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Amitabh Bachchan Filmography

Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian actor, playback singer, film producer, television host and former politician who primarily works in Hindi films.

Overview

He made his acting debut in 1969 with Saat Hindustani, and narrated Mrinal Sen's Bhuvan Shome (1969). He later appeared as Dr. Bhaskar Banerjee in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Anand (1971), for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 1973, Bachchan played the role of Inspector Vijay Khanna in Prakash Mehra's action film Zanjeer. He has since appeared in several films with the character name "Vijay". During the same year, he appeared in Abhimaan and Namak Haraam. For the latter, he received the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. Two years later he appeared along with Shashi Kapoor, in Yash Chopra's Deewaar, which earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Actor nomination. He was caited as the "angry young man" for his roles in Deewaar and Zanjeer. Later he starred in Ramesh Sippy's Sholay (1975), which is considered to be one of the greatest Indian films of all time. After appearing in the romantic drama Kabhie Kabhie (1976), Bachchan starred in Manmohan Desai's action comedy Amar Akbar Anthony (1977). He won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his performance in the latter. He then played dual roles of Don and Vijay in Don (1978), which again earned him the Filmfare Best Actor Award for the consecutive year.

In the 1980s, Bachchan was cast in numerous films, including the action films: Dostana (1980), Shaan (1980) and Kaalia (1981), the romantic film Silsila (1981); and the drama Shakti (1982) with Dilip Kumar. Bachchan's popularity continued to increase in the early 1980s, and his critically and commercially successful ventures in this period include Dostana (1980), Shaan (1980), Ram Balram (1980), Naseeb (1981), Lawaaris (1981), Kaalia (1981), Yaarana (1981), Satte Pe Satta (1982), Namak Halaal (1982), Khud-Daar (1982), Andha Kanoon (1983) and Coolie (1983). His performances in these films were critically acclaimed, and his performances in Dostana and Shakti earned him the nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. He suffered a near-fatal injury while shooting for Coolie. His workload decreased for the upcoming four years (1984—1987), but he found critical and commercial success in Sharaabi (1984), Geraftaar (1985) and Mard (1985). He returned to the screen with the box-office success Shahenshah (1988). This was followed by critical and commercial failures, leading to a setback in his acting career. A year later, Bachchan played the role of gangster Vijay Deenanath Chauhan in Mukul S. Anand's Agneepath (1990) earned him the National Film Award for Best Actor and later starred in Hum (1991), which was a commercial success. Despite being a box-office failure, the former garnered him the National Film Award for Best Actor and has since developed a cult status. He also earned the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for Hum, following which he took another break from acting. He then played Badshah Khan in Anand's 1992 drama Khuda Gawah, for which he received a civilian award from the President of Afghanistan. Khuda Gawah, released on 8 May 1992, was also a critical and commercial success, and Bachchan's performance was well received both domestically and internationally. In 1996, he started his film production company Amitabh Bachchan Corporation whose first release Tere Mere Sapne (1996) was a box-office hit. Amitabh Bachchan is also known as the "Shahenshah" or "Big B" of Bollywood.

In 2000, Bachchan appeared in a supporting role in Aditya Chopra's Mohabbatein. It won him the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. During the same year, he made his television debut as the host of the game show Kaun Banega Crorepati. He has since hosted its every season except for the third one. He then went on to play the roles of a short-tempered banker in Aankhen (2002), a disillusioned father in Baghban (2003), and a conflicted cop in Khakee (2004). In 2005, he played the role of a teacher of a blind and deaf girl in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Black, for which he received the National Award and the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. He received another National Award for Best Actor for playing a progeria patient in R. Balki's Paa (2009). He also portrayed the title character of a friendly ghost in Bhoothnath (2008), and its sequel Bhoothnath Returns (2014);. and played a hypochondriac in the comedy-drama Piku (2015). It earned him his fourth National Film Award for Best Actor, Played the character of man with constipation in Piku.

