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Showing posts with label Amitabh Bachchan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amitabh Bachchan. Show all posts
I watch Akshay and Salman: Big B
>> Wednesday, September 30, 2009
After Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), why did you choose to return to the small screen with Bigg Boss season three? Salman, Akshay, yourself - the big screen's big stars are looking at small screen shows. What according to you makes it so viable?
Amitabh Bachchan: These are all personal choices and the Colors channel came to me with the proposal i seem to like what they had in mind and I accepted it and yes its wonderful to see many colleagues of mine whether it is Salman or Akshay or Shah Rukh, all getting into the business. I think creativity is something that should always be challenged and I would assume that they are all looking upon it as a challenge they need to fulfill.
What's so fascinating about Big Boss?
Amitabh Bachchan: Yes, I just felt that it was rather unusual to have 13 people live within a very enclosed area for a period of 3 months and what really would go on in their minds and hearts and their behaviour were they to be put in such strenuous circumstances and it would be interesting to probe each one of them or the ones that got evicted and what it was that ....
Reality shows have come in for a lots of criticism. Should a regulator look into content?
Amitabh Bachchan: Yes, I guess anything that anybody does is always going to be controversial or be criticised. So long as we are within the law of the country within the rules and regulations of the country, I don't see any harm.
Do you watch any other reality shows?
Amitabh Bachchan: I am going to do that a lot now after my own is over. But no, I have been watching a lot of the shows I've watched KBC when I was not doing it I watch Akshay's and I watch Salman's. They are all very interesting and so full of life.
You started off television with KBC. Now to Big Boss, but can TV ever match the thrill of films?
Amitabh Bachchan: I don't think that is really correct, Rajdeep, I think that it is a completely different format. It is a format where your lines are not given to you before hand. It is a format where you are not defying the character, you have to be yourself and of course be able to conduct the show in as smooth and as efficient a manner as possible. In many respects we have regard for people like you because you are doing this all the time and for us its huge labour. But I think that it's very enjoyable to be able to get out of that format of films and to be in front of television and do live. That is wonderful.
If I may ask, how much are you getting paid?
Amitabh Bachchan: You're allowed to ask me But also I am not allowed to tell you.
You've done it all - what next?
Amiabh Bachchan: I wait everyday for some kind of challenge. I hope there is somebody there listening to me and willing to offer me something new. It's always very enthralling to attempt something new something different and as artists who are in the creative field I think we would die if we didn't have something new to do everyday.
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Amitabh Bachchan: These are all personal choices and the Colors channel came to me with the proposal i seem to like what they had in mind and I accepted it and yes its wonderful to see many colleagues of mine whether it is Salman or Akshay or Shah Rukh, all getting into the business. I think creativity is something that should always be challenged and I would assume that they are all looking upon it as a challenge they need to fulfill.
What's so fascinating about Big Boss?
Amitabh Bachchan: Yes, I just felt that it was rather unusual to have 13 people live within a very enclosed area for a period of 3 months and what really would go on in their minds and hearts and their behaviour were they to be put in such strenuous circumstances and it would be interesting to probe each one of them or the ones that got evicted and what it was that ....
Reality shows have come in for a lots of criticism. Should a regulator look into content?
Amitabh Bachchan: Yes, I guess anything that anybody does is always going to be controversial or be criticised. So long as we are within the law of the country within the rules and regulations of the country, I don't see any harm.
Do you watch any other reality shows?
Amitabh Bachchan: I am going to do that a lot now after my own is over. But no, I have been watching a lot of the shows I've watched KBC when I was not doing it I watch Akshay's and I watch Salman's. They are all very interesting and so full of life.
You started off television with KBC. Now to Big Boss, but can TV ever match the thrill of films?
Amitabh Bachchan: I don't think that is really correct, Rajdeep, I think that it is a completely different format. It is a format where your lines are not given to you before hand. It is a format where you are not defying the character, you have to be yourself and of course be able to conduct the show in as smooth and as efficient a manner as possible. In many respects we have regard for people like you because you are doing this all the time and for us its huge labour. But I think that it's very enjoyable to be able to get out of that format of films and to be in front of television and do live. That is wonderful.
If I may ask, how much are you getting paid?
