Roli Books: 2009

7.30 p.m., Tuesday, 14 April 2009
at The Rooftop, Trident, Nariman Point, Mumbai :

Roli Books celebrated the publication of ICONS - Men & Women who shaped today's India edited by Anil Dharker.
Mr Amitabh Bachchan released the book.

Mr Amitabh Bachchan delivered an extraordinary speech (which he wrote himself!) In which he touched upon his experiences (stemming from humble disbelief at making the cut since he is for all intents and purposes “just an actor doing his job”), pondered over the intriguing definition of the word “Icon” itself, chastising the media for being unfair on occasion (which they clearly took well considering how they clambered for his attention regardless), eloquently described each of the other 19 on the list and ended up making a poignant comment on how far we’ve come and yet how frivolous all this list-making could seem and perhaps what we should be striving for is making more icons.