New Delhi:
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who isrecording father Harivansh Rai Bachchan's Madhushala in hisown voice, says he misses him.
"I miss my Father. And references to his work through myimmature decibels, leaves me weak and indulgent. I repeat andrepeat and repeat and repeat- his words and his dhun in myears, and I fret the presence of any other while I do so,"Bachchan posted on his blog.
Madhushala is a book of 135 "quatrains" - verses offour lines 'ruba'i' by poet and writer Harivansh Rai Bachchan.
The highly metaphorical work has been celebrated inBachchan starrer 1990 film Agneepath, which was taken from apoem of the same name from Madhushala. The poem has alsofound resonance in the remake of the same film recently whichstarred Hrithik Roshan.
The 69-year-old actor also said that while recording theverses he despises any kind of distraction or interference.
"I wish to be free from all encumbrances. Which is whywhen I put the earphones to my hearing, and live in thatintense undisturbed atmosphere of my creation, and my Father,the ecstasy of my expression is not just the enjoyment of thesound, but the freedom from the outside undisturbed, andwithout any kind of pollution of external forces. Anotherworld comes up. And this is the world that you wish to live infor that moment," he said.
"And so, when I miss my Father's presence, I wish toescape into his world. To be with him, to hear him, to readhim, project him the way I feel it should be. That for me isthe most effective healing of my soul," Bachchan added.
"I miss my Father. And references to his work through myimmature decibels, leaves me weak and indulgent. I repeat andrepeat and repeat and repeat- his words and his dhun in myears, and I fret the presence of any other while I do so,"Bachchan posted on his blog.
Madhushala is a book of 135 "quatrains" - verses offour lines 'ruba'i' by poet and writer Harivansh Rai Bachchan.
The highly metaphorical work has been celebrated inBachchan starrer 1990 film Agneepath, which was taken from apoem of the same name from Madhushala. The poem has alsofound resonance in the remake of the same film recently whichstarred Hrithik Roshan.
The 69-year-old actor also said that while recording theverses he despises any kind of distraction or interference.
"I wish to be free from all encumbrances. Which is whywhen I put the earphones to my hearing, and live in thatintense undisturbed atmosphere of my creation, and my Father,the ecstasy of my expression is not just the enjoyment of thesound, but the freedom from the outside undisturbed, andwithout any kind of pollution of external forces. Anotherworld comes up. And this is the world that you wish to live infor that moment," he said.
"And so, when I miss my Father's presence, I wish toescape into his world. To be with him, to hear him, to readhim, project him the way I feel it should be. That for me isthe most effective healing of my soul," Bachchan added.
