Happy that Anna’s revolt was successful and 'Aarakshan' too

I have been real busy with ‘Aarakshan’ all this while. After my daughter's birth, whenever I’m home I hardly get time to sit down and write something. Anyways, today I’ve got this opportunity and should not let go of it. Aarakshan has made good business.

During the publicity campaign of Aarakshan , me and Shri. Amitabh Bachaan travelled together most of the time. Got a chance to experience the kind of popularity Shri. Bachchan has among his fans. At times I sat wondering that the kind of popularity Shri. Bachaan had when I was a kid hasn’t really decreased but seems to keep increasing with time. On reaching Patna I realized that actually the whole city was waiting for a glimpse of Shri. Bachaan and his arrival.

'Aarakshan' has flared up a lot of controversies. Some old controversies began to rise afresh too. So in some states the movie had to bear losses. However, the films made good profit. Audience has praised the film and this really gives the entire crew a lot of satisfaction. That’s the advantage of working in a big banner film, a lot of money goes in its publicity, and this makes the audience curious about the film. At the same time it hurts that at times the good low budget movies, that did not have enough money to promote and publicize gets neglected by the audience because of no hype. This is really weird. Anyways, I’m very happy not just for myself but also Mr. Prakash Jha, whose efforts have been duly rewarded.

After this film I’m mainly home. Got a chance to see, hear and understand Anna Hazare’s revolution. Happy that the revolt ended in success. .Corruption is indeed the biggest issue of our country. Till date nobody really thinks about this as an issue. Anna Hazare said a really nice thing that, just don’t wear the Gandhi Topi but try and change yourself too. These words are actually very significant. We need to start the change from ourselves our own homes. Only then will we have the authority to place our demands before the Government, that’s seated in position of power.

My daughters wanting to be with me once again, I’m going to her. However I promise that very soon I’ll be writing again.

With this
Yours and only Yours
Manoj Bajpayee