Big B`s grand plans to celebrate father`s 101st birth anniversary

New Delhi: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has big plans for the 101st birth anniversary of his father, well-known poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan, on Jan 18 next year. Among other things he plans to re-release his father`s acclaimed book "Madhushala" and hold a dance recital. "There are discussions on now on how to celebrate 101 years of my father`s birth anniversary. `Madhushala` in its modern format shall be released, a journey of my father`s creative works shall be conducted through the recitation of his various works, a dance recital on one of his works," Amitabh posted on his blog bigb.bigadda.com.

Big B says that he will also release of some of his father`s most important works as a collection put together by Pushpa Bharati, wife of late writer Dharam Vir Bharati. The 67-year-old has been planning the event for a long time and has been especially devoting time to writing the foreword for the new avatar of "Madhushala", which was first published in 1935 and considered Harivansh Rai`s greatest work. The new edition of the book will be a large coffee table sized version - it will have the original verses of the late poet accompanied with English translations by Marjorie Boulton of Oxford University. The book will also have paintings by Amitab`s niece Namrata Bachchan. "The proof is looking very good. The paintings are unique and hopefully with the written foreword should form a fitting tribute to my father`s 101st anniversary," Amitabh wrote in a previous blog entry. IANS