Amitabh Bachchan filmography

 Amitabh Bachchan filmography

This following is a filmography of Amitabh Bachchan, an Indian actor who has performed in over 190 films.

 

Filmography

As actor

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	Saat Hindustani	Anwar Ali
1969	Bhuvan Shome	Narrator (voice)
1970	Bombay Talkie	Mourner In Funeral (credited)
1971	Parwaana	Kumar sen
1971	Anand	Dr. Bhaskar Bannerjee / Babu Moshai
1971	Reshma Aur Shera	Chhotu
1971	Guddi	Himself
1971	Pyar Ki Kahani	Ram Chandra
1971	Sanjog	Mohan
1972	Bansi Birju	Birju
1972	Ek Nazar	Manmohan Akash Tyagi
1972	Raaste Kaa Patthar	Jai Shankar Rai
1972	Bombay to Goa	Ravi Kumar
1973	Bandhe Haath	Shamu & Deepak
1973	Zanjeer	Inspector Vijay Khanna
1973	Gehri Chaal	Ratan
1973	Abhimaan	Subir Kumar
1973	Saudagar	Moti
1973	Namak Haraam	Vikram (Vicky)
1974	Kasauti	Amitabh Sharma (Amit)
1974	Benaam	Amit Srivastav
1974	Roti Kapda Aur Makaan	Vijay
1974	Majboor	Ravi Khanna
1975	Chupke Chupke	Sukumar Sinha / Parimal Tripathi
1975	Faraar	Rajesh (Raj)
1975	Mili	Shekhar Dayal
1975	Deewaar	Vijay Verma
1975	Zameer	Baadal / Chimpoo
1975	Sholay	Jai (Jaidev)
1976	Do Anjaane	Amit Roy / Naresh Dutt
1976	Kabhie Kabhie	Amit Malhotra
1976	Hera Pheri	Vijay / Inspector Hirachand
1977	Alaap	Alok Prasad
1977	Amar Akbar Anthony	Anthony Gonzalves
1977	Adalat	Dharma / Raju
1977	Immaan Dharam	Ahmed Raza
1977	Khoon Pasina	Shiva / Tiger
1977	Parvarish	Amit
1978	Besharam	Ram Kumar Chandra / Prince Chandrashekar
1978	Ganga Ki Saugandh	Jeeva
1978	Kasme Vaade	Amit / Shankar
1978	Trishul	Vijay Kumar
1978	Don	Don / Vijay
1978	Muqaddar Ka Sikandar	Sikandar
1979	The Great Gambler	Jay / Inspector Vijay
1979	Jurmana	Inder Saxena
1979	Manzil	Ajay Chandra
1979	Mr. Natwarlal	Natwarlal / Avtar Singh
1979	Kaala Patthar	Vijay Pal Singh
1979	Suhaag	Amit Kapoor
1980	Do Aur Do Paanch	Vijay / Ram
1980	Dostana	Vijay Varma
1980	Ram Balram	Inspector Balram Singh
1980	Shaan	Vijay Kumar
1981	Naseeb	John Johnny Janardhan
1981	Barsaat Ki Ek Raat	ACP Abhijeet Rai
1981	Lawaaris	Heera
1981	Silsila	Amit Malhotra
1981	Yaraana	Kishan Kumar
1981	Kaalia	Kallu / Kaalia
1982	Satte Pe Satta	Ravi Anand / Babu
1982	Bemisal	Dr. Sudhir Roy / Adhir Roy
1982	Desh Premee	Master Dinanath / Raju
1982	Namak Halaal	Arjun Singh
1982	Khud-Daar	Govind Srivastav / Chotu Ustad
1982	Shakti	Vijay Kumar
1983	Nastik	Shankar (Sheru) / Bhola
1983	Mahaan	Rana Ranveer / Guru / Inspector Shankar
1983	Pukar	Ramdas / Ronnie
1983	Coolie	Iqbal A. Khan
1984	Inquilaab	Amarnath
1984	Sharaabi	Vicky Kapoor
1984	Khabardar		Unreleased
1985	Geraftaar	Insp. Karan Kumar Khanna
1985	Mard	Raju "Mard" Tangewala
1986	Aakhree Raasta	David / Vijay
1988	Shahenshah	Inspector Vijay Kumar Srivastav / Shahenshah
1988	Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswati	Ganga Prasad
1989	Toofan	Toofan / Shyam
1989	Jaadugar	Goga / Gogeshwar
