the reach of hindi cinema has widened in recent years and one of its most important faces and contributors amitabh bachchan says the poetic justice is responsible for its growing popularity the cairo opera house wore a festive look and erupted with love you amitabh chants as the 72yearold actor who has a huge following in egypt took centre stage for a conversation with noted indian journalist sidharth bhatia about hindi cinema his career and the changing face of movies i once asked my father why hindi cinema is so endearing to people in the later years of his life he used to come and watch every film of mine every evening he said i get poetic justice in three hours you and i dont get poetic justice perhaps in a lifetime perhaps in several lifetimesread 20 reasons why we love amitabh bachchan the actor said in hindi films good always triumphs over evil our stories are also centred around human emotions the family value the culture which is so prominent he said bachchan who has been a part of the indian film industry for over 40 years now and seen the different phases of the business said while there have been several improvements over the years in terms of technology writing has suffered a blow in recent times technically there have been a lot of improvements earlier we did not have so many facilities and now with the opening of the economy there are so many latest technologies however the poetry and sanctity of the words seems to have lost its way now the writing has gone down he said bachchan is best known for playing the angry young man in hindi cinema however he said he never really went looking for such stories rather the films were reflective of the times he lived in i was just another actor looking for a job i was very fortunate to work with these directors who had great story ideas i think sometimes cinema reflects what happens in society what was most prominent in most of these films were the person from way down and not very prominent socially had the opportunity to rise and take on the establishment take on the higher ups and that is what most people dream about bachchan who is on a threeday visit to egypt is set to receive an honorary doctorate from the academy of arts here todaylisten to big b songs on gaanacomfor latest bollywood updates follow us on twitter toientertainfor the latest in bollywood news like us on facebook toientertainwatch amitabh bachchan chose a charpai over his van bt