Amitabh Bachchan, the angry young man's iconic movies; From 'Sholay' to 'Zanjeer'

Amitabh Bachchan, popularly kwn as Shehenshah of Bollywood, is one of greatest and most influential actors of Hindi cinema. Over career span of five deces, Amitabh Bachchan has carved a niche for himself with his phemenal performances on silver screen. He was also nicknamed as ‘angry young man’ for longest time for his performance in action movies. Here is a compilation of Amitabh Bachchan’s angry movies where he stole show.

Sholay

Sholay is a 1975 action-movie which was helmed by Ramesh Sippy and bankrolled by his far G.P Sippy. Sholay’s plot revolves around life of two criminals, Veeru and Jai hired by a retired police officer to capture ruthless dacoit Gabbar. It features Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra Singh, Hema Malini and Jaya Bachchan in pivotal roles.

Don

Don is a 1978 action thriller helmed by Chandra Barot and bankrolled by Nariman Irani. film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Pran, Helen, Om Shivpuri, Iftekhar, Satyen Kappu and Pinchoo Kapoor in primary roles. film’s plot revolves around Vijay, a Bombay slum-dweller who resembles powerful and underworld boss, Don. He is being asked by officer DSP D’Silva to masquere as Don and help him track down root of criminal organisation.

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Zanjeer

Zanjeer is a 1973 action-film directed and produced by Prakash Mehra. movie stars Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Bindu, Ajit and Pran in primary roles. After this movie, Amitabh Bachchan was nicknamed as ‘ Angry Young Man’. plot of film revolves around an honest police officer who clashed with a crime boss who, unbekwnst to him, happens to be his parents’ murderer.

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Agneepath

Agneepath is a 1990 action-drama movie helmed by Mukul Anand. movie stars Amitabh Bachchan as protagonist Vijay Deenanath Chavan and Danny Denzongpa as antagonist Kancha Cheena. movie also features Mithun Chakroborty, Mhavi, Neelam Kothari and Rohini Hattangi. plot of film revolves around a young boy’s quest for revenge that les him to become a gangster as an ult. With each passing day, he becomes more like his enemies.

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Amar Akbar Anthony

Amar Akbar Anthony is a 1977 action-comedy movie, helmed and bankrolled by Manmohan Desai. movie stars Vid Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor in le roles. plot of movie revolves around life of three brors who were separated in childhood and got opted by three families of different faiths. One grows up to be a policeman, ar a singer and third one owns a liquor bar.

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