1989	Main Azaad Hoon	Azaad
1990	Agneepath	Vijay Deenanath Chauhan
1990	Aaj Ka Arjun	Bheema
1991	Hum	Tiger / Shekhar
1991	Ajooba	Ajooba / Ali
1991	Indrajeet	Indrajeet
1991	Akayla	Inspector Vijay Verma
1992	Khuda Gawah	Baadshah Khan
1994	Insaniyat	Inspector Amar
1997	Mrityudaata	Dr. Ram Prasad Ghayal
1998	Major Saab	Major Jasbir Singh Rana
1998	Bade Miyan Chote Miyan	Inspector Arjun Singh / Bade Miyan
1999	Lal Baadshah	Lal "Baadshah" Singh / Ranbir Singh
1999	Sooryavansham	Thakur Bhanu Pratap Singh / Heera Singh
1999	Hindustan Ki Kasam	Kabeera
1999	Kohram	Col. Balbir Singh Sodi (Devraj Hathoda) / Dada Bhai
2000	Mohabbatein	Narayan Shankar
2001	Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love	Vijay Kapoor
2001	Aks	Manu Verma
2001	Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...	Yashvardhan "Yash" Raichand
2002	Aankhen	Vijay Singh Rajput
2002	Hum Kisise Kum Nahin	Dr. Rastogi
2002	Kaante	Yashvardhan Rampal 'Major'
2003	Armaan	Dr. Siddharth Sinha
2003	Boom	Bade Mia
2003	Baghban	Raj Malhotra
2004	Khakee	D.C.P. Anant Kumar Shrivastav
2004	Aetbaar	Dr. Ranveer Malhotra
2004	Dev	DCP Dev Pratap Singh
2004	Lakshya	Col. Sunil Damle
2004	Deewaar	Maj. Ranvir Kaul
2004	Kyun! Ho Gaya Na...	Raj Chauhan
2004	Hum Kaun Hai?	Major Frank John Williams / Frank James Williams
2004	Veer-Zaara	Chaudhary Sumer Singh
2004	Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo	Major General Amarjeet Singh
2005	Black	Debraj Sahai
2005	Waqt: The Race Against Time	Ishwarchandra Ishwar Sharawat
2005	Bunty Aur Babli	D.C.P. Dashrath Singh
2005	Paheli	Gadariya
2005	Sarkar	Subhash Nagre / Sarkar
2005	Viruddh... Family Comes First	Vidhyadhar Patwardhan
2005	Dil Jo Bhi Kahey	Shekhar Sinha
2005	Ek Ajnabee	Suryaveer Singh
2006	Family — Ties of Blood	Viren Sahi
2006	Darna Zaroori Hai	Professor
2006	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	Samarjit Singh Talwar (aka Sexy Sam)
2006	Baabul	Balraj Kapoor
2007	Eklavya: The Royal Guard	Eklavya
2007	Nishabd	Vijay
2007	Cheeni Kum	Buddhadev Gupta
2007	Shootout at Lokhandwala	Advocate Dhingra
2007	Aag	Babban Singh
2008	Bhoothnath	Khailash Nath (Bhoothnath)
2008	Sarkar Raj	Subhash Nagre / Sarkar
2008	The Last Lear	Harish Mishra
2008	God Tussi Great Ho	God
2008	Yaar Meri Zindagi	Dr. Ajay Singh	Delayed, Released after 37 years
2009	Aladin	Genius
2009	Paa	Auro
2010	Rann	Vijay Harshwardhan Malik
2010	Teen Patti	Venkat Subramanium
2010	Kandahar	Lokanathan Sharma	Malayalam film
2011	Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap	Viju
2011	Aarakshan	Prabhakar Anand
2012	Department	Sarjerao Gaikwad
2013	The Great Gatsby	Meyer Wolfsheim	English film
2013	Satyagraha	Dwarka Anand
2013	Mahabharat 3D Film	Bhishma (voice)
2013	Zamaanat	Shiv Shankar	Unreleased
2014	Bhoothnath Returns	Khailash Nath (Bhoothnath)
2015	Welcome Back[1]	Ranvir Dhanraj Xaja / RDX
2015	Piku[2]	TBA
2015	DO[3][4]

