Amitabh Bachchan and his 8 larger than life roles that no one else can play

The greatest actor of Indian Cinema, Amitabh Bachchan has done some of the greatest films that you are likely to see anytime. Known as the megastar of the industry, Bachchan has ruled millions of hearts for more than four decades and even at 75, he is still making films that excite and surprise audiences around the world. In true sense, he is the superstar of Bollywood who has played the most important larger than life characters on the big screen that no one else can play. 

This handsome, tall man with a baritone voice can put life into dialogues and the roles he plays in the film. Big B has a power that immediately connects with the audience. Some of the roles of him has made us cried while we laughed with the characters. The Shahanshah of Bollywood is an all-time favorite star of every generation and with this, let's take a look at the 8 best magnanimous screen performances of him that no other actor can. 

Bhashkor Banerjee in Piku:  Amitabh Bachchan left us awestruck with his role as a father of Deepika Padukone in Piku. The megastar played an aging hypochondriac with digestive problems role in the film. 

Auro in Paa: No one on this earth could have played this role better than Amitabh Bachchan. He played an intelligent and witty 12-year-old boy with an extremely rare genetic disorder called progeria. He left us emotional with the film and created history by featuring as the son of his real-life son, Abhishek Bachchan. The hard work of prosthetic makeup paid off! 

Buddhadev Gupta in Cheeni Kum: The megastar of the industry played a man exactly his own age who fell in love with a 34-year-old woman, a character played by Tabu.

Vijay Deenanath Chauhan in Agneepath: He is God of acting! The cult movie of 1990, Agneepath, starring the legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan is still etched in the minds of his fans. 

Debraj Sahai in Black: Amitabh played the character of his mentor who at the later stage of the story develops Alzheimer's disease. The movie broke many records and no matter how many times you watch, it will move you. 

Vijay Verma in Deewar: Big B's role in Deewar glorified his ‘angry young man’ image. The dialogues of the film became so popular that they are still remembered and repeated by the fans. 

Vijay/Don in Don: Big B played a double role in the film and no other actor could have been able to create the screen presence as he did. 

Iqbal in Coolie: Amitabh Bachchan as Iqbal, a railway coolie, will always be one of the special films for his fans. Every August 2nd, Amitabh and his fans celebrate his "second" birthday, the day he came back to life after almost dying over an accident on the sets of Coolie.