Amitabh Bachchan is read about 5,970 times a day, in 115 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 390 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?For two decades, Bollywood wasn't an industry - it was him. The "angry young man" who turned Hindi cinema into what a French director called a "one-man industry," stacking the highest-grossing films of the 1970s and '80s until the term "superstar" felt inadequate.
A life in dates
Angry Young MenSeries
Kalki 2898-ADFilm, 2024Ashwatthama2023
The RomanticsSeries2022
The Journey Of IndiaSeries2019Dadasaheb Phalke AwardAward
BadlaFilm, 2019Badal Gupta2017
The Ghazi AttackFilm, Narrator (Voice)2016
PinkFilm, Deepak Sehgal2015Padma VibhushanAward2014
YudhSeries, Yudhishthir Sikarwar2013
Comedy Nights with KapilSeries
Bombay TalkiesFilm, 2013Himself (Special Appearance)2012
Satyamev JayateSeries2011CNN-News18 Indian of the YearAward
The Story of Film: An OdysseySeries, 2011
Ra.OneFilm, 20112008
BhoothnathFilm, Bhootnath / Kailash Nath2007Officer of the Legion of HonourAward
Om Shanti OmFilm, 20072006
Bigg BossSeries2005
BlackFilm, Debraj Sahai2004“We had forgotten the art of using silence to convey emotions in our films and that's what you seem to have mastered. You've used silence to great advantage in the film.”In their wordsTo Farhan Akhtar, after a private screening of the film, Lakshya, reported in Cine Blitz (2004).
Koffee with KaranSeries, 20042003“He never gave us a script and we never asked - we were safe in his hands.”In their wordsOn Hrishikesh Mukherjee, reported in Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema (2003), p. 492.
BaghbanFilm, 2003Raj Malhotra2001Padma BhushanAward
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie GhamFilm, 2001Yashvardhan “Yash” Raichand2000
Kaun Banega CrorepatiSeries
MohabbateinFilm, 2000Narayan Shankar1991“I believe that cinema picks up ideas from society and not the other way round.”In their wordsReported in Cinema in India (1991), p. 37.Filmfare Lifetime Achievement AwardAward1990National Film Award for Best ActorAward1985“When your back is against the wall, there's only one way to go and that's forward.”In their words30 October 1985On Rajiv Gandhi, reported in Steven R. Weisman, "India a Year Later: Gandhi Leaving His Mark", The New York Times (October 30, 1985), A-1.1984Padma Shri in artsAwardMember of the Lok SabhaOffice1984-19871978
DonFilm, Don / Vijay1971
AnandFilm, Dr. Bhaskar K. Bannerjee1942Born11 October 1942Also in Deutsch
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Bachchan and Dharmendra starrer Sholay (1975) recorded an estimated ₹15-18 crore footfalls, making it the highest grossing Indian film in terms of audience attendance to date.[76]
Amitabh Bachchan and Yash Chopra in the premiere of Paa. Bachchan received his third National Film Award for Best Actor at the 57th National Film Awards for his performance and his fifth Filmfare Award for Best Actor for Paa.
Bachchan with Mohanlal
Bachchan with Vijay
Bachchan at KBC-5 Press Meet
TeachAids character of Bachchan (left); Bachchan in a 2013 TeachAids recording session (right)
From left to right - Jaya Bachchan, Amitabh, Abhishek Bachchan, and Aishwarya Rai BachchanIn their own words 10
, We had forgotten the art of using silence to convey emotions in our films and that's what you seem to have mastered. You've used silence to great advantage in the film.
He never gave us a script and we never asked - we were safe in his hands.
I believe that cinema picks up ideas from society and not the other way round.
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Born in Allahabad in 1942, Bachchan started as a voice narrator in 1969, then worked through early films like Anand before Zanjeer made him the face of a new archetype. Through Deewaar, Sholay, and a run of blockbusters - Amar Akbar Anthony, Don, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar - he became what Time called "the undisputed godfather of Bollywood." After stepping back in the 1990s, he returned in 2000 with Mohabbatein and a second act that brought four National Film Awards for Best Actor (a record), plus roles in Black, Paa, Piku, and a Hollywood turn in The Great Gatsby. Over 200 films, sixteen Filmfare Awards, India's Padma Vibhushan and Dadasaheb Phalke Award, France's Legion of Honour, and a sideline hosting Kaun Banega Crorepati. He's starred in more box-office peaks than most industries produce in a generation.
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