Big Time Entertainment King - Big B

Entertainment : Limited to Indian Entertainment Industry also known as Bollywood (visual arts, movies)

Big B : Amitabh Bachchan elder son of Harivansh Rai, he graduated in Arts from Delhi University.

Born in October of 1942 when the British rule was beginning to lose power in India, Big B is close to 65 years in age.

For the first time Big B appeared in Saat Hindustani, the movie itself did not do that well at box office, but Mr Bachchan did not give up. Soon his couple of films Zanzeer and Deewar did very well and since that time there was no looking back. Well the time was also changing for Indian Entertainment Industry, where there was a slow drift from romantic movies to action movies. At this time in mid 70's Big B was the first person to be acknowledged as "the angry young man" of Indian cinema, while his predecessors of those times such as Rajesh Khanna, Sanjeev Kumar and Dharmendra used to play more off romantic roles. In Late 80's Big was attached to his name and he was popularly known as Big B thereafter.

Turning point for Mr Bachchan his career : Zanjeer (1973). This movie gave him acclaim and made him a superstar.

Mr Bachchan injured himself badly during the shooting of a film Coolie. Well he had been extremely lucky to get away with it. He returned with a big bang and Coolie was a super duper hit of all times. So far Mr Bachchan has played in more than 70 movies.

All time favorite from Big B
1. Deewar, Suhaag
2. Muqaddar Ka Sikander
3. Namak Halal
4. Sharabi
5. Amar Akber Anthony

Some of the famous dialogues from Big B's movies
1. Aisa to Aadmi Life mein Doich time bhaagta hai. Olympic ka race ho, yaa Police ka case ho. Tum kisliye bhaagta hai bhai? - Amar Akbar Anthony
2. Jigar ka dard upar se kahin maloom hota hai (?), Jigar ka dard upar se nahin maloom hota hai. - Sharaabi
3. Muchain hon to Nathulal jaise hon, warna na hon. - Sharabi
4. Hum jaha pe khade ho jaate hein, line wahi se shuru hoti hai. - Kaaliya
5. Sooryavansh ek aag hai jisme doston ke liye jitni joyti hai, dushmanon ke liye utni hi juala. Bhoon dalo is kambaqt ko. - Sooryavansham

Rare Flops from Big B
1. Aks
2. Reshma Aur Shera
3. Parwana

Today also Big B is one of the most busy actors in Bollywood, where roles are specially being written to suit him. Even his recently launched movies like Baghban (2003) and Khakhee (2004), shows how easily he can breathe life into each and every role he plays.