Bachchan has also narrated several films including Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977), Lagaan (2001), Parineeta (2005), Jodhaa Akbar (2008), Ra.One (2011), and Krrish 3 (2013). He has also performed as a playback singer for films like Laawaris, Silsila, and Baghban.

Films

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Acting credits

Year Film Role Notes Ref.
1969 Saat Hindustani Anwar Ali National Film Award for Best Newcomer
Bhuvan Shome Narrator
1971 Anand Dr. Bhaskar Banerjee/ Babu Moshai Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
Pyar Ki Kahani Ram Chandra
Parwana Kumar Sen
Reshma Aur Shera Chhotu
Sanjog Mohan
Guddi Himself Special appearance
Piya Ka Ghar
1972 Bombay to Goa Ravi Kumar
Bansi Birju Birju
Ek Nazar Manmohan Tyagi (Akash)
Raaste Kaa Patthar Jai Shankar Rai
Bawarchi Narrator Voice Only
Garam Masala Robert Taylor Special appearance
Jaban Dalaljit
1973 Bandhe Haath Shyamu/Deepak
Gehri Chaal Ratan
Zanjeer Inspector Vijay Khanna Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Namak Haraam Vikram (Vicky) Maharaj Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
Abhimaan Subir Kumar
Saudagar Motallam (Moti)
Bada Kabutar Himself Special appearance
1974 Kasauti Amitabh (Amit) Sharma
Benaam Amitabh (Amit) Shrivastav
Roti Kapda Aur Makaan Vijay
Majboor Ravi Khanna
Dost Anand Guest appearance
Kunwara Baap Anthony
1975 Deewaar Vijay Verma Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Zameer Baadal
Sholay Jaidev (Jai)
Faraar Rajesh (Raj)
Chupke Chupke Sukumar Sinha/Parimal Tripathi
Mili Shekhar Dayal
Chhoti Si Baat Himself Special appearance
1976 Do Anjaane Amit Roy/Naresh Dutt
Kabhi Kabhie Amitabh Malhotra (Amit) Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Hera Pheri Vijay
Adalat Thakur Dharamchand (Dharma)/ Raju Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Balika Badhu Himself Voice Only
1977 Amar Akbar Anthony Anthony Gonzalves Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Immaan Dharam Ahmed Raza
Khoon Pasina Shiva / Tiger
Parvarish Amit
Alaap Alok Prasad
Charandas Qawwali singer Guest appearance
Chala Murari Hero Banne Himself Special appearance
1978 Ganga Ki Saugandh Jeeva
Kasme Vaade Amit/Shankar
Besharam Ram Kumar Chandra/ Prince Chandrashekar
Trishul Vijay Kumar Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Don Don/Vijay 50th Film; Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar Sikandar Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1979 The Great Gambler Jay/ Inspector Vijay Also singer for "Do Lafzon Ki"
Gol Maal Himself Special appearance
Ahsaas
Jurmana Inder Saxena
Manzil Ajay Chandra
Mr. Natwarlal Natwarlal/Avtar Singh Also singer for "Mere Pas Aao"
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor

