Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan Biography

Amitabh Bachchan was born in the city of Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) in a Hindu Kayastha family. His father Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a well-known Hindi poet. Amitabh's mother is a Sikh from Karachi-Pakistan.[3] and a direct descendent of Guru Nanak Dev ji. His mother is actually the grandaughter of Sir Khem Singh Bedi. Khem Singh Bedi was 14th descendant from Lakshmi Das, Guru Nanak's second son and very much spiritual successor to the Bedi clan in the 19th century. Khem Singh's grandfather was Sahib Singh Bedi who 'annointed' Ranjit Singh as Maharajah of Lahore and also had previously arranged the marriage of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's father.

Amitabh was initially named as Inquilab inspired from the phrase Inquilab Zindabad during the Indian independence struggle. He was re-christened Amitabh which means the light that would never go off. Though his last-name was Srivastava, his father had adopted the pen-name Bachchan, under which was published all his work. It is with this last name that Amitabh debuted in films, and, for all public purposes, it has become the surname of all members of the current family.

Bachchan has a double M.A. (Master of Arts) degree. He attended Allahabad's jnana prabodhini, 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. 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. He married actress Jaya Bhaduri on June 03, 1973 according to Bengali rites. The couple have two children: daughter Shweta and son Abhishek.

Amitabh Bachchan Filmography

Shantaram (2008) (pre-production) .... Khader Bhai
Bhootnath (2007) (pre-production)
God Tussi Great Ho (2007) (post-production)
Sarkar Raj (2007) (post-production) .... Subhash Nagare 'Sarkar'
The Last Lear (2007) .... King Lear
Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag (2007) .... Babban
Zamaanat (2007) .... Shiv Shankar
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007) .... Special Appearance
Swami (2007) .... Narrator
Cheeni Kum (2007) .... Budhadas Gupta

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Movie Preview: God Tussi Great Ho

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Raj Thackeray said that Amitabh has been his hero

Raj Thackeray said that Amitabh has been his hero Raj Thackeray has been less critical in his last speech over Amitabh Bachchan and said that the actor is his hero since childhood. The politician stressed that he wants people coming from other regions to sustain the Marathi culture in the Mumbai. Raj Thackeray has been delivering [...]

Amitabh Bachchan shooting in Nasik for “Shoebite�

Amitabh Bachchan shooting in Nasik for “Shoebite� At various locations in India, the shooting of the film “Shoebite� has been done. The film was earlier shot in Northern India city like Shimla and a part of shooting has been held in Nasik. The movie casts includes Sarika and Jimmy Shergil. Dia Mirza will be playing real [...]

Madhuri, Govinda attended Jimmy’s Premier

Madhuri, Govinda attended Jimmy’s Premier The debuting movie premier, of son of Mithun Chakraborty was attended by most of the top bollywood star. Madhuri Dixit, Govinda, Shah Rukh Khan and many other were invited to the premier of “Jimmy� but the actor Amitabh Bachchan was not invited to the premier of the movie. Mithun said that [...]

Movie Review: Bhoothnath

Movie Review: Bhoothnath Banner: B R Films Producer: Ravi Chopra Director: Vivek Sharma Star Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla, Shahrukh Khan, Aman Siddiqui, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Rajpal Yadav, Satish Shah Music Director: Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani, Salim Merchant, Sulaiman Merchant The movie “Boothnath� is aimed at children audience on vacation. The movie is about a friendly spirit, family generations, school pranks and [...]

Aman praises Amitabh

Aman praises Amitabh The kid actor Aman Siddiqui praised Amitabh Bachchan for being good in cricket. He said that he was very comfortable while performing for movie “Bhoothnath� with the actor, Amitabh Bachchan, who had been giving him, tips to take care of camera while acting and he said his favorite pastime was cricket that [...]

Movie Preview: Sarkar Raj

Movie Preview: Sarkar Raj Banner: K Sera Sera, Adlabs Films Ltd Producer: Ram Gopal Varma, Praveen Nischol Director: Ram Gopal Varma Star Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Govind Namdeo, Tanisha Mukherjee Music Composer: Bappi-Tutul Cinematography: Amit Roy Action: Allan Amin Art: Sunil Nigvekar Sound: Debasish Mishra Story: Prashant Pandey The promotional of the movie “Sarkar Raj “ has been released and a lots of [...]

Amitabh replies on health minister’s suggestions

Amitabh replies on health minister’s suggestions Actor Amitabh Bachchan said that the Indian health minister Dr. Ramadoss couldn’t understand the creativity in movies and therefore he has been urging people to stop smoking onscreen or not to come up with alcohol onscreen. He said “the minister should pass a law to stop onscreen show of such [...]

Ram Gopal Verma starts his own blog

Ram Gopal Verma starts his own blog After Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan, Ram Gopal Verma is keen on starting a blog of his own in which he will talk to his fans and will reach to his audience directly. Ramu said that to listen to people and make people understand my point of view, blog [...]

Amitabh was to host “Kyaa Aap Panchvi Paas se Tez Hain�

Amitabh was to host “Kyaa Aap Panchvi Paas se Tez Hain� Amitabh Bachchan said that the recently popular small screen show “Kyaa Aap Panchvi Paas se Tez Hain� was initially brought to him also for consideration and he would have liked to work in the show but he had obligation with Star Channel and couldn’t make [...]

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