Solo films of Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan Sir has given 40 odd solo films. He has given 20 solo hits. This is the list of solo hero films which feature only one protagonist as the leading character. Female oriented films even the ensemble cast films are not included like people consider a female oriented aradhana as a solo hero for rajesh khanna.
We have given the verdicts and info along with trivia for some films.
We have given the verdicts and info along with trivia for some films.
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- DirectorS.S. BalanStarsMala SinhaAmitabh BachchanAruna IraniMohan and Asha are in love and eventually marry in a private temple much against Mohan's parents' wishes. Mohan goes out of town for some months. Upon his return his parents lies to him that Asha is died. Mohan marries Seema and has two children. Mohan is employed with the local municipality. After 10 years Asha takes over as collector and Mohan's boss. Asha helps Mohan and his family in best possible ways and wants the truth to never come out. However, rumors start to circulate about Mohan and Asha. Seema at first disregards these rumors but later comes to know the truth. She decides to end her life but Asha saves her and loses hers' in the process.Flop film
- DirectorPrakash VermaStarsAmitabh BachchanJaya BachchanNigar SultanaBansi and Birju get married in their village. But the villager's find out that Bansi is a prostitute.Flop film
- DirectorB.R. IsharaStarsAmitabh BachchanJaya BachchanNadiraLeading lawyer and public prosecutor, Raghunath Tyagi, lives an upper middle- class life in India with his only son, Akash Manmohan. Raghunath would like his son to take an interest in law or a business, but all Akash is interested in is poems. One day Akash overhears one of his poems being sung by a woman. He is attracted to this woman, whose name is Shabnam, and would like to marry her. The only problem is his dad, who is strongly opposed to his son marrying a woman of questionable character and means - a prostitute. But Akash is adamant, leaves his dad's house and continues his affair with Shabnam. Shabnam wants to break free from the brothel madame, Aminabai, and does so, only to find that Aminabai has sold her to a man named Nawab for Rs.20,000/-. Angered at Aminabai, Shabnam goes to confront her, and as a result Amina is killed, and Shabnam is arrested and charged with first degree murder - the punishment for which, under Section 302 of the Indian Pencal Code is Life Imprisonment or Death. And it is the death sentence that the Public Prosecutor Tyagi would like to see carried out on Shabnam, who he considers a problem for himself and his son.Flop film
- DirectorO.P. GoyleStarsMumtaz AskariAmitabh BachchanAjit KhanShyamu is an orphan, living with his mentor, and has made stealing his career. While his mentor is recuperating in hospital, from a fracture, Shyamu decides to go straight. He is mistaken for popular writer, Deepak, and is met with considerable respect. To his delight, to comes across an ailing Deepak, whom he resembles. Deepak is ill and soon passes away, and Shyamu takes on his identity, and begins to romance the beautiful Mala. But a certain police inspector, Kumar, is interested in Deepak, and is convinced that the person masquerading as Deepak, is really someone else.Flop film.
- DirectorSudhendu RoyStarsAmitabh BachchanNutanTrilok KapoorA calculative man schemes to deceit a poor but young widow for his personal monetary gains.Flop film
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsAmitabh BachchanJaya BachchanGovardhan AsraniA popular singer convinces his new wife to enter show-business, but his pride is wounded when she outshines him.Hit film
- DirectorPrakash MehraStarsAmitabh BachchanJaya BachchanPran SikandA tough and honest police officer clashes with a crime boss who, unbeknownst to him, happens to be his parents' murderer.Blockbuster film. This film was offered to Dharmendra, he rejected it. Prakash Mehra to almost the entire industry and finally it happened with Amitabh Bachchan and he became a star.
