5 biggest flops of Amitabh Bachchans career

Amitabh Bachchan, the legendary Indian actor, turns 80 on Tuesday, October 11. His career has been spanning roughly around five decades and he has been a part of around 200 films. He has gifted the audience with superhit films like Sholay (1975), Don (1978), Agneepath (1990) and Baghban (2003). Along with these blockbusters, he was also a part of several movies that could not perform well.

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Some of the films that were biggest flops in Bachchan‘s career include – 

Inquilaab (1984)

Directed by T. Rama Rao, Inquilaab stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi as the leads and Utpal Dutt, Kader Khan and Shakti Kapoor as supporting characters. The music of this political action thriller film is given by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. 

Mahaan (1983)

This Hindi-language action film was directed by S. Ramanathan and it features Amitabh Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman, Parveen Babi, Shakti Kapoor and so forth. After appearing in several of his past films in double roles, Amitabh Bachchan played a triple role in this one. Amitabh Bachchan has performed a triple role only in this one movie so far.

Do Aur Do Paanch (1980)

Do Aur Do Paanch is a Hindi comedy film directed by Rakesh Kumar, starring Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini and Parveen Babi. The story is about two rival burglars who, with the intention of kidnapping the son of a wealthy father for a sizable ransom, end up at the same school.

Jurmana (1979)

This Amitabh Bachchan starrer is a romantic drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Besides Bachchan, the rest of the cast includes Rakhee Gulzar, Shreeram Lagoo, Vinod Mehra among others. The story is about Inder, a businessman who believes in the persuasiveness of money, bets with his friend Prakash that they can win over Rama, a simple girl. Inder charms Rama, but a circumstance compels her to leave the city.

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Shaan (1980)

Shaan, directed by Ramesh Sippy, stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sunil Dutt, Shashi Kapoor and Shatrughan Sinha. The story is about two brothers who go in search of an international mafia lord who killed their cop brother. In due course of the film, they are joined by another man who also seeks revenge against the gangster.