Amitabh

Bachchan

Presented By:-
Aashish
Shrivastav
Aashish Tripathi
Piyush
Maheshwari
Roopesh Verma
Brief Introduction
Date of Birth:- 11 Oct. 1942
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Birth Place:- Allahabad (India)

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Birth Name:- Amit Srivatava

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Nick Name:- Big B, Munna, Angry Young

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Man, Bollywood’s Shahenshah

Height:- 6’2” (1.88 m)
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Profession:- Actor
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Nationality:- Indian
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Debut Movie:- Saat Hindustani

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Most Remembered For:- Sholey, Deewar &

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Don
Childhood & Family background
Born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Amitabh
Bachchan hails from a Hindu Kayastha family.
His father, Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a
well-known Hindi poet, while his mother, Teji
Bachchan was a sikh. Amitabh is the elder of
Harivansh Rai Bachchan's two sons, the second
being Ajitabh.
He married actress Jaya Bhaduri on June
3, 1973. The couple has two children: daughter
Shweta married with Nikhil Nanda and son
Abhishek married with Aishwarya Rai.
Education & Training
He attended Allahabad's Jnana Prabodhini
and Boys' High School (BHS), followed by
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. In his
twenties, Bachchan gave up a job as freight
broker for the shipping firm, Bird and Co.,
based in Calcutta, to pursue a career in acting.
 Difficulties & Achievements
Bachchan made his film debut in 1969 as one of
the seven protagonists in Saat Hindustani,
though the film was not a financial success,
Bachchan won his first National Film Award for
Best Newcomer. After that he acted in many
films but was flopped.
1973 saw significant development in
Bachchan's career when director Prakash
Mehra cast him in the leading role for the film
Zanjeer.