Bollywood Actor Amitabh Bachchan Bio-Data

Amitabh Bachchan

Birth Name: Amitabh Harivansh Srivastav

Born: October 11, 1942 (age 64)
Allahabad, India

Years active: 1969 - 1992, 1997- present

Height: 6' 3" (1.91 m)

Nickname: Aby Baby , BIG B, Munna, One Man Industry, Angry Young Man, Bollywood's Shahenshah, Amith, Big A


Spouse: Jaya Bhaduri

Mother: Teji Bachchan

Father: Harivansh Rai Bachchan( poet of Urdu and Hindi)

Daughter: Shweta

Son: Abhishek Bachchan

Daughter-in-law: Aishwarya rai

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.

Amitabh Bachchan as Producer in -- Family: Ties of Blood (2006) , Viruddh... Family Comes, First (2005) , Aks (2001) , Major Saab (1997) , Mrityudaata (1997) , Tere Mere Sapne (1996)

Amitabh Bachchan Filmography

Amitabh Bachchan acted in more than 130 hindi movies.He alsoappeared in kannada movie Amuruthadhare with Ramya Dhyan.


Shantaram (2008) ....Kader Bhai
The Last Lear (2007)
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007) ....Satheeshji Mane
Ram Gopal Varma Ke Sholay (2007) ....Gabbar Singh
Sarkar 2 (2007) ....Subhas Nagre/"Sarkar"
Cheeni Kum (2007) ....Buddhadev Gupta
Exclusion (2007)
Bhoothnath (2007)
God Tussi Great Ho (2007)
Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007)
Struggler (2007)
Zamaanat (2006) .....Shiv Shankar
Nishabd (2007) .....Vijay
Eklavya: The Royal Guard (2007) ....Eklavya
Baabul (2006) .....Balraj Kapoor
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) ......Samarjit Singh Talwar (aka. Sexy Sam)
Darna Zaroori Hai (2006) .....Professor
Family - Ties of Blood (2006) .....Viren Sahi
Amruthadhaare (Kannada) (2005) ......Amitabh Bachchan
Ek Ajnabee (2005) .....Suryaveer Singh
Dil Jo Bhi Kahey... (2005) ....Shekhar Sinha
Viruddh... Family Comes First (2005) ......Vidhyadar Ramkrishna Patwardhan
Parineeta (2005) ......Narrator
Sarkar (2005) .....Subhash Nagre/"Sarkar"
Paheli (2005) ......The Shepherd
Ramji Londonwaley (2005) ......Amitabh Bachchan as himself
Bunty Aur Babli (2005) ....D.C.P. Dashrath Singh
Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005) .....Ishwarchand Thakur
Black (2005) ....Debraj Sahai

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)