Kaala Patthar Vijay Pal Singh Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Suhaag Amit Kapoor
Cinema Cinema Himself Special appearance
1980 Do Aur Do Paanch Vijay/Ram
Dostana Vijay Varma Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Ram Balram Balram Singh
Shaan Vijay Kumar
1981 Commander Himself Special appearance
Yaarana Kishan Kumar
Barsaat Ki Ek Raat ACP Abhijeet Rai
Anusandhan Simultaneously shot in Bengali
Naseeb John Jani Janardan Also playback singer for "Chal Mere Bhai"
Chashme Buddoor Himself Special appearance
Lawaaris Heera Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor; Also playback singer for song "Mere Angene Mein"
Silsila Amit Malhotra Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor; Also playback singer for: "Neela Aasman" & "Rang Barse Bhige Chunar Wali"
Kaalia Kallu/Kaalia
Vilayati Babu Jagga Punjabi film; special appearance
1982 Satte Pe Satta Ravi Anand/Babu
Bemisal Dr. Sudhir Roy/Adhir Roy 75th Film; Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Desh Premee Master Dinanath/Raju
Namak Halaal Arjun Singh Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Khud-Daar Govind Srivastava/Chhotu Ustaad
Shakti Vijay Kumar Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1983 Nastik Shankar
Andha Kanoon Jan Nissar Akhtar Khan Extended Special appearance; Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
Mahaan Rana Ranveer/Guru/Inspector Shankar Triple role
Pukar Ramdas Also playback singer for "Tu Maike Mat Jaiyo"
Coolie Iqbal Khan
1984 Inquilaab Amarnath
Sharaabi Vicky Kapoor Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Paan Khaye Saiyaan Hamaar Special Appearance Bhojpuri film
1985 Geraftaar Inspector Karan Kumar Khanna
Mard Raju Singh (Mard)
1986 Aakhree Raasta David D'Costa/Vijay Shandaliya
1988 Shahenshah Inspector Vijay Kumar Srivastava / Shahenshah Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswati Ganga Prasad
Soorma Bhopali Himself Special appearance
1989 Toofan Shyam/Toofan
Batwara Narrator Voice Only
Jaadugar Goga Also playback singer for "Padosan Apni Murgi"
Main Azaad Hoon Azaad Also playback singer for "Itne Baazu"
1990 Agneepath Vijay Deenanath Chauhan National Film Award for Best Actor; Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor

Kroadh Himself Special appearance
Aaj Ka Arjun Bheem Singh (Bheema)
1991 Hum Tiger/Shekhar Malhotra Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Ajooba Ajooba/Zaffar Ali Rizwan
Indrajeet Indrajeet 100th Film
Akayla Inspector Vijay Verma
1992 Khuda Gawah Badshah Khan Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Zulm Ki Hukumat Narrator Voice Only
1993 Professor Ki Padosan Himself Special appearance
1994 Insaniyat Inspector Amar
Akka Himself Special appearance; Marathi film
1996 Ghatak: Lethal Special appearance
Tere Mere Sapne Narrator Voice Only; Also producer
1997 Mrityudata Dr. Ram Prasad Ghayal Also producer
1998 Major Saab Major Jasbir Singh Rana Also producer
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan Inspector Arjun Singh (Bade Miyan)
Hero Hindustani Narrator Voice Only
1999 Lal Baadshah Lal (Baadshah) Singh/ Ranbhir Singh
Sooryavansham Thakur Bhanu Pratap Singh/ Heera Singh Also singer for "Chori Se"
Biwi No.1 Himself Special appearance
Hindustan Ki Kasam Kabeera
Kohram Col. Balbir Singh Sodi (Devraj Hathoda)/Dada Bhai
Hello Brother God (voice) Voice Only
2000 Mohabbatein Narayan Shankar Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
2001 Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love Vijay Kapoor
Aks Inspector Manu Verma Also producer; Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor; Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... Yashvardhan (Yash) Raichand Nominated—Filmfare Award of Best Supporting Actor
Also singer for "Shava Shava"

2002 Aankhen Vijay Singh Rajput Nominated—Filmfare Award of Best Supporting Actor
Hum Kisise Kum Nahin Dr. Rastogi
Agni Varsha Devraj Special appearance
Kaante Major Yashvardhan Rampal Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2003 Armaan Dr. Siddharth Sinha Also singer for "Aao Milke Gaye"
Boom Bade Mia 125th Film
Baghban Raj Malhotra Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor. Also playback singer "Chali Chali" "Holi Khele" "Main Yaha"
2004 Khakee DCP Anant Kumar Shrivastava Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Aetbaar Dr. Ranveer Malhotra Also singer for "Jeena Hai"
Rudraksh Narrator Voice Only
Dev DCP Dev Pratap Singh
Lakshya Col. Sunil Damle
Deewaar Major Ranvir Kaul
Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... Raj Chauhan
Hum Kaun Hai? Major Frank John Williams/Frank James Williams
Veer-Zaara Choudhary Sumer Singh Special appearance; Nominated—Filmfare Award of Best Supporting Actor
Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo Major General Amarjeet Singh
2005 Black Debraj Sahai National Film Award for Best Actor; Filmfare Award for Best Actor; Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor

