Nostalgia, gravitas and credibility: How brand Bachchan stands tall at 80

Bachchan, who turned 80 on Tuesday and whose career spans over five decades, was most recently seen in family drama 'Goodbye'

If Vijay rings a bell as an era-defining persona, so do a bland professorial Sukumar Sinha and an avuncular quiz master hogging TRPs on weeknights.

The many roles of Amitabh Bachchan never seem to fade away, and even his latest in the triad mentioned above is already decades old.

The legendary actor, who turned 80 on Tuesday, continues to entertain new fans and old after close to six decades of a career marked in equal measure by longevity and stardom.

If at all any proof was needed, an ongoing rerun of Bachchan’s iconic films, including Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), Chupke