Amitabh Bachchan Biography

     Amitabh Bachchan:- Early Life and Family Life

 Amitabh Bachchan was born on 11, October, 1942, in Allahabad Uttar Pradesh. His father name was Harivansh Rai Bachchan and mother name was Teji Bachchan . His father, was a famous poet and mother was a social activist and was from Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. 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 full name was Amitabh Hrivansh Bachchan. His one younger brother Ajitabh Bachchan. Amitabh Bachchan married actress Jaya Bhaduri and the couple has two children-- Abhishek Bachchan and Shweta Bachchan.

  Amitabh Bachchan:- Education Life

He pursued his primary and secondary education at ‘Sherwood College,’ Nainital. He graduated from 'Kirori Mal College,' which is affiliated to the 'University of Delhi.' Amitabh holds two master's degrees.

 Amitabh Bachchan:- Film Career Life 

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.

 Amitabh Bachchan:- Movies

    1 Saat Hindustani(1969)

    2 Bhuvan Shome(1969)

    3 Bombay Talkie(1970)

    4 Anand(1971)

    5 Parwana(1971)

    6 Gheri Chaal(1973)

    7 Kasauti(1974)

    8 Roti Kapada Aur Makan(1974)

    9 Kunwara Baap(1974)

   10 Sholay(1975)

 Amitabh Bachchan:- Award Life and Recogintion Life

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.