Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan turns 69

Mumbai, Oct 11 (PTI) Bollywood's mega star Amitabh
Bachchan, who turned 69 on Tuesday, says one of the best ways
to celebrate birthdays is to keep working.
Despite completing 40 years in Indian film industry
Bollywood, the ageing actor is not the one to rest on his
laurels. He is busy shooting for Indian film director Ram
Gopal Varma's 'Department', despite getting injured on the
sets of the film. He is also hosting the season 5 of 'Kaun
Banega Crorepati (KBC)' an Indian game show based on the UK
game show 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' on Sony TV.
"One of the best ways to bring in birthdays is to be
working at what you need to be working on...I work because of
I need to ....love!!," Bachchan said.
The actor returned home at midnight after shooting for
the diwali episodes of KBC and said he could just make it home
in time for the clock to strike 12 and for the family to wish
him. "The greatest joys of life are in the simple wishes," he
said.
Immediately afterwards, he settled to interact with fans
from all over the world on his blog and micro-blogging site
twitter.
"It is past midnight! It is my birthday today! It is
another year gone by! It is stepping in to the 70th year for
me! Thank you! Have just been released from the clutches of
work form KBC... and here to thank you all for the love and
affection you shower!!
"They ask me what I wish for my birthday .. why only on
the birthday, it should be everyday... I wish another day to
pass in peace ! Thank you all once again for all the Birthday
wishes ... I am so humbled and filled with pride .. you make
it all happen .. my love," he said.
On his blog, Bachchan recalled that he was born in a
small private maternity outfit run by a missionary Dr Brar, in
the most-crowded market area of northern Indian state of
Allahabad.
"I was brought home by my parents in the best possible
transport machinery that they could afford – a tonga! Wrapped
in a 'gudari', I still refer to many that I am a 'gudari ka
lal' – a human that is affiliated with the cheapest form of
clothing. I loved being in that form and still love it. There
is a certain sense of attachment every time I come in close
contact with people and circumstances that narrate to me
stories of the time," he wrote.
"As I step into the 70's unabashedly, I need to thank
several of those that I feel were the ones that seemed
distressed with the number of my age. But no they are not so!
When they speak of age and involvement, why must we only look
upon the aged, onto those that show the ravishes of time and
the hunger of recognition. I would imagine that we must let
the world be as it is and allow whatever shape it desires to
take vis-a-vis individuals," he wrote.
Bachchan gained popularity in the early 1970s as the
'angry young man' of Hindi cinema, with films like
'Agneepath', 'Trishul', 'Deewar', 'Zanjeer'.
Year 2011 saw Bachchan rekindle his 'angry young man'
image, that he is best known for, in 'Bbuddha Hoga Terra
Baap'. But on the personal front, he is set to become a
grandfather again, as son Abhishek and daughter-in-law
Aishwarya Rai are expecting their first child.