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When Not A Single Actress Was Ready To Work With Amitabh Bachchan
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News18•07-10-2026, 16:34
When Not A Single Actress Was Ready To Work With Amitabh Bachchan
- •Amitabh Bachchan faced massive struggles in his early career due to his height and appearance.
- •No actress was initially willing to work with him because producers felt his height was too much and his face looked too small.
- •To make his face look bigger, Big B grew his hair long up to his ears, which later became his signature hairstyle.
- •After debuting with the flop film Saat Hindustani in 1969, he was initially labeled as a flop hero.
- •The 1973 film Zanjeer completely transformed his career, turning him into the Angry Young Man of Hindi cinema overnight.
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In the early days of his career, producers and directors told Amitabh Bachchan that his towering height was too much and that no actress would be ready to work with him because his face appeared too small in comparison.
The 1973 film 'Zanjeer', in which Amitabh Bachchan played the role of Inspector Vijay, completely turned the tide of his career and made him a big star overnight, earning him the title of the 'Angry Young Man' of Hindi cinema.
Amitabh Bachchan started his film career in 1969 as a narrator in Mrinal Sen's film 'Bhuvan Shome' and made his acting debut in Khwaja Ahmad Abbas's 'Saat Hindustani'. However, because that debut movie flopped, he was initially labeled as a flop hero and struggled for years before achieving success.
