“His popularity has stood the test of time many smear campaigns, a brief encounter with politics (which he regrets until this day), a near-fatal accident, a greying goatee, and a change of address. His arena of work is like a gladiator’s pit; it’s you against the beasts, and if you manage to end the day alive then glory is yours.
“My father has done this for four decades. And he manages to stay relevant even today, working in an industry that is largely youth-based and capricious…He’s gone from ‘Angry Young Man’ to ‘Living Legend,’ epithets he is shy to accept even in private, even with me.”
Bachchan, who garnered applause for his performance in recently released film “Pink,” will soon start working on Ram Gopal Varma’s “Sarkar 3”.
From Agencies, Feature image courtesy mint
