7. Amitabh Bachchan
He fell ill and India stayed stunned.
Amitabh Bachchan might be a self-proclaimed character actor now, but he's a character Bollywood simply can't get enough of. And the lineup ahead seems fun for our Black man: a sophisticated skirt-chaser in KANK; falling for a far younger woman in Nishabd; Hema Malini's husband in Baabul and the cryptkeeper in Eklavya.
This megastar, he just keeps on ticking.
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