Without sight, but sightless not in my path: Amitabh Bachchan pens poem post surgery

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has penned down a poem regarding his medical condition. the actor recently underwent an eye surgery and had revealed that he will be soon operated on his other eye too.

On his blog, Big B shared the short poem with his legions of fans Thursday. He wrote the poem in Hindi but also translated it in English for the benefit of his fans who do not know the language. Bachchan writes that he is ‘without sight’, but not sightless in his path. He is “without convenience” but never inconvenienced. He goes on to thank his family members and fans for their love and care.

On Monday, the actor had said that the best is being done for him. The actor updated his fans about his condition post surgery and made an entry in his blog. He wrote, “Thank you for all the concern and the wishes for the medical condition … eye surgeries at this age are delicate and need precision handling .. the best is being done and one hopes all shall be well .. the sight and the recovery is slow and difficult so if there are typing errors they are to be excused.. right now I feel like Gary Sobers , the West Indian great and his narration of a cricket story which apparently he went through .. the details of which shall be given in time .. its a story heard whether or not it is authentic is questionable …. well .. why wait shall give it now ..”

He continued, “.. at a cricket match with a strong opponent WI was not in a very good position and looked to loose the game .. Gary Sobers sitting in the dressing room and seeing the eventual, opened up his bottle of rum and had a few .. when his turn to bat came he went out and scored his fastest hundred .. when asked how did he do it .. he said when I went out I was seeing three balls .. I was hitting the middle one .. !!!!”

Big B has many films in his kitty. His next release is Rumi Jafry’s psychological suspense drama “Chehre”, co-starring Emraan Hashmi and Rhea Chakraborty. The actor is currently busy shooting for the thriller “Mayday”, co-starring and directed by Ajay Devgn. The film also stars Rakul Preet Singh.

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