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The Bachchan factor
An irony is brought to Bhogle's notice.
'Mai pal do pal' was filmed on Amitabh Bachchan, the man whose tweet about a telecast last year reportedly led to the commentator's exit. Bachchan felt the commentators should have spoken more about Indian players. It was an oblique reference to Bhogle. Dhoni shared Bachchan's tweet and fanned the flames.
"We are different people in different situations," Bhogle says ..
An irony is brought to Bhogle's notice.
'Mai pal do pal' was filmed on Amitabh Bachchan, the man whose tweet about a telecast last year reportedly led to the commentator's exit. Bachchan felt the commentators should have spoken more about Indian players. It was an oblique reference to Bhogle. Dhoni shared Bachchan's tweet and fanned the flames.
"We are different people in different situations," Bhogle says ..
When I was in college in Hyderabad, and if his film was releasing on Friday, a friend of mine would bunk class on Monday to get tick ets for the Saturday show.I also admired him for the dignity with which he carried himself. And I said in the message to him that given a chance, I will be happy to come and explain things to him." Bhogle says Bachchan sent him a delayed but long reply. He does not reveal what the message said. "It was polite," Bhogle says.
Bhogle, however, maintains it is worrisome that there is growing acceptance that broadcasters should align themselves on one side. "What I did explain [to Bachchan] was that on the Hindi telecast, we were very India-centric, though not biased, because the telecast was going only to this market. But we couldn't do that with the English telecast, as it was going to various countries. In the past, Indian listeners would get angry when foreign commentators did not speak enough about the Indian team. ..
Bhogle, however, maintains it is worrisome that there is growing acceptance that broadcasters should align themselves on one side. "What I did explain [to Bachchan] was that on the Hindi telecast, we were very India-centric, though not biased, because the telecast was going only to this market. But we couldn't do that with the English telecast, as it was going to various countries. In the past, Indian listeners would get angry when foreign commentators did not speak enough about the Indian team. ..
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