164: Bachchan '07 - '09

164: Bachchan '07 - '09

Author: Bollywood is For Lovers June 15, 2025 Duration: 1:03:29
We continue our longest running series in which we explore Amitabh Bachchan's career year by year, this time we are in the late 2000s. 

Show notes:
  • Our Bachchan series playlist
  • We are jumping ahead a bit, because we felt like it
  • 2000 to 2006 Bachchan highlights
  • Amitabh Bachchan's elderly statesman reinvention
  • Cheeni Kum
  • Thoughts on R. Balki's filmography
  • A "Super R"?
(INTERVAL "Mere Buddy" from Bhootnath)

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