Bollywood stars
Amitabh Bachchan
Kabhi Kabhie and Silsila
About Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan’s films with Yash Chopra for Yash Raj Films include Kabhi Kabhie (27 February 1976), the story of a poet, Amit; Kaala Patthar (1979), in which he plays Vijay; and Silsila (14 August 1981).
On screen
Two decades later he was Narayan Shankar, the stern headmaster of Gurukul who forbids romance, in Aditya Chopra’s Mohabbatein (2000), and Yashovardhan Raichand, the head of the family, in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001). In Black (2005) he starred opposite Rani Mukerji, and in Thugs of Hindostan (2018) he is Azaad.
On the Silsila soundtrack he sings “Rang Barse Bheege Chunarwali” and “Neela Aasman So Gaya” (Yash Raj Films).
Yash Raj Films’ music credits name him as the singer of “Rang Barse Bheege Chunarwali”, from Silsila.
Our advice: watch Kabhi Kabhie, then Silsila, for Yash Chopra’s poetry on screen.
Selected films
Kabhi Kabhie (27 February 1976), directed by Yash Chopra
Kaala Patthar (24 August 1979), directed by Yash Chopra
Silsila (14 August 1981), directed by Yash Chopra
Biwi No. 1 (28 May 1999), directed by David Dhawan
Mohabbatein (27 October 2000), directed by Aditya Chopra
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (14 December 2001), directed by Karan Johar
Black (4 February 2005), directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (15 June 2007), directed by Shaad Ali Sahgal
Thugs of Hindostan (8 November 2018)
Badla (8 March 2019), directed by Sujoy Ghosh
Runway 34 (29 April 2022)
Uunchai (11 November 2022)
Release dates and directors are from the films’ pages on the Yash Raj Films and Red Chillies Entertainment websites.
Why it's on our list
- Kabhi Kabhie, Kaala Patthar and Silsila
- Narayan Shankar in Mohabbatein
- He sings on the Silsila soundtrack
Release dates and directors come from the studios’ own websites, and the National Film Awards from the Government of India’s Press Information Bureau.