Happy Birthday Amitabh Bachchan: From Shahenshah to Gulabo Sitabo, here are Big B’s most unrecognisable onscreen avatars

Amitabh Bachchan, also called Big B and the ‘Shahenshah’ (1988) of Bollywood is popping 78 as we speak, and has been part of the movie fraternity for over fifty years, having labored in additional than 200 movies. Amitabh was born Inquilaab Srivastava in Allahabad in 1942 to Teji Bachchan, a social activist and Harivansh Rai Bachchan, a poet. His title was later modified on the suggestion of poet Sumitranandan Pant. Since Amitabh’s father was in opposition to the caste system, they modified their final title to Bachchan, which suggests childlike. Amitabh forayed into Bollywood within the 1970s and shortly gained recognition for motion pictures like Zanjeer, Deewaar and Sholay. Since then the actor has labored in Hollywood, carried out movie manufacturing, tried his hand at playback singing and narration, is a tv host (Kaun Banega Crorepati) and a former politician.

It was Amitabh’s critical portrayal in a lot of his earlier movies that landed him the title of India’s “angry young man”. He has received a number of awards over the course of his profession together with 4 National Film Awards as Best Actor and the Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award, the Padma Shri (1984), the Padma Bhushan (2001) and the Padma Vibhushan (2015). In 2007 he additionally acquired the very best civilian honour of France, the Knight of the Legion of Honour, for his cinema profession.

Amitabh is among the biggest and most versatile actors and a number of other of his filmy avatars proceed to encourage appears to be like in Bollywood motion pictures until date. His transformation in Paa, the place he portrayed a toddler affected by progeria, is alleged to have taken a number of hours to finish. His silver fox look in Shahenshah in addition to his light-up go well with within the music Saara Zamana (from his film Yarana) encourage cinema and popular culture until date. His most up-to-date providing, Gulabo Sitabo alongside Ayushmann Khurrana additionally noticed Big B remodel into an unrecognisable character. Let’s check out a few of Sr Bachchan’s finest onscreen transformations, learn on:

 

In August, Amitabh in addition to son Abhishek, daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and granddaughter Aaradhya had been all identified with the coronavirus, thankfully they’re all okay now. Here’s wishing the cinematic legend a Happy Birthday and one of the best of well being.

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