New Delhi:
Amitabh Bachchan's latest blog post tells the heart-breaking story of how the song Kajra Re from his movie Bunty Aur Babli had a tragic connection with the terror attack in Mumbai on 26/11.
Mr Bachchan mentions that a fan, Moses from Israel, told him on Twitter how much he loved the song. In reply, Mr Bachchan said he had only recently heard an anecdote about the song, one "filled with sorrow and grief and immense irony."
This anecdote was unearthed by director Ram Gopal Varma who has been extensively researching the 26/11 attack for his next film.
Mr Bachchan writes:
"Three senior most police officers that had travelled on that fateful first day, in a police vehicle towards the Hospital where the terrorists were active, had been shot instantly and died while still in the vehicle. The vehicle had also carried two constables that escaped the firing, as they had ducked in the rear end of the Qualis behind the seating. Two of the terrorists had after the shooting of the officers, walked up to the vehicle and pulled out the bodies of the three officers, and ridden the vehicle to cause further mayhem. The two constables unknown to the two terrorists had remained in that hidden crouched position without making a sound, even though one of them had been injured by a bullet in the shooting that killed the officers.
The vehicle, now driven by the terrorists was driving along to a predetermined destination to catch up with the others in the team, when one of the hiding constables' mobile rang ! One of the terrorists, sources or Jadhav the other constable, has stated to be Kasab, now captured and in custody, turned round while driving and pumped bullets into the constable who's mobile rang, killing him. Jadhav who was pretending he was dead, lay still, inches away from his colleagues dying face, when this happened. Through communication and suspected movements of course this vehicle was abandoned by the terrorists and another family vehicle travelling on the road opposite, was forcefully stopped, its occupants removed at gunpoint, and taken over by the terrorists which then through a blockade at Girgaum Chowpaty, by the police, was intervened and that is where through the brave efforts of another constable, who took a bullet from them but grappled with Kasab, caught him alive !
And now ... for the other facts as reported ... the ring tone of that mobile phone of the constable that was shot in the Qualis ... was ... Kajara re .. !
And more ... the call he was getting, was from his Father, who wanted to know what was happening, because he was seeing and watching television that there was some trouble in Mumbai !!"
Mr Bachchan mentions that a fan, Moses from Israel, told him on Twitter how much he loved the song. In reply, Mr Bachchan said he had only recently heard an anecdote about the song, one "filled with sorrow and grief and immense irony."
This anecdote was unearthed by director Ram Gopal Varma who has been extensively researching the 26/11 attack for his next film.
Mr Bachchan writes:
"Three senior most police officers that had travelled on that fateful first day, in a police vehicle towards the Hospital where the terrorists were active, had been shot instantly and died while still in the vehicle. The vehicle had also carried two constables that escaped the firing, as they had ducked in the rear end of the Qualis behind the seating. Two of the terrorists had after the shooting of the officers, walked up to the vehicle and pulled out the bodies of the three officers, and ridden the vehicle to cause further mayhem. The two constables unknown to the two terrorists had remained in that hidden crouched position without making a sound, even though one of them had been injured by a bullet in the shooting that killed the officers.
The vehicle, now driven by the terrorists was driving along to a predetermined destination to catch up with the others in the team, when one of the hiding constables' mobile rang ! One of the terrorists, sources or Jadhav the other constable, has stated to be Kasab, now captured and in custody, turned round while driving and pumped bullets into the constable who's mobile rang, killing him. Jadhav who was pretending he was dead, lay still, inches away from his colleagues dying face, when this happened. Through communication and suspected movements of course this vehicle was abandoned by the terrorists and another family vehicle travelling on the road opposite, was forcefully stopped, its occupants removed at gunpoint, and taken over by the terrorists which then through a blockade at Girgaum Chowpaty, by the police, was intervened and that is where through the brave efforts of another constable, who took a bullet from them but grappled with Kasab, caught him alive !
And now ... for the other facts as reported ... the ring tone of that mobile phone of the constable that was shot in the Qualis ... was ... Kajara re .. !
And more ... the call he was getting, was from his Father, who wanted to know what was happening, because he was seeing and watching television that there was some trouble in Mumbai !!"
