Movies for Appreciating Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan is one of the great stars of Indian cinema. However, he has very rarely said "no" to someone approaching him with a job, and so some of the movies he has starred in have been less than wonderful. I have yet to see a poor performance by him, but I have watched some pretty pathetic movies in which his good work was not enough to overcome the other problems. These are some of the movies that Amitabh Bachchan has been in that I like the best.
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- DirectorRamesh SippyStarsSanjeev KumarDharmendraAmitabh BachchanAfter his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture the bandit.Amitabh as a young, tall, dark and taciturn hero. One of his first big hits.
- DirectorYash ChopraStarsAmitabh BachchanShashi KapoorNirupa RoyVijay struggles as a dockworker and eventually becomes a leading figure of the underworld, while his younger brother Ravi is an educated, upright policeman. This divide causes problems in their relationship.In this one Amitabh is the bad son, driven by childhood poverty and injustice to a life of crime, while his brother sticks to legitimate means of making money and becomes a policeman with integrity.
- DirectorChandra BarotStarsAmitabh BachchanZeenat AmanPran SikandDon, a wanted criminal, dies in a police chase. DSP D'Silva is the only one who knows about his death, and to get hold of the gang he trains Don-lookalike Vijay. But Vijay faces danger from the police and from within the gang.Don has been remade with Shah Rukh Khan as the lead--but Amitabh created the role.
- DirectorManmohan DesaiStarsVinod KhannaRishi KapoorAmitabh BachchanThree brothers are separated and united after many years - one is brought up a Hindu, another a Muslim and the last (and most memorable) a Christian. Hilarity and adventure ensues.Three young brothers get separated and are raised as a Hindu, a Muslim and a Christian. Then things get complicated in very silly ways. This is a classic farce, and Amitabh is priceless as a fast-talking con artist.
- DirectorPrakash MehraStarsWaheeda RehmanShashi KapoorAmitabh BachchanBrought up by his grandfather, Arjun Singh moves to the city in search of a new job and life. While in the city he meets Bhairon, who helps him find a job as a singer in a 5-star hotel owned by Raja.Amitabh is a rich young man whose father is taking him into the business, and whose best friend volunteers to help by giving him insight into the concerns of the workers. He learns more than he expects to about their lives.
- DirectorRama Rao TatineniStarsAmitabh BachchanRanjeet BediC.S. DubeyStreet-wise and poor, Amar Nath makes a living selling cinema tickets and fast-food snacks (Bhel Puri) outside cinema halls. He is taken under the wing of a politician and Chair of the "Garibon Ki Party', Shankar Narayan, allowed to join the Police Academy, and returns as a Police Inspector. He falls in love and gets married to Asha, the only daughter of multi-millionaire businessman, Sitaram. When he successfully apprehends and kills a terrorist by the name of Anil Raj, he is promoted as the Assistant Commisisoner of Police. Asha shares his joy, and soon both are informed that they will soon be proud parents. Then Amar also apprehends and kills a smuggler by the Koya Koya Atachi, and gets immensely popular with the public, so much so that Shankar Narayan resigns and asks Amar to be the Chair of the political party, which Amar accepts and quits his job from the Police Force. It is then that pregnant Asha finds out that Amar is not who he claims to be but is a pawn in the hands of skilled politicians - who have been using him as their hit-man, and now are ready to use him as the Chief Minister so that they can carry on with their nefarious activities. Watch what Asha does to prevent Amar from influencing their newborn son, and from attaining power.A classic "angry young man" sort of movie. This has some absurd picturizations and comedy routines, but it also has lovely outrage against corrupt politicians.
- DirectorTinnu AnandStarsAmitabh BachchanShabana AzmiB.M. ShahA newspaper reporter exploits an ordinary man for few rupees to pose as a man who is fighting against the corrupt politicians and prints imaginary stories in his name to improve the circulation of her newspaper. People take him for real and he becomes a powerful leader of poor man. One day the paper prints a letter in his name that he is going to end his life fighting corruption. This puts the ordinary man in a fix. He knows that at this juncture he can't refute the accuracy of all those stories. He also realizes that he is the sole hope of millions. Finally, he buckles under moral pressure and jumps from an incomplete multi-storied building and ends his life.Amitabh as a drifter who is turned into a crusader for justice by a newspaper reporter looking for a story.
- DirectorMukul AnandStarsAmitabh BachchanSrideviNagarjuna AkkineniBaadshah Khan falls in love with Benazir, a member of a rival clan who has defeated him in a game of buzkashi.Amitabh as an Afghan chieftain whose ferocious commitment to honor and to his word results in his spending the bulk of his life in prison, suffering for a crime he did not commit.
- DirectorE.V.V. SatyanarayanaPranavanandStarsAmitabh BachchanSoundaryaJayasudhaHeera fails to live up to expectations of his father Thakur Bhanupratap Singh, a powerful and respected man of his community. Despite all odds Heera struggles to keep his father's pride.Amitabh plays a double role in this, both as a narrow-minded but noble Thakur father and as a noble but illiterate and somewhat ne'er-do-well son of said father. This is not great cinema, but Amitabh's performances are good, and it's a fun watch.
- DirectorAditya ChopraStarsAmitabh BachchanShah Rukh KhanUday ChopraA film about the battle between love and fear, between two stubborn men and their opposing beliefs and the outcome of the love stories of 3 couples.Amitabh as a crusty old head of a school, fierce and bitter. Then along comes an amazing music teacher, determined to introduce love to the school...