Amitabh Bachchan: You're allowed to ask me But also I am not allowed to tell you.
You've done it all - what next?
Amiabh Bachchan: I wait everyday for some kind of challenge. I hope there is somebody there listening to me and willing to offer me something new. It's always very enthralling to attempt something new something different and as artists who are in the creative field I think we would die if we didn't have something new to do everyday.
The Bachchans support going green but drive in gas Guzzlers
>> Wednesday, July 8, 2009
he Bachchan family is often seeing driving around in their sport utility vans (SUVs). Amitabh Bachchan owns a Lexus SUV and is often seen driving around in it to work and even to social events.
Not just Bachchan Sr, even Abhishek and Aishwarya are seen in their bulky SUVs zipping from their studios to home.
During the recent award function for which Big B is a Brand ambassador the family was quite vocal about their concern for the environment.Just talk?
Amitabh and Abhishek were heard talking about the need to control the emission of toxic gases, at the green carpet associated with the event. Even though there isn't a ban or a regulatory control on SUVs in India; according to a recent bill passed by the United States, the government plans to phase out oversized SUVs in order to reduce global emissions of carbon dioxide.
Funny how...
A industrywala says, "It is funny how they talk about global warming and eco-friendly means of travel, but when it comes to implementing it themselves, they fail miserably."
Change? What change?
If the current fleet of 25-40 million sport utility vehicles (SUVs) in the United States were to shift to more fuel efficient cars, such as those available in Europe, more than 1.6 billion people in the world currently living in the dark can be provided electrification without any increase in the levels of greenhouse gases that lead to climate change. India, for decades, has demanded at the UN climate negotiations that it must be given a greater 'carbon space' in the atmosphere to allow its 600 million poor access to electricity. The industrialised nations have argued that if India grows and powers its poor, the already limited space left in the atmosphere to spew out GHG gases would lead to irreversible and dangerous climate change.
Amithabhs green mantra: Get rid of Cellphone!
>> Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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GURGAON, INDIA: In this time, it may not sound like a good idea, but that was what Bollywood legend Amithabh Bachchan had to tell while talking about the word 'green', at function here today, in connection with the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, which will be organized at the Venetian, Macau (China) on June 13GURGAON, INDIA: In this time, it may not sound like a good idea, but that was what Bollywood legend Amithabh Bachchan had to tell while talking about the word 'green', at function here today, in connection with the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, which will be organized at the Venetian, Macau (China) on June 13.
After planting a sapling as part of the green initiative of IIFA, when the Bollywood superstar and brand ambassador of IIFA was asked whether the event could have been made 'greener', he said, "To go green you should get rid of the mobile phone that you are using!"
However, immediately he clarified that there are many issues in environmental field that need to be addressed and all precautions needs to be taken.
"You have to realize that there is dichotomy in our lives. We have to make progress and for progress we need to have technology but at the same time we have to be careful about environmental flaws that technology creates," said the senior Bachchan.
With this example of mobile phone, Bachchan stressed upon the need of progress and need for technology even though they need not always be green. He cited example of the United States to give weight to his statement.
"The maximum number of environmental deficiency comes from one of the most progressive country of the world, USA. But that does not stop them from initiating the cause, talking about it and making us aware. We are aware that we need to introduce certain elements in our progress, development and technology that are environment friendly. If we do away with technology entirely, we will not be able to make progress and progress is important," said Bachchan.
Incidentally,Idea Cellular, of which junior Bachchan, Abhishek, is the brand ambassador, is the sponsor of the IIFA Award.
In contrast to the statement made by Amithabh Bachchan, Pradeep Shrivastava, chief marketing officer, Idea Cellular said, "Mobile phones and green are not contrary things. Product like mobile reaches out any message, including the green message, to millions of people. What is wrong in that? It is the way you look at it."
He also said that in the last financial year Idea had 45 million mobile phone subscribers and registered turnover of Rs 11,000 crore approximately.
Supporting the stand of Shrivastava, Sabbas Joseph, director, IIFA and host of the event said, "When you travel by cars or flights, that also would add to the pollution. You should use the technology that will help in reducing pollution. You cannot eliminate it." He added that IIFA is conscious for making effort to save earth.
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