The name of Amitabh Bachchan, the megastar of the century, is taken in the list of the biggest stars of the industry today. Amitabh Bachchan has created a special place for himself in the hearts of people with his brilliant acting and an angry young man image. But there was a time when 12 consecutive films of the actor proved to be flop and he got the title of flop hero. The actor is going to celebrate his 80th birthday on October 11 this month. In such a situation, we are bringing you some stories related to his life. So let us tell you about the journey from flop hero to becoming the emperor of Bollywood…
Amitabh Bachchan started his career in Bollywood with Saat Hindustani in 1969, but the very first film proved to be a super flop. After this, Amitabh Bachchan had to struggle for a long time to taste success. After Saat Hindustani, Amitabh got many films but none was proving successful in shining his luck. He gave 12 flops in a row, after which it seemed as if success had turned his back on him.
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On one hand Amitabh Bachchan was proving unsuccessful at the box office and on the other hand no heroine was being found to work with him on screen. But the fate of Amitabh Bachchan, who stepped on the silver screen in 1969, was turned by the 1973 film Zanjeer. However, due to giving flop films earlier, all the heroines of that era had refused to work with Amitabh Bachchan, after which Jaya Bachchan agreed to work with him in the film Zanjeer.
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Zanjeer turned out to be a blockbuster at the box office and Amitabh Bachchan’s angry young man image was loved by all. After this he never looked back, but due to the flop of those 12 films, Amitabh Bachchan was very disappointed and he had even said that if Zanjeer also did not prove to be successful then he would go back to Allahabad. But this did not happen and people liked the film a lot.
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