and played a hypochondriac in the comedy-drama Piku (2015). He also portrayed the title character of a friendly ghost in Bhoothnath (2008), and its sequel Bhoothnath Returns (2014). He received another National Award for Best Actor for playing a progeria patient in R. In 2005, he played the role of a teacher of a blind and deaf girl in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Black, for which he received the National Award and the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. He then went on to play the roles of a short-tempered banker in Aankhen (2002), a disillusioned father in Baghban (2003), and a conflicted cop in Khakee (2004). He has since hosted its every season except for the third one. During the same year, he made his television debut as the host of the game show Kaun Banega Crorepati. It won him the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2000, Bachchan appeared in a supporting role in Aditya Chopra's Mohabbatein. In 1996, he started his film production company Amitabh Bachchan Corporation whose first release Tere Mere Sapne (1996) was a box-office hit. He then played Badshah Khan in Anand's 1992 drama Khuda Gawah, for which he received a civilian award from the President of Afghanistan. He also earned the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for Hum, following which he took another break from acting. Despite being a box-office failure, the former garnered him the National Film Award for Best Actor and has since developed a cult status. Anand's Agneepath and later starred in Hum (1991). Two years later, Bachchan played the role of gangster Vijay Deenanath Chauhan in Mukul S. He returned to the screen after a five-year absence with the box-office success Shahenshah (1988). He suffered a near-fatal injury while shooting for Coolie (1983). His roles in Dostana and Shakti earned him the nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. In the 1980s, Bachchan was cast in numerous films, including the action films: Dostana (1980), Shaan (1980) and Kaalia (1981), the romantic film Silsila (1981) and the drama Shakti (1982) with Dilip Kumar. He then played dual roles of Don and Vijay in Don (1978), which again earned him the Filmfare Best Actor Award for the consecutive year. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his performance in the latter. After appearing in the romantic drama Kabhie Kabhie (1976), Bachchan starred in Manmohan Desai's action comedy Amar Akbar Anthony (1977). Later he starred in Ramesh Sippy's Sholay (1975), which is considered to be one of the greatest Indian films of all time. He was cited as the "angry young man" for his roles in Deewaar and Zanjeer. Two years later he appeared along with Shashi Kapoor, in Yash Chopra's Deewaar, which earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Actor nomination. For the latter, he received the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. During the same year, he appeared in Abhimaan and Namak Haraam. He has since appeared in several films with the character name "Vijay". In 1973, Bachchan played the role of Inspector Vijay Khanna in Prakash Mehra's action film Zanjeer. Bhaskar Banerjee in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Anand (1971), for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. He made his acting debut in 1969 with Saat Hindustani, and narrated Mrinal Sen's Bhuvan Shome (1969). Studio publicity photograph of Bachchan in 2009Īmitabh Bachchan is an Indian actor, occasional playback singer, film producer, television personality and former politician who works in Hindi films.