Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan (born October 11, 1942, in Allahabad, India) also known as Big B, is a very popular Indian actor.

Amitabh again a headliner

He had been making films all through the 1980s and 1990s, but few had succeeded. Mrityudata (1997), failed at the box office. Lal Badshah and Major Saab did little better. Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan and Mohabbatein were hits, but critics credited his co-stars Govinda and Shahrukh Khan, not Amitabh. Industry gossip said that the Big B was finished as an actor.

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1980s - 1990s - Mrityudata - Lal Badshah - Major Saab - Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan - Mohabbatein - Govinda - Shahrukh Khan

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But despite having been overshadowed by a new king of Hindi cinema--Shah Rukh Khan-- Bachchan still had charisma. In 1999, in a BBC Online Poll, he was named the Superstar of the Millennium ahead of the likes of Alec Guinness and Marlon Brando. In June, 2000 he became the first living Asian to have a wax statue erected in his honour at Madame Tussaud's.

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1999 - BBC - Alec Guinness - Marlon Brando - June - 2000 - Asian - Madame Tussaud's

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In 2000, he was chosen as the host for a new Indian game show, Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Amitabh was a suave, assured host and the show was an enormous hit. Critics finally admitted that Amitabh still had box-office magic.

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2000 - Kaun Banega Crorepati - Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

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Since his game show success, he has appeared in several hit movies, most notably Baghbaan, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Waqt, Black, Sarkar, and Viruddh.

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Baghbaan - Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham - Waqt - Black - Sarkar - Viruddh

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An Amitabh film retrospective was held between April 8 and April 19 2005 at the Lincoln Center in New York. The retrospective featured films starring Bachchan including Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Anand and Abhimaan and Sanjay Bhansali's Black. Amitabh was there for the plaudits; he also took this opportunity to appear on a number of television talk shows.

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April 8 - April 19 - 2005 - Lincoln Center - New York - Hrishikesh Mukherjee - Anand - Abhimaan - Sanjay Bhansali - Black

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