Published 22:58 IST, October 4th 2019

Amitabh Bachchan shares Throwback photo with a pinch of humour

Amitabh Bachchan did not have a great initial start as an actor in the industry. Read on to know why Amitabh was Bachchan rejected by filmmakers until his debut

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Amitabh Bachchan, often kwn as don of Bollywood, has given multiple legendary hits to industry. However, he did t have a great initial start. In spite of coming from a popular family, Amitabh Bachchan still had to struggle through his way to top. Recently, Amitabh Bachchan shared a picture on his official Instagram handle and captioned it saying wonder he was rejected. Read on to view photo and kw more.

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Why was Amitabh Bachchan rejected? 

In his latest post on Instagram, Amitabh shared a throwback picture from 1968. He was seen dressed in a kurta-pyjama posing in front of a tree. He captioned it saying that picture was from his application for a job in movies, from his portfolio, from 1968. He also expressed that it was wonder that he was rejected. 

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Don actor had also shared ar throwback post on his official Twitter account. actor posted a black and white picture of him posing next to a tree. He also captioned it saying it was im he had sent to Filmfare Madhuri Contest to join films. And again joked saying wonder y rejected him.

Amitabh is quite active on his official social media account. Instagram or Twitter, Big B is seen sharing his pictures and poetries on account. Amitabh Bachchan has shared several stories of his rejection and how he had to face gruelling struggles at beginning of his career. His debut movie was Saat Hindustani (1969). Amitabh could t churn out much at box-office in initial years. However, after almost 13 flops, he got to taste success. His role of Inspector Vijay Khanna in Zanjeer (1973) hit bull's eye and fans started addressing him as ‘angry young man’ of Bollywood.

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