Big B gets nostalgic as he completes 48 yrs in Bollywood

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ANI New Delhi [India]
Last Updated : Feb 16 2017 | 2:22 PM IST

Legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan, also known as the Shahanshah of Bollywood, walked down memory lane as he completed 48 years in the film industry.

The 'Piku' star took to Twitter and posted a photo of his starting as an actor in Bollywood, when he signed his first movie 'Saat Hindustani' in 1969.

He captioned the photo, "Today on Feb 15th 1969 I officially joined the Film Industry.. signed my 1st film 'Saat Hindustani'."

In his illustrious career, the 74 year-old has played some of the most iconic characters in Bollywood such as Inspector Vijay Khanna in 'Zanjeer', Vijay Deenanath Chauhan in 'Agneepath' for which he won the National Award for Best Actor in 1990, and Vijay Verma in 'Deewar'.

He has a total of 16 Filmfare awards and four National awards, winning the honor maximum number of times.

On the work front, Big B will next be seen in Ram Gopal Varma's directorial 'Sarkar 3', alongside Yami Gautam, Manoj Bajpayee and Jackie Shroff.

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First Published: Feb 16 2017 | 2:15 PM IST

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