The year 2005 belonged to the Big B in many ways than one.

His amazing success at the box office continued with Bunty Aur Bubli, Black, Sarkar and Waqt - The Race Against Time hitting the jackpot.

He returned to Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC 2) after a hiatus of five years, which turned out to be a bigger success than the previous one.

Bachchan was the face of endorsements this year, featuring in record number of products prominent being Reid and Taylor, Asians Paints, Cadbury, Parker pens and Dabur.

Finally in November his illness had an entire nation worried. He suffered severe perforation in his small intestine (called Diverticulitis) and was operated upon in Mumbai.