19 Aug 2025 : Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan, who is known for regularly sharing his thoughts with fans on his personal blog, recently opened up about the realities of ageing. In his latest post, the 82-year-old superstar reflected on how simple tasks that once came effortlessly now require conscious effort, even admitting to the need for ‘handle bars’ around the house.
Amitabh Bachchan talks about the effects of ageing
On August 17, after his traditional Sunday meet-and-greet with fans, Bachchan wrote about how his daily schedule is now shaped as much by medication and health routines as by work. “The body gradually begins to lose its balance and there is a need to work on it to check and improve,” he observed, while stressing the importance of yoga, breathing exercises and mobility training.
He further talked about how simple tasks now take efforts and said, “Some routines that were there earlier , seem to suggest that because it was done some years ago, it shall be a cake walk to initiate them again. NAH .. no baby. Just one days absence and the pains and the mobility goes for a very long walk ..it is a wonder that the normal actions, earlier, now require the mind to think before they can be exercised…simple acts .. putting on the trousers ..the Doctors advise please Mr Bachchan, sit down and wear them .. do not try to stand while you put them on , you could lose balance and fall.”
Reflecting on the adjustments he has had to make, the superstar said, Big B revealed using handle bars in the house and said, “And inside I sort of smile in disbelief .. until I find they were so right .. that simple act that came so naturally earlier is now governed by a selective routine ..Handle bars ..Oh boy .. !!!! you need them all over to hold and steady thy body before any physical act .. just the simplest of them being bending down to pick up that piece of paper that had flown off your desk with the breeze ..Seriously ..The bravado tells you to go ahead .. until you realise .. goodness , its a major problem .. the rapidity of its performing has slowed down with uncertainty ..”
He quipped that while the readers of his blog will have a small smirk and a hidden laugh at all that he is expressing, but they will eventually have to go through this. He said, “But let me tell you IT SHALL HAPPEN .. TO ALL OF US ..I wish it does not .. but in time it shall ..We all go downward the day we are brought into this World .. the down trend begins at birth …Sad .. but it is the reality of living and life …Youth races through life’s challenges with aplomb ..Age .. suddenly speed brakes your vehicle and tells you, apply the brakes to avoid the accelerated bump when you drive the vehicle of LIFE.”
Summary :
At 82, Amitabh Bachchan revealed ageing challenges, including installing grab bars at home and needing to sit while wearing pants, reflecting his candid acceptance of ageing.