The Journey Continues...

Controversy, failure, despair...the biography has seen all that and endured. An inner force propels Amitabh Bachchan to stay Amitabh Bachchan. Even at 80

1 FANFARE

Amitabh greets fans on his 76th birthday outside Jalsa in Mumbai, Oct. 11, 2018

2016-22

Pink has him front and centre. Besides cameos and narrator’s roles—which he had essayed even for Satyajit Ray’s 1977 Shatranj Ke Khiladi—there are ad appearances and brand endorsements by the dozens, and a healthy rollout of films too. There’s 2018’s

2 BLESSED

Amitabh with Ranbir Kapoor in a still from Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva (2022) biggest dud Thugs of Hindostan, surprise hit Badla (2019), and the Covid-era OTT hit comedy Gulabo Sitabo (2020). As we go to print in October 2022, Bachchan was busy announcing a price reduction for Goodbye to get the footfalls back into those darkened halls where he first entranced viewers.