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Posted online: Friday, October 14, 2005 at 0000 hours IST This is the story of a man born t... OH! What a Life...

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Born on October 11, 1942 in Allahabad, Amitabh went to St. Mary's Convent for a couple of years. Then to the Boys High School and four years later, when his younger brother, Ajitabh joined the same school, he undertook responsibility for him as the older sibling.

He was a promising student, obedient in the classroom and adventurous on the playground. He regularly participated in various school plays. At home, he was often mischievous but could always be depended upon during a crisis.

Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan was an English professor at the Allahabad University. He spent his day at the college campus-teaching students. His evenings were spent behind his desk, writing.

Obtaining admission in Delhi College initially was difficult for Amitabh. So he enrolled in the Government College in Chandigarh. Later, when his admission to Kirorimal College got confirmed, Amitabh returned to be with the rest of the family in Delhi.

After graduation, Amitabh took up his first job in Calcutta. A few years later when his brother Ajitabh completed his college, he joined his elder brother. Teji Bachchan was not happy about parting with her two sons. But her husband and she reconciled with the fact that children grow up, take on wings and fly away.

Amitabh was not alone in the alien city. Many of his classmates had shifted to Calcutta for job prospects. All of them began their day early in the morning and ended late in evening. Come night and they were exhausted, often homesick but unbroken in spirit. On less-guarded moments they shared their dreams and anxieties.

Amitabh seldom expressed himself. There was restlessness about him he could not conquer. Often brooding and anxious, he went about his executive job diligently but his heart belonged elsewhere.

His brother understood his quietude even though Amitabh never articulated his dreams. He one day brought him a film magazine that carried a form inviting newcomers to join films. The application required his pictures and since Amitabh had no photographs, Ajitabh clicked him with his ordinary camera and posted the letter to Bombay.

There was no response because the application was rejected in the very first round. Initially disheartened Amitabh made up his mind that come what may, he was going to pursue his dream. He wasn't sure if it was the right decision but he would never know unless he had explored it.

To begin with, he had to shift to Bombay. And for that he had to first inform his parents. It also meant that he would have to quit his secure job for a gamble that may or may not work. If his parents felt he was being reckless they were careful not to express so. They felt anxious but were supportive of their son. It was his life and he had the right to choose his pathway.

Soon Amitabh bid goodbye to old colleagues and boarded a train to everyone's destination of dreams, Bombay city. Within just a few days time he met up with filmmaker KA Abbas who signed him up as one of the seven heroes in Saat Hindustani. The year was 1969.

Late Meena Kumari who was a close friend of Abbas and attended all his preview shows, saw the film and gushed over Amitabh's turbulent portrayal. After the rave compliment the debutant hoped that opportunities would engulf him. Nothing of that sort happened.

He had to hop from studio to studio knocking on producers' doors. There were times he was turned away from the gates. Those were difficult days. He was too proud to seek financial aid from his parents and too determined to give it up and return home. As a result, he spent many anguished days sleeping hungry on the Marine Drive parapet.

He heard about filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee casting Guddi and arrived to meet him. Mukherjee liked his lanky persona and confirmed him as the hero. When he learnt however that Amitabh was already doing Pyar Ki Kahani with a South producer, Mukherjee replaced him with a newcomer, Samit Bhanja. Mukherjee later cast him as the second lead in Rajesh Khanna starrer Anand. The year was 1970.

On the evening of the film's release when Amitabh stopped by at his regular petrol pump to fill fuel, he was taken aback by a fan seeking his autograph.

Anand was a super hit and Amitabh unanimously appreciated, but the actor was earmarked for a prolonged eclipse. Eleven films followed and all of them bombed at the box-office. Parwana, Pyar Ki Kahani, Reshma Aur Shera, Bombay Talkies, (where he worked as an extra) Bansi Birju, Bombay To Goa, Ek Nazar, Raaste Ka Pathar, Sanjog, Garam Masala where he made a guest appearance and Bandhe Haath...

