I'd say I only like the Amitabh Bachchan of 'Anand', 'Kabhi Kabhi', and some others of the yesteryears... after that he became a gimmick artist, especially from the 80s... his movie selection was third rate. It's only because of his voice and the choice of the Indian masses that he rose to heights. A true educated Indian would not talk much about his works over the past say 25 years. And definitely not over the past 10 years after the KBC shit. We need to rate him on an overall character which is very poor and most of us would know that. He jeopardized Rekha's and Parveen Babi's lives... made hay while sunshine with some other actresses. He exploited the media to the fullest in shameless ways just because he could cover up the massive losses he incurred for staging the Beauty Pageant contest in the mid-nineties. And not to mention, the way he is forcing himself on screen today along with that lousy actor son copycat and his cat-eyed wife... he is definitely the gimmick artist of the century. And he can get nowhere close to Dilip Kumar or even Rajesh Khanna as a gentleman artist... on an overall rating mind you.
RE:AB's - A Mirage
by Murli on Aug 20, 2008 05:44 PM Permalink
hahaha Vishambhara you have lost your head and blabbing your self made fantasy. Pravin Bobby was Alzheimer's pateint and one sided crush on Amitabh. This is the glory and elan of this man that you still take time out to argument on his name even today more than any of todays so called superstars! Whatelse testimonial u want..when u gave urself automatically??? And plzz dont talk about Dilip Kumar and Rajesh Khanna like cartoons...had they been so powerfula and characterful they too would have ruled for 4 decades of Hindi cinema..... Dilip Kumar himself never understood what dialogues he uttered, and his every dailgoue carried same expression....and rajesh Khanna...one after another affar...Anju Mahendru, Asha Parekh, Mumtaz, Teena Munim and Dimple...shameless creature who lost his stardom to Amitabh not just due to talent but character too! Sameway how u can forget the tragic death of Madhubala due to Dilip Kumar? and How you can not talk about the fact that Dilip Kumar Married Saira Banoo to get more closer to Saira Banoo's mother with whom actually he was having an affair!!! Amitabh is matchless in every aspect be it character or be it talent...this si why he is not lost with time like these jokers and even today youngest of star dont dare to stand near his giantness....ask SRK...he will tell u the best! Salman and Akshay already said that.
RE:AB's - A Mirage
by Agastya Viswambhara on Aug 20, 2008 05:40 PM Permalink
One of the pillars and may be the last in the queue. And by the way it is a long standing habit of we Indians to look at the truth from an emotional angle and call it bullshit. With no offense and due respect to the fans of Amitabh Bachchan, I am just voicing myself over here. If you want to go ahead and patronise Amitabh Bachchan, go ahead and do so, who's stopping you.
RE:AB's - A Mirage
by Murli on Aug 20, 2008 05:37 PM Permalink
He is the only pillar of hindi cinema ... none can match his verstality and dimensions of characters played....from typical msala entertianment of 80's or be the classics of 70's and be all sort of roles in 2000s...this man is undisputed God of Hindi cinema. Just go and watch his next coming movie: The Last Lear releasing on 12th Sept, and feel the punch!
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by Cornelius Sukumar on Aug 20, 2008 08:04 PM Permalink
Hi agree with you Agastya This AB pillar cannot stand on his own. He always needs the support of his daughter in law, son & his wife to support him or vice versa.
RE:AB's - A Mirage
by PUNEESH on Aug 20, 2008 08:30 PM Permalink
although there is no doubt that he has been and is a pillar of indian cinema....however...nowadays i have began to find his filma boring and useless...
