An Open Letter To Abhishek Bachchan and Shweta Nanda

 Amitabh even at 60+ is covering more mileage than any other Bollywod star. Be it his films or his numerous advertisements. You can love him or hate him but you surely can not ignore him. Be it the President’s post, the bold subject of Nishabd or the SRK clash, Amitabh is surrounded by controversies like never before.

Nisha, an Amitabh Bachchan fan is troubled by this new image of Amitabh and writes a letter to Abhishek and Shweta (Amitabh’s children) , asking them to ask their Dad to mend his ways.

Filled with caustic remarks and sarcasm the letter is fun to read. But I do not believe that the message that Nisha is trying to convey is right. And I feel Amitabh is doing a fine job, it’s not Mr. Bachchan who has to change his ways but it’s the audience who must grow more mature. Mr. Bachchan you are doing a commendable job and keep up the great work.

But anyway read the letter, it’s fun and i must accept it’s well written.

Nisha’ letter adressed to Abhishek and Shweta 

Guys you seriously need to do something about your dad. He seems to have gone senile; he wants to earn more and more money at the cost of his image, stature and responsibility  aka his roles in Bunty or Babli, KANK or Nishabd. It seems Amitabh has promised himself that he must beat to pulp that great image he had created once upon a time. It is hard to understand why he wishes to disown himself of the love, affection and admiration he was given by millions word-wide. He forgets that had he taken up the role of a Ranjeet when he started his career, he would not be what he is today. But then, maybe it is not he who is so much to blame as much as those of us who showered our respect and admiration on him because it was we who erred in judgment. He most likely was just another ordinary man or maybe worse because even an ordinary man looks up in the mirror and faces his conscience once in a while. Even he lets go of a few bucks and uses his judicious discretion in choosing roles…especially not those that contributed to moral decadence.

Sending him a letter may prove futile because a blind can be made to see, a deaf made to hear, an ignorant made to know but stupid and arrogance lasts forever.

AB has reached or he thinks he has reached a stage where he can do anything and is not answerable to anyone. The video with Jia Khan and AB that is flashed on TV or the net is sufficient to conclude this. It makes a quiet and peaceful evening with family unbearable. It makes relationships complex and it poisons the psyche with pollutants. It is repulsive to watch an 18 yr old not look at a 60 yr old like a kid looking at her grandfather but like a lust bitten bytch soliciting an oldie. It is disgusting to watch AB play this part and even more annoying to hear him defend his actions in the garb that he is only an actor. Check it out, in case you have not so far…

And to top this, he has the audacity to say, “Senility does not signify end of desire”. Are we to assume he agrees with his character? That he harbors such desires for younger girls? That he promotes men his age have such thoughts or fantasies? Old men may need love, care, affection or anything else…but for God sake, do we need to show a 60yr old with an 18 yr old? Instead of admonishing the very repulsive idea from his own or her mind, is it right to show him stroking it, fanaticizing it? Can’t we show wholesome emotions of care between a senior citizen and a child each protecting the other? Or is it that just because Kevin Spacey performed the role in American Beauty, someone else in Lolita or yet someone in some other Hollywood movie, we should think of it as modern or progressive or right or art? His words will haunt him for the rest of his life and I hope they do. He has succeeded in killing the pure and protective bonds of affection and love that existed between a grand father and a girl his grand daughter’s age and encouraged its transformation to something sick, repulsive and disgusting ….!!

Sure it is only a movie and sure it is only AB….In fact ordinarily, people like AB would otherwise hold no significance. However, in the world we have made, we pay a domestic worker who cleans the dirt off our homes a few hundred rupees whereas we pay these entertainment workers who inflict our minds with pollutants and who offend our sensibilities with millions of rupees. We live in a world where the media promotes such individuals and companies use such people as brand ambassadors. The actor compromises his values for money and garbs it as “Acting”; the director compromises his values for money and garbs it as “entertainment” knowing fully well that curious or corky minds will like to watch this filth and controversies could lead to some more money; the companies give contracts to such individuals because media publicizes such movies or such actors as doing a great artistic job thus increasing viewership and ratings. Everyone compromises for money and the looser is the individual as well as society. Everyone in the chain raises his hand up and says he is only a professional; sure he is but he is also a father, a grandfather, a teacher….he is expected to protect values not offend them. He is expected to promote wholesome emotions between the old and the young like those of protective feelings, feelings of care and affection, NOT feelings of desire. Realizing this does not take intelligence. It requires responsible behavior.

Each and every one of us owes our existence to the society we live in. We must know that Modernism is not mutilation of all delicate and pristine bonds. Modernism is maintaining your boundaries in thoughts and action even in a world of materialism. Freedom is not realization of all fantasies however filthy but feeling for society and doing your duty as a good Samaritan giving back to society what it has given you so far.

This hypocrisy of going to temples, churches and mosques and making a public display of religious inclinations have no meaning if we loose our sense of human values - of what is right or wrong, good or bad and displace our priorities. Surely if money is so important to the Bachchan family we all can contribute a rupee for his fund and he would get 1 billion rupees.

All thinking people who have a vision to see the impact of such immoral and irresponsible behavior will ban such movies because they know this is not art. It is some stinking fart.

Listen Abhishek, Shweta….tell your dad you feel ashamed of his new avatar. Tell him he owes MORE to society than any other ordinary man or woman because he has been given a lot by all of us. Tell him to not let his image be self immolated or murder his image ….tell him to retire while his glory is unscathed, let him not commit this kind of a suicide, please…. And please note - I am NOT an SRK fan; I have always been an AB fan!! Although, lately I may have to reevaluate who wins the character debate.

As to Nishabd - take it from me, it will be a SUPER FLOP movie. People from all corners of the world will be offended by this movie. And that is the truth. What remains to be seen is how far reputed actors who have such a wide reach will go and how they will use this power…..Their actions will determine their true character….End of Nisha’s letter 

So guys and gals, do you agree with what Nisha has to say? Do let me know….