Self-doubt and depression was weighing him down when all of a sudden the jinx broke. Prakash Mehra's Zanjeer about an angry young policeman released in 1973 and was declared a box-office success. The film was a turning point in his career and life. He got married to co-star Jaya Bhaduri and a year later arrived his first born, daughter Shweta.

The angry young man persona lasted over two decades. Different filmmakers lent different images to his character on screen. Brooding and complex in Hrishikesh Mukherjee films, he was romantic and debonair in Yash Chopra starrers, a crusader in Prakash Mehra films and an entertainer in Manmohan Desai's formula films.

Understandably, his rising stardom coincided with the decline of the then superstar, Rajesh Khanna. There came a time when all the big banners had replaced Khanna with him. Came Deewar in '75 and the crown was no more in dispute.

With every new release of his the box-office figures escalated. His predecessors had never dreamt of such popularity. Trade pundits described Amitabh as a phenomena and his rivals accepted that the number two hero was in fact No 11 because number 1 to 10 belonged to Bachchan.

The success was euphoric and all it needed was a prick to burst the bubble. It happened on the sets of Manmohan Desai's Coolie. A mis-timed punch during an action scene from screen villain Puneet Issar ruptured his intestines. The near fatal accident created international headlines and even initiated a visit from the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Teji Bachchan's friend.

Cinema halls in Bombay and all over the country re-released old Amitabh starrers and all of them sold houseful. Film buffs remember Ravi Tandon's Khuddar released just before the accident. The tickets sold at an astronomical rate.

He was laid in the hospital for over six months and until he returned home, the entire country prayed for his recovery. Unknown people from remote places brought him holy threads, kept fast and undertook arduous pilgrimage for his recovery. It's an obligation Amitabh has always acknowledged.

The tragedy evoked compelling reactions from his severest critics. A leading magazine who had put a ban on the actor as a result of which he had stopped talking to the entire media, now dropped their hostility and accepted defeat.

Like it happens in his films, the real-life hero recovered his illness and returned home. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief. His father described his home coming as a medical miracle. For a while unsteady, Amitabh took over from where he had left, Manmohan Desai's Coolie. After the long break he resumed shooting from the very same scene where he injured himself.

Coolie was his first post-accident release and on public demand they froze frame where the superstar hurt himself. The film celebrated 75 weeks in all centres. During his absence from the big screen, the exhibitors had not heard the cash registers ring for a long time. But now the lion was back and roaring.

In '83 his childhood friend Rajiv Gandhi was distraught after his mother Indira Gandhi was assassinated. Gandhi needed people he trusted around him and Amitabh was the perfect candidate. Amitabh took the emotional decision of quitting films and joining politics only to be by the side of his friend.

He fought elections from the Allahabad constituency and won with a large majority. The thumping victory came with a price tag. Unknowingly he was dragged in the cesspool of politics. Ambitious politicians looked upon him as a threat and played all possible games to embroil him in controversies.

For a long time Amitabh held on to his dignity but the vicious attacks never stopped. As the clouds of scandals loomed large on his family and reputation, he took the vital decision to quit politics.

The actor returned to his creative isolation. He took a while to heal his wounds. When the muse beckoned he wore his dancing shoes and faced the arclights. Tinnu Anand's Shahenshah, then K Bhagyaraj's Aakhri Raasta in 1986 were films to remember.

The rot set in sometime in '88 and not entirely due to his fault. The old guards he had been working with had turned complacent. The damage began with Ganga Jamuna Saraswati and continued all the way to Jaadugar and Toofan, directed by Prakash Mehra and Manmohan Desai, at one time, considered directors with the midas touch.

A pall of gloom set in when Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in May 21, '91. In an attempt to clear his name in the Bofors scandal, Amitabh had challenged the then Prime Minister of the country, VP Singh. He had to now pay a price for this. He faced the worst kind of victimisation during the Ms. World pageant his company hosted in Bangalore. He was accused of raking a fortune. Women activists held protest march, burnt effigys. There were riots and death threats.

