My head will be chopped off in my own house, says Amitabh

Screen legend Amitabh Bachchan’s Bengali connection is known to all. Though his wife Jaya was born and raised in Bhopal, she happens to be a typical Bengali.

So it was one anxious moment in Big B’s life when he crooned the popular Rabindranath Tagore number, Ekla cholo re in Sujoy Ghosh`s upcoming ‘Kahaani’.

Bachchan, despite his initial reluctance was coaxed by Sujoy to attempt his first Bengali song. He admits that ‘Ekla chalo re…’ being a Tagore composition made it doubly difficult to render.

On his blog, the actor-singer has written the beauty of the language, the lyricism in the tune and the ‘dhun’ (music), describing it as an “outstanding” composition.

“I was a little wary because not being a professional singer, any kind of singing is difficult and this was a Rabindra Sangeet in a language I was not conversant with,” reminisced the superstar.

Talking on the subject, he explained, “A Rabindra Sangeet has a structure that is not like that of a normal Hindi song in a movie. It has a unique flow, with words and tunes flowing into one another in a way that’s difficult to explain.”

While Bachchan has recorded the song to Sujoy’s satisfaction, he insists that he is not happy with it.

He said, “I plan to re-record it, again and again, till I get it right. Otherwise not just by Bengalis that considers me as jamai babu (son-in-law), my head will be chopped off in my own house.”