Amitabh Bachchan Profile, Bio, Family Photos, Pictures

Name: Amitabh Bachchan

Date of birth: 11-10-1942
Birth place: Allahabad, United Province, British India

             Father: Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan
             Mother: Teji Bachchan
             Wife:   Jaya Bhaduri
             Daughter: Shweta Nanda
             Son: Abhishek Bachchan
             Daughter-in-low: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian Actor born on 11 October 1942 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.

He was born to a well know poet of India, Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Teji Bachchan. He also have a Brother named Ajitabh. He studied at Allahabad's Jnana Prabodhini and Boys' High School, and then he went to Nainital's Sherwood College, where he majored in the art stream. He later went on to study at Kirori Mal College of the University of Delhi and completed a Bachelor of Science degree.

After completing his studies at Uttar Pradesh he moved to Bombay to find work as a Film star. In film industry the producers didnt wanted to take Amitabh as they preferred a fairer skin, which he was not. But they used his voice for narrating and background commentary. He was cast in Saat Hindustani. He got a break in Bollywood after a letter of introduction from Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi, as he was a friend of her son Rajiv Gandhi. This is how he made his entry in Bollywood. He got married with Jaya . They have two childrens Shweta and Abhishek.

Amitabh Bachchan career highlights:

* Amitabh Bachchan married actress Jaya Bhaduri in 1973 according to Bengali rites.
* Amitabh Bachchan earning a degree in science from Kirori Mal College in Delhi University .
*In his twenties, Bachchan gave up a job as freight broker for the shipping firm, Bird and Co., based in Calcutta.
*In KBC Bachchan charged a whopping Rs 25 lakhs (2.5 million Indian Rupees, approximately US$60,000 ) per weekly episode.

Filmfare Awards:

Best Supporting Actor: for 1972 Anand, 1974 Namak Haraam, 2001 Mohabbatein

Best Actor: for 1978 Amar Akbar Anthony, 1979 Don, 1992 Hum, 2006 Black

Critics: 2002 Aks, 2006 Black

* Filmfare Power Award (2004)

*Lifetime Achievement Award (1991)

*Superstar of the Millennium (2000)