63 years old Amitabh Bachchan is unarguably, one of the most versatile and talented actors in the Indian film industry today. Despite the fact that Amitabh has a daunting record of hit and super hit films, I am inclined to believe his prodigious talents have been underutilized due to the imperatives that drive the Indian film industry. Amitabh himself cannot escape blame for being frequently indiscrete when picking his films; he has been guided by his own personal ambitions and needs more than a steadfast urge to advance Indian cinema.

Born on Oct 11, year 1942, Amitabh is the elder son of Harivansh Rai Bachchan, an outstanding Hindi poet, and Teji Bachcan. He entered the film industry rather late in 1969, at the age of 27, in a film called Saat Hindustani which no one that I know of has seen. The film's only claim to fame is the fact that it was Amitabh's first film. Despite a notable performance in Anand (1971), Amitabh did not acquire star status until his angry young man performance as a police officer in Zanjeer (1973).

Following Zanjeer there was no looking back. He soon rose to super stardom and dominated Indian cinema from 1975 to the late 1980's with performances that ranged from brilliant to run of the mill. An injury during the sets of Coolie in 1988 took Amitabh out of the limelight for some years.

He bounced back from his injury but met limited success. He struggled during most of the 1990s. His foray into the corporate world with ABCL was an absolute disaster. However, Amitabh simply refused to quit. Today he is not only a busy actor but a superstar.

• Bhojpuri film Ganga starring Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini.
• Gaurang Doshi’s Raftaar, directed by Sriram Raghavan with John Abraham as the co-star.
• Ramgopal Verma's Sholay. In this remake Amitabh is going to play Gabbar and Ajay Devgan is going to be Veeru. Mohit Ahlawat will play role of Jai, played by Amitabh Bachchan in the original Sholay. Malayalam superstar Mohanlal will play the Thakur and Katrina Kaif is playing Jaya Bachchan's role of 'chhoti bahu'.
• Farah Khan's Happy New Year is due to be released in 2006. Cast includes Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Zayed Khan, Juhi Chawla, Priyanka Chopra, Uday Chopra, Manisha Koirala, Raveena Tandon. The film is in production.
• Krishna Shah's Baiju Aur Tansen starring Amitabh Bachchan as Tansen and Shahrukh Khan as Baiju. Music by A R Rehman.
• Karan Johar's Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna. Cast includes Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee, John Abraham, Kiron Kher, Arjun Rampal. Lyrics by Javed Akhtar, music by Shankar Mahadevan.
• Farhan Akhtar's remake of 1978 Don. Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan as Don, Akshay Kumar as Pran, Priyanka Chopra will play Zeenat Aman's role, Arjun Rampal.
• Tanvir Ahmed's Ada has mega cast of Amitabh Bachchan and Dilip Kumar. Music is by A R Rehman. Ahmad had made Akarshan in 1988 and Aag Aur Toofan in 1975.
• Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Eklavya is going to be Amitabh's first film ever with Vidhu. The film will also star Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan, Jackie Shroff and Vidya Balan. Eklavya went on floors in September-October 2005 and due to be released in late 2006. The film has been shot in the forts and deserts of Udaypur, Jaipur and Bikaner in a span of 50 days.
• Bunty Walia's Just Punjabi With Sanjay Dutt and Lara Dutt
• Ravi Chopra's Babul with Hema Malini. The couple is devided over remarriage issue of their daughter-in-law.

Unicef gesture of making Amitabh Bachchan a goodwill ambassador is an honour and that puts him in the same bracket as Audrey Hepburn, Roger Moore and Angelina Jolie.

Amitabh Bachchan singing a rap number for his Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 show, with a video picturised on him. The song goes, ‘Aaj bhi hai pakde yeh ummeed ki dori...Jisne seekha inse, life mein kabhi bhi na jhukna...Hotseat pe milega, bhaiya ummeed se dugna...’. The song is to campaign for pre-launch activity for the popular quiz show starting August 5, 2005. This is first time he is singing for an ad campaign.

Amitabh Bachchan is number 8 on top ten Filmfare Power List 2005, conducted for Filmfare by AC Nielsen ORG-Marg.

