DOB: 11/10/1942

Recent News:

Amitabh Bachchan has recovered enough to resume work from 3rd week of Nov. The first project he will get back on is Leena Yadav's Teen PAtti. (Nov 3)

Amitabh took ill on the morning of his birthday, Oct 11 ans was carted to hospital on a stretcher. He was later shifted to Lilavati hospital. It was a case of severe stomachache which is said to be caused by his 1980 injury on the Coolie set. He was admitted for three days to keep under observation. (Oct 11)

Amitabh is in the talks with a TV channel to host a game show 1 Vs 100, to be aired in 2009. (Oct 10)

Because of Amitabh's mother's death this year, he will keep his66th birthday celebrations on Oct 11quite by spending the day at home with the fmaily. (Oct 9)

Recently after Jaya ruffled feathers of Maharashtra activists of MNS with her comments at Drona music launch function that being from UP she would speak in Hindi only, Amitabh Bachchan had to intervene and tend apologies to calm down the situation. This has resulted in Jaya going into shell who has backed out from all pre-planned public appearances for Drona. Amitabh was away to Paris when this happened, To calm Jaya's frayed nerves, Amitabh is taking her for a one week vacation to Paris. (Sep 19, 2008)

Sir Richard Attenborough paid Amitabh a special visit at London Film Festival where Amitabh's Last Lear was being screened. (Sep 10)

Known For:

Anand (1970), Zanjeer (1973), Deewaar (1975), Sholay (1975) Trishul (1978), Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) and Namak Halaal (1982), Kabhie Kabhie (1976), Silsila (1981), Mohabbatein (2000), Black (2005), Cheeni Kum (2007)

Awards:

National Film Award for Best Newcomer for Saat Hindustani (1969)

Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award Anand (1971)

Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Namak Haram (1973)

Filmfare Best Actor Award for Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)

Filmfare Best Actor Award for Don (1978)

National Film Award for Best Actor for Agneepeeth (1990)

Filmfare Best Actor Award for Hum (1991)

Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Mohabbatein (2000)

Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for Aks (2001)

Filmfare Best Actor Award for Black (2005)

Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for Black (2005)

National Film Award for Best Actor for Black (2005)

Notes:

Amitabh was born in Allahabad, UP. His father Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a well-known Hindi poet. His mother Teji Bachchan, was a Sikh from Karachi-Pakistan. Though his last name was Srivastava, Bachchan was Amitabh's father's pen name which Amitabh adopted when he entered films. It has now become the surname for his entire family.

Bachchan attended Allahabad's [Jnana Prabodhini and Boys' High School or BHS], followed by Nainital's Sherwood College, where he majored in the art stream. He later went on to study at Kirori Mal College in Delhi University earning a degree in science. Bachchan has a double M.A. (Master of Arts) degree.

Bachchan worked as freight broker for the Calcutta based shipping firm, Bird and Co. before joining his acting career.

He married actress Jaya Bachchan on June 3, 1973. The couple has two children, son Abhishek and daughter Shweta (married into Delhi based Nanda family)

Bachchan made his film debut in 1969 in Saat Hindustani folloowed by critically acclaimed and commercially successful Anand (1970). He won awards for both the films for his intense performances. Prakash Mehra's Zanjeer (1973) established Amitabh in a new persona – the "angry young man" action hero of Bollywood. Apart from his status as Bollywood's pre-eminent action hero, Amitabh displayed a flair for more than just action roles. His remarkable comic timing was on display in such hits as Chupke Chupke (1975), Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) and Namak Halaal (1982). He was also successful as a romantic lead, with particularly notable performances in Kabhie Kabhie (1976) and Silsila (1981).

In 1982 he nearly fatally injured in the intestines while filming Coolie. His accident received world wide coverage. Many Indians prayed in temples, offered to sacrifice their own limbs to save him. It took him many months to recover from the injury and resume acting.

In 1984, Amitabh entered politics by joining Congress party in support of long-time family friend, Rajiv Gandhi. He contested Allahabad's Parliament seat against well known politician H. N. Bahuguna and won his MP candidacy by the highest victory margin ever for a parliamentary candidate in Indian history (68.2% of the vote). He resigned after three years without completing his term as an MP. He later started supporting Samajwadi party because his long time friend Amar Singh bailed him out of financial crisis dur to the failure of his firm, ABCL.