Mukul Anand's Agneepath (1990) earned Big B his first National Award as the Best Actor. Yet the movie also starring Mithun Chakraborty, Danny and others didn't do well at the box office
File picturesJust take this - Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan share screen for the first time, Ramesh Sippy helms project also starring Smita Patil and Rakhee - 'Shakti' had all the ingredients to be a blockbuster, yet the 1982 film wasn't a box-office winner
Hrishikesh Mukherjee's 'Bemisaal' a remake of the Uttam Kumar-starrer 'Aami Shey O Sakha', released in 1982. Powerful content, RD Burman's unforgettable music and Bachchan's stellar performance were lauded but the movie disappointed at the box office
Tinnu Anand's 'Main Aazaad Hoon' with Bachchan and Shabana Azmi in pivotal roles, released in 1989. The movie was a hard-hitting statement on the corrupt and manipulative system which was and still is prevalent in India. Rated as one of his best, the movie was a dampener commercially
Yash Chopra's 'Silsila' played around the purported complications in Big B's personal life hit the theatres in 1981. However, the Big B-Jaya-Rekha trio failed to hit the bull's eye
'Yaarana' is a 1981 film directed by Rakesh Kumar starring Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan, Neetu Singh, Tanuja and Kader Khan, revolved around friendship. Rajesh Roshan's music went places but the movie didn't
'Nishabd' is a 2007 film directed by Ram Gopal Varma, starring Amitabh Bachchan and debutante Jiah Khan. The film received mixed reviews from critics but wasn't accepted by the audiences because of its bold subject - relationship between an old man and teenager
Umesh Shukla's '102 Not Out' starrring Amitabh Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor in lead roles was an experiment of a sort dwelling upon the equation between an aged father and his 80-something son. The movie failed to rake in the moolah