As Amitabh Bachchan turns a year older today, we rewind the film reel and take a look at the various roles the actor has played that has got him to where he is today. Of the long list of films Big B has to his names, it was difficult to pick just
If actions speak louder than words, then Amitabh proved it in the movie Paa, when he took on the role of playing a Progeria-affected 13-year-old. Watching Big B dance to the 'Paa Dance' was a complete delight for fans of all ages, so much so that
Sarkar - "Mujhe joh sahi lagta hai main karta hoon ... woh chahe bhagwan ke khilaaf ho, samajh ke khilaaf ho, police, kanoon ... yah phir poore system ke khilaaf kyun na ho."
Shahenshah- "Rishte mein toh hum tumhare baap hote hain, naam hai Shahenshah."
Agneepath- "Vijay Dinanath Chauhan; poora naam, baap ka naam Dinanth Chauhan, maa ka naam Suhasini Chauhan, gaon Mandwa, umar chhattis saal, nau mahina, aath din, yeh solvaan ghanta chal rahela hai... haain?"
At times it wasn't just the dialogues that stuck on. Like in the movie Amar Akbar Anthony it was almost impossible to stop humming the tune of - "My name is Anthony Gonsalves, mai duniya mai akela hun..."
Don- "Don ka intezar toh gyaarah mulkon ki police kar rahi hai. Lekin Soniya, ek baat samajhlo Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahi, namumkin hai."
Zanjeer - "Jab tak baithne ko na kaha jaaye sharafat se khade raho. Yeh police station hai tumhare baap ka ghar nahi."
We have put down a very short list of dialogues that we admit we've used at some point in our not so filmy lives. Sholay- "Tumhara naam kya hai, Basanti?"
Through the years, fans of this mega star have made it a point to include some of his dialogues into their daily lingo, like this dialogue from Deewar - "Tum log muje dhoodh rahe ho-aur mai tumhara yaha intezaar kar raha hu...."
Revisiting Amitabh Bachchan's iconic roles and dialogues