- DirectorAravind SenStarsHema MaliniAmitabh BachchanPran SikandSapna lives in poverty with her factory worker mother and her alcoholic step-father. Sapna's friend Neeta's husband is crippled from an accident and goes blind. Neeta goes to work to support her family as a prostitute. Neeta introduces Sapna to her pimp, Heera and hopes that Sapna will earn enough money to pull herself out of the clutches of poverty and the misbehaviour of her step-father. Amit, an educated young man, an owner-driver of his taxi comes to Sapna's rescue when she is under threat and gratitude turns into love. The alcoholic step-father has designs on Sapna, and tries to exert his authority on her, resulting in Sapna assaulting him. As a result, she serves a jail term. Amit wants to marry Sapna but his family won't allow him to marry an ex-convict. How many more barriers will Sapna and Amit have to break in order to fulfill their love? How does a Gurkha named Pyarelal figure in all this?Flop film
- DirectorNarendra BediStarsAmitabh BachchanMoushumi ChatterjeeSatyendra KapoorAfter helping a stabbing victim to the hospital, a man begins to receive anonymous threats. The only way to save his wife and child is to unravel the mystery of the killer's identity.Hit film. This film was promoted as a cameo of Dharmendra but shockingly he was not in the film.
- DirectorRavi TandonStarsAmitabh BachchanParveen BabiPran SikandA terminally ill man frames himself for murder to allow his family to collect the reward money. After a successful operation, he escapes police custody and searches for the real killer.Hit film. First film of Amitabh Bachchan with Parveen Babi.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsJaya BachchanAmitabh BachchanUsha KiranA reclusive, depressed man and a bubbly young woman fall in love but then find out that she has cancer.Flop film
- DirectorDulal GuhaStarsAmitabh BachchanRekhaPrem ChopraA man (Amitabh Bachchan) is found wounded on railway tracks and when he awakens he has no memory of who he is and doesn't remember anything about his life. Six years later he is living with a wealthy couple and is now named Naresh Dutt. One day he begins to regain his memory when he watches a film and realizes that the actress in the film is related to him somehow. It is then that he discovers the actress in the film is none other than his wife Rekha Roy (Rekha). He finds out that she is now a very successful film actress changing her name to Sunita Devi and her manager is none other than Ranjeet Malik (Prem Chopra) who used to be his best friend. In flashbacks he remembers that his real name is Amit Roy and Ranjit was the one who attempted to kill him six years earlier by throwing him off the train he was traveling on with Rekha. Amit also discovers that his young son who is now 10 years old has been sent to a boarding school and sets out a plan to regain custody of his son. First however he plans on taking revenge against Ranjit. Amit comes up with a plan to re-enter Rekha and Ranjit's lives by disguising himself as a film producer. He meets with Rekha and Ranjit and offers Rekha the opportunity to act in his new film titled Do Anjaane. Rekha and Ranjit grow suspicious of Naresh Dutt as they start to realize that he bears a striking resemblance to Rekha's supposedly deceased husband Amit Roy and the storyline of his film eerily mirrors Rekha's past life. Will she discover the true identity of Naresh Dutt? and what revenge has Amit/Naresh got planned for Ranjit?Hit film. One of the first screen appearances of Mithun Chakravarti. The dubbed Russian version did better than the Hindi version.
