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Amitabh Bachchan birthday special: His ten films you must watch (view pics)

New Delhi: The megastar Amitabh Bachchan is celebrating his 72th birthday today.Entertaining his fans from more than four decades, Amitabh Bachchan is the biggest name in Indian cinema.Amitabh has a distinguished personality and his poise

Agneepath- Another path-breaking film of Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan created history with Yash Johar's ‘Agneepath'.

When released, ‘Agneepath' was a failure; however, the National Award for the Best Actor being bestowed on Amitabh Bachchan changed the perspective among the audience and the critics alike. Favourable reviews trickled in later to make it a cult classic.

Baghban- Amitabh Bachchan's endearing role of a romantic husband in his 60's worked wonders and the film showcased the versatile talent of Big B even at the dawn of his career.

Amitabh and his co-star Hema Malini did a brilliant job of presenting a lovely relationship of an aging couple in ‘Baghban'.

The film won rave reviews not just from the elderly, but even the youngsters.

Black- Amitabh Bachchan had already proved that age was just a number for him, and that, if he is offered a right script and the right role, he could go beyond expectations.

That's exactly what happened when Sanjay Leela Bhansali cast him in ‘Black' and Big B shone like never before.

Portraying an incredibly complex character in the film with panache, Amitabh Bachchan received Best Actor award at the 53rd National Film Awards.

Sarkar- The character, which bore strong resemblance with the legendary filmmaker Francis Coppola's ‘Godfather', Amitabh Bachchan pulled a stunner out of Ram Gopal Varma's ‘Sarkar'.

Amitabh Bachchan in the title role alongside his real-life son, Abhishek Bachchan looked convincing in the role of a kingmaker in this political crime thriller.

Paa- One of Amitabh Bachchan's another path breaking film, ‘Paa' saw Big B play son to his real life son! The film was based on a rare genetic condition known as Progeria and placed emphasis on a father-son relationship.

This was one of the most challenging roles of Big B's career and he was simply superb, while emoting feelings of a child who is suffering from a genetic disorder.

Amitabh Bachchan received his third National Film Award for Best Actor for this film.