Veteran Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan has been very honest and vocal about the struggles he faces on his personal blog. From narrating how coronavirus has affected his mental health to facing vision issues, he has bared it all out in the open.
As per a report in TOI, the megastar had recently expressed his anxiety over finding new work opportunities amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This concern arose out of Bombay High Court’s rejection of the two circulars issued by the Maharashtra Government that barred senior film and TV artists above the age of 65 from shooting or other related work.
He reflected on the situation in his blog post and said that it may be “packers” for him in the film industry and wondered if there are any other alternate career options for him. Here’s what he wrote:-
There are of course many other anxieties that trouble the mind. Government authorities have stipulated that those at 65 age and above cannot go out to work .. a few days back that age limit was reduced even further to 50 yrs ..For people like me my profession and my 78 yrs, its packers then ! The Film body that formally we are all associated with did put in a counter to that in the Courts and I believe the Honourable High Court has disallowed the age limit restrictions and so for the moment those above 50 are safe to work .. but Courts and Legal procedures take time and I wonder what shall come out of it ..
Are there any alternate work jobs for me , that the Ef could in their kindness suggest, in case everything does down in the Courts ??
Interestingly, HT reports that Big B then received a mock job offer which amused the actor quite a bit. He took to his blog to share the offer letter, writing, “Expect the unexpected from the Ef ever ..and one such brightness evolves in this creativity which kind of reflects one of my posers in the Blog.”
The fan suggested that the actor should either “become the president of the United States” or “open a Peace Shop” to “sell Peace”. The fan in the letter also drafted a detailed flowchart that would help in preparation for the venture. Check it out here:-
Dear Mr. Amitabh Bachchan,
Re: Your Application for an alternate job vide Day 4539
In view of the permanent kind of temporary moratorium on work imposed on you by the governance due to your age, and the loss of revenue caused by the same, we are pleased to inform you that your application for an alternate job is temporarily under review for permanent reasons…
(By the way, before we forget, please register our request that if you understand anything of what we are saying, please let us know too…)
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Long ago, when we were growing at a rapid rate – when half pants became a quarter in less than half the time – everything was temporary…
Studying was temporary, games were temporary,
Crying was temporary, annoyance was temporary,
Time was temporary…
We lived in the temporary…
Today, there are signboards at each post, saying the same thing –
‘We are temporarily closed due to Corona’
As if we didn’t know…
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But what they don’t say when they are in business is that –
‘We are temporarily open due to good times…’
Which, I guess, is a fact that is taken for granted…
I realized this during the long power outage last week during the gale and thunder storm… Food, electricity, drinking water, air, sunlight etc…. everything is here for the moment…
Nothing is near, nothing is far, everything is temporary…
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So, here is our offer –
Sir,
if you wish to do nothing, yet you want to feel as if you are something, then we suggest that you become the President of the United States…
But if you want to do something which will last forever, then we suggest that you open a Peace Shop… Sell Peace… that shop can never go out of business…
Let us draft a flowchart for you to prepare for the venture…
1) Vision – To provide a rolling plan for ways and means to acquire and sustain peace…
2) Mission – Make sure that it remains a rolling plan… Peace alive is peace dead…
3) Amis and Objectives – Define Peace, develop immeasurable standards for peace, and draft governance models for ensuring that the standards are impossible to achieve…
4) Policies – Develop and enforce codes of conduct which will make the objectives happen…
5) Systems – Draft and build an organisation of functions which are both horizontally and vertically indefinite… Make sure that everything and everyone is included…
6) Procedures – Develop and establish procedures for each function such that no single procedure is standalone… every procedure must rely on another to produce results…
7) Standards – Establish standards for each procedure… Make sure that the standards are not auditable… we live in a democracy… Use the preamble to beat audits…
8) Codes of Practice – Adopt all new codes of practice… Remember, history is recorded for telling us what has been defeated in the past… Historical successes are compromised…
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We sincerely hope that you will lead our temporary enterprise… We will wrap it up as soon as it shows signs of positive results…
Looking forward to your favourable response, and assuring you of our best services at all times,
We remain,
Yours truly,
Sd/-
At the end of the blog post, Big B wrote, “🤣🤣🤣 my job is now insured ..” You can read the complete blog post here.
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