I find it very strange when people compare Mr. Amitabh Bachchan with any other actor in Bollywood. Because I think no other actor in Bollywood can be compared with Mr.Bachchan. You can’t compare him with anyone in Bollywood as far as popularity is concerned .I have read in many article people compare Amitabh and Shahrukh. No doubt Shahrukh is a very good actor and very popular too. But the main difference between Shahrukh and Amitabh is the age. Shahrukh is still young but Amitabh is not. Shahrukh has given many hits in last 15 years.But the important thing you all must have noted that Shahrukh has mostly worked with the top directors only. He gave hits with the directors like Yash Chopra, Aditya Chopra, Rakesh Roshan, Subhash Ghai, Mani Ratnam, Aziz Mirza, Karan Johar or Farah Khan. All these directors are very talented. These directors can produce a hit with any actor. So its really unreal to give all the credit to Shahrukh for the success of his movie .He managed to give hits because of these directors only.
Coming back to Amitabh, look at his career. He has always been the DON of box office. He gave hits with all the directors, either good or bad.
The fact is that he has given many hit movies even when the movie itself was bad. He never bothered about the producer or director. He delivered hits with the directors like Tinu Anand, Manmohan Desai, Prakash Mehra and many more. All these directors were not very talented. Still Amitabh managed to give hits after hits.Now if u again watch any old movie of Manmohan Desai or Tinu Anand’s, you may find it pathetic. But it was Amitabh’s charisma who gave hits with these directors. Amitabh has delivered hits with bad directors also. He never needed only great director to deliver a hit. In fact he never worked with the director like Subhash Ghai, who is known as a showman of hindi film industry.
The real thing that makes Amitabh great is the public response. Now a days what happens that when a new movie releases, people don’t go mad for it and rush to the theater. First of all people reads the movie review or asks friends about the movie and only then decide to see or not to the movie. People don’t go to see a movie just because of any particular actor only. Now a days movie director, music director, songs and movie related controversy plays major role to pull the public to the theater.Infact now a days the movie maker itself creates some controversy to attract people.
But dear its was not the case in Amithbh’s days.That time only Amitabh was the thing for people to see a movie. People used to jump at theaters when there is a Amitabh release. People just wanted to see Amitabh’s movie irrespective to anything.
So the bottom line is that now a days people read the review first and then decide whether to watch the movie but in Amitbha’s time people just wanted to see the movie for Amitabh.That time no movie review could discourage people to not to see a new Amitabh release.
Its not only the acting that makes Amitabh great but his whole personality as well. People love him also because of his believes and way of living .Its not hidden to us that how much he cared for his parents. We also know that he is a very soft spoken and well cultured person. He believes is god like most of us.He has a powerful voice and most of the times he likes to talk in hindi only.These are the few things that touches every one’s heart. Its very difficult to find these things in any other bollywood actor.
So friends all I can say that you can not compare Amitabh with any other actor in Bollywood.He is an incomparable person.