- DirectorKaran JoharStarsShah Rukh KhanKajolAmitabh BachchanAfter marrying a poor woman, rich Rahul is disowned by his father and moves to London to build a new life. Years later, his now-grown younger brother Rohan embarks on a mission to bring Rahul back home and reunite the family.A father who has difficulty bending when his son does not fulfill his expectations in the area of marriage.
- DirectorRavi ChopraStarsAmitabh BachchanHema MaliniSalman KhanAn elderly couple wish their children to care for them in their old age. But their children see and treat them as a burden, and they must struggle to regain their worth and dignity to themselves and others.A father who sacrifices everything for his children, but who has always expected that they would return the favor when he grew older.
- DirectorYash ChopraStarsShah Rukh KhanPreity G ZintaRani Mukerji"Veer-Zaara" is a saga of love, separation, courage, and sacrifice. A love story that is an inspiration and will remain a legend forever.Amitabh has a bit role, but a lovely one, as Veer's father, the leader of a village that is in the process of modernizing and improving.
- DirectorMilan LuthriaStarsAmitabh BachchanSanjay DuttAkshaye KhannaA group of Indian POW (Prisoners Of War) rebels against Pakistani army and tries to escape from their captivity during India-Pakistan war in 1971.Amitabh is a soldier who is a prisoner of war in Pakistan, a leader of men.
- DirectorGovind NihalaniStarsAmitabh BachchanOm PuriFardeen KhanJoint Commissioner of Police Dev Pratap Singh, a duty-bound, self-righteous officer, and Special Commissioner Tejinder Khosla, the balancing force between the political interests of Chief Minister Bhandarker and Dev's commitment to the law, are lifelong friends, each with his own ideals. Farhaan, a law graduate, was brought up with ideals of non-violence and patriotism. Dev unwittingly gives Farhaan the wound that plunges him into rage and violence after witnessing the death of his father during a peace demonstration. Taking advantage of the situation, corrupt politician Latif sets the vulnerable young man on a path of violence and destruction that threatens to ignite the city. Aalyn is the light in Farhaan's life. Beautiful and innocent, the young woman also gets caught in extraordinary circumstances that transform her life and she dares to stand up for the truth.Amitabh is a policeman who is concerned that the truth about riots be uncovered, regardless of the political fallout.
- DirectorRajkumar SantoshiStarsAmitabh BachchanAkshay KumarAjay DevgnA team of police force escorts an alleged terrorist from Chandangarh to Mumbai. However their trip turns into a deadly survival when an ex-cop tries to stop them to reach Mumbai.Amitabh as a righteous policeman, given an assignment that his superiors think will result in his death.
- DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsAmitabh BachchanAbhishek BachchanKay Kay MenonSubhash Nagre runs a parallel government in the city where he has a cult following. When his enemies plot to murder him, his son takes charge and stands up against them.Bollywood's remapping of the Godfather onto the Indian landscape.
- DirectorSanjay Leela BhansaliStarsAmitabh BachchanRani MukerjiShernaz PatelThe cathartic tale of a young woman who can't see, hear, or speak, and the teacher who brings a ray of light into her dark world.This is an Indian version of the Miracle Worker, about Helen Keller, but includes a number of different artistic twists to the story. Amitabh is the man who helps a girl who is deaf and blind learn to communicate with the world.
- DirectorVipul Amrutlal ShahStarsAmitabh BachchanAkshay KumarPriyanka Chopra JonasIshwar Chandra Thakur is living the good life, content with his loving wife Sumitra and son Adiya. There is but one thing which gradually comes to annoy Ishwar: his son's laziness and dependency on his father.The father of a wastrel son fights for his transformation, even as he is also fighting against the cancer that he knows will be his death.
- DirectorMahesh ManjrekarStarsAmitabh BachchanSharmila TagoreJohn AbrahamAn ordinary 60 plus couple - Vidhyadhar Patwardhan and his wife are forced to search for their faith in human values and society after the death of their only son Amar. In the process they undergo the most testing struggle of their lives.Amitabh plays a man whose son has been murdered, with the murder covered up by the police.
- DirectorRavi ChopraStarsAmitabh BachchanSalman KhanHema MaliniWhen his only son dies in an accident, Balraaj urges his depressed daughter-in-law to marry a man who has long loved her in silence.A father-in-law of a young widow bucks tradition to see her happily remarried.
- DirectorVidhu Vinod ChopraStarsAmitabh BachchanSaif Ali KhanSanjay DuttAs the kingdom of Devigarh comes apart at the seams, an aging bodyguard attempts to protect the Royal Family, as well as keep its darkest secrets from ever coming to light.Amitabh as an aging palace guard to the royal family of a princely state that is still living with a sense of royalty in modern India. Dark family secrets are slowly revealed, and Eklavya's understanding of ultimate duty is put to the test. This is a beautiful movie, and one of my favorites.
- DirectorR. BalkiStarsAmitabh BachchanTabuParesh RawalAn egotistical 64-year-old chef and confirmed bachelor falls for a woman 30 years his junior.The sixty-year old owner of a top Indian restaurant in London slowly warms up to the possibility of romance in his life.
- DirectorRituparno GhoshStarsAmitabh BachchanPreity G ZintaArjun RampalAn aging Shakespearean actor takes on one of the bard's most challenging roles. Based on Utpal Dutt's play "Aajker Shahjahan".A crotchety aging actor is offered a job in a movie.
- DirectorVivek SharmaStarsAmitabh BachchanJuhi ChawlaSatish ShahMoving into a new house, a family witnesses an unfriendly ghost who wants to drive them away from the house. However, he befriends a little boy who changes his outlook forever.Amitabh as a bitter (and then charming) ghost.