. I woke up in Mumbai as...
May 7th
Day 380
Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong                                   May 7, 2009 /  written on May 8, 2009                Fri  10:45 AM My guilt at not being able to connect to you last night has provoked me put in a few words even as we wait to continue with our travel to our final destination today – Macau. Left last night from Mumbai from a rather crowded airport into Jet Airways new...
May 7th
Day 379
Jalsa, Mumbai                                    May 6, 2009                                  Wed  11:30  PM The pain of reading your concern for my pain is graver than the pain itself !! I am as always, overwhelmed with your affection to my condition and want to first take this opportunity to thank all the extended family for enquiring after my health, giving suggestions for its cure and...
May 6th
Day 378
Jalsa, Mumbai                                    May 5, 2009                          Tue  11: 45  PM A friend mentioned about the joy of being with her sisters children the other day. They were aged 4yrs and another perhaps a year older. I wrote back to say how wonderful it was to be able to spend time with the innocence of children. A pity that they shall soon lose it to this corrupt world as...
May 5th
Day 376
Prateeksha, Mumbai                                  May 3, 2009                           Sun  10:39 PM Gym in the morning had a spring about it after a very long time. The cardio was good, the weights, the crunches and finally the breathing in yogic postures - energized and bracing. And soon after, a visit to the Swaminarayan Temple with friend Jiggi Bhai. Guruji was in town and Jiggi felt it...
May 3rd
Day 377
Prateeksha, Mumbai                             May 3, 2009                       Mon  10:32  PM There is pain at the base of the neck and the top of the shoulders ! And I find it difficult to get out of bed because of its severity ! It has been there now every morning for the past week, easing out during the day as mobilization takes over the inert body of the night. So today gym got...
May 3rd
Day 375
Prateeksha, Mumbai                                         May 2, 2009                                        Sat  10:22  PM They said that a black man would be President “ when pigs fly”. Indeed 100 days into Obama’s Presidency … Swine flu !!  Yet another day hibernating in monotonous solitude.. hmm .. not a very colorful start. But enough to make a beginning. There were a...
May 2nd
Day 374
” I am not afraid of a man who knows of a thousand types of kicks, but I am afraid of the one who has practiced one kick a thousand times. “ - Bruce Lee Jalsa, Mumbai                                        May 1, 2009                                       Fri  8:27  PM As predicted, the photograph of the day in the media, was indeed the one that EF was the first to see. And wonder of wonders...
May 1st
April 2009
38 posts
Day 373
Prateeksha, Mumbai                           April 30, 2009                          Thu  11:54  PM “How odd is the logic of the mind – it seeks compromises when we are wrong, and it asks for justice when others are wrong !” Voting has been cast. Hospital visits have been accomplished. Cricket IPL has been witnessed. Views on the blog/print press have been somewhat noted. Somewhat,...
Apr 30th