Published 23:39 IST, October 16th 2019
Why Amitabh Bachchan is the ultimate 'angry young man' of Bollywood
Amitabh Bachchan is the ultimate 'Angry young man' of Bollywood. Check out some of Amitabh Bachchan's most famous dialogues that made him 'Angry young man'.
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Bollywood veteran, Amitabh Bachchan, was born on October 11, 1942. actor celebrated his 77th birthday recently. Having done over 190 films in Bollywood, Big B also had a successful career as a playback singing and as a TV host. Bollywood has showered numerous wishes for Big B's birthday through social media sites like Twitter and Instagram. Many fans gared outside his house Jalsa on account of star's birthday. Let's reminisce some of top Amitabh Bachchan movies that showcased him as 'Angry young man' of Bollywood.
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Agneepath (1990)
most famous dialogue from this movie has to be "Pura naam, Vijay Dinanath Chauhan, Baap ka Naam, Dinanath Chauhan, Maa ka Naam, Suhasini Chauhan, Gaon Mandwa, Umar Chhattis saal." Directed by Mukul Anand, cast included Mithun Chakraborty, Madhavi, Neelam Kothari, and Danny Denzongpa as dreaded antagonist Kancha Cheena. Amitabh's dialogues as Vijay Dinanath Chauhan created a massive hype during that period and movie became an instant blockbuster hit.
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Namak Haraam (1973)
"Hai kisi maa ke laal me himmat, jo mere saamne aaye?" says Vikram Mahara (Vicky) and movie name is Namak Haram. Amitabh Bachchan recently shared through social media that Namak Haram bore seeds of anger, which was next seen in Zanjeer, post which media titled him as 'Angry young man'.
Zanjeer (1973)
With Zanjeer, Amitabh Bachchan changed Bollywood trend of romantic movies towards action movies. late Pran's role was also massively appreciated by his fans and film critics as well. Amitabh Bachchan was seen in role of Vijay as a police officer. film shifted Amitabh's career journey from a supporting actor into an overnight rising star thus ending his struggling period in Bollywood. Zanjeer is credited as movie which gave 'Angry young man' title to Amitabh.
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Shahenshah (1988)
"Rishte mein toh hum tumhare baap lagte hain, naam hai Shahenshah" is one of famous dialogues in film Shahenshah. Amitabh was seen as a cop in day and as a vigilante at night, saving people from evil and injustice. story of film was written by his wife Jaya Bachchan and film was a box-office hit.
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Deewar (1975)
We can still recall egoistic Vijay Verma from Deewar through se dialogues. "Main aaj bhi phenke hue paise nahin uthata" and "Aaj mere paas bangla hai, gaadi hai, bank balance hai, kya hae tumhare paas?" se two dialogues were proof that one could mess with big shot Vijay Verma.
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Amitabh Bachchan's upcoming projects include Gulabo Sitabo and Chehre. He was last seen in Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy. Currently he is hosting KBC (Kaun Banega Crorepati) Season 11 on Sony Channel that airs 9 p.m.
14:52 IST, October 16th 2019