Amitabh Bachchan on turning 83

xVeteran superstar Amitabh Bachchan, who made a name for himself in Indian cinema as the ‘angry young man’ in the 1970s, and has a filmography of over 200 movies in a career that began over 50 years ago, turned 83 on October 11.

Q What is the secret of your longevity?

There is no secret. It’s only luck and hard work. I know it could all be gone in a flash. I had lost it around 1999-2000 when a series of my films had a routine run. Yash Raj Films’ Mohabbatein and Kaun Banega Crorepati brought me back.

Q Did you expect KBC to go this far?

I had no expectations, or maybe I had low expectations…I don’t know. It was all Sameer Nair’s vision. All I knew when we started shooting for KBC was that I was committed to shoot for 85 episodes.

Q Your fans are super

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