Big B gets candid... with Tellywatch

It is a powerful political or a semi-political family and these obvious comparisons come up. But it is a not a deliberate effort.

I admire…

Oliver stone who made JFK because I believe that to be one of his most brilliant works, who actually went behind the assassination of JFK and put across a theory, which when I came out of the theatre I actually believed that it was true; though the formal version is totally opposite of that . But I think that's what freedom of expression and its interpretation truly is.
And I think that as a democratic nation, we need to exercise it more often.

And politics…

Is not my scene. . I am as apolitical as anyone. I have not said anything political or been on any political platform since I stated that I would never enter politics again. I have friends who are affiliated and who are politicians and are close to people; my wife is a member of the Rajya Sabha but I have no such intentions and I have never ever indulged in any political activity. Yes, inferences get drawn and I have arguments to refute that .. it's for people to accept it or not .

Being a public figure…

You learn to give in to some of the things that are going to be associated with you as a public figure. You have to accept that. Sometimes that's what you have been working for all your life. You want people to come and notice you, to see you, to wave to you, say nice things to you, when they shall when away as you age and your popularity gets defeated, you will miss it. It's prominently noticeable in my own career because I have had the good fortune to be there for 4 decades. And I can see the enthusiasm and the excitement among masses is not there. That was there in the 70's and in the 80's, 90's. But this is a very natural process.

And yes, I write my own blogs. I can invite you to come and sit with me while I write them but that would be very uninspirational I am afraid, but I do write my own blogs. . I feel that it is a commitment that I have made to my fans somewhere inside of me. I may well not write it everyday but I feel that that there is a sense of commitment that I must do it everyday. And now I get responses when they don't find my blog when they open the net at the appointed hour… because sometimes I get delayed at work or I sit up late and write it or start writing it and finish it early morning. So that is very encouraging. I write it because I found a medium through which I could keep in touch with my fans on a one-to-one basis. I never had this medium before. The only other medium I had was the post or the odd meeting on the street or the odd photograph or the autograph I signed when I went in to the crowd.

And the four of us working together…that would be very exciting. There are many projects that people come and talk to us about where they want all the four of us. If there is something credible… because … its easy to convince three members of this family. It's very difficult to convince Jaya because she is extremely selective and very cautious of what she does. If she is not convinced in her mind about something and if it doesn't come, as strongly it could be something very irrelevant, but if doesn't come across strongly in her mind… she would not associate with it. So that's the only hurdle… in this expedition.