Big B’s Shatru!

Amitabh Bachchan and Shatrughan Sinha are at loggerheads once again.

Big B has posted a sharp comment on his blog, in answer to what Sinha said about the nominations of a forthcoming award ceremony, which Bachchan endorses.

Sinha had reportedly stated that the award does not really have any credibility and it was alright that Taare Zameen Par was not nominated.

Bachchan writes: “I read a comment from Shatrughan Sinha. It reportedly quoted his reactions to the nomination list of the awards, wherein he has purportedly stated that ‘Sab kissika beta hai, ya kissiki bahu, ya kissiki biwi’, and the media adding their interpretation to it by stating that Sinha’s comment was directed to a particular family of the Guru fame.”

Bachchan goes on to write, “I am surprised at this observation, especially since, during the time of the National Award selection for Best Actress in one of the past years, when the award went to Raveena Tandon, it was alleged that Sinha’s wife, the lovely and graceful Poonam, a great friend of Raveena’s mother had recommended the appointment of MacMohan, the brother of Raveena’s mother, on the board of the jury (structured by the government in power -- in this case the BJP, of which Sinha was a minister of state ) in order that he may cast his vote in favour of Raveena. If this alleged story is true then I do value Sinha’s alleged statement. You are so right, Shatru!”

Getting a little more personal with Sinha, Bachchan also writes: “I have seen some very encouraging reports of the film, where your son is being introduced. May he prosper and succeed even more than his illustrious father and may he never have to face a slighted accusation of ‘fixing’, when his name comes up for an award in the future!”

Not to be left behind, Shatrughan Sinha reacted to Amitabh’s allegation. “Anger seems to have taken over the maturity of an actor like Amitabh Bachchan and that is probably the reason he has overreacted to my statement. I really don’t know why he thinks it is his family that I am talking about.”