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.
