Life began in 76…but my memory goes back to early 80’s when I remember seeing this iconic man in front of my eyes…in cinema hall..my mom was not much of his fan..she was a movie buff..she liked going to theatre and see movies..and each time they went they took us along..initially I guess my brothers first movie was Ramayan / Mahabharatha..i am not sure of the title…I was too small to rem anything..that was in Maratha Mandir,Mumbai. Then first movie that I remember I saw is Gandhi..in my hometown and from here my memory starts..we used to go to all Amitabh movies..basically because we were his fan..my brother was a major reason..he decided the movie and we went..same as he decided my story books..he liked Chacha chaoudhary so he told me to buy the same and in hindi …in class 1..i dint knew how to read hindi and I liked Pinki in english..but he used to coax me and used to read books for me too..but then I realised we both like him..his movies gave us a thrill, a reason to talk, a reason to behave the way we did, after the movie we had good 4-5 days discussion on the whole movie..we had to enact the fight scenes at home…both of us..were AMITABH..no one was Amjad Khan..me being a girl was not anyone..I was Amitabh..too…villains were all the pillows and plants and anything that came our way..in the house..the movies I remember seeing in those times were..Shan, Naseeb in Mumbai…then Mard…I rem the introduction song..when Amitabh comes up from Tonga…Badal and shera..and the song..Mard taange wala hoon……..i rem the whole atmosphere in the theatre and my another love…Horse and Dog…I rem all the dogs we bought from street after that when we were small were named Shera / Sheru…since then…till I got my last dog in 1999 (another street dog from my insititute of science, where I was pursuing my PG, the dog and his mom and his sis were all my friends..i named him Sandy and his sis Pepsi…I bought Sandy home…Pepsi was taken care off by me in college...)… I rem I practised whole day to be able to whistle with my fingers in my mouth…whole saliva thing on my dress and hand…one whole day and by evening I cud whistle..with my thumb and fore finger, thumb and middle finger, thumb and ring finger and thumb and little finger..the only thing I cudt do was by one finger alone..haha..
Then another movie that I remember nicely was Mahan..and I rem the old Amitabh being lashed…then Adalat…I rem Amitabh walking on the street with his bag..( I dint quiet understand the movie that time..but beard and Amitabh and Court is what I remember), Akhiri Raasta ,…I learned riding bike…all Bullet, yezdi, Samurai, bajaj, splendor…only because Meenakshi rode bike in this movie with Amitabh watchin her..he made me “Phoolan Devi of my Insitiute..”Shehenshah…”Mukhtar singh ka naam tho suna hoga…” are the two movies I remember as a child..when I was just growing and anything I saw was making impact on my mind..anything that I read and understood was directly going in my brain to remember..infact till 1991 I don’t remember I had seen any movie in theatre which did not had Amitabh in it.I guess it made me a better human being and also a King in my life..(not Queen)..i am a rough, hard, strong, born to rule attitude type person…because his films made us such..his film never made us cry and screem at pain, his dialogues…”Mard ko dard nahin hota”…”sawal jis jaban mein kiya jaye jawab bhi usi jaban mein deneka”…”Main aaj bhi fenke hue paise nahin uthatha”.. or..the fight with God, or care for mom’s in the movie..care for brother, sister, friend…care for animals, made me a better person..he made me believe that one can live a life without waiting for others to come and help, he made me believe one can live a happy successful life..by believing in himself…the time when Rakhi and he decided to go thr destined way in Kabhi Kabhi made me believe values for elders and correct decision in life..made me believe that Family matter, family name matters…
This is a tribute to all those movies gone by which I can see hundred times over and over again…for me my life stopped there and my era stopped there..they say some good movies like Lagan shud be shown in IIM for better management gurus..I SAY ALL AMITABH MOVIES SHOULD BE SHOWN IN SCHOOL AND AT HOME TO CHILDREN WHO ARE GROWING TO MAKE CHILDREN BETTER HUMAN-BEING…
Regards
Neha Srivastava-Kulshrestha
Indian
Ghana
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