Amitabh Bachchan is truly a Legend. He is beyond comparable and larger than life character. He is the God for Millions of Indians.
The Unforgettable is all about BIG B. The very presence Big B is electrifying. As a child I grew up listening to Amitabh. I remember listening to a special audio cassette released by Bagpiper on Amitabh's Bagpiper show tour in London. Amitabh sang his famous songs like "Rang Barse" in those shows. I always wished that I should see a live show of Bachchan saab in my life time.This was a very important thing for me because for once I can say that I have seen Bachchan saheb live and also for the satisfaction of acheiving something great by seeing a personality worshipped by millions. I think Bachchan saab is the first person to start the overseas shows and what a great personality he is.The very presence of Bachchan saheb will change everything. He is too big , he is too brilliant, he is extremely powerful, he is extremely down-to-earth,he is a great scholar, he is a God.I really doubt if anybody else can achieve this status ever in Indian Film.
The show in Houston started with a rookie Ritesh Deshmukh's performance, then followed with Preity Zinta and then Abhishek Bachchan.Now everybody would have noticed the way Abhishek Bachchan was presented to the audience. There is a obvious distiction between the launch of Abhishek Bachchan and other people like Ritesh Deshmukh etc.
I thought Abhishek was given much more importance and attention. Viewers like me may or may not appreciate this. Bad thing for Abhishek is that he is always compared with Big B, this is really harsh for a actor. There is only one Amitabh Bachchan. But even if he was not compared with Big B, Abhshek does not have Charisma, he has very limited resources. For instance he cannot dance well.He might be extremely good at serious action.In Houston, with his Introduction, Abhishek was obviously struggling, his body language was not at easy. It seemed as if he is doing everything mechanically. He does not have that "flow" which makes watching him pleasant. He could not impress with his introduction.He became much more pleasant as the time goes by...
Then its the time for Aishwarya Roy. Yes... she is beautiful and ex-Miss World blah, blah... She seemed like dancing half-heartedly. She was not moving at all. she was moving cautiously. She received big applause from audience though, she has lot of fans of course.
Then Jaya Bachan appeared for a brief moment preaching Global warming etc... Yes its a family show!!!
Now its the time what we have been waiting for.....Its Big B time. What we can say about him.I am a minuscule, iota.. He brought back the show from the blond start to highly electrifying situation.His very presence makes people go mad. His energy at his 60 is amazingly stunning. He sang some of his greatest hits like "Rang Barse". He sang like medley in succession.What a great charm to watch him. There are no words to describe what I felt watching him Live for the first time. I lived in Mumbai but never watched him in his "Juhu home Darshan" also.He sings like a pro.
While Big-B was singing, the audio system went down for 2 minutes.This was a kind of disaster for a big show like this. Big-B mentioned the spirit of Houston crowd when the audio system went down in his Blog (Bigadda) as well.
Then there were lots of performances including Madhuri Dixit.Lots of these performances are all mediocre.
At the end Amitabh bachchan again came back and uttered some of his famous dialogues from Agneepath, Deewar. Even after 2-3 decades he knows those dialogues by-heart. He is a wiz.
I felt that even though the mere presence of Big-B was enough for any successful show, it could have been done in a much more better way.
For instance the Event Planners could have explored Big B's amazing sense of Humour.The show never even tapped his immense speaking capabilities. The show was planned as some kind of mechanical sequence where everybody gives their performances one by one, even Big -B. The personal touch from Big-B was missing.
After all, it was truly unforgettable for me as I watched Big-B live. Even though I could have wished to watch him from much more closely, but I could not afford the most expensive tickets so I was happy with a binocular.
