Journalism of Courage
Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan is turning 80 on October 11. 'Age is just a number' for the super energetic Big B who keeps himself busy with projects even after all these years. Scroll to see unseen photos of the megastar from the sets over the years. (Photo: Express Archive)
Amitabh Bachchan had his share of struggle to become an actor. (Photo: Express Archive)
Big B began his journey as an actor in 1969. (Photo: Express Archive)
In the early 1970s, films like Zanjeer, Deewaar and Sholay made Amitabh Bachchan a big star. (Photo: Express Archive)
Big B's career spans more than five decades. (Photo: Express Archive)
Amitabh is one star who has worked with actors across generations. (Photo: Express Archive)
Big B has many a time shared stories from his shoot days. (Photo: Express Archive)
Senior Bachchan is not only a great actor but we have seen him as a playback singer, film producer, and quiz master with Kaun Banega Crorepati. (Photo: Express Archive)
In an earlier interview, indianexpress.com asked Big B why he works so hard at this age. He replied, "It's my job and I gotta do it." He added, "It's rather tough to have a job these days." (Photo: Express Archive)
Bachchan also spoke about feeling satisfied with the kind of work that’s coming his way even as he turns 80. (Photo: Express Archive)
"The opportunity to work in so many films is the highest form of satisfaction. Other than that, all actors would agree, one should never be satisfied, because then you lose out on the happiness of learning new things," Big B shared. (Photo: Amitabh Bachchan/Instagram)
Amitabh added, "Looking at today’s generation of actors, I feel amazed at how good their work is and how in the first films they do so well, in their initial years they’ve already done so well." (Photo: Express Archive)
"It took me fifty years to be where I am and I’m still learning. And then these beautiful young actors come and do great work in their first film itself and I get to learn from them," Bachchan said. (Photo: Amitabh Bachchan/Instagram)
The 80-year-old star is currently entertaining millions with his stories and humor on the sets of the ongoing season of Kaun Banega Crorepati. (Photo: Amitabh Bachchan/Instagram)
Amitabh Bachchan, who was last seen in Goodbye, now has Uunchai in the pipeline. (Photo: Amitabh Bachchan/Instagram)
Here's wishing a happy birthday to Amitabh Bachchan. (Photo: Express Archive)