Waqt: The Race Against Time Ishwarchand Thakur
Bunty Aur Babli DCP Dashrath Singh Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
Parineeta Narrator Voice Only
Paheli Gadariya Special appearance
Sarkar Subhash Nagre (Sarkar) Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Viruddh Vidhyadhar Patwardhan Also producer
Ramji Londonwaley Himself Special appearance
Dil Jo Bhi Kahey... Shekhar Sinha
Amrithadhare Himself Kannada film

Special appearance

Ek Ajnabee Suryaveer Singh
2006 Family Virendra (Viren) Sahai Also producer
Darna Zaroori Hai Sunil Khanna Segment : Imaginary Ghost
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Samarjit (Sam) Talwar Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
Ganga Thakur Vijay Singh Bhojpuri film
Baabul Balraj Kapoor Also playback singer for "Come On" and "Kehta Hai Baabul"
2007 Eklavya: The Royal Guard Eklavya
Nishabd Vijay Anand 150th Film
Ek Krantiveer: Vasudev Balwant Phadke Narrator Voice Only; Marathi film
Cheeni Kum Buddhadev Gupta
Shootout at Lokhandwala Advocate Dhingra
Swami Narrator Voice Only
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom Himself Special appearance as man singing at the train station in song ''Jhoom Barabar Jhoom''
Aag Babban Singh
The Last Lear Harish Mishra English film
Gangotri Thakur Vijay 'Thakur Kaka' Singh Bhojpuri film
2008 Jodhaa Akbar Narrator Voice Only
Yaar Meri Zindagi Dr. Ajay Singh
Bhoothnath Kailash Nath (Bhoothnath) Also playback singer for "Mere Buddy" and "Chalo Jaane Do"
Sarkar Raj Subhash Nagre (Sarkar)
God Tussi Great Ho God Voice Only
2009 Delhi-6 Dadaji Guest appearance; Also playback singer for "Noor"
Zor Lagaa Ke...Haiya! Narrator Voice Only
Aladin Genius Also playback singer for "Genie Rap" & "O re Sawariya"
Paa Auro National Film Award for Best Actor; Filmfare Award for Best Actor; Also producer; Also playback singer for "Mere Paa"


2010 Rann Vijay Harshwardhan Malik
Teen Patti Prof. Venkat Subramanium
Kandahar Lokanatha Sharma Malayalam film
2011 Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap Vijay (Vijju) Malhotra Also producer; Also playback singer for song "Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap"

Aarakshan Prabhakar Anand Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
Ra.One Narrator Voice Only
2012 Kahaani  – Playback singer for song "Ekla Chalo Re"
Mr. Bhatti on Chutti Himself Special appearance
Department Sarjerao Gaikwad
Bol Bachchan Himself Playback singer and also featured as himself in the song "Bol Bachchan"
English Vinglish Special appearance
Ganga Devi Chitta Ji Bhojpuri film
2013 The Great Gatsby Meyer Wolfsheim American film
Bombay Talkies Himself Special appearance In the segment "Murabba"
Satyagraha Dwarka Anand
Boss Narrator Voice Only
Krrish 3 Narrator
Mahabharat Bhishma (voice) Voice Only (Animated film)
2014 Bhoothnath Returns Khailash Nath (Bhoothnath) 175th Film
Manam Pratap Special appearance; Telugu film
Kochadaiiyaan Narrator Voice Only (Hindi version)
2015 Shamitabh Amitabh Sinha Also producer; Also playback singer for song "Piddly"
Hey Bro Himself Special appearance in the song "Birju"
Piku Bhashkor Banerjee National Film Award for Best Actor; Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor; Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor


