Who made Amitabh Bachchan a superstar? 10 unheard stories of Bollywood’s ‘Shahenshah’

Amitabh Bachchan Birthday Special: Bollywood’s ‘Shahenshah’ i.e. Amitabh Bachchan will celebrate his 81st birthday tomorrow. Even at the age of 82, Amitabh Bachchan is active in films. Amitabh Bachchan, who debuted with the 1969 film Saat Hindustani, gave 12 flop films simultaneously. He has now been in the film industry for 55 years and during this time he has worked in more than 130 films.

On the special occasion of Amitabh Bachchan’s birthday, let us tell you some special things related to him. How he first got the tag of a flop star and then became a superstar, which star’s stardom was shaken by his arrival and how he became known as the ‘Shahenshah’ of Bollywood.

10 unheard stories related to Amitabh Bachchan

1. Amitabh Bachchan’s first film Saat Hindustani failed at the box office. After this he worked in many films but all of them flopped. In the initial phase of his career, 12 films of Big B flopped, after which he got the tag of flop actor.
2. Big B’s luck changed when Prakash Mehra offered him the film Zanjeer. Jaya Bachchan was with him in this film, then the name of the actress was Jaya Bhaduri. Amitabh’s pairing with Jaya worked and the film proved to be a blockbuster.
3. Amitabh Bachchan became famous after doing Prakash Mehra’s film Zanjeer. He achieved such fame overnight that the stardom of that era’s superstar Rajesh Khanna started fading in front of him.
4. Later Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna worked together in the film ‘Namak Haram’. Rajesh Khanna himself had said in an interview that when he saw the trial show of the film ‘Namak Haram’ in Liberty Cinema, he knew that his era was over.
5. Amitabh Bachchan played the role of Vijay Dinanath Chauhan in the 2012 film Agneepath. Amitabh became very famous with this name. Very few people know that Big B has played the character named ‘Vijay’ 20 times on screen.
6. Big B has played double roles in many films. Till now he has been seen doing double roles in a total of 12 films. He played a triple role in the film ‘Mahan’.
7. After the success of the film Zanjeer, Prakash Mehra had decided to take the star cast on a trip abroad. But Amitabh Bachchan’s father was aware of his and Jaya’s relationship. That’s why he had said that he can go abroad with Jaya only after marrying her. In such a situation, Amitabh and Jaya got married immediately.
8. In 1988, Amitabh Bachchan worked in the film ‘Shahenshah’. Due to his brilliant performance in this film and dedication towards his career, he was given the title of ‘Shahenshah’ of Bollywood. A dialogue from the film – ‘Rishte mein to hum tumhare baap lagte hain, naam hai ‘Shahenshah”, became his identity.
9. At the age of 58, Amitabh Bachchan left his acting career at the peak of his career and went into solitude for 2 years. He had bought an apartment in Switzerland where he lived alone. This was revealed by his co-star Rajinikanth in an interview.
10. Amitabh Bachchan is the owner of property worth Rs 3190 crore. He has revealed the name of the heir to his property while he is alive. In an episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati, Big B had said that whatever he owns will be divided equally among his children, Abhishek Bachchan and Shweta Bachchan.

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