Mumbai, Oct. 11 -- Eight decades, over 200 films, countless awards and an unrelenting bond with audiences across generations, 'Amitabh Bachchan', the towering figure of Indian cinema, completed 83 today.
Famous for his portrayal of the "Angry Young Man", the Big B continues to reign as the unchallenged patriarch of the silver screen over five and a half decades after making his debut with K A Abbas directed Saat Hindustani (1969).
The man with the resonant baritone has, through the years, given Bollywood a series of mega hits, essaying a great variety of characters and mesmerising his countless admirers both in India and abroad with an unbelievable range of acting skills. He ended superstar Rajesh Khanna's long innings at the top, and gra...