Happy birthday Amitabh Bachchan: 70 Cheers for the towering inferno

The anger has ebbed and a stylish salt and pepper beard now accentuates the laugh lines around his face. As Amitabh Bachchan turns 70 on Oct 11, 2012, he's as busy as ever, acting and blogging. If you asked him whether he feels age catching up, he'd probably tell you 'Bbuddah Hoga...Terra Baap!'

Happy Birthday Amitabh Bachchan: What makes him Bollywood's Shahenshah



In pics: Films in which Amitabh Bachchan played himself


Films in which Amitabh Bachchan donned the hat of a producer


Amitabh and Jaya on the sets of Bhojpuri film 'Ganga Devi'


Rare pictures of Amitabh Bachchan


Amitabh & Jaya Bachchan celebrate 39 years of togetherness


First Look: Amitabh Bachchan's Hollywood debut 'The Great Gatsby'


What's better than one Amitabh Bachchan? Two Amitabh Bachchans!


Flashback: 'Saat Hindustani', Amitabh Bachchan's first film


Amitabh Bachchan in his many Bollywood avatars


In pics: Meet Amitabh 'Vijay' Bachchan

Happy birthday Amitabh Bachchan: Thank you for the memories

The kind of respect Amitabh Bachchan enjoys is unthinkable for many prominent thinkers and politicians.

Amitabh Bachchan @ 70: The brand value of being earnest

Here is a look at the star that we have come to know and what makes Amitabh Bachchan so big even at 70.

I will never write an autobiography, says Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan admits he often gets suggestions to write an autobiography, but doesn't see any value in it.

From 'Mohabbatein' to 'Aarakshan': Amitabh Bachchan's best films in last ten years

At an age when his contemporaries have taken a backseat, Big B took the risk of playing a 12-year-old in 'Paa'.

Deep love of my well wishers has kept me alive: Amitabh Bachchan

The actor who started his journey with 'Saat Hindustani' in 1969, still remains to be one of the most loved Bollywood actors.

Amitabh Bachchan recalls 'Coolie' accident, says was declared clinically dead

CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai took a trip down memory lane with the Shahenshah of Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan. In a candid interview he spoke about how the 'Coolie' accident where he was declared clinically dead for a few minutes, changed his life.

Won't get another Amitabh Bachchan in the next 100 years: R Balki

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is turning 70 on October 11 and film director R Balki, who has delivered hits like 'Cheeni Kum' and national award winning 'Paa' with Big B, describes the Bollywood legend as a once in a lifetime actor.

Watch: Amitabh Bachchan recalls his school days

CNN-IBN Editor-in-Chief Rajdeep Sardesai took a trip down memory lane with the Shahenshah of Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan.

I just run away from this day, my birthday, says Amitabh Bachchan

In his four decades in films, Amitabh has grown to become one of the most formidable names of the country.

My unreleased film 'Shoebite' is like my stillborn child: Shoojit Sircar

The characters they chose to portray were imbibed with the quirks that are peculiar to Bengalis. Their trenchant reproduction of difficult roles with a certain matter-of-fact panache made them the toast of the town this year. Yes, this has been a lucky year for the Bengali artistes in Hindi cinema.

Amitabh: Want good cinema? Educate your people

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan feels unequal level of education is responsible for lack of good quality scripts in the Indian film industry.

Flashback: 'Saat Hindustani', Amitabh Bachchan's first film

Amitabh Bachchan symbolizes the traditional Indian patriarch to the core

Bachchan introduced aggression and violence as ingrained personality traits of the Hindi film hero at a time when our own fathers and grandfathers, belonging to the betrayed, educated middle class, were most agitated by the conditions prevailing in the country in the early 70s.

Suhel Seth: Amitabh Bachchan's 70 years of influence and adulation

October 11 will be a celebration of a man who has stood his ground in the wake of many adversities.

What keeps Amitabh Bachchan so busy even at the age of 70

Age doesn't seem to bother Amitabh Bachchan, who is probably busier than his younger days.

Bhupendra Chaubey: Amitabh Bachchan asked me warmly, 'have you had dinner?'

After much persuasion, I finally managed to convince him of doing an interview with me. So off I went to Mumbai, straight through the doors where lakhs of fans would have come over the decades at his residence in Juhu, Jalsa.

Abu Jani-Sandeep Khosla designing surprise for Big B's 70th b'day

Designer duo Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla are assisting the veteran actor's wife Jaya in creating a 'big surprise'.

Amitabh Bachchan: He is 70, going on 17

He might be turning 70 on October 11, 2012, but Amitabh Bachchan has still got the groove. Big B's charm hasn't stopped making the younger heroines blush.

Amitabh@70: His 70 most iconic dialogue

Aisa to aadmi life mein doich time bhaagta hai. Olympic ka race ho, yaa police ka case ho. Tum kisliye bhaagta hai bhai?

Amitabh Bachchan: Cinema is going through a magical phase

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says Anurag Basu's 'Barfi!', which tackles a sensitive love story of a deaf and mute boy and an autistic girl, says the movie is a beacon of change in Indian cinema.

Amitabh@70: Who's the next 'angry young man'?

Amitabh Bachchan is past his 'angry young man' phase but surprisingly there are not many actors in the frame who can revamp the image completely.

Quiz: Big B team vs CNN-IBN newsroom

It was Amitabh Bachchan versus the CNN-IBN Newsroom in Mumbai.

Aamir Khan is a bigger star: Amitabh Bachchan

This friday Amitabh Bachhcan's 'Buddah hoga tera baap' goes head to with Aamir Khan's production 'Delhi Belly'.

No political campaigning for me: Big B

Big B speaks on the ongoing elections and political campaigning in future.

Every actor has his own place, says Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan feels every actor has his own place in Bollywood and it would be unfair to rank them.

KBC 6: Amitabh Bachchan keeps the charm intact

The immediate connect with the audiences gives Big B an edge over others as a TV show host.

Mehmood bhai used to call me 'Danger Diabolic': Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan was given his first lead role in 'Bombay to Goa' by his friend Mehmood Ali.

The Big B magic: What makes him the most bankable star

Nobody can reinvent themselves over and over again as Amtibah Bachchan has.

Little things about Big B you always wanted to know

Here's why Amitabh Bachchan is the superstar that he is.

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