Bollywood basically has three megastars -Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan and to an extent Shahrukh Khan. But none have touched the pedestal of success as one Allahabad guy of 6 feet 9 inch has scaled as if it befits his height. Bachchan was, after all, the first Indian actor to have his likeness sculpted for Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in London. This man tried his stint in politics but soon realized the muddle and came back to Bollywood bandwagon again.

 
October 11,2003 Amitabh Bachchan would be another year old. As he turns 61 Amitabh would be presented with a musical album. The album is dedicated to this Indian luminaries sung by Sudesh Bhosle. Yet there will be groom in his heart as he remembers his 60th birthday. Last year Jaya Bachchan had presented TO BE OR NOT TO BE AMITABH. Accidentally also Amitabh announced his son's Abhishek's engagement to Karishma Kapoor which never saw the light.

Karishma is today married to Sona Steering company manager Sanjay Kapur. So definitely Amitji will be bit remorse but as Big B like a Shahenshah has trotted every Agneepath, there is equal chance that his Baghban is going to flourish again.

 Forbes.com in 2002 came out with a list. In that they mentioned Amitabh Bachchan as the five most powerful Indian film stars, heading all the way. Following 60-year-old Bachchan are Hrithik Roshan and Aamir Khan. Fourth and fifth on the list are the actresses Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit.

The list was compiled according to the Forbes "proprietary formula -- weighing salary, number of press clips returned on Lexis-Nexis, and by gauging popularity from searches on the Dow Jones interactive and Google.com."

The article, which focuses on India's fascination with cinema, reports "While India's biggest celebrity actors are treated like royalty by an adoring public, they are also the subject of the kind of media gossip that would make a National Enquirer reporter blush."

Amitabh Bachchan has been an icon of sort. The man unquestionably in every front delivers. Just when it was thought that the legend won't come back to the screen, he shooted back. The host of Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC), the Indian version of the British game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," made television viewing far more entertaining than it never was. He was voted in BBC's Internet poll on the 'Star of the Millennium'.

 Amitabh Bachchan then appeared in movies in never before role. AANKHEN, KAANTE, AKS mind all these were roles written only for him. He ushered a kind of reformation in Bollywood. Bachchan whose recent movie BAGHBAN is getting raves for his portrayal of a 60 year old man in love with his family. The coming days will see him in some substance roles in Govind Nihalini's DEV, Farhan Akhtar's LAKSHYA, Rajkumar Santoshi's KHAKEE and soon RAJVEER.

Always ready to experiment this man has boasts of a career record that anyone can have. He has also featured in all leading directors book and today even the young generation finds him to be a hot cake. As for Karan Johar of KABHI KHUSHI KABHIE GHAM fame Amitji had painstakingly did the steps of Shava Shava and didn't he sizzle. Amitji worked with Aditya Chopra in MOHABATEIN and just blew Shahrukh out of the camera.

 Amitabh Bachchan in his illustrious career has only one black spot should we mention and that has been his political career. It was only due to ardent friend Rajiv Gandhi, the late Prime Minister of India that he made his political entry. But soon he understood the black muddle of politics and decided to come out of it. Also his decision to start AB Corp and then its debacle is noteworthy.

Versatility is another name for Amitabh Bachchan. He can sizzle with Adnan Sami and say Kabhie Nahi as well as dance with Kareena Kapoor in Pepsi advertisement. Amitabh Bachchan is the next name to impossible and for someone who has been leaped with laurels any compliment would fall short before him. Let me say what his son Abhishek said and I quote: "Being Amitabh Bachchan son is like having your life objectives filled. I am proud to be my dad's son". Well! Lets just wish Amitabh Bachchan all the very best wishes on his 61st birthday.

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