New dilemma

MV Wisdom,the foreign ship stranded at Mumbais Juhu beach recently not only caused the municipality concern but also film celebs who live around the area.

The Bachchan family was also affected. Not only were there major traffic snarls in front of their bungalows Jalsa and Janak,especially during the weekends,but their domestic staff was also doing the disappearing act to have a look at the gigantic guest. It took me 30 minutes to cover the five-minute distance from Jalsa to Janak, grinned junior Bachchan,as he apologised for being late for our appointment,and went on to add how his domestic help took an hour off one day so that he could go to the beach to have a glimpse of the ship.

They all came back with pictures of themselves striking different poses in front of the ship, he says.

With Geety Sahgal