Around this time he lifted his 20-year-old ban on the media and started talking to the press. Amitabh decided that a lot of water had flown under the bridge and it was time to let bygones be bygones. Initially suspicious, the media was as keen to end the bitter long battle and make truce with their idol.

The honeymoon lasted till every reporter from every publication of small and big city, had a piece of the superstar's pie, alias interview. The patch up established that the press cannot make or break any star. Amitabh survived the peak of his career without talking to the press and the entire tribe put together could not salvage the megastar's current fading career.

Ajooba, Indrajeet, Akayla and Insaaniyat failed to create any ripples. It was time to reinvent the superstar but no one dared to bell the cat. The whizkid to repackage the icon was Mukul Anand in his trilogy: Agneepath in 1990, Hum in '91 and finally the magnum opus Khuda Gawah in '92.

After Khuda Gawah, Bachchan took a sabbatical for five years. He said he was reviewing his career, refuelling the actor. It was a reasonable argument. The actor had not had a break since '73 when Zanjeer became a hit and later in '82, when he was confined to the hospital bed after the near-fatal accident.

Filmmakers and writers continued to woo him with new proposals. They visited his home over a cup of coffee to narrate ideas. He heard their scripts in earnest but neither said �yes' nor �no'. In a surprise bid he launched an American channel TV Asia, followed by his own company ABCL now known as AB Corp. The company was the best thing to happen to him, also the worst.

It established that he was a great actor but an amateur businessman. He trusted too many people. The company incurred severe losses, owed a lot of money to the market. Came a phase when the dark clouds only multiplied.

His comeback film Mrityudaata by Mehul Kumar crashed at the box-office. His fans and critics were disappointed by his career choices. His maiden album, Eir Bir Phate was ridiculed by artistes and his experiment with commercial ads like BPL and Mirinda condemned. He absorbed the accusations like a sponge, postponed reflections for a better day. He quietly continued with his acting assignments, some good, Sooryavansham, some bad Lal Badshah and some controversial, Major Saab and Kohram.

His finances were in a mess and reports had it that his two residential bungalows were mortgaged. Life seemed like a slippery eel and the more Amitabh tried to get in control of the circumstances, the more complicated they turned.

He was getting on in age and looked uncomfortable in the archetypal roles. Everyone agreed that he needed to make a transition to senior roles but all his filmmakers put together could not provide the adequate vehicle deserving his calibre. He was left with mundane, insignificant roles. His fans protested every time he fell short of their expectations.

Amitabh accepted his art needed help. Only a wise director could salvage the damage. After great deliberation, he walked across to Yash Chopra one morning and asked him to cast him in a role he deemed fit for him.

The film was Mohabbatein. The year 2000. Aditya Chopra cast him as the idealistic principal of a boarding school. The character had flashes of the angry man Amitabh played in his earlier films. But this time, he was the patriarch. Unknowingly, Aditya had repackaged the superstar's persona.

Around this time STAR channel launched their biggest game show, the Indianised version of world popular Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? with him as the anchor. The response to Kaun Banega Crorepati was euphoric. The show changed television history and transformed Amitabh's destiny and the course of career.

Suddenly, the actor every one had declared stagnant was back with a bang. People now complimented his endorsements and filmmakers who had declared him finished now sang a different tune.

His fans expected more variety from him now. They expected that in his new-found success he would venture new experiments. He did. He played a criminal in Vipul Shah's Aankhen and a two-faced character in his company's Aks. The efforts were lauded by the critics but the box-office accustomed to big business from the superstar expected more.

He did not let them down. Gradually his kitty combined Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham with Kaante and Baghbaan with Dev, Khakee with Bunty Aur Babli, and Black with Sarkar. Even the revival of Kaun Banega Crorepati 2 on the same channel after a break of four years resulted in astounding TRPs.

Out of 100 plus years of Hindi cinema, 30 plus belongs to him. He has been a pioneer of many trends. The only actor so far to dance and romance as a senior citizen, the first to lend his voice to film scores. Television or endorsements, brands or business, industrialists or politicians, common man or celebrities, Amitabh Bachchan towers over all occasions and atmospheres with his magnetic personality.