Mumbai, March 11 -- Amitabh Bachchan is one of the biggest stars in Indian cinema, whose presence in films and the media has been constant for decades. However, at the height of his career, when almost all of his movies were superhits, the actor faced an unexpected situation during the Emergency of 1975, when some film magazines banned him from being mentioned in their content.

Film critic and author Bharathi S. Pradhan spoke about the incident in an interview with ANI and explained that after the Emergency was lifted, a few film magazines believed Bachchan was involved in the censorship of their content and accused him of being responsible for "blue-penciling all copy," including articles in well-known magazines.

"Just after the Emerge...