Often when I think of an actor or a specific movie, an iconic visual -- poster or pose -- pops up in front of my eyes. Not when I think of Amitabh Bachchan though. The mere mention of Indian cinema's greatest entertainer conjures up too many movies, too many memories; it's like a giant montage of overlapping images.
Amidst a flurry of Jai, Anthony and Sukumars, there's an entire row of his best-known Vijays. The taxonomy doesn't end here. Even among the latter, while not as distinguished as the Vijays of Zanjeer, Deewar or Trishul, is Agneepath's Vijay Dinanath Chavan. (It's Chavan, not Chauhan. There's much confusion over the spelling since it's pronounced as Chauhan throughout the film. Agneepath's end credits, I note, leave no room for speculation.)