Big B will make his Hollywood debut with 'The Great Gatsby'

It was on February 15, 1969, that "a tall, lean guy with intense eyes" walked the stairs of KA Abbas's office to sign his first movie, 'Saat Hindustani'.

"Struggles and uncertainties, successes and disappointments, accusations and controversies, ill health and months in hospital, all such a vivid kaleidoscope of moments, events, images simply unbelievable and unimaginable," blogs Amitabh. How true! Bachchan's life has had the quality of being, at once, a biography and a fairytale!

As Big B makes his Hollywood debut with 'The Great Gatsby', we present some rare facts from the glorious career ofthe megastar who still remains the tallest peak in Indian Cinema.