Amitabh Bachchan will always be The "Big B"

Very recently, a leading film magazine carried a story about director Anurag Basu (Gangster, Murder, Life in a Metro) making statements in similar vein on how the Big B should now 'gracefully retire.'

I really don't know if Basu was misquoted, but none of the people who watch Big B movies would ever feel that.

But yeah, The Big B published a suitable reply on his blog - a great way for exclusive Amitabh Bachchan thoughts. His enthu reminds me of the first-effects of blogging, you and I would have initially read about blogging approx. 5 years ago. Here's a reproduction of what he wrote in response: 'I took no one's advice when I wanted to enter the film industry and shall take no one's advice, as to when I should leave it!'

This was just the way to do so and that to gracefully! My first angry reaction to Basu's suggestion was 'Who are you to decide that?'

For such an instance I think about our ever green star "Dev Anand", who hasn't made a single rocking movie in all these years, but it hasn't stopped anyone from referring to him as a ‘Legend’. His movies might fail at the box office but his enthusiasm is to die for.

Imagine of great Hollywood actors like Clint Eastwood, Anthony Hopkins, Sean Connery & Morgan Freeman. I doubt anyone has ever asked them to step down even if they used a walking stick to move about.

Imagine your own folks, would you tell them they are not capable of doing x, y or z things or not capable of advising you over an issue?? No way, anyone would always take advice from their folks!!

Everyone is born with the basic right of living life their own way & no one has any business interfering unless someone is a threat to society (politicians are otherwise though). What to do, when to do.... These are our personal choices. It’s a democracy, for god's sake. All can speak and make statement, but using ones grey cells is the first thing to do, mannerisms follow. It's not always that one enjoy's the performance of a particular actor or movie of a certain director but the results at the box office are a clear indication to the star and the director, the rest is their choice, but to ask someone to fire himself just because he doesn't fulfill your definition of magic is just stupid. Imagine, if your boss told you that or for that matter your dad.

On the same note there are so many politicians like Raj Thackeray, who actually degrade each other or even Big B, but they do not take into account the achievements and also by just making comments/fun of a star is just a way of getting into the news. Politicians have always been going piggy back on the name of democracy but I wonder how many of them have actually contributed towards their constituency or the nation, in the form of deeds or even laurels.

People like the Big B do not retire or can be rarely shaken (Vijay Dinanath Chauhan). Even if they voluntarily step down, it’s their credibility and acting is what you'll always remember, not forgetting their style and grace.