Special appearance

Special Appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1972	Piya Ka Ghar		Guest Appearance
1972	Bawarchi		Narrator
1973	Bada Kabutar		Guest Appearance
1974	Kunwara Baap	Augustine	Guest Appearance
1974	Dost	Anand	Guest Appearance
1976	Chhoti Si Baat		Special Appearance
1977	Charandas	Qawwali Singer	Special Appearance
1977	Shatranj Ke Khilari		Narrator
1979	Gol Maal	Himself	Special Appearance
1981	Chashme Buddoor		Special Appearance
1981	Commander	Raj	Guest Appearance
1981	Walayati Babu	Jagga	Special Appearance Punjabi film
1983	Andha Kanoon	Jan Nissar Akhtar Khan	Special Extended Guest appearance
1987	Jalwa	Himself	Special Appearance
1987	Kaun Jeeta Kaun Haara	Himself	Guest Appearance
1988	Soorma Bhopali		Guest Appearance
1988	Hero Hiralal	Himself	Special Appearance
1989	Batwara		Narrator
1990	Krodh		Special Appearance	1996 Akka Marathi Films Special Apperance	Tere Mere Sapne		Narrator
1999	Hello Brother	God (voice)
1999	Biwi No.1		Guest Appearance
2001	Lagaan		Narrator
2002	Agni Varsha	Indra (God)	Special Appearance
2003	Khushi		Narrator
2003	Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost		Narrator
2003	Fun 2shh: Dudes In the 10th Century		Narrator
2004	Rudraksh		Narrator
2004	Insaaf		Narrator
2005	Parineeta		Narrator
2005	Ramji Londonwale	Himself	Special Appearance
2005	Amrithadhare	Himself	Special Appearance Kannada film
2006	Amrutha Varsham	Himself	Special Appearance Telugu film
2007	Om Shanti Om	Himself	Special Appearance
2008	Jodhaa Akbar		Narrator
2009	Delhi-6	Dadaji	Special Appearance
2010	Mr. Bhatti On Chutti		Special Appearance
2012	Bol Bachchan	Himself	Special Appearance in song "Bol Bachchan"
2012	English Vinglish		Guest appearance
2013	Bombay Talkies	Himself	Special Appearance
2013	Boss		Narrator
2013	Krrish 3		Narrator
2014	Kochadaiiyaan		Narrator (Hindi version)
2014	Manam	Pratapji	Special Appearance Telugu Film

Amitabh Bachchan Return to prominence: 2000-present

Return to prominence: 2000-present







In 2000, Amitabh Bachchan appeared in Yash Chopra's box-office hit, Mohabbatein, directed by Aditya Chopra. He played a stern, older figure that rivalled the character of Shahrukh Khan. Other hits followed, with Bachchan appearing as an older family patriarch in Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love (2001), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) and Baghban (2003).



