After having spent a horrible night I woke up eventually to fight it rather than succumb. The right rib cage and the region above it has been in a spasm throughout, and so finding any kind of comfort, in any sleeping position whatsoever has been a task of immense proportion. Struggling across the morning formalities I was able to get myself to the gym, albeit in even greater pain. Once there, it was tougher than most days to cope, not just with the absence of exercise for the many missed days, but also to go through a regimen that promised no relief. But the important thing was that I survived the drill and then resorted to the age old practice of external relief - the pain killer !

It got me mobile and it got me to the studio and it got me made up and ready to face the audience and contestants, and I have to say that even if I had taken a million pain relievers, nothing would have worked as beautifully as the effect of a live audience in personal contact. That moment just about removes any kind of ill effect that may exist ever. And so it did for me too. The moment I walked into the circular arena of the KBC set, and the moment the crowds gave me their warm and affectionate welcome, I knew that all would be well. The masses give us the confidence the strength, the courage and desire to excel and our efforts to achieve that begin to move in unison.

Thank you people of the KBC ‘audience’ …. you have converted an unfortunate and somewhat grave situation into one of possibility. And that possibility was the conduct of the two episodes that needed to be recorded today.

I am home now, filled with the after effects of the relievers, and my dinner of that very soft and adequate meal of ‘kus kus’. I have promised myself and to the fmxt my need to be resting adequately. I am happy that I shall be able to accomplish that even today. I believe that irregularity in routine has been the main cause for ailment - the aches and pains of progressing age. And I believe that equally, it can also become the equalizer of any anomalies that may be occuring alondside due to the lack of it. So the lesson to learn is, that gym must fall into a regular routine or else it shall assist greatly in destroying your wonderful body and system.

The time spent on KBC was most worth while today. There were many atractive elements that got an opportunity to be displayed and they were played well. Well …. well enough ..!! As I have been saying all along, it is the joy of my life to get an opportunity to spend time with the common man of our country. It is he or she that exists without any complexities, and it is he or she that I feel needs to be encouraged and complimented when they become generous achievers. Yes they come to play the game and to get that once in a million chance to perhaps win something sizeable. But that is not what their ultimate aim is. Money is important, but not everything. Winning is important, but achieving is more than that. Their desire to give something back to society is I believe, far greater than those that flourish in urban madness. And on several occasions they have proved exactly that to us.

The simplicity they exhude, the tenderness of their expression and the versatility of their talent, is quite quite remarkable. I salute them therefore, in all humble obligation. We are born to such families that have always cared and respected the commoner. We can but do nothing more than this - return to them what we feel should be rightfully theirs. Watch and witness the glee and rapturous applause of their efforts and success, and finally to embrace them within us so that they continue to contribute all that rightfully should have been theirs in the first place.

Abhishek has flown off to Goa to start his new film with Abbas Mastan - inspired by that most famous film the ‘Italian Job’. Aishwarya gets busy with her promotional acts for upcoming films and Jaya makes sure that we return home after a tiring and exhausting day, to a place that is warm and affectionate and filled with harmony. Nothing pleases a man more than this simple yet most fulfilling act.

We may be in the middle of the most complex situations, troubled and tried with on going matters, yet reaching home to a warm welcome, refreshes the mind, calms the soul and fills one with a desire to keep working even harder. This is the greatest stimulus for the male - the gentle yet strong presence of the woman in the house. Many a home has been destroyed in their absence and many have lamented the need for them to appear within the home curriculum, just so, order peace and systems can be restored in the house.

May those that have it, live life its fullest … may those that do not, quickly be able to find one ….

Good night and God bless !!!

Love

Amitabh Bachchan