- DirectorNarendra BediStarsAmitabh BachchanWaheeda RehmanNeetu SinghSimpleton and honest village farmer, Dharamchand alias Dharam is overjoyed when his wife, Radha gives birth to a baby boy who is christen with the name Raju. He comes to the rescue of three city-bred men, Ajit, Suresh and Sujit when they are at the mercy of a man-eating tiger; please with this they decides to offer Dharam a job in Bombay whenever he needs it. Delighted and when things are not quite rosy in the village Dharam, Radha, Raju and his sister, Laxmi decides to move to the city where-by the duo provides living quarters and appoint Dharam as the managing director of their warehouse along with a fat pay packet. Unfortunately calamity destructs when Dharam is arrested by the police for smuggling goods and is placed before the court where-by he pleads his innocence but his bosses testify against him resulting in Dharam getting 18 months imprisonment as well as an additional 6 months for contempt of court. After completing his sentence Dharam goes to his residence to find that nothing is the same anymore as his family are living as destitute while his sister Laxmi has committed suicide after being molested by Sujit. Enraged Dharam decides to seek out the three, mercilessly killing them; this behavior gets notice by the bosses of the underworld who decides to elect Dharam as their ring leader thus Dharam is able to make things right for him and his family by moving in a spacious bungalow and sending Raju to London for further education. Dharam hopes to get Raju marry to his crime-partner daughter but Raju gives his heart to Geeta Varma, the girl he reaches in London. This pits both father and son against each other and to worsen matter Ajit is still alive and plan on settling scores with Dharam once and for all.Hit film
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsAmitabh BachchanRekhaChhayadeviAlok goes against his father's wishes by choosing music over law studies and leaves the house to pursue his dream. However, his authoritarian father is hell-bent on foiling his efforts.Flop film
- DirectorDeven VermaStarsSharmila TagoreAmitabh BachchanBindu DesaiIn order to prevent honest Ramchandra from being elected as Mayor, Digvijay Singh alias Dharamdas sets his men upon him, his son, Ram Kumar, and his wife, all in vain, as Ramchandra wins. Shortly after his election, Ramchandra is framed and is forced to quit office after a scandal, and he hangs himself. Ram, his mom, and his sister, Chanda, re-locate and are not heard from again. Then a young man, Prince Chandrashekar from Johanneburg, South Africa, surfaces, claims he is a multi-millionaire, and would like to go into business with Digvijay Singh. This Prince also meets with Digvijay's sister and friend, Renuka, and Manju respectively and has an on-going affair with both at the same time. Digvijay is not happy with what's going on, and he asks his men to investigate the background of this Prince, and what they find will change Digvijay's life forever.Flop film
- DirectorSultan AhmedStarsAmitabh BachchanRekhaAmjad KhanThakur Jaswant Singh rules over the region with a iron hand. He has no pity or empathy for the poor, all he is interested in is their money, their women, and alcohol. After the passing away of his dad, he assumes total control over the region, and increases the taxes. One day while walking across the hallway, he trips over the wet floor, and falls down. He gets up angrily and assaults the old woman, Ramvati, who was washing the floor. His abuse is interrupted by the arrival of Ramvati's son, Jeeva, who intervenes. Jaswant is ready to shoot him down, but Jaswant's mom prevents him from doing so. Word gets around that Jeeva is in the bad books of the Thakur, and soon a number of people start consipiring against Jeeva. The next day Jeeva is summoned before the village council and asked to explain his involvement in the death of a cow. Jeeva has no satisfactory explanation, and he is asked to leave the village immediately with his mother. Jeeva refuses to do so, and is severely beaten, and thrown out. Shortly thereafter his mother passes away, and Jeeva decides to avenge her death by bringing about the downfall of Jaswant Singh. In order to do this, he becomes a dacait. Jeeva swears on the holy river Ganga to wipe out Jaswant Singh and his men, without knowing his decision will bring him into conflict with the police, and with the honest people from the very community he was exiled from.Hit film
- DirectorChandra BarotStarsAmitabh BachchanZeenat AmanPran SikandDon, a wanted criminal, dies in a police chase. DSP D'Silva is the only one who knows about his death, and to get hold of the gang he trains Don-lookalike Vijay. But Vijay faces danger from the police and from within the gang.Blockbuster film. This film was offered to many stars but everyone rejected it. Finally the film was made with Amitabh Bachchan. The film was not doing well, but with the popularity of Khaike Pasn Banaras Wala song the film was a runaway hit.
