Amitabh Bachchan is one of the popular actors of Bollywood. His birth date is 11th October 1942. Bachchan began his acting career in 1969. His popularity as an Indian actor reached its pinnacle during the middle years of 1970 to 1980s.
Amitabh Bachchan's father Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a famous poet of India. His mother's name is Teji Bachchan. Before he joined the film industry, he was known by the name of Amitabh Harivansh Srivastav. Amitabh Bachchan grew up in Uttar Pradesh.
He studied in the Boys' High School in Allahabad. From there he went to pursue higher study from Sherwood College in Nainital. After completing his graduation in Arts, he pursued a degree course in science from Kirori Mal College.
Amitabh Bachchan started his career in an office in Bird & Co. a shipping company in Kolkata. But later he left the company to fulfill his dream as an actor. Besides pursuing his career in Hindi film industry in Mumbai, he was also elected as a Member of Parliament. He continued as an MP only for 3 years.
After completing his studies, he came to Mumbai. Bachchan made his name in the Indian cinema with his film Zanjeer where he acted with Jaya Bhaduri. Later he married his co-actress Jaya Bhaduri and they have a boy and a girl. His daughter is Shweta and his son Abhishek also followed the footsteps of his parents and took up acting.
There are several film awards won by Amitabh Bachchan. In 2000, Bachchan was honored with the award for 'Actor in a Supporting Cast' for the film Mohabbatein. In 2002, he won an award for being the 'Personality of the Year'. For the film
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Black, he won the Filmfare Award in 2006 for the category of 'Best Actor'. He won the 'Best Actor Award' for the film Aks in 2001 in Filmfare. He won the Silver Lotus Award in 1991 for being the 'Best Actor' for Agneepath. Besides winning various film awards, he was also nominated for numerous other award categories.
Along with his charismatic film career, Bachchan also made his name as a popular host in a television program called "Kaun Banega Crorepati?" Due to his illness, he could not complete his shooting for "Kaun Banega Crorepati 2". After his recovery, he again joined the film industry from 2006. Amitabh Bachchan acted in an array of Hindi films in Bollywood film industry. Some of the popular films of Amitabh Bachchan are
- Saat Hindustani (1969)
- Reshma Aur Shera (1971)
- Bombay to Goa (1972)
- Zanjeer (1973)
- Abhiman (1973)
- Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (1974)
- Mili (1975)
- Deewaar (1975)
- Sholay (1975)
- Kaalia (1981)
- Namak Halal (1982)
- Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (2001)
- Aankhen (2002)
- Veer Zaara (2004)
- Ek Ajnaabee (2005)
- Black (2005)
- Sarkar (2005)
- Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007)
- Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag (2007)
- Cheeni Kum (2007)
- Nishabd (2007)
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