"The wish is that something challenging comes up everyday. I will continue working till there is strength in my body," is how megastar Amitabh Bachchan prophesied as he turned 71 today.
Having starred in over 150 films in a career spanning more than four decades, Bachchan continues to hold sway over millions of his fans with his baritone on the big screen as well as on TV.
It was an emotional moment for the veteran actor when his two-year-old granddaughter Aaradhya wished him 'happy birthday'.
"A strange calmness descends on the eve of the clock that strikes 12 midnight... The family, the few that are in town, bring in the greetings, the 'little one' ably tutored sings a 'happy birthday' to herself first and then after suitable prompting, to me... It's these little moments that make up a birthday ... The bigger moments follow," Bachchan wrote on his blog.
Later, the actor said in a media interaction that he will continue working.
"The wish is that something challenging comes up everyday... I will continue working till there is strength in my body," Bachchan said while launching a charitable scheme in the name of his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan to provide free electricity to 3000 families through solar panels.
While writing on his blog, a reflective Bachchan noted that time seemes to be flying faster now than before.
"It is 71 now... Just last year or just the other day it was 70! The years seem to pass by faster now than they did before. There was a desire to push the pedal all along those early years, to mature, to become adult, to bring on greater age... Now you depress the brakes pedal with equal effort, and hope to stem the slide as it were... No not I.
"... I accept the years the giving up on time, on age... it shall happen to us all... That is the commonality of the process of life... We are blessed, all of us...!!," he said.
