The Big B’s workaholic nature is by now an eminent fact in the industry. The past week has been extremely hectic, even by his own standards.

Little wonder then that Mr. Bachchan dozed off at the felicitation ceremony at Sathyam cinema in Chennai where he was honored by all the film federations of Chennai.

At the end of the evening the Big B had 24 shawls to bring back from Chennai. A burden he was ill prepared for, considering he had gone with only a day’s luggage to Chennai.

When asked what he would do with the massive haul of 24 shawls the Big B answered, “I’ll give them away to the needy.”

But the shawls were smallest amount of the Big B’s burdens in Chennai. Extreme fatigue finally caught up with him when he dozed off in his hotel before the felicitation ceremony and woke up thoroughly bewildered, not knowing where he was.

Director Balki who was with the Big B tells, “He was fine. He finally had some sleep. You’ve to understand that this is no ordinary human being. Amit ji is a miracle. He can continue working non-stop without sleep. Last week he was running around getting the premiere in place. Then on Friday morning he left to shoot for a reality show without any sleep after the premiere. After shooting the entire day in Lonavla he attended the Bombay Times party and then on Saturday early morning he left for Chennai. At an age when a lot of us will be in a rocking chair he is still rocking.”

Rocking is all very fine. But those close to the Big B feel he is again overdoing his work schedules and needs to slow down, fast.