India’s best-known filmstar Amitabh Bachchan turns a sprightly 70 today. AP

(Left-Right) Amitabh Bachchan poses with wife Jaya, son-in-law Nikhil Nanda, daughter Shweta Nanda, son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai during a party on the eve of the Bollywood superstar’s 70th birthday in Mumbai. AP

The doting husband: Amitabh Bachchan listens to his wife Jaya Bachchan during the party. AP

The shot seemed to have been clicked before the Bachchan family could pose for it. AP

The Big B, as he is popularly called, arrives at a party with his wife Jaya Bachchan. Bachchan was in Black; the lady in red. AP

People walk past a giant portrait of Amitabh Bachchan from the film Deewar painted on a wall in Mumbai. AP

At a beach in Puri, artist Sudarshan Pattnaik applies the finishing touches to a sand sculpture of Amitabh Bachchan a day ahead of his 70th birthday. AP

Another artist, Rajesh Muliya, creates a sand sculpture of of Amitabh Bachchan in Thangadh. AP

Amitabh Bachchan and wife, Jaya Bachchan at the premiere of the film “English Vinglish” in Mumbai. PTI

Amitabh Bachchan gestures during the ‘GQ Men of the Year Awards 2012’ ceremony in Mumbai. AFP