Amitabh Bachan

Amitabh Bachan is to Bollywood what Al Pacino is to Hollywood. The venerated actor and producer from Allahabad has been a preeminent figure in Indian cinema for the past 40 years and is regarded as a national treasure to his country. Subsequent to his brief tenure as an elected member of the Parliament (he was a longtime friend of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi) and semi-retirement, the SHOLAY star and father-in-law of Aishwarya Rai returned to prominence with a successful television show, which he presented, and a string of hits including MOHABBATEIN, which co-stars Rai and Shahrukh Khan.