Amitabh Bachchan
Perhaps India’s greatest action star, Amitabh Bachchan has starred in a wealth of cult hits and popular films. Personifying the ‘angry young man’ hero of the mid to late 1970s, Bachchan would take a break from acting to enter politics, being elected to the Indian parliament in 1984. He returned to the film industry in 1990, winning a National Film award for Agneepath, in which he played a crime boss. Must-see films: Deewar (1975), Don (1978)