Amitabh Bachchan, the “Emperor” of Indian cinema, has enjoyed one of the most illustrious careers in Bollywood. Before becoming one of the industry’s biggest stars, the actor faced many doubts about his deep baritone voice, unique looks, and tall frame.

The veteran actor recalled one such incident from the early years of his career Who will become a millionaire 18. Bachchan revealed that some producers felt that his tall height and facial features would make it difficult for him to find leading actresses to work opposite him.

He was told, “No heroine will work with you” because he was “too tall” and his face was too small for his body.

Amitabh Bachchan recalls his early struggling days

It all started after a contestant named Vinmara, whose grandfather was a film distributor, talked about Bachchan’s hairstyle and long sideburns.

While the style became a nationwide trend during the 1970s, the megastar shared that there was a specific reason behind the hairstyle rather than a fashion choice.

Recalling his early days in the film industry, Bachchan said, “Sir, what we did when we started in the film, we started talking to the producer, we talked about the fact that we are tall, no heroine will work and secondly, our face is very bad. That our face was very small.)

“So, to compensate, we grew our hair and let it grow to our temples so that our face looked fuller,” she added.

Bollywood career of Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan stepped into the world of lights-camera-action in Mrinal Sen’s story. Bhuvan Som Before making his acting debut in 1969 in Khawaja Ahmad Abbas Hindustani time. The film did not do well commercially, and its recognition did little to immediately change Bachchan’s fortunes.

He didn’t stop. In the following years, he appeared in supporting and minor roles, incl Reshma and Shera, Perwana, Conjugation And Bansi Birju. Several of his films failed at the box office, and he was described as a “failed rookie” during this phase of his career.

But in his performance joy (1971) with Rajesh Khanna and Bombay to Goa (1972) helped establish him as an actor to watch.

came a turn with the chain In 1973. At a time when romantic heroes dominated Hindi cinema, Amitabh’s intense portrayal of Inspector Vijay Khanna introduced a different kind of hero to the audience. The film became a success and eventually earned him the iconic tag of Bollywood’s “Angry Young Man”.

This was followed by an amazing run of films, including Dewar, Sholay, Amar Akbar Anthony, Don, Mukaddar Ka Sikandar And the trident. These films cemented Bachchan’s status as one of the biggest stars of Indian cinema in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Amitabh Bachchan is currently hosting kbc 18. He is also busy in film producer Nag Ashwin’s film Kalki 2898 AD. Big B will reprise his role as Ashwathama in the sequel. The film also stars Prabhas and Kamal Haasan in lead roles.

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