2016 Wazir Pandit Omkarnath Dhar
Ki & Ka Himself Special appearance
Te3n John Biswas
Pink Deepak Sehgal Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2017 The Ghazi Attack Narrator Voice Only (Hindi version)
Begum Jaan Narrator Voice Only
Sarkar 3 Subhash Nagre (Sarkar)
Firangi Narrator Voice Only
The Great Leader Leader Bhojpuri film
2018 Pad Man Narrator Voice Only
102 Not Out Dattatraya Vakharia
Helicopter Eela Himself Special appearance
Thugs of Hindostan Khudabaksh Azaad
2019 Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi Narrator
Badla Badal Gupta 200th Film
Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy Gosayi Venkanna Telugu film (dubbed for himself in the Hindi verson)
2020 AB Aani CD Himself Marathi film; Special appearance
Ghoomketu Special appearance
Gulabo Sitabo Chunnan (Mirza) Nawab Filmfare Critics Award For Best Actor Nominated- Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2021 Chehre Advocate Lateef Zaidi Also playback singer for song "Chehre - Title Track"
2022 Jhund Vijay Borade
Radhe Shyam Narrator Voice Only (Hindi version)
Runway 34 Narayan Vedant
Fakt Mahilao Maate Kanji Parikh Gujarati film; Special appearance
Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Raghu (Guruji)
Chup: Revenge of the Artist Himself Special appearance
Goodbye Harish Bhalla
Uunchai Amit Srivastav
2023 Ghoomer Himself Special appearance
Ganapath Maharishi Dalapathi Cameo appearance
2024 Kalki 2898 AD Ashwatthama Telugu film
Vettaiyan TBA Tamil debut; filming

Production credits

Year Film Acting role Director(s) Notes Ref.
1995 Gulabi Krishna Vamsi Telugu film
1996 Tere Mere Sapne Narrator Joy Augustine
Yuvathurki Bhadran Malayalam film
1997 Mrityudata Dr. Ram Prasad Ghayal Mehul Kumar
Ullaasam J. D.- Jerry Tamil film
1998 Saat Rang Ke Sapne Priyadarshan
Major Saab Major Jasbir Singh Rana Tinnu Anand
2001 Aks Insp. Manu Verma Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor
2005 Viruddh... Family Comes First Vidhyadhar Patwardhan Mahesh Manjrekar
Antarmahal Rituparno Ghosh Bengali film
2006 Family Virendra "Viren" Sahai Ruthless Criminal Rajkumar Santoshi
2009 Paa Auro R. Balki National Film Award for Best Actor
Filmfare Award for Best Actor



2010 Vihir Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni Marathi film
2011 Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap Vijay 'Vijju' Malhotra Puri Jagannadh Also playback singer for song "Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap"

2013 Saptapadii Niranjan Thade Gujarati film
2015 Shamitabh Amitabh Sinha R. Balki Also playback singer for song "Piddly"

Television

Year Title Role Note Ref.
1993–1994 Dekh Bhai Dekh Producer
2000–2006, 2010–present Kaun Banega Crorepati Host Season 1–2, Season 4–14
2009 Bigg Boss 3 Host Season 3
2011 The One Show Himself Special appearance
2013 Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap Himself Voice over
2014 Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Himself Special appearance
Yudh Yudhisthir Sikarwar Television miniseries; lead role
2015 Desi Rascals Himself Special appearance
2015–2016 Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi Host
2016–2017 Astra Force Astra Animated series; voice role

Also co-creator with Sharad Devarajan

Documentaries

Year Title Language Role Director(s) Notes Ref.
2005 March of the Penguins English
Hindi
Narrator Luc Jacquet
2011 The Story of Film: An Odyssey English Himself Mark Cousins Special appearance
Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told English
Hindi
Himself Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Jeff Zimbalist
2015 Putting the Fun in Fundamental English Himself Andy Lee Special appearance on episode "Bollywood Goddess"

Music videos

Year Title Performer(s) Album Ref.
1996 Various Bally Sagoo "Aby Baby"
1988 "Mile Sur Mera Tumhara" Various
2002 "Kabhi Nahi" Adnan Sami "Tera Chehra"
2010 "Phir Mile Sur Mera Tumhara" Various
2017 "Phir Se" Amruta Fadnavis
2021 "Hum Hindustani" Various

Footnotes

  1. ^ He played dual roles.
  2. ^ He played triple roles.

See also