Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh
Harivansh Bachchan was born on 11th October, 1942. The legendary Indian
film actor is also known as ‘Big B’. His career was on rise since
1970’s when he was called as “angry young man’ after his performance in
movies like Deewar and Zanjeer. Data says he had done over 180 Indian
movies spanning over four decades. He is the most reputed, talented and
influential personalities in the history of Indian Cinema.
Childhood
Amitabh
Bacchan was born to Harivansh Rai Bachchan (the famous poet of all
times) and Teji Bachchan in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. He was first named
as Inquilaab but later his father changed his name to Amitabh – the
light that will never die. Though his actual surname is ‘Shrivastava’,
but since his father took the pen-name Bachchan he gave the same to his
family members. His sibling is his younger brother, Ajitabh Bachchan.
Education
He
studied at Sherwood College boarding school, Nainital and later
attended the famous Kirori Mal College, Delhi University from where he
attained his degree in Bachelor of Arts.
Career
In
1969, Bachchan made his debut as a voice narrator in the film Bhuvan
Shome. He did many movies after that as an actor like Saat Hindustani
followed by Anand for which he got his first filmfare best supporting
actor award. He continued his acting career with his negative role in
the movie Parwaana. But, his life and image changed when he bagged a
leading role in the movie Zanjeer (for which he earned his first
Filmfare nomination for Best Actor). In 1975, he appeared in two movies
of the millennium Deewar and Sholay. There evoluted another Amitabh
Bachchan with the name of angry young man of Bollywood. Since then he
appeared in a number of movies. In 2000, Bachchan made his first
television appearance with famous program Kaun Banega Crorepati. Since
then, he is active in TV commercials and lending his voice to many
famous movies.
Awards and Recognition
He
has won awards ranging from Filmfare awards to Civilian Award of India.
He has won National Film Awards, Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award.
He was awarded with Padma Shri in 1984 and Padma Bhushan in 2001. Not
only India’s highest civilian award, but France’s also, the Knight of
the Legion of Honour was conferred upon him. Also, in 2001, he was
awarded the actor of the century award at the Alexandria International
Film Festival and Lifetime Achievement Award at Asian Film Awards in
2010. He was also conferred with the Honorary Citizenship of the French.
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