- DirectorHrishikesh MukherjeeStarsRakhee GulzarAmitabh BachchanShreeram LagooInder, a contractor who believes in the power of money, places a bet with his friend Prakash to woo Rama, a simple girl. Rama is charmed by Inder but an event forces her to leave the city.Flop film
- DirectorRakesh KumarStarsAmitabh BachchanRekhaAjit KhanNatwar is just a young boy when his beloved older brother and caretaker, police officer Gridharilal (Ajit), is framed for bribery by sinister criminal mastermind Vikram (Amjad Khan). When he grows up, Natwar (Amitabh Bachchan) creates a secret identity for himself, posing as a powerful and mysterious underworld figure named Mr. Natwarlal, determined to slowly but surely exact vengeance on Vikram.Hit film
- DirectorShakti SamantaStarsAmitabh BachchanZeenat AmanNeetu SinghAfter unwittingly using his skills to obtain military secrets, a gambler is pursued by a police officer who happens to be his doppelganger.Flop film
- DirectorBasu ChatterjeeStarsAmitabh BachchanMoushumi ChatterjeeRakesh PandeyAjay Chandra, a hard working and ambitious young man, who dreams of bigger things than a small job. He has dreams of starting his own business. One day he meets Aruna at a friends wedding and slowly fall in love. Aruna is daughter of a very successful lawyer. Ajay uses his rich friend's car, apartment etc. to impress Aruna's family, in the hope that he will succeed in his own business before they are married. However, Ajay falls prey to the cut throat competion in business and loses all his investment. He discloses everything to Aruna. Aruna is sympathetic to Ajay and loves him for what he is. However, Aruna's lawyer dad turns down the marriage proposal and starts to prosecute Ajay for business fraud. Through his hard work and support from Aruna and his mother, Ajay is able to correct the wrong doings and is able to win over Aruna's father.Flop film
- DirectorTinnu AnandStarsAmitabh BachchanAsha ParekhParveen BabiJailed for robbing his brother's unscrupulous employer, a simpleton has a transformation while in prison, emerging with a violent mission for revenge.Hit film.
- DirectorShakti SamantaStarsAmitabh BachchanRakhee GulzarAmjad KhanRajini, a blind woman, marries Abhijit, an inspector, after he puts a violent thug named Kaliram behind bars. However, their married life later turns into a nightmare when Kaaliram is released.Flop film
- DirectorPrakash MehraStarsAmitabh BachchanZeenat AmanRakhee GulzarA man, abandoned as a baby and forced to live as an orphan, is unknowingly employed by his biological father.Blockbuster film. One of the highest grossers of that year.
- DirectorS. RamanathanStarsAshok KumarWaheeda RehmanAmitabh BachchanA lawyer goes into hiding after being falsely accused of committing a crime while his wife gives birth to twins. One of the twins is separated at birth, while the other twin grows up to become an inspector who is on his father's trail.Flop film
- DirectorPramod ChakravortyStarsAmitabh BachchanHema MaliniPran SikandA devout Hindu priest's son sees his father murdered and his mother and sister burned alive. He becomes an atheist and vows to avenge his family's murders at the hands of an evil landowner and smuggler.Hit film
- DirectorPrakash MehraStarsAmitabh BachchanJaya PradaRanjeet BediA workaholic businessman neglects his only son after his wife's death. The son grows up to be a rebellious alcoholic.Super hit film. Its album was a super hit.
- DirectorRama Rao TatineniStarsAmitabh BachchanRanjeet BediC.S. DubeyStreet-wise and poor, Amar Nath makes a living selling cinema tickets and fast-food snacks (Bhel Puri) outside cinema halls. He is taken under the wing of a politician and Chair of the "Garibon Ki Party', Shankar Narayan, allowed to join the Police Academy, and returns as a Police Inspector. He falls in love and gets married to Asha, the only daughter of multi-millionaire businessman, Sitaram. When he successfully apprehends and kills a terrorist by the name of Anil Raj, he is promoted as the Assistant Commisisoner of Police. Asha shares his joy, and soon both are informed that they will soon be proud parents. Then Amar also apprehends and kills a smuggler by the Koya Koya Atachi, and gets immensely popular with the public, so much so that Shankar Narayan resigns and asks Amar to be the Chair of the political party, which Amar accepts and quits his job from the Police Force. It is then that pregnant Asha finds out that Amar is not who he claims to be but is a pawn in the hands of skilled politicians - who have been using him as their hit-man, and now are ready to use him as the Chief Minister so that they can carry on with their nefarious activities. Watch what Asha does to prevent Amar from influencing their newborn son, and from attaining power.Flop film
- DirectorManmohan DesaiAnil NagarathPammy VarmaStarsAmitabh BachchanAmrita SinghNirupa RoyKing Azad gets locked in a dungeon by the British general Dyer who wants to take over his kingdom. Years later, Azad's son decides to put an end to Dyer's tyranny and comes to his father's rescue.Blockbuster film. Last blockbuster film where Amitabh Bachchan dominated either in solo hero or multistarrer film.
