by NIKHAT KAZMI
And I wonder. Am I hallucinating, or is there a pattern in all this!!!?? This is the pertinent query that a much agitated Mr Amitabh Bachchan poses in his blog on day 705. The cause for his agitation? Sundry. The brand ambassadorship of Gujarat as a tourist destination followed by a photo-op and handshake with Narendra Modi, the salutation to Bal Thackeray in the midst of the MNS-MNIK face-off, the The Worli Sea link controversy with the Congress, the Earth hour blackout of Abhishek Bachchan….Yes, Amitabh Bachchan ko gussa phir aata hai!
So why has the famous angry young man on celluloid during the golden 1970s turned into the angry old man, in real life, in 2010? That’s because the erstwhile superstar suddenly sees himself becoming persona non-grata in certain circles which not only pertain to the political sphere? Before Mr Bachchan decodes the `pattern’ in this social distancing and sudden alienation, he must answer the paramount question: Is there a connection between art and politics or is an artist above politics and political divides?
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