As an actor, he continued to perform in a range of characters, receiving critical praise for his performances in Aks (2001), Aankhen (2002), Khakee (2004), Dev (2004) and Black (2005). Taking advantage of this resurgence, Amitabh began endorsing a variety of products and services, appearing in many television and billboard advertisements. In 2005 and 2006, he starred with his son Abhishek in the hit films Bunty Aur Babli (2005), the Godfather tribute Sarkar (2005), and Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (2006). All of them were successful at the box office.[27][28] His later releases in 2006 and early 2007 were Baabul (2006),[29] Eklavya and Nishabd (2007), which failed to do well at the box office but his performances in each of them were praised by critics.[30] He also made a guest-
appearance as himself in the Kannada movie Amruthadaare, directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar.
In May 2007, two of his films Cheeni Kum and the multi-starrer Shootout at Lokhandwala were released. Shootout at Lokhandwala did very well at the box office and was declared a hit in India, while Cheeni Kum picked up after a slow start and was declared an overall average hit.[31]
In August 2007, a remake of his biggest hit, Sholay (1975), entitled Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, proved to be a disaster at the box office[31] and was also poorly received by critics.
His first English language film, Rituparno Ghosh's The Last Lear, premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2007. He received positive reviews from critics who hailed his performance as his best ever since Black.[32] Bachchan is slated to play a supporting role in his first international film, Shantaram, directed by Mira Nair and starring Hollywood actor Johnny Depp in the lead. The film was due to begin filming in February 2008 but due to the writer's strike, was pushed to September 2008[33]
Bhoothnath, in which he plays the title role as a ghost, was released on May 9, 2008. Sarkar Raj, released in June 2008, was a sequel to his 2005 film Sarkar. Sarkar Raj received a positive response at the box-office.
Bachchan was scheduled to co-host the second Live Earth event, Live Earth India 2008, with Jon Bon Jovi, in Mumbai India on December 8, 2008.
On January 26th 2009, Amitabh was the chief guest for the opening of Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Andheri, Mumbai

Amitabh Bachchan Television career

Television career

In the year 2000, Bachchan stepped up to host India's adaptation of the British television game show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? entitled, Kaun Banega Crorepati. As it did in most other countries where it was adopted, the program found immediate success. The Canara Bank withdrew its law suit against Bachchan in November 2000. Bachchan hosted KBC till November 2005, and its success set the stage for his return to film popularity. In 2009 Oscar winning movie Slumdog Millionaire in the first question of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? contest Amitabh Bachchan was the correct answer to the question "Who was the star of Zanjeer? Feroz Abbas Khan performed as Amitabh Bachchan in a scene in the movie while Anil Kapoor performed as the host of the contest.

Amitabh Bachchan Producer and acting comeback 1996-1999

Producer and acting comeback 1996-1999

Bachchan turned producer during his temporary retirement period, setting up Amitabh Bachchan Corporation, Ltd. (A.B.C.L.) in 1996, with the vision of becoming a 10 billion rupees (approx 250 million $US) premier entertainment company by the year 2000. ABCL's strategy was to introduce products and services covering the entire section of the India's entertainment industry. Its operations were mainstream commercial film production and distribution, audio cassettes and video discs, production and marketing of television software, celebrity and event management. Soon after the company was launched in 1996, the first film was produced by the company. Tere Mere Sapne failed to do well at the box office but launched the careers of actors such as Arshad Warsi and South films star Simran. ABCL produced a few other films, none of which did well.

In 1997, Bachchan attempted to make his acting comeback with the film Mrityudaata, produced by ABCL. Though Mrityudaata attempted to reprise Bachchan's earlier success as an action hero, the film was a failure both financially and critically. ABCL was the main sponsor of the The 1996 Miss World beauty pageant, Bangalore but lost millions. The fiasco and the consequent legal battles surrounding ABCL and various entities after the event, coupled with the fact that ABCL was reported to have overpaid most of its top level managers, eventually led to its financial and operational collapse in 1997. The company went into administration and was later declared a failed company by Indian Industries board. The Bombay high court, in April 1999, restrained Bachchan from selling off his Bombay bungalow 'Prateeksha' and two flats till the pending loan recovery cases of Canara Bank were disposed of. Bachchan had, however, pleaded that he had mortgaged his bungalow to Sahara India Finance for raising funds for his company.
Bachchan attempted to revive his acting career and had average success with Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998), and received positive reviews for Sooryavansham (1999) but other films such as Lal Baadshah (1999) and Hindustan Ki Kasam (1999) were box office failures.

