Amitabh Bachchan and his wife Jaya Bachchan, along with son Abhishek Bachchan and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai on Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s 102nd birthday anniversary paid honor to the great poet at Bachchan Sandhya.

The Bachchan parivaar and Bharitya Vidya Bhavan collaborated to launch the book Madhusala – The House of Wine.

First published in 1933-34, the book is now planned in a format that contains original poems along with their English translation, interspersed with illustrations of paintings done by Namrita Bachchan, daughter of Amitabh’s brother Ajitabh.

Actor Abhishek Bachchan said at the launch of the book Saturday that the book was not a revised version of the original, but a translation.

“It’s wonderful that my cousin Namrita has illustrated the ‘Madhushala’ and it’s wonderful to get the third generation of Bachchans to contribute,” Abhishek told.

Amitabh disclosed that this book was his wife Jaya Bachchan’s idea.

“It was Jaya’s idea that if the book is compiled in a way where one page has the original poems and in the corresponding page the translation of the same, then this generation would love to read it,” Amitabh told.

Speaking to reporters, Jaya told: “This is the reproduction of the book ‘The House of Wine’, which was formerly written by Marjourie Bolton on the works of Shri Harivansh Rai Bachchhan.”

Almost every member of the Bachchan family recited Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s select poems on the occasion.

Actors Om Puri, Rahul Bose and Ashutosh Rana and screenwriter Prasoon Joshi were among others present at the function.