No other star has ever achieved the success of this superstar and thus known as Big B or Shahenshah of Bollywood. His initial star was not as great as it is now. He had huge number of flop movies but his strong desire didn’t kept him from performing well.
He, himself never thought how would he survive in the industry of millions of dreamers. All India Radio once rejected him for his baritone voice but now he is known for his voice.
He is an influential personality of recent times and has received some prestigious awards such as Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan by the government of India. Even the French Government honoured him the Knight of the Legion of Honour in 2007.
On the event of his 77th birthday lets celebrate his best movies that broke all the records.
Don is one of his remarkable movies. In this movie Big B played a negative character glorifying the unbeatable don. The famous dialogue “Don ko pakarna mushkil hi nahi namumkin hai.” is still as popular as Big B.
Agneepath is another great movie by the legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan. The character of Vijay Dinanath Chauhan has become so famous. He also bagged Best Actor National Award for this movie.
The angry young man looked his best in this movie Deewaar. Inspired by the life of the gangster Haji Mastan Amitabh Bachchan played his best. He received huge success at the box office. His performance in this movie is still considered the finest of all.
Prakash Mehra’s Zanjeer is Amitabh Bachchan’s first successful movie. Previously he had to suffer a huge loss. The movie created the character of Angry Young man and did exceptionally well at the box office.
Who can forget the milestone in the Hindi cinema?. The Jai and Viru friendship, the Gabbar and Basanti. Ramesh Sippy’s iconic movie created a history that again led Amitabh Bachchan to reach the peak of success. The movie was constantly screened at Mumbai Minerva theatre for 5 long years.
