Longest innings as lead heros?

Who currently or in the past lasted the longest as a lead hero? I am not talking about Character actor roles .

I think Jeetendra would be one of the tops, he lasted as a hero from 1964 to the 1990's, I think Dharmendra also comes very close. Who else?

Not BW but Rajnikanth may be the longest and Kamalhassan too...

Amitabh Bachchan by miles

Originally posted by: heartbleed

Amitabh Bachchan by miles

Read the first post, I said not character actor roles. Amitabh has been doing those since 2000

Originally posted by: BettyA1

Not BW but Rajnikanth may be the longest and Kamalhassan too...

Are they still acting as lead heros?

Originally posted by: Agent_Vinod

Salman Khan may be..

yes very close. 31-32 years of a lead hero acting with young actresses 

Originally posted by: jeetuji

Are they still acting as lead heros?

Yes, unlike AB sr they both are still playing lead heroes with new young leading lady in each movie, carrying the movie on their shoulders (although not sure KH has retired or not after entering TN politics)

My guess is Dev Anand, of spanned over nearly 4 decades!! No wonder he was called evergreen.

After him perhaps Amitabh Bachchan. He was lead hero in Baghban.Also as lead male star in Piku, Pink

Originally posted by: Jaitreya23

My guess is Dev Anand, of spanned over nearly 4 decades!! No wonder he was called evergreen.

After him perhaps Amitabh Bachchan. He was lead hero in Baghban.Also as lead male star in Piku, Pink

not really a hero in those movies, to classify as a hero in BW, you need to sing and dance with young heroines 

Right now it seems Salman but Akki/Ajay are behind him