- DirectorBhagyarajStarsAmitabh BachchanSrideviJaya PradaAn ex-convict is bent on revenge against the people responsible for his wrongful imprisonment but is pit against his estranged son who is now a police officer.Hit film
- DirectorTinnu AnandStarsAmitabh BachchanMeenakshi SheshadriAruna IraniVijay who is a corrupt officer by day, turns a vigilante by night in order to make the city crime free.Hit film. Amitabh Bachchan's entry into bollywood after spending time in politics. Its initial was huge.
- DirectorTinnu AnandStarsAmitabh BachchanShabana AzmiB.M. ShahA newspaper reporter exploits an ordinary man for few rupees to pose as a man who is fighting against the corrupt politicians and prints imaginary stories in his name to improve the circulation of her newspaper. People take him for real and he becomes a powerful leader of poor man. One day the paper prints a letter in his name that he is going to end his life fighting corruption. This puts the ordinary man in a fix. He knows that at this juncture he can't refute the accuracy of all those stories. He also realizes that he is the sole hope of millions. Finally, he buckles under moral pressure and jumps from an incomplete multi-storied building and ends his life.Flop film
- DirectorKetan DesaiStarsAmitabh BachchanMeenakshi SheshadriAmrita SinghHonest police officer Hanuman Prasad Singh lives like friend and family with a magician by the name of Ramesh Kumar. Hanuman's wife passes away after giving birth to male twin babies; upon finding out that Ramesh's wife, Devyani loses her child and is render barren Hanuman decides to give one of his sons to Ramesh. Unfortunately Ramesh passes away in the midst of performing a stunt while entertaining his audiences leaving the child to be brought up by Devyani who grows up to be Shyam; a magician like his foster father. While on the other hand inspector Hanuman is falsely implicated by the corrupt Assistant Commissioner of Police Sharma and Daku Shaitan Singh for stealing huge number of gold bars. When Hanuman attempt to clear his name by bringing the real culprits to justice he is killed by Shaitan Singh; when his son heard of his death he goes to a temple of Bhagwan Shri Hanuman and pleads to him only to receive a boon with immense strength to fight for people who are subjected to injustice at the hands of tyrants so much that years later he is regarded as Toofan by his village people. Toofan's motive in life involve to clear his father's name by retrieving the stolen gold and at the same time bring the real culprits to justice while Shyam's motive is to perform the stunt that killed his foster father.Flop film
- DirectorPrakash MehraStarsAmitabh BachchanJaya PradaAmrita SinghAfter learning a few magical tricks from his fellow inmate former businessman and ex-jail convict assume the identity of an ascetic named Mahaprabhu Jagatsagar Chintamani so that he can easily use these tricks to con the villagers of Dharampur with a motive of acquiring their wealth for himself. His U.S. returned son, Shankar Narayan refuses to accept this way of living only to consult an expert magician named Goga to put an end to his father's misdeeds. Goga who later changes his name to Gogeshwar manages to outwit Mahaprabhu and take control of his ashram. Feeling satisfy after his deeds has been reached; Shankar then asks Goga to leave but a stubborn will-power Goga refuses to do so as he plans to explain his stubbornness to Shankar at a later date.Flop film
- DirectorK.C. BokadiaStarsAmitabh BachchanJaya PradaRadhika SarathkumarBhim Singh is an orphan who lives a poor life-style in a small community. He is the guardian to his only sister, Laxmi, who he has educated in the city, she meets Ajit Singh the son of Thakur Bhupendra Singh and both falls in love and gets married with the blessings of Bhim, but on there nuptial night, Ajit goes missing. Bhim finds out that Ajit has relocated to his dad's residence and he goes there to beg there pardon but is humiliated and witnesses Ajit knifes Laxmi to death. A grief-stricken Bhim murders Ajit publicly and goes on a rampage to rescue farmers in his community whose land are being snatched by Thakur Bhupendra Singh and his henchman Lakhan.Super hit film. The success of the film shocked everyone. Amitabh's remuneration for this film was the distribution rights in Mumbai territory.
