Big B's Paa look revealed!

Subject: Big B's Paa look revealed!

Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:40:10 +0530

अमिताभ बच्चन छोटा पर्दा है बड़ी चुनौती

छोटा पर्दा है बड़ी चुनौती

अमिताभ बिग बॉस की एंकरिंग कर रहे हैं

हिंदी फ़िल्म इंडस्ट्री के सुपर स्टार और टेलीविज़न की दुनिया में भी अपना लोहा मनवा चुके अमिताभ बच्चन का मानना है कि छोटा पर्दा उनके लिए बड़ी चुनौती है.

मुंबई में एक समारोह के दौरान अमिताभ बच्चन ने कहा कि टेलीविज़न उनके लिए ज़्यादा चुनौतीपूर्ण है.

इसी साल हिंदी फ़िल्म इंडस्ट्री में अपने 40 साल पूरे करने वाले अमिताभ बच्चन इस समय टेलीविज़न पर मशहूर रियालिटी शो बिग बॉस की एंकरिंग कर रहे हैं.

टेलीविज़न मेरे लिए ज़्यादा चुनौतीपूर्ण रहा है. फ़िल्मों के लिए पूरी स्क्रिप्ट और पूरे संवाद लिखे जाते हैं. आपको सिर्फ़ उनका अनुसरण करना होता है

अमिताभ बच्चन

इससे पहले वे कौन बनेगा करोड़पति जैसे लोकप्रिय कार्यक्रम का भी संचालन कर चुके हैं.

मुंबई में एक समारोह के दौरान 67 वर्षीय अमिताभ बच्चन ने कहा, "टेलीविज़न मेरे लिए ज़्यादा चुनौतीपूर्ण रहा है. फ़िल्मों के लिए पूरी स्क्रिप्ट और पूरे संवाद लिखे जाते हैं. आपको सिर्फ़ उनका अनुसरण करना होता है."

अमिताभ बच्चन का कहना था कि टीवी का मामला इससे उलट है और कौन बनेगा करोड़पति जैसे शो के लिए कुछ ही हिस्से लिखे जाते हैं. बाक़ी की ज़िम्मेदारी आप पर होती है.

Paa' merchandise to hit markets after release

'Paa' merchandise to hit markets after release 
By Subhash K. Jha

Mumbai, Nov 11 (IANS) A series of merchandise aimed at children is being planned after the release of "Paa" in which Amitabh Bachchan plays 13-year-old Auro suffering from the premature ageing disease progeria.

Also, on Children's Day this Saturday, Amitabh as Auro will appear on television with a very special message for children. The initiative has been taken by AB Corp Ltd, who is producing the film, to connect Amitabh's character with children across the world through an Auro blitzkrieg. The fans will have Big B merchandise including dolls to play with. 

"We're most definitely targeting 'Paa' at children and parents alike. Mr. Bachchan's Auro is a special child suffering from an extremely rare age-hastening disease. Auro could've easily become lonely, isolated or abandoned," director R. Balakrishnan told IANS. 

"'Paa' shows how special 'special kids' can be. It has a message on parenting rather than any disease. When your child is born with a special impairment you need to make him feel special, not unwanted or isolated," he added.

There are now plans to do special shows of "Paa" to collect funds for the Progeria Research Foundation.

"We really had no concrete plans to tie up with the Progeria foundation. Though our protagonist suffers from the disease the film is not about progeria. It's about how special children can fill your life with special brightness. 

"Not for a minute does my protagonist's special condition qualify his relationship with his parents. That's why we avoided pitching 'Paa' as a progeria project. However we'd be more than happy if our film proves helpful to children who suffer from this rarest-of-rare diseases," said Balakrishnan.

"We're still to work out details since we hadn't really planned any Progeria events. We're definitely holding a charity screening of 'Paa' of which the proceeds will be given to the Progeria foundation in the US," said the director.

