Amitabh
Bachchan - Perseverance Personified
The Big B Amitabh Bachchan, came into entertainment industry
in 1969-70, the time when he had to play second fiddle to the greats of those years. Then with Zanjeer,
he broke all shackles and zoomed to stardom ruling the industry with almost
every movie being a big hit
Misfortune struck when he met a Near Death
Experience while shooting for the movie Coolie,
he was out of business for a while and almost written off; but he bounced back
and how! The secret again was - Tremendous grit and perseverance indeed.
Then ABCL
happened, and people wrote him off, looking at his huge losses, debts and controversies. He may have gone through his share of woes,
till KBC happened; and once again he was
back in business, rising from the ashes like the legendary bird Phoenix. With
his perseverance he repaid every rupee and regained the glory that was the middle
name of Big B. He justified the
legendary song, “A man and his will to
survive”.
From
Zanjeer to Gulabo Sitabo, he has had a long journey of over
5 decades; failures must have been there, but undeterred; he just moved on,
accepting roles all and sundry, not knowing what appeals the audience. Probably
this dialogue from his movie Sarkar sums
it up for him; Mujhe jo sahi lagta
hai main karta hoon, fir chahe wo bhagwan ke khilaaf ho, kanoon ke khilaf ho ya
pure system ke khilaaf.
Today, at the ripe age of 78, he is one of the
busiest actors with assignments of movies, TV, Commercial ads, Social Message Commercials,
OTT movies and all that is needed for screen presence. Here, I would like to
quote his dear friend Shatruji, from one of his interview -“Iss umar mein bhi Paa, Pink aur Piku jaisi picture sirf Amitji hee kar
sakte hai, aur koi nahin.” How true indeed. From the stern faced Narayan Shankar of Mohabatein to the young at heart Dattatraya Vakharia in 102 Not Out, he
has been a man who intrigues every spectator with his versatility, and as I mentioned
earlier, Perseverance.
His long fleet of cars, his assets worth thousands
of crores, and all that one would aspire in life, he proudly possesses, but his
greatest trait is - humility; willingness to work with anybody and everybody,
and respect for his co-artistes. All this apart, his
unconditional love and respect for his parents, is a lesson for all of us to
emulate; as he has often quoted this to be his secret for success.
Big B is indeed Perseverance
Personified, and even after 50 years in this entertainment industry, his dialogue
from 1981 hit Kaalia, “Hum jahan khade ho jaate
hain, line wahi se shuru hoti hai”, holds good. He still is a force to reckon.
The grit,
determination and perseverance of Big B is a lesson for all of us. Long live Amitabh Bachchan ji.
Prakash
F Madhwani 21st
June 2020
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