Amitabh Bachchan: Most special roles only he could play

Amitabh Bachchan has made a career out of acting in blockbusters. The actor has featured in one of Bollywood’s most successful films – ‘Sholay’ and the classic flick is still a favourite with the masses. The megastar took to his Twitter account to reminisce about the time he shot for the iconic song ‘Ye Dosti’ in the hills of Bengaluru and the scene where he gets shot in the film. He tweeted, “T 2572 - Shooting 'ye dosti .. around the hills and rocks of Bengaluru .. SHOLAY and then I am shot .. !!”

Amitabh Bachchan is still the most sought after actor in Bollywood. He has all his hands with several film and televisions. The superstar is not only playing the conventional daddy roles but is making history by turning into unexpected characters like the constipated widower in Piku or the bald teenager in Paa. He still seems to be hungry for good offers and says that if he upcoming projects don’t work well, he shall have to work harder.

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Check out the unusual characters played by him…

Panditji

Fans of Amitabh Bachchan are still losing sleep over what exactly his character in Wazir all about. Well, it’s time to spill the beans. Big B plays a wheelchair-bound chess-master for the first time in this film. Called Panditji, Amitabh’s character seems to complex and one that might have required him to express a lot with his face since the other gestures would be limited thanks to his character’s mutilated legs. Such is his dedication for the craft that the veteran actor tried more than 40 wheelchairs before he found the right one and practised sitting on it for a few months to get the posture right.

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Auro

Amitabh Bachchan created history by featuring as the son of his real life son, Abhishek Bachchan, in the film Paa. The perfection with which he has played an aging teenager, suffering from progeria, left the audience stunned. While the actor took several hours to get his prosthetic makeup done by none other than Hollywood's Christien Tinsley of Catwoman fame and Dominie Till of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy fame, it surely paid off with almost all the awards falling in his kitty that year.

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Bhashkor Banerjee

Amitabh Bachchan did not mind playing a potty-obsessed old man in the film Piku. The precision with which he played a Bengali who was constantly fretting over the shade of his shit and the ‘satisfaction’ he felt after every motion, was hilarious! Mostly irritating at times, Amitabh as Bhashkor Banerjee left the audience in splits. Can we imagine anyone else playing Piku’s father? No way!

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Anthony Gonsalves

Amitabh Bachchan played Anthony Gonsalves in the film Amar Akbar Anthony. His super hit number, ‘My name is Anthony Gonsalves’ sung by him and Kishore Kumar, remains one of his most popular hits. He has also won a Filmfare award for in the Best Actor category for his role. Dubbed as Bollywood’s angry young man, Amitabh Bachchan has also played some very successful funny characters.

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Arjun Singh

Who can forget Amitabh Bachchan’s funny number, ‘Pag ghungroo bandh…’ It remains one of his funniest numbers till date. In the film, Big B played a naïve boy in a new city who is unaware of how complicated life in a city is. The actor was at his craziest best in the film, which also had another hit rain song, ‘Aaj rapat jayein…’ featuring the late Smita Patil. Some catchy dialogue from the film has still stuck around.

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