- DirectorK.V. RajuStarsAmitabh BachchanJaya PradaKumar GauravTo continue suppressing the workers in his company, multi-millionaire Din Dayal gets a union leader and his wife murdered. When inspector Indrajeet attempts to arrest Dayal, his daughter Shanti intervenes. This angers Indrajeet because Shanti is his beloved, and he decides to cut all connections with her. He adopts Neelu, daughter of the deceased union leader, and years later after his retirement from police service, he attempts to bring her up. Indrajeet gets Neelu married to Vijay, but calamity destroys the couple; they are killed by a group of young boys. Indrajeet lodges a complaint with the police, but instead of arresting the assailants, the police commissioner closes the case, forcing Indrajeet to take the law into his own hands.Hit film
- DirectorMehul KumarStarsAmitabh BachchanDimple KapadiaKarisma KapoorDr Ram Prasad Ghayal (Amitabh) is a surgeon whose scalpel proves to be a magic wand. He has a wife called Janaki (Dimple) and a brother called Bharat. Bharat is in love with a dancing doll Renu (Karishma) whom the baddie's brother (Deepak Tijouri) also loves. Bharat, an architect refuses to sign a power project involving heavy kickbacks and heavier displacement (with so many scams in the air, what can one expect the plot to be). He is implicated in a plot and sent to jail. Unable to bear this humiliation, he commits suicide and Renu marries Deepak instead of repenting her beloved's loss. Now is the time for our 'Mrityudaata' to avenge the loss of his wife and his brother. He trades his scalpel for a machine gun and apron for a commando coat and cap.Amitabh Bachchan's return to bollywood. Flop film.
- DirectorK.C. BokadiaStarsAmitabh BachchanManisha KoiralaShilpa Shetty KundraLal Singh (Amitabh Bachchan) lives with his mother (Nirupa Roy) in a small basti in Bombay and grows up with the poor and needy, who call him Lal Badshah. He's a helpful person dead-set against crime. In the same city lives Vikram Singh alias Vicky Baadshah (Raghuvaran), the Don of the city; the two are always clashing. Vicky is the son of Dayal Singh (Amrish Puri) who lives far away from Mumbai in a castle. Vicky and his brother Ajit Singh (Mukesh Rishi), a corrupt police officer, want to rule the city. Meanwhile, Lal meets Kiran (Manisha Koirala), an L.I.C. agent who falls in love with him and determines to become his wife. At the castle, Dayal Singh is still hunting for the treasures of the Maharaja, whom he murdered years ago along with his brother Sultan Singh (Prem Chopra). When the Maharaja was murdered, his son Dewan Ranbir Singh (also Amitabh Bachchan) hid the treasure, for which Dayal Singh tried to murder him. What is the link between Ranbir Singh and his look-alike Lal Singh, and will Dayal Singh ever find the treasure?Flop film
- DirectorE.V.V. SatyanarayanaPranavanandStarsAmitabh BachchanSoundaryaJayasudhaHeera fails to live up to expectations of his father Thakur Bhanupratap Singh, a powerful and respected man of his community. Despite all odds Heera struggles to keep his father's pride.Flop film
- DirectorRavi ChopraStarsAmitabh BachchanHema MaliniSalman KhanAn elderly couple wish their children to care for them in their old age. But their children see and treat them as a burden, and they must struggle to regain their worth and dignity to themselves and others.Super hit film. Amitabh Bachchan gave a solo hit after more than 10 years.
- DirectorRam Gopal VarmaStarsAmitabh BachchanJiah KhanRevathiA man, who has been married for 27 years, falls in love with his 18-year-old daughter's friend.Flop film
- DirectorNitesh TiwariStarsAmitabh BachchanBoman IraniParth BhaleraoA ghost returns back from his world to prove something. But on earth, he has something more to do for his country.Hit film.