AMITABH BACHCHAN
Confesses To Radio Sargam

I have always looked at every day as it comes. I look at the days and not the year as a whole… it is the days that make a year. If the days are good, the year is good -- simple. That way, the year 2000 is of great significance to me, and is in a way, a year of resurrection.

For one, I got to be a part of one of the biggest hits, Mohabbatein and for another, it was the year of the biggest game show on Indian television, KBC.

Mohabbatein was a great feeling and when Narayan Shankar became a household name, I felt young all over again. It also felt wonderful to be in the Chopra camp after nearly two decades Working with Adi (Chopra) has been equally wonderful. And now, it is a fantastic experience to be directed by a boy who grew in front of my own eyes!

Mohabbatein was nothing different in the sense that I give my best to every role I play… Here, it felt great as this role was written for me. Mohabbatein gave my career a fresh lease of life. And that makes all the difference.

Today the directors will be more willing to offer me good roles.

Coming to KBC, it is another landmark in my life today. A move where I went small and grew big again! When I was first approached for the show, I was very apprehensive of coming down to the small screen. As a part of their coaxing programme, Star Plus flew me down to London to watch the shooting of the original. It seemed great so I thought of going for it. And fortunately for me… and Siddharth Basu, things have worked fantastically well.

The biggest difference between doing films and this show is that there is the absence of the script. Here I am, I , me and myself holding the show for an hour with no script to support me. Except for the first bit where I give the sermon, there's no script in KBC. That is why, doing a show like KBC is thousand times difficult than doing a film. The camera is on you all the while. Here I have to be very alert, and also not be conscious… I have to remain at ease and make the participant feel comfortable.

The best part is the reactions I get from people with whom I talk on the phone. It is really touching to see the love and the respect that I get from them. To me, the amazing part of TV what I think was a revelation to me was its immense reach. So many people across so many countries get connected to a show at the same time and that's more interesting to me. In films, all I have to do is to say everything that the writer asks me to. In that sense, all this si very different and interesting too.

On Abhishek Bachchan
My parents for that matter… they are in their nineties, but they are very protective about me! I guess Jaya and I too share the same feeling for Abhishek. However, Abhishek is a loner of a kind. He prefers to be in his own small world and make his own decisions. As a matter of fact, so far he has never come to us to seek any guidance in terms of acting. I think he has to be left alone and since he has a long way to go, the best way is to leave him on his own!

On being waxed at the Madame Tussaud's
It is a great achievement! Not for me as a person though, but for the entire film industry. I think it has been the love and the respect of the audience here that I have been able to achieve all this. Without them, I would never be where I am.