'Cannot read, write, see': Amitabh Bachchan gives health update, urges fans to excuse his typing errors Amitabh Bachchan said that he will soon be starting work on Vikas Bahl's new film and hopes to recover in time for it. Amitabh Bachchan , Instagram Updated: Mar 1, 2021, 04:11 PM IST Megastar Amitabh Bachchan had left his fans worried over the weekend with an update about his health via the last blog post. The veteran actor had said that he had undergone surgery but did not reveal what kind. Now, in a blog post, Bachchan had said that all is well and that he had undergone surgery for his eyes. He wrote, "Thank you for all the concern and the wishes for the medical condition ... eye surgeries at this age are delicate and need precision handling .. the best is being done and one hopes all shall be well .. the sight and the recovery is slow and difficult so if there are typing errors they are to be excused."