a super star celebrated his 70th birthday recently. now tell me... what makes him so special? isnt he in our face all the time? hasn't his magnanimity been diluted by the countless appearances on the idiot box? this man, this hero, has the nation eating out of his palms every weekend... wouldnt it have been better if those same palms had been feeding some destitute somewhere? we prayed for his speedy recovery when his life was threatened years ago... but does he pray for the speedy recovery of our loved ones? then why this fascination? why this furor?
you know.. dont get me wrong.. i love him too... in fact i know his movie dialogues by heart and still cry during certain movie scenes.... but shouldnt the buck stop right there? he is entertainment. its his job to entertain. he is getting paid an obscene amount of money to entertain. so why should i bother about his birthday when he definitely doesnt bother about mine? there must be so many people who are born on the same day... arent they important enough to know about? why should their celebration be eclipsed by this gigantic personality?
even in history, we have two great personalities born on Oct 2nd... (gandhi & lal bahadur shastri). but while the country and the world goes ga ga over one... the other goes unnoticed. though the latter has been a prime minister of our country. how many newspapers thought it worthy to even dedicate one column space to him instead of the one man who has lost his appeal over the years.
how many of you were born on Oct 11th and wish that for once you could celebrate in style... shout out to the world that you do exists! it was really heart warming to see all the people who came out of hibernation to wish him... but tell me.. do these same people even care? was it just another opportunity to be seen and heard? does the super star call them up and say, "hey buddy, what you doing tonight? wanna hang out?" in that respect... arent we all luckier?
he has been blessed with an amazing talent... and thank god for that... or else where would we be without our veeru-jai friendship, or our lovable sharabi? who would have wiped our tears when he sang to his sweetheart over the phone? who would have taught us that romance does not see any age and you can woo your lady even in front of your grand-kids? being legendary is one thing... but creating hype around the legend is another.
so here's wishing a big happy birthday to all those who are born on Oct 11th.... may your life be as glorious as his party was.
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