One reason why Amitabh Bachchan’s popularity has lasted for nearly 50 years is because there have been many Bachchans through the years
I wrote, two weeks ago, about my adventures as a young journo in the Mumbai film industry in the late 70s and early 80s. My intention in writing about movies was purely practical: with all restaurants shut, it seemed like an odd time to be writing about food.
Amitabh Bachchan has lived his life in phases. Once a phase ends, he moves on.(Getty Images)
Like the hero he has played all his life, Amitabh Bachchan always wins, against the odds.
Bachchan was gravely injured in 1982 in an accident on the sets of Coolie Rajiv Gandhi was Amitabh’s best friend VP Singh had suggested thatthe Gandhis had made money on such deals as Bofors and that Bachchan was the frontman Aaj Ka Arjun, possibly one of the worst filmsAmitabh has ever acted in, saw a huge boom in ticket sales and became a super hit The song Jumma Chumma from Hum went on to become an anthem all over India