All the fans standing outside 'Pratiksha' waiting for his darshan did not translate into money when Amitabh was down and wanted it most. When Amitji lay in financial ruin, The magic was lost. The money was gone. Fans deserted him in droves. Amitabh was alone. (Mein aur meri tanhaayi)
Just when all looked lost, in walked a starry eyed Amar Singh and introduced hope, and the Ambani connection into Amitji's life (and those large superstitious rings on his fingers.) The success of KBC that followed, rekindled his celebrity, fan following, and brought endorsements, movie offers - and wealth - back into Big B's life.
It may be difficult for us fans to comprehend but most of Amitji's assets today are essentially post KBC (and post ABCL bankruptcy). All the block busters - including Deewar and Sholay - from his golden years, and nostalgic dewy eyed fans like us, dont translate to money on his balance sheet. We are mere Goodwill! ("Oof tumhare oosul, tumhare adarsh. Kis kaam ke hai tumhare is oosul jo ek waqt ki roti tak nahi bana sakta?")
The hard knocks of life taught him that we fans are fickle. Here today, gone tomorrow. It is money, that keeps his - much like our - life going.
Amitji strode the world of cinema churning blockbusters for the best of 4 long decades! He left us spell bound all these years making us feel like Alice in wonderland. Every time we went to the theaters and looked at the silver screen he gave us one magical performance after another. He rarely failed us. He gifted us some of life's greatest moments. And some of our fondest memories.
At 64, and with time running out, Amitabh realizes that his best years are behind him. He has more years lived, than left.
All good things in life come to an end. However hard he tries, he may never be able to produce another Deewar or Sholay. Not even one last time. Not even for us.
All the great dialogue writers, sriptwriters and directors of his hey days are no longer around. The hey days themselves have long gone by. Times have changed. Tastes have changed. People have changed. The industry itself had changed. Even the reigning Shahenshah of Bollywood has changed!!
All good things in life come to an end. Amitabh has accepted this reality.
Only one thing remains the same - Our expectations of him.
Perhaps it is time we changed too.
Lets enjoy his talents, voice, songs, his mere presence, the happiness of seeing him on TV and films while we still can. In addition to being his, and our, passion - his acting also happens to be his livelihood. Lets not begrudge him that by holding his every role against our stringent moral expectations.
Lets celebrate and enjoy Amitabh's talents while we still can.
What more could we ask for: first a sensational Guru and now beautiful Eklavya..........we love u Mani and Vidhu...and special thanks to abhishek and amitabh sir...
these days any movie can be called hit by manipulating facts..manipulate press, manipulate critics, manipulate grossing and what not..! ABjr is in bollywood only because of ABsr. ABjr acted well in Guru but in other films he is dumb.. in bluffmaster, ritesh is scene stiller and in Dhoom it is Roshanjr. ABjr should stop working with any other actor and should only focus on single hero films.
Yes, i liked Guru. Abhi chose the right role for himself this time, he also was good in SARKAAR. He hasn't got romantic type of looks or posture so he should stick to serious type of roles, leave romantic roles for KHANS, now the problem is that KHANS are getting old as well, indeed bollywood needs fresh fasces from outside bollywood crowd.
RE:ABHISHEK is GURU ! AMITABH is MAHA GURU
by Ranvir Kumar on Feb 23, 2007 12:42 AM
HERE IS A QUOTE FROM THE SAME STORY... ''On the other hand, Salaam-e-Ishq is ending its run in the US and UK with a whopping combined $3.5 million, about 15% more than Guru. Nikhil Advani's multistarrer Ishq grossed about $2 million in North America alone. SO MUCH FOR YR GURU WHO ALSO HAS TO SAY SALAM TO ISHQ !! He He///
RE:RE:ABHISHEK is GURU ! AMITABH is MAHA GURU
by sss rrr on Feb 24, 2007 03:32 PM
most important fact: SEI is of budget 27 crores,collected 22 cr in India Guru budget:12 crore, collected 50 cr and most importantly SEI was a pain the A@$, but i find people like you only to be hating guru...or even good movies like this and u people love the same ronna, dhonna and sonna movies
RE:RE:ABHISHEK is GURU ! AMITABH is MAHA GURU
by Benedict Fernandes on Feb 23, 2007 12:45 PM
salam e ishq was a multistarrer my dear and Guru was a solo hero...
RE:RE:ABHISHEK is GURU ! AMITABH is MAHA GURU
by Mad Dixit on Feb 23, 2007 12:44 PM
SEI is a multi-starrer while G is single hero film. You cannot compare both. And before commenting on Guru or Mahaguru, please reflect on yourself.
RE:RE:RE:ABHISHEK is GURU ! AMITABH is MAHA GURU
by Vijay on Feb 23, 2007 09:41 PM
this is the sanskriti of people who admire the ABs. instead of sticking to the topic, they enjoy getting personal too.
abhishek is next gen x wt the life time performance in guru.only he dares to do wt various charcter in all his films.debut wt a film like refugee no other new comer would have done it.he is sexy man in bollywood wtout machoism.gen next is only abhishek&hritik. one and only competater is big b for them no khans at all.he is really guru of all.
No Doubt in GURU Abhishek has done a Great Job. Forget about Amitabh-Shahrukh Rivalry...Now time has come for Abhishek-Shahrukh tu tu mein mein.Just wait & watch
