Happy belated birthday, Mr. Bachchan senior

This is a story I had heard from an uncle about Amitabh Bachchan. He knew a film producer who Bachchan had approached as a newcomer. The producer had turned him down calling him a kabootar. Amitabh Bachchan was ungracefully tall and thin and he had many rude reminders of it from the producers and directors who did not see his potential. When he became successful, the producer went back to him—I like to think he went crawling—but Bachchan asked him to bugger off. Every time I heard this story I could hear Bachchan's voice: "Mein aaj bhi phenke huye paisey nahin uthaata."

These are my top choices in order of his filmography that I managed to catch -- do add if you think I have missed out on something.

Anand

Zanjeer

Namak Haram

Abhimaan

Saudagar

Majboor

Deewar

Sholay

Chupke Chupke

Mili

Do Anjane

Kabhi Kabhie

Alaap

Trishul

Don

Manzil

Kala Patthar

Shaan

Silsila

Satte Pe Satta

Bemisal

Shakti

Cheeni Kum

The Last Lear

Piku

Pink

He was narrator in many films but was most memorable in Satyajit Ray’s Shatranj Ke Khiladi and his Hollywood role in The Great Gatsby.

Happy belated 80th, Mr Bachchan.