Amitabh Bachchan is the biggest name in Indian cinema. Indian cinema has never had a star as big as Bachchan and never will. Even those who don't watch Hindi movies know Amitabh Bachchan. Amitabh Bachchan continues to polish his talent and win applause even at an age when most people stop acting and enter into a retirement life.
Amitabh Bachchan has been a prominent presence in Indian cinema for the past fifty years. During these five decades, Bachchan had more than just superstar status and hits. Bachchan had to face the same failures in his career and life. In fact, there were times when even the audience abandoned Bachchan. But Bachchan has overcome all that and is maintaining his position even today.
Bachchan is an actor who changes himself with time. It is also evident in his career. A case in point is the films Bachchan acted in after entering old age. Bachchan had already said that stardom does not stay with one person all the time and that too is transferable. Bachchan talked about the change in an interview in 1990.
The late eighties and early nineties saw many changes in the life of Bachchan as a star and as a person. Convinced that the fans' love for his angry young man image was almost over, Bachchan decided to do new types of characters and films.
At the same time, Govinda was becoming a superstar in Bollywood. Govinda's films turned the theater into a place of celebration with comedy and dance. Then Bachchan and Govinda came together for a film. That movie was Hum directed by Mukul Anand. South Indian superstar Rajinikanth also played the lead role in the film. Hum was a film in which three superstars of Indian cinema came together.
Bachchan talks about how a group of children came to him for autographs during the shooting of this film. Bachchan says that when one of the group came for his autograph, another boy who was with him asked this girl to buy Govindi's autograph.
I was shooting Hum with Govinda. Then a group of children came. A guy came up to me and asked for my autograph. Govinda was standing next to me. The girl who came with this boy patted him on the arm and told him to buy Govinda's autograph, not his,'' Bachan said. "People like to see young people. I have made mistakes. Trying to correct them with every film. But there is no doubt that this is the time of the youth. Because the age of today's audience is between 18 and 30," said Bachchan.
