Amitabh Bachchan The Greatest Bollywood Star

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan in a UK poll celebrating 100 years of cinema ,has emerged as the greatest Bollywood star published by a British Asian weekly newspaper. The survey was compiled via a combination of audience votes through social media, box-office figures, cinematic impact and critical acclaim.

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Big B as he is lovingly called by his fans, in his career of 40 years has given blockbusters like Sholay,Deewar and many others.He was the one who has successfully gone from big screen to small screen by hosting the very popular show Kaun Banega Crorepati.

Amitabh Bachchan was the first Bollywood star to be honored with a statue at Madame Tussaud’s and quite recently was the one to represent India as the Olympic Torch Bearer at London Olympics.

Yesteryear legend Dilip Kumar stood second and Shahrukh Khan was a close third