Bollywood
megastar Amitabh Bachchan has shared that he is uncertain about finding work in
a post-pandemic world, as a 78-year-old actor.

“There are
of course many other anxieties that trouble the mind. Government authorities
have stipulated that those at 65 age and above cannot go out to work .. a few
days back that age limit was reduced even further to 50 yrs,” he wrote on his
blog.

The ‘Gulabo
Sitabo’ actor added, “For people like me my profession and my 78 yrs, its
packers then ! The Film body that formally we are all associated with did put
in a counter to that in the Courts and I believe the Honourable High Court has
disallowed the age limit restrictions and so for the moment those above 50 are
safe to work .. but Courts and Legal procedures take time and I wonder what
shall come out of it. Are there any alternate work jobs for me , that the Ef
could in their kindness suggest, in case everything does down in the Courts.”

However, on
August 7, the Bombay High Court quashed the Maharashtra government’s orders
that barred TV and film artistes above 65 years of age from resuming shootings
and related work during the coronavirus lockdown, terming them
“discriminatory.”

A bench of
Justices SJ Kathawalla and RI Chagla, while setting aside the GRs (government
resolutions) issued by the state, held that such restriction was
“discriminatory”, and breached the fundamental rights of the artistes to
practice their trade and earn a livelihood with dignity.

The bench
also maintained that barring such artistes from working was in breach of their
fundamental right to earn a livelihood with dignity and to practice their trade
as guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution.

Amitabh has mentioned
that he was stressed about the health of his son, actor Abhishek Bachchan.

Both Amitabh
and Abhishek had tested positive for the coronavirus in July, but while Amitabh
later tested negative and was allowed to go home, Abhishek was tested negative
on Saturday afternoon.

Amitabh was last seen in ‘Gulabo Sitabo’,
directed by Shoojit Sircar. He will next be seen in ‘Chehre’, ‘Jhund’, and ‘Brahmastra’.