"So, Amitabh Bachchan turned 77 on Friday, October 11, with a Dadasaheb Phalke Award gift-wrapped for him by Rashtrapati Bhavan. Fitting, as next month will mark 50 years of Amitabh Bachchan in Hindi films -- K.A. Abbas' Saat Hindustani was released in November 1969. But on this occasion, it would be apt to recall two names that had the biggest hand in the making of Amitabh Bachchan the actor and the star." Read Bharti S Pradhan's column here.