It’s time to do away with the superlatives that have plagued the most forceful personality that smashed the Indian screen ever. Just one simple word would do to sum up the enti ty that Bachchan is – CLASS. From Calcutta to Bombay to the moon, Amitabh Bachchan has gatecrashed into the heart, mind and soul of the nation with his speaking eyes, velvet voice and midas touch. He begged and borrowed money to survive on the mean streets of the film city in his formative years which gave him forgettable roles like that of a mute Shera in Reshma Aur Shera in which he lost not only his voice but also his screen presence. The anger built up slowly and steadily, only to burst like Mt. Vesuvius taking everyone down on their knees in ovation. With Zanjeer he broke the shackles of oblivion and reigned as the ultimate Don for 30 years. As Kaalia, he had the temerity to sing with abandon hum maut ko jeene ka andaaz sikha denge. The masses believed him. In and as Bemisaal, he gave goose pimples to every sakhi who longed to be by his side. And when in Laawaris he yanked the spoilt rich girl Zeenat into running away by isse pehle ki mere andar ka janvar uthe chalee jao yahan se, had every woman in the hall rooted to her seat throbbing for more. And there was bountiful of it in every real-life movie he cakewalked into.When name and fame glossed over the anger in the real person, the Silsila of the Kabhi Kabhi type of intense romance took over.That was even better than the seething fury. Rekha, Zeenat, Par veen, Rakhi  all had a moment in time as did the Indian public. Then came comedy, Amar Akbar Anthony, Namak Halal and the non-stop commentary on the man’s assets, the same that Vijay Hazare and Vijay Merchant kicked offon the big screen, much to the chagrin of zipper-down man Ranjit. The masses too said: "Look Amitabh Bachchan..." And he looked, and looked deep into the eyes of the crescendo of glory.