Amitabh Bachchan says he wants Tiranga in every home; recalls why he started hoisting it at his residence Jalsa

July 13, 2022 - 2:05 PM IST

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan recently on his latest blog revealed why he started hoisting the Tricolour at his residence Jalsa. The actor recalled the pride and patriotism he felt as he held the national flag at his Allahabad home on August 15 in 1947 and wrote why he started hoisting the Tricolour.

Amitabh Bachchan says he wants Tiranga in every home; recalls why he started hoisting it at his residence Jalsa

Cheering for having the Tricolour in each house, the actor also shared pictures with the flag and wrote on his blog, why he started hoisting the Indian flag at his home. Speaking about the times when private citizens were not allowed to hoist the Indian national flag, except on certain days, until Member of Parliament Naveen Jindal moved court and got the right to hoist to the flag, Bachchan wrote, “He won the decision in his favour and immediately I started flying our National Flag on our homes, as many that came for the meets on Sunday at the gates would have noticed on Jalsa.

“There were, of course, various restrictions - when it should be raised, when brought down, size , material and it was to be made of ‘khadi’ and bought from one particular store in Bangalore till 2014 - now renamed Bengaluru. Now there is a campaign for it to be flown from every home with pride," the actor wrote on his blog. “Those memories gently in the mind of the Independence on August 15, 1947 and a five-year-old me holding the flag in our modest home in Allahabad , in the veranda, filled with pride of patriotism, of identity, of being mine and ours, of belonging.”

He further added, “And since then each occasion , the emotion that rides with it every time it is played .. one of the most, being the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata and the Indo - Pak cricket match, being asked to sing it live for the start of the game .. and a 100,000 thousand that filled the arena, singing along with me .. my pride of being an Indian !! Jai Hind !! and that ecstatic evening when India won the World Cup Cricket .. Abhishek and I on top of our car waving the Tricolour driving about the streets screaming shouting along with the hundreds that thronged the roads.”

Returning to the present, Amitabh wrote that he sang a few lines for a shoot, "They asked me this afternoon to sing a few lines of the song being picturised for the moment .. I have .. any association with National fervour a pride .. !!"

Sharing a picture with the Tricolour on Twitter, he wrote, “Har ghar tiranga, ghar ghar tiranga (The national flag in each house).” Har Ghar Tiranga is a programme by the Ministry of Culture to mark the 75th year of Indian independence.

T 4343 - घर घर तिरंगा ! हर घर तिरंगा !! ???????? pic.twitter.com/7pZZEgXGpD
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) July 11, 2022

On the work front, Amitabh Bachchan will next star in Brahmastra alongside Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt. The film also stars Nagarjuna, Mouni Roy. It is helmed by Ayan Mukerji and is set to release on September 9, 2022.

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