6 articles
In July 2020, Amitabh Bachchan fought COVID-19 at 77. A reflection on his career: the early rejections, Zanjeer, ABCL's collapse, and the KBC reinvention.
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Bell-bottoms, oversized collars, wide-frame sunglasses, and the Mumtaz sari — how Amitabh Bachchan and 1970s icons shaped Indian fashion.
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Days after the December 2012 Delhi gang rape, Amitabh Bachchan asked the question haunting India: a nation that worships goddesses yet brutalizes daughters.
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Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan carried the Olympic torch through Southwark, London, on July 26, 2012 — a day before the Games opened.
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Irrfan Khan, Sonali Bendre, and Rishi Kapoor spoke openly about cancer — and changed how India talks about illness. The cultural shift their honesty created.
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Amitabh Bachchan and Prateik Babbar cast together in Prakash Jha's Aarakshan. The news revived memories of Smita Patil, who died at 31 in 1986.
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