Yesterday evening I had one of the most surreal experiences of my life. I saw Amitabh Bachchan ! Real.... exactly as Einstein had said about Gandhi.... 'such a one ever in flesh and blood... ' This was at a retrospective of his films that was organized by the Lincoln Center Film Society. Yesterday's event... 'An Evening with Amitabh Bachchan' was the culmination of that festival. He appeared in person and was interviewed for over two hours. He spoke about many things, his movies, his image as 'angry young man', his favorites stars, politics, his financial troubles, his second innings... The event began with a short documentary on him... it started with the narration by its creator about when he started watching Hindi films and what it means to him... it started with a troop of traditional artists telling a mythological story using an old painting... with a typical Rajasthani folk music as background... It was intermixed with famous writers .... Salman Rashdi...
Extroversions of an Introvert Mind