Jaipur (IANS): Sample this: Indian screen icon Amitabh Bachchan is credited with 135 releases in over 40 years. He played the baddie – be it the ‘dada’, the don, the killer or the thief – in 35 movies.
Contrary to the image of the angry young man who swore by the gun and bashed up baddies in high-decibel blockbusters, Big B, as the superstar is monikered in the tinsel town of Bollywood, has played almost everything on screen.
These revelations are contained in the 310-page “Bachchanalia: The Films and Memorabilia” of Amitabh …

2008 was a year when quite a few newcomers made a mark in their very first film. Actors like Anushka, Asin, Adah and Prachi Desai made a thumping impression while Genelia D’Souza saw a revival in her career with ‘Jaane Tu Jaane Naa’. Katrina Kaif got her hits but there wasn’t a single performance that could make the cut into the Top-10 of the year while big guns like Priyanka Chopra, Aishwarya Rai, Bipasha Basu and Kajol continued to reign. Joginder Tuteja looks at some of the best performances by …