Amitabh Bachchan Slump and Retirement: 1988-1992

Slump and retirement: 1988-1992

In 1988, Bachchan returned to films, playing the title role in Shahenshah, which was a box office success due to the hype of Bachchan's comeback. After the success of his comeback film however, his star power began to wane as all of his subsequent films failed at the box office. The 1991 hit film, Hum, looked like it might reverse this trend, but the momentum was short-lived as his string of box office failures continued. Notably, despite the lack of hits, it was during this period that Bachchan won his second National Film Award, for his performance as a Mafia don in the 1990 film Agneepath. These years would be the last he would be seen on screen for some time. After the release of Khuda Gawah in 1992, Bachchan went into semi-retirement for five years. In 1994, one of his delayed films Insaniyat was released but was also a box office failure.

Amitabh Bachchan Politics: 1984-1987

Politics: 1984-1987

In 1984, Amitabh took a break from acting and briefly entered politics in support of long-time family friend, Rajiv Gandhi. He contested Allahabad's Lok Sabha seat against H. N. Bahuguna, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and won by the highest victory margin in general election history (68.2% of the vote). His political career, however, was short-lived: He resigned after three years and said it is a cesspool. The resignation followed the implication of Bachchan and his brother in the "Bofors scandal" by a newspaper, which he vowed to take to court. Bachchan was eventually found not guilty of involvement in the ordeal.

His old friend, Amar Singh, helped him during a financial crisis due to the failure of his company ABCL. Therefore Bachchan started to support Amar Singh's political party, the Samajwadi party. Jaya Bachchan joined the Samajwadi Party and became a Rajya Sabha member. Bachchan has continued to do favors for the Samajwadi party, including advertisements and political campaigns. These activities have recently gotten him into trouble again in the Indian courts for false claims after a previous incident of submission of legal papers by him, stating that he is a farmer.
A 15 year press ban against Bachchan was imposed during his peak acting years by Stardust and some of the other film magazines. In his own defense, Bachchan claimed to have banned the press from entering his sets almost till the end of 1989.

Amitabh Bachchan 1982 injury during filming Coolie

1982 injury during filming Coolie

While filming Coolie in 1982, Bachchan suffered a near fatal intestinal injury during the filming of a fight scene with co-actor Puneet Issar. Bachchan was performing his own stunts in the film and one scene required him to fall onto a table and then on the ground. However as he jumped towards the table, the corner of the table struck his abdomen, resulting in a splenic rupture from which he lost a significant amount of blood. He required an emergency splenectomy and remained critically ill in hospital for many months, at times close to death. The public response included prayers in temples and offers to sacrifice limbs to save him, while later, there were long queues of well-wishing fans outside the hospital where he was recuperating. Nevertheless, he spent many months recovering and resumed filming later that year after a long period of recuperation. The film was released in 1983, and partly due to the huge publicity of Bachchan's accident, the film was a box office success.

The director, Manmohan Desai, altered the ending of Coolie after Bachchan's accident. Bachchan's character was originally intended to have been killed off but after the change of script, the character lived in the end. It would have been inappropriate, said Desai, for the man who had just fended off death in real life to be killed on screen. Also, in the released film the footage of the fight scene is frozen at the critical moment, and a caption appears onscreen marking this as the instant of the actor's injury and the ensuing publicity of the accident.
Later, he was diagnosed with Myasthenia gravis. His illness made him feel weak both mentally and physically and he decided to quit films and venture into politics. At this time he became pessimistic, expressing concern with how a new film would be received. Before every release he would negatively state, "Yeh film to flop hogi!" ("This film will flop").