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Hit or flop Amitabh Bachchan is still Bollywood goldmine

Hit or flop, Amitabh is still Bollywood's goldmine
By Robin Bansal

New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) A ghost, an eccentric theatre actor or a flamboyant genie, Amitabh Bachchan has done quite a few over-the-top roles and not delivered big hits in four years. But for filmmakers, the megastar is still a phenomenon they can't wait to sign on.

"I would love to cast him for all my films. I just hope that I keep getting ideas where I can fit him," said R. Balakrishnan, director of his forthcoming film "Paa". 

Relasing Dec 4, "Paa" features Amitabh as a progeria patient.

"Amitabh Bachchan has crossed that mark of a hit or a flop affecting him. He is a phenomenon. He is the first veteran where stories are written keeping him in mind. Whether or not a film works is besides the point. He is not competing with anyone here," trade analyst Taran Adarsh told IANS over phone from Mumbai.

"Every director wants to work with him at least once in his career. They've grown up watching him on the big screen. He is an encyclopaedia on acting. He has a different range altogether. He is a superb actor...and we can't deny that fact, no matter what the fate of a film," he said.

Some of the 67-year-old thespian's films have turned out to be over-hyped in terms of both content and characters, with the recent one being "Aladin" that was declared a dud on the first day itself. Amitabh plays a flamboyant genie in the movie.

Even his special appearance in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's "Delhi-6" early this year, as Abhishek Bachchan's grandfather, could not save the film from sinking. But he still rules the desire list of filmmakers.

"He is in demand because he is Amitabh Bachchan. He is a cult (figure). He has worked very hard and given success after success earlier. After his comeback from a break a few years ago, he is now having fun with cinema," said film critic Omar Qureshi.

"And he can afford to do that even if it means doing a crazy character in 'Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag'. He is doing roles that he finds interesting. If the film doesn't work, that is not his fault."

And cinema too has undergone a sea change with time.

"Take his characters in 'Nishabd' and 'Aladin'. No one could dare do that earlier. He is just going with the flow. His performance cannot be doubted. He is too good as an actor," explained Qureshi.

While Amitabh featured in duds like "Family", "Darna Zaroori Hai", "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" and "Baabul" in 2006, a string of flops followed in 2007 too with "Eklavya: The Royal Guard", "Nishabd", "Jhoom Barabar Jhoom" and "Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag". Two of his outings the same year - "Cheeni Kum" and "Shootout at Lokhandwala" - were critically acclaimed but were not money grossers.

Last year was again disappointing with commercial failures like "Bhoothnath", "Sarkar Raj", "God Tussi Great Ho" and "The Last Lear".

But writer-turned-director Rumy Jafry has no regrets for the failure of his film "God Tussi Great Ho" because it starred the Big B.

"It's a dream for every director to work with him. Despite his age, he still works as a student and is completely a director's actor. Neither does he interfere in anything. Look at 'Paa' for instance. He sat for close to five hours just for the make up and that shows his patience," said Jafry, who cast the Big B as God Almighty in the movie.

Jafry can't stop praising the veteran's professionalism.

"The whole world knows that there is no bigger actor and star than Amitabh Bachchan. There is no star in the industry more disciplined than him. Even if he was 10 minutes late, he would make sure to inform, while there are actors who are over two hours late without any notice," Jafry told IANS.

But Bachchan prefers to be modest and says he is just a character artist nowadays.

"May be in the early years, they (audiences) came to watch my films because I was in it. But now I am just one of the credit titles. I am not that important," Amitabh had told IANS in a recent interview.

"I am a part of the crew and the cast. Even in my early years, I used to think that. I think the product itself is more important. It's the film that is going to make you or your name or give you visibility. If that goes wrong then everything goes wrong. So one must work as a team so that the product works," he added.

The star is still on a signing spree and has four projects lined up - "Paa", "Teen Patti", "Rann" and "Johnny Mastana".