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My
favorite and world's greatest star Amitabh Bachchan is the prodigious son
of the great Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan. Amitabh was born on 11th
October, 1942 at Allahabad in India. He is married to Jaya Bhaduri, a
talented actress herself . It was love at first sight for Amitabh as
Jaya became his spouse and the famous Guddi girl transformed into Mrs.
Bachchan.
One of their children Abhishek has
recently followed the footsteps of his parents and entered the film
industry. Only time will tell whether he will measure up to his father's
success.
Amitabh,
the six feet tall man from the Indian state of
Uttar Pradesh heralded the trend of the angry young man in country's film
industry. Director K. A. Abbas launched him in the film 'Saat Hindustani' which went unnoticed.
But luckily for him Prakash Mehra signed him for 'Zanjeer'
which worked out extraordinarily well for the young star and he never looked
back. Big B has worked almost with all successful directors right from Hrishikesh
Mukherjee to Yash Chopra to Mehul Kumar.
The
versatile actor fits into every mould of acting be it a comic role or a serious
one. He has also done the playback in many of his films. He is a
house-hold name in the country, the people simply adore him. When Amitabh met with
a serious accident on the sets of 'Coolie' the entire nation
united in prayers for his speedy recovery. The prayers turned into a blessing
for the superhero, as he returned to the scene with double the impact.
The
actor's stint at politics was albeit a mix of failures and disappointments
but with his characteristic bright, Amitabh was quick to recoil and return
to his rightful arena.
With
an excellent career and great family life, Big B launched his company ABCL
which is known as Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited which released many films like Mani Ratnam's
'Bombay' and Shekhar
Kapoor's 'Bandit Queen' and commercial film's like Joy
Augustine's 'Tere Mere Sapne' and Sachin's 'Naam Kya Hai'
which was produced under the same banner. Amitabh also utilized his singing
skills in his albums 'Eer Bhir Phatte' and 'Kabhi Kabhi'.
Off late, Amitabh was busy
in the of shooting of his immensely popular tele-quiz-show 'Kaun Banega
Crorepati' which also ensured success in his come-back to movies and also in
reviving ABCL which is slated to come-up soon with film-projects.
Before reappearing
in the second stint of KBC or may be an entirely new Game-show, hopefully in Aug-Sept 2002 Amitabh will surely try to display his sparkle in few movies (see list on your right).
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Amitabh
Fact-file
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| Born
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11 October, 1942 (Sun sign: Libra) |
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Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Parents
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Hariwansh Rai Bachchan, Teji Bachchan |
| Spouse
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Jaya (Bhaduri) Bachchan |
| Kids
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Abhishek and Shweta |
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Did You
Know?
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Upcoming
Movies |
Chess (Dir.Vidhu Vinod Chopra)
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan,??
Tentative Release Date: 2004
Zamaanat (Dir.S.Ramanathan)
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Vijaya Shanti, Karishma Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Anupam Kher, Tinu Anand
Tentative Release Date: Ready for release
Kutumb
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan
Aitbaar
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, John Abraham, Bipasha Basu
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Trivia Galore!
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- Amitabh attended the prestigious Sherwood
School, Nainital, and graduated from Kirorimal College, Delhi.
- His first ever job was in a
company called Shaw Wallace. He also worked as a freight broker
for a shipping firm, which went by the name of Bird and Co,
drawing a four-figure salary and languishing in the club lands of
Calcutta.
- His favourite screen name is Vijay
(Deewar, Zanjeer, Shakti) and favourite screen profession was to
play a cop (Zanjeer, Ram Balram, Bade Miya Chote Miya, Aks)
- While shooting for a fight
sequence in Manmohan Desai's Coolie, Amitabh was knocked down by
the film's villain Puneet Issar, due to bad timing, seriously
injuring him. August 2 is regarded as the day when he got a new
lease of life.
- He is a vegetarian, who loves to
gorge on simple food, like aloo puri, pakodas, dhoklas and
parathas.
- Besides making a hit jodi with the
likes of Jaya Bhadhuri, Rekha, Zeenat Aman, Raakhee, Parveen Babi
and Sridevi, Big B made a smashing pair with Dharmendra (Ram
Balram, Sholay, Chupke Chupke), Vinod Khanna (Muqqadar Ka Sikander,
Amar Akbar Anthony, Parvarish) and Shashi Kapoor (Kabhi Kabhie,
Silsila, Deewar, Shaan, Trishul).
- It was during the making of Sholay
that Amitabh discovered he was going to be the proud father of his
first-born, Shweta.
- Son Abhishek may be similar in
looks, but daughter Shweta is temperamentally similar to her
father, according to Jaya.
- For someone who is not a
professional singer, Amitabh has sung quite a few hit songs.
Witness: Mere Angne Mein (Laawaris), Rang Barse (Silsila), Mere
Paas Aao (Mr Natwarlal) and Tu Maike Mat Jaiyo (Pukar) , to name a
few.
- Amitabh has been diagnosed with a
nerve-related disease, Myasthenia Gravis, which has now been
prognocised as Gullain Barre Syndrome.
- He has a replica of himself
sculpted and displayed at Madame Tussad's wax museum in London,
placing him among the historical and entertainment Hall of Fame.
- Amitabh was one of the first to
come up with a music album AB Baby for his music company Big B
music. He even appeared in an imaginatively shot video by Rakesh
Mehra called Eir Bir Phatte, which was an instant hit.
- BBC Online voted him Star of the
Millennium, above Hollywood greats.
- A trendsetter, Amitabh Bachchan
made a path breaking entry in the world of television with the
Indian remake of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire -- Kaun Banega
Crorepati. Going by the astounding success of the show, a good
move by the savvy Bachchan.
- Amitabh tried his hand at politics
in 1984. He won the Allahabad Parliamentary seat on a Congress
ticket by a whooping number of votes.
- AB loves gorging on gulab jamuns,
especially from Jhama's in Chembur, Bombay.
Source: Compiled
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