Amitabh Bachchan opens up on the the effects of ageing in simple everyday tasks like wearing trousers: 'The bravado tells you to go ahead...'

Amitabh Bachchan often pens down his reflections on life through his personal blog, and in his latest entry, the legendary actor opened up about the realities of aging. At 82, Big B shared how everyday tasks, once effortless, now demand extra care and mindfulness.

He admitted that even the most basic routines aren’t as simple anymore. His doctors, for instance, have advised him to always sit down while putting on trousers to avoid losing balance. He also confessed to realizing the need for “handle bars” around the house, as even bending to pick up a piece of paper requires deliberate effort.


Writing candidly, he expressed on his blog, “It’s just that now the routines programmed for the day are hounded by the routines of medication and essentials to be done .. get the pranayaam – प्राणायाम – the mild yoga , right .. do the mobility at the gym to be able to walk the talk and talk the walk .. to get the balances right .. the body gradually begins to loose its balance and there is a need to work on it to check and improve .. Some routines that were there earlier , seem to suggest that because it was done some years ago, it shall be a cake walk to initiate them again..NAH .. no baby ..Just one days absence and the pains and the mobility goes for a very long walk .. it is a wonder that the normal actions, earlier, now require the mind to think before they can be exercised."

He revealed how even doctors advise him to take extra care in his day-to-day activities. “Simple acts .. putting on the trousers ..the Doctors advise please Mr Bachchan, sit down and wear them .. do not try to stand while you put them on , you could lose balance and fall ..And inside I sort of smile in disbelief .. until I find they were so right .. that simple act that came so naturally earlier is now governed by a selective routine ..Handle bars ..Oh boy .. !!!! you need them all over to hold and steady thy body before any physical act .. just the simplest of them being bending down to pick up that piece of paper that had flown off your desk with the breeze."

The actor reflected further on how aging slows down the very rhythm of life: “The bravado tells you to go ahead .. until you realise .. goodness , its a major problem .. the rapidity of its performing has slowed down with uncertainty ..readers of this shall have a small smirk and a hidden laugh at all that I express ..BUT ..dearest dears .. may none of you mat have to go through this .. but let me tell you ..IT SHALL HAPPEN .. TO ALL OF US ..I wish it does not .. but in time it shall ..We all go downward the day we are brought into this World .. the down trend begins at birth …Sad .. but it is the reality of living and life …Youth races through life’s challenges with aplomb ..Age .. suddenly speed brakes your vehicle and tells you, apply the brakes to avoid the accelerated bump when you drive the vehicle of LIFE .."

Accepting the inevitability of aging, Bachchan added, “A loss worth loosing ..Your presence and job has been done and appreciated .. now break off .. and prepare .. !!! Ahhhhh .. sounding far too morbid and unserving .. but the fault lies in the haunting chants that have been presented to me by Shweta."

On work front, Bachchan is currently busy with the latest season of 'Kaun Banega Crorepati'. As far as movies are concerned, he was last seen in Prabhas, Deepika Padukone starrer 'Kalki 2989 AD'.
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