Mumbai, July 15: Imagine being trapped in Mumbai rains and saved by Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan! Well, that’s what exactly happened for a few women who were stranded in Mumbai rain where Big B played a perfect good Samaritan.
News has it that Big B gave lifts to a few women in his car in order to help them escape the Mumbai rains that caused a virtual jam in India’s financial capital for the last few days.
Writing about his Mumbai rain experience, Big B wrote in his blog as that the road outside his house was waist deep in water, which has entered his reception area too. When the actor decided to take a ride in his SUV to his second home Jalsa in Juhu, he found the women wading through the waterlogged street.
“I muster up courage and help and pull out the SUV…that’s the only one that shall go through in all this mess, and float out into the streets now jammed with people wading through and the cars blocking any movement.
“I open the door, well just about, to assist a few young ladies in distress who were beginning to lose their composure, and give them a ride towards Jalsa. Everywhere there is just chaos,” wrote Amitabh in a recent entry on his blog www.bigb.bigadda.com .
At his Jalsa home, water leaked through into the bedrooms causing more distress to the actor.
“At Jalsa, the water in the bedrooms has leaked through despite the tarpaulin protection monsoon covers. I tell them (workers) to put towels, swabs, water resistant solutions, anything,” he wrote.
The situation became so chaotic that the actor had to ask son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai, who are in Singapore along with politician Amar Singh, to stay there for a while.
“I quickly inform them of the deluge warning them not to come in today as scheduled. I put all the mobiles on charge and the walkie talkies. Fill up water in buckets from the rain outside and store it just in case the power goes and the pumps get disconnected. And wait, and wait and wait?,” he said.
For many others living here, the situation has been just as grave ever since rain started causing waterlogging in many areas, traffic snarls and even affecting rail service — paralysing life in Mumbai.
Meanwhile, As heavy rains continue to cripple normal life here, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan also found his home and office in the suburbs inundated.
Rain water filled up the lawns of Bachchan’s home ‘Prateeksha’ in Juhu and the ground floor of his office ‘Janak’ located nearby as rains lashed the city and suburbs since Monday night and the downpour continued throughout the day yesterday.
The 66-year-old actor, who is recuperating from stomach pain, was constantly on the move from ‘Prateeksha’ to his other bungalow ‘Jalsa’ and the office helping his staff to shift his belongings from the ground floor to higher positions.
“Prateeksha is inundated. The road outside is in waist-deep water and the lawn, even though it is built on a rise, has been filled up and threatening to push the rain into the house. As I prepare to move furniture and stuff from the ground to higher positions, mini waves drift in from the road into the driveway and reach the first step into the house,” Bachchan wrote on his blog.
–Agencies