Big B: A Star At 30, Broke At 57

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Amitabh Bachchan's career is the stuff made of film legend and, like all great films, there's a plot twist

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After a rough start with a spate of flops, Big B hit big time as Bollywood's ‘Angry Young Man'

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Films like Zanjeer, Deewar, Sholay, Don and Amar Akbar Anthony made him the superstar of superstars

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But not even the Shahenshah was bulletproof – a slide that started in the Nineties led to an almighty crash

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In 1996, Amitabh Bachchan began his doomed production and event management company ABCL

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ABCL lost money on some films it produced and was reportedly mismanaged by the then CEO Sanjiv Gupta

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It was sunk by the 1996 Miss World pageant in Bengaluru. ABCL, the main sponsor, lost millions

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The next year, ABCL was declared a failed company and Big B was in debt and in danger of losing his home

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His son Abhishek has been candid about the dire straits the Bachchans navigated at the time

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Abhishek quit college, worked as a production boy and made tea on set. He even wrote a rejected script

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Abhishek also revealed that he had no new clothes to wear to the Filmfare Awards as the family were “being frugal”

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However, films like Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Major Saab and Mohabbatein revived Big B's career

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His star was resurrected with Kaun Banega Crorepati, which Big B has hosted since 2000 (with a season's break)

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The resurgence in his career allowed Amitabh Bachchan to repay ABCL's debts and he has since reclaimed his pole position in Bollywood

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The Bachchans prevailed – as for Abhishek, JP Dutta offered him Refugee after that fateful Filmfare Awards

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BIG B:

A STAR AT 30, BROKE AT 57

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

Amitabh Bachchan's career is the stuff made of film legend and, like all great films, there's a plot twist

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

After a rough start with a spate of flops, Big B hit big time as Bollywood's ‘Angry Young Man'

Film Still

Films like Zanjeer, Deewar, Sholay, Don and Amar Akbar Anthony made him the superstar of superstars

Film Still

But not even the Shahenshah was bulletproof – a slide that started in the Nineties led to an almighty crash

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

In 1996, Amitabh Bachchan began his doomed production and event management company ABCL

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

ABCL lost money on some films it produced and was reportedly mismanaged by the then CEO Sanjiv Gupta

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

It was sunk by the 1996 Miss World pageant in Bengaluru. ABCL, the main sponsor, lost millions

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

The next year, ABCL was declared a failed company and Big B was in debt and in danger of losing his home

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

His son Abhishek has been candid about the dire straits the Bachchans navigated at the time

Instagram/bachchan

Abhishek quit college, worked as a production boy and made tea on set. He even wrote a rejected script

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

Abhishek also revealed that he had no new clothes to wear to the Filmfare Awards as the family were “being frugal”

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

However, films like Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Major Saab and Mohabbatein revived Big B's career

Film Still

His star was resurrected with Kaun Banega Crorepati, which Big B has hosted since 2000 (with a season's break)

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

The resurgence in his career allowed Amitabh Bachchan to repay ABCL's debts and he has since reclaimed his pole position in Bollywood

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

The Bachchans prevailed – as for Abhishek, JP Dutta offered him Refugee after that fateful Filmfare Awards

Film Still

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Instagram/amitabhbachchan

BIG B:

A STAR AT 30, BROKE AT 57

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

Amitabh Bachchan's career is the stuff made of film legend and, like all great films, there's a plot twist

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

After a rough start with a spate of flops, Big B hit big time as Bollywood's ‘Angry Young Man'

Film Still

Films like Zanjeer, Deewar, Sholay, Don and Amar Akbar Anthony made him the superstar of superstars

Film Still

But not even the Shahenshah was bulletproof – a slide that started in the Nineties led to an almighty crash

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

In 1996, Amitabh Bachchan began his doomed production and event management company ABCL

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

ABCL lost money on some films it produced and was reportedly mismanaged by the then CEO Sanjiv Gupta

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

It was sunk by the 1996 Miss World pageant in Bengaluru. ABCL, the main sponsor, lost millions

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

The next year, ABCL was declared a failed company and Big B was in debt and in danger of losing his home

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

His son Abhishek has been candid about the dire straits the Bachchans navigated at the time

Instagram/bachchan

Abhishek quit college, worked as a production boy and made tea on set. He even wrote a rejected script

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

Abhishek also revealed that he had no new clothes to wear to the Filmfare Awards as the family were “being frugal”

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

However, films like Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Major Saab and Mohabbatein revived Big B's career

Film Still

His star was resurrected with Kaun Banega Crorepati, which Big B has hosted since 2000 (with a season's break)

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

The resurgence in his career allowed Amitabh Bachchan to repay ABCL's debts and he has since reclaimed his pole position in Bollywood

Instagram/amitabhbachchan

The Bachchans prevailed – as for Abhishek, JP Dutta offered him Refugee after that fateful Filmfare Awards

Film Still

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Instagram/amitabhbachchan

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