Amitabh Bachchan invited as a guest at Dubai's first international film festival of 2005, Building Cultural Bridges and Orlando Bloom.

Amitabh Bachchan celebrated his 63rd birthday on Oct 11 2005.

British actress, Annabelle Wallace will star with Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan in Romesh Sharma's Dil Jo Bhi Kahey (whatever the heart says). The film is set in Mauritius and casts Revathy as Amitabh Bachchan’s wife and includes debutante Karan Sharma .

• Apr 28, 2006 Rama Gopal Verma’s Darna Zaroori Hai starring Riteish Deshmukh, Rajpal Yadav, Suniel Shetty, Randeep Hooda, Zakir Hussain, Sonali Kulkarni, Arjun Rampal, Bipasha Basu, Anil Kapoor, Mallika Sherawat, and Makrand Deshpande.
• Jan 12, 2006 AB Corp-produced Family directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Akshay Kumar, Bhoomika Chawla, Aryeman Ramsay and Shernaz Patel.
• Dec 9, 2005 Apoorva Lakhia's Ek Ajnabee starring Amitabh Bachchan, Arjun Rampal, Perizaad Zorabian, Kelly Dorje.
• Sep, 2005 Romesh Sharma's Dil Jo Bhi Kahey starring Amitabh Bachchan, Revathi, Karan Sharma, Annabelle Wallace, Bhoomika Chawla, Malcolm Stoddard and Claire Oberman.
• Jul 22, 2005 Mahesh Manjrekar's Viruddh starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore, John Abraham and Anusha Dandekar.
• Jul 1, 2005 Ram Gopal Varma's Sarkar
starring Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan together as father and son.
• June 17, 2005 Amol Palekar's Paheli is based on Vijayadan Detha's novel Dooriyan. Cast Rani Mukherjee, Suniel Shetty, Juhi Chawla and Amitabh Bachchan.
• May 2004 Shaad Ali's Bunty Aur Babli - Abhishek opposite Amitabh! They play a cop and a fugitive.
• May 2005 Vipul Shah's Waqt A family drama With Shefali Shah, Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra. Akshay Kumar acts as Amitabh's son.
• 4 Feb 2005 Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Black with Rani Mukherjee, a film inspired by the life of Helen Keller. Amitabh acts as the teacher of a blind girl.
• 12 Nov 2004 Veer Zaara with Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee, MAnoj Bajpai
• 2004 Kyun! Ho Gaya Na
• 2004 Deewar
• 2004 Lakshya
• 2004 Dev
• 2004 Khakee
• 2004 Aetbaar
• 2003 Baghban
• 2003 Boom
• 2003 Arman
• 2003 Hum Kisise Kum Nahin
• 2002 Kaante
• 2001 Aks with Manoj Bajpai
• 2000 Mohabbatein

• Anand (1971) - A noticeable performance opposite super star Rajesh Khanna.
• Zanjeer (1973) - His potrayal of an angry young man catpulted him to stardom.
• Abhimaan (1973) - A Hrishikesh Mukherjee drama with Jaya Bachchan
• Namak Haram (1974) - A Hrishikesh Mukherjee drama in which Amitabh stood his ground opposite Rajesh Khanna with a performance that earned him the Filmfare award for best supporting actor.
• Sholay (1975) – Ramesh Sippy's block buster that included Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini and Jaya Bachchan.
• Deewar (1975) A Yash Chopra drama in which Amitabh gave a memorable performance with Shashi Kapoor.
• Milli (1975) A Hrishikesh Mukherjee family drama that included Jaya Bachchan
• Chupke Chupke (1975) - A Hrishikesh Mukherjee comedy that included Dharmendra and Om Prakash
• Kabhi Kabhi (1976) - A Yash Chopra romance drama that included Shashi Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman, Raakhee, Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh
• Don (1973) - An action drama in Amitabh, Zeenat Amaan and Pran
• Amar, Akbar, Anthony (1977) A Manmohan Desai masala that included Vinod Khann, Rishi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Neetu Singh, Praveen Babi and Pran.
• Shakti (1982) A Ramesh Sippy action drama in which Amitabh performed superbly against legendry Dilip Kumar