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

New Delhi: After going through a low phase, the career of megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who turns 70 Thursday, has been on a roll since 2000. From 'Mohabbatein' to 'Paa', the actor has brought various characters alive on screen in the last decade, which in some way or the other is close to reality.

IANS lists Amitabh's most popular films in the last decade.

Mohabbatein (2000): Directed by Aditya Chopra, this film came as a turning point in Amitabh's career as he struggled to keep up with the pace of the changing scenario of Hindi cinema. In the film, he played the role of Gurukul principal Narayan Shankar who puts an emphasis on honour, tradition and discipline, and is against the emotion of love.

Amitabh Bachchan, an icon of Indian cinema, turned 70 on October 11. It seems the entire Bollywood poured in at the bash. The Red Carpet was a glittering affair of gorgeously dressed men and women. Here's a picture of the Bachchan family.
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Actor Ravi Kishan with his wife Preeti at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash in Mumbai.
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Actress Tabu at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash in Mumbai.
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Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash in Mumbai.
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Veteran actor and Amitabh's co-star Shashi Kapoor at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash in Mumbai.
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Veteran filmmaker Yash Chopra with his wife at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash in Mumbai.
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Singer Himesh Reshamiya at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash in Mumbai.
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Amala Akkineni with her husband and actor Nagarjuna at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash in Mumbai.
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Actress Parineeti Chopra at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash in Mumbai.
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Salim Merchant at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash in Mumbai.
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Actress Sonali Bendre at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actor Aftab Shivdasani with his wife at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Filmmaker Karan Johar with his mother Hiroo Johar at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actor Manoj Tiwari at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actress Sakshi Tanwar at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actor Aditya Pancholi at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actor Atul Kulkarni at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Veteran actress Waheeda Rehman at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actor Chiranjeevi at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Singer Ila Arun at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actress Prachi Desai at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Singer Adnan Sami and his wife Roya Faryabi at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actress Rinke Khanna at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actress Preity Zinta with her mother at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actress Gracy Singh at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actor Kay Kay Menon and his wife at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Saira Banu and Dilip Kumar at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Ram Charan and his wife Upasana at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav (L), business tycoon Anil Ambani (C) and former UP CM Mulayam Singh Yadav (R) at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actress Ameesha Patel at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Amitabh and Jaya share a moment at his 70th birthday bash.
Anil Kapoor arrives with his wife Sunita at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Singer Anu Malik with his wife Anju at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actor Arshad Warsi at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Ashutosh Gowarikar and his wife Sunita at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
The Bachchan family at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash. From left-right: Amitabh, Jaya, Nikhil Nanda, Shweta Nanda, Agastya, Abhishek and Aishwarya.
Actress Shilpa Shetty at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actor Danny Denzongpa at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actor Bindu Dara Singh with his family at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actor Boman Irani with his wife Zenobia at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Chandrachur Singh with his wife Avantika at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Singer Daler Mehndi at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actress Deepika Padukone at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actress Deepti Naval at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actress Hema Malini with daughter Esha Deol and son-in-law Bharat Takhtiani at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actor John Abraham at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Juhi Chawla and her husband Jai Mehta at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actor Kader Khan at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Actors Kajol and Ajay Devgn at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Anupam and Kirron Kher at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Madhuri Dixit and her husband Sriram Nene at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Rahul Bose at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Tamil superstar Rajinikanth at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Rana Daggubati at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Filmmaker Rohit Shetty at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Sanjay Dutt and his wife Maanyata at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Baba Azmi, Tanvi Azmi, Shabana Azi and Javed Akhtar at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Shamita Shetty, Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Sonakshi Sinha at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Sridevi and Boney Kapoor at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Suneil and Mana Shetty at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Tushhar Kapoor and Jeetendra at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Vidya Balan at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Vinod Khanna with his wife and son Rahul Khanna at Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday bash.
Model and wife of Arjun Rampal, Mehr Jessia, at Amitabh Bachchan's birthday bash.
Sanjay Kapoor with his wife at Amitabh Bachchan's birthday bash.
Anupama Chopra at Amitabh Bachchan's birthday bash.
Singer Shaan at Amitabh Bachchan's birthday bash.

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$Amitabh Bachchan\'s best films in last ten years$

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

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001): In the film, Amitabh played the role of a wealthy businessman, who is fiercely dominating and insists on controlling the lives of his wife and sons, however at the same time he is loving too. The way Amitabh portrayed both the aspects of his personality won him critical accolades. You might hate him for being dominating at one point, but towards the end you would love him.

Baghban (2003): This Ravi Chopra film is a heart-warming story of an old couple, Raj (Amitabh) and Pooja (Hema), who are forced to live apart because their four children feel it would be difficult for them to take care of them together. The pain and agony that Raj goes through while living miles away from his wife was so nicely portrayed by Amitabh, that it brought tears to the eyes of the audience.

Black (2005): Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Black revolves around a blind and deaf girl Michelle played by Rani Mukerji and her relationship with her teacher Debraj Sahai, played by Amitabh. Debraj takes the responsibility to educate the girl. His outstanding portrayal of the teacher who later goes on to develop Alzheimer's disease won him the national award for best actor.

Cheeni Kum (2007): R. Balki's comedy was a unique love story between a 64-year-old Buddhadev Gupta with 34-year-old Nina. His brilliant performance in the film not just entertains with its sarcastic humour, but also touches heart with its emotional moments.

Paa (2009): It was one of the best films of Amitabh's career. At an age where most of his contemporaries have taken a backseat, the megastar took the risk of playing a 12-year-old child suffering from progeria. His sensitive portrayal of an aging boy left an impact on viewers. It used to take hours for Big B to put on the prosthetic make-up.

Aarakshan (2011): The Prakash Jha film saw Amitabh playing the role of an honest Prabhakar Anand, who fought to bring a change in the educational system without compromising on his morals and principles. The intensity with which he played the role left a lasting impression on the minds of the audience.