NEW DELHI: He is well known and well loved the world over as Bollywood’s shahenshah, however, Amitabh Bachchan still prefers being known as the son of late Indian poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan. Amitabh has stated recently that although he has been in the public eye for a long long time, he feels as if he has no legacy of his own as he feels his father’s legacy is much greater.
In an interview he stated, “It is coming on to 50 years in public life… That is as far as I am personally concerned… But I have been in the public life from the day I was born. I was always the son of Dr Harivansh Rai Bachchan, eminent poet and litterateur, him having a public presence far greater than mine.”
“I have no legacy… My father’s legacy is what I am interested in and I shall try always to further it.”
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Amitabh who is now 75 has always enjoyed his father’s work which he talks about on his own blog and recites popular pieces like Madhushala since he hopes to pass all this wisdom down to his own son. “Memories with my father and time spent with him are personal… But yes, lessons learnt from him would certainly be passed on to Abhishek,” he added.
When asked whether he thought the lessons were being passed on to his grandchildren he said, “These are family-oriented. Each family has their own conduct and behaviour, and they are executed in a manner where the next generation continues the legacy of the past. One prays and hopes that this temperament continues for posterity too.”
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Talking about his own journey to stardom Big B said, “I never dreamt of being where I am today, not that I am in some special space now, but dreams of the young are never constant, at least mine never were. We keep imagining things according to prevailing circumstances. And circumstances keep changing rapidly.”
In the end the legend of cinema concluded by stating that, “Criticism is healthy. If not, we would all be living in a Utopian world, and we know that is not possible. Abuse, negativity, criticism are the most important elements of our growth. We must know what the rest of the world is thinking of us and our work, and learn from those outputs. It’s like failure; unless you fail, you will never know what success is.”
