Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian actor, producer, and television host who works in Hindi cinema. He is an influential actor. In the years from 1970 to the 1980s, he was the most popular actor in the industry. Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a famous Hindi poet. Amitabh Bachchan was his son. Teji Bachchan, was a social activist. His filmy career started in 1969 when he acted as voice narrator in Mrinal Sen’s film Bhuvan Shome. He first gained fame in the year 1970 when his films came to be known as Zanjeer, Deewar, and Sholay. He is also called an “angry young man” due to the character he played in films. “Sadi ka mahanayak” means “greatest actor of the century.”
He spent five decades in the industry. He won numerous awards, which make him different from other actors. The National Film Award and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award as life achievement awards have also received many international film festival awards. He won 16 Filmfare Awards and got 42 nominations for the award. He also sings for films as a play-back singer. He hosted one game show for several years named Kaun Banega Crorepati, which is a franchise of one game show whose name was Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? In the year 1980, he entered into politics.
The government of India honoured him as Padam Shri in the year 1984, Padam Bhushan in the year 2001 and Padma Vibhushan in the year 2015. He also performs in a Hollywood film named Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby in the year 2013.
Beginning of life
Amitabh was born on October 11th, 1942 in the state of Allahabad. His mother’s name is Teji Bachchan and his father’s name is Harivansh Rai Bachchan. Harivansh’s ancestor was from the village of Babupatti, whose tehsil is Raniganj and district Pratapgarh. It is present in Uttar Pradesh, India. A younger brother named Ajitabh Bachchan. His father was always against the caste system, so he added a pen name at the end of his name. He then published all his works under his own name. His father died in the year 2003 when he was going to take admission. And his mother also died in the year 2007.
He was educated at the school, boy’s high school, and college that were present in Allahabad. He also takes admission in Sherwood College, Nainital and another college, Kirori Mal College, and also in the University of Delhi. He directly contacted Prithviraj Kapoor in Prithvi Theatre, but he did not show and “offered no encouragement”. He also applies to all-India radio as a newsreader. But he failed in the audition. Then he joins the company as a business executive for a company named Bird and Company in Kolkata (Calcutta). He starts working in the theatre to start his career in films. His mother wants him to “take centre stage” and wants him to see himself as an actor.
Career in acting
He made his debut in the film Bhuvan Shome its Hindi name as Saat Hindustani, which was directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and featured Utpal Dutt and Anwar Ali. In the year 1997, the Anand film came. In this film, he was with Rajesh Khanna. He performs as a doctor in the film to show another perspective on life. In the year 1971, the film Parwana came and another film, Reshma Aur Shera. In Guddi’s film, he makes a guest appearance.
Personal life Bachchan
He married actress Jaya Bhaduri in 1973. Abhishek and Shweta is their children. Abhishek Bachchan is a well-known actor and Shweta is the narrator, journalist, and also a model. Abhishek Bachchan married actress Aishwarya Rai and they have one children name Aaradhya. Shweta married businessman Nikhil Nanda. Nikhil Nanda is part of the Kapoor family of Bollywood and has two children Naval and Agastya. They also live in two famous houses names Jalsha and Pratiksha both houses in Mumbai.
Amitabh and his fellow Rekha have rumored in the year 1970s and 1980s. They never accept and denied the rumor. Many believe that plot of Silsila was based on the affair of Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan.
Awards and legacy
Throughout the years, he won awards and received several honors from the industry. He is the first actor who received the Filmfare lifetime achievement award. He was also a superstar of the millennium in the year 2000. At the Filmfare Award. In the year 1999, the greatest star of stage or screen was through a millennium online poll. This company notices that most of the people don’t know him. At the 2010 Asian Film Awards, he got a lifetime achievement award. In June 2000, he became the first Indian who made the first wax statue in London’s Madame Tussauds wax museum. One more statue was also in the year 2009 in New York, in Hong Kong in the year 2011, Bangkok in the year 2011, in the year 2012, Washington, DC, and Delhi in the year 2017.
