Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Harivansh Rai Shrivastava Bachchan(IPA: [əmɪˈtaːbʱ ˈbətʃːən]; born 11 October 1942) is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s for movies like Zanjeer and Deewaar, and was dubbed India's first "angry young man" for his on-screen roles in Bollywood. Referred to as the "Shahenshahof Bollywood", "Star of the Millennium" or "Big B",[3][4][5][6] he has since appeared in over 190 Indian films in a career spanning almost five decades.[7][8] Bachchan is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema.[9][10][11][12][13] So total was his dominance on the movie scene in the 1970s and 1980s that the French director François Truffaut called him a "one-man industry."[14][15]
Early And Personal Life
Bachchan was born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, in north central India.[18] His ancestors on his father's side hailed from a village called Babupatti, in the Raniganj tehsil, in the Pratapgarh district, in the present-day state of Uttar Pradesh, in India.[19] His father Harivansh Rai Srivastava (Bachchan) was a Srivastava Kayastha Awadhi Hindu and a well-known Awadhi dialect-Hindi poet and his mother Teji Bachchan was a Khatri-KshatriyaPunjabi Sikh from Lyallpur (now Faisalabad), Punjab.[20] Bachchan was initially named Inquilaab, inspired by the phrase Inquilab Zindabad popularly used during the Indian independence struggle. In English, Inquilab Zindabad means "Long live the revolution." However, at the suggestion of fellow poet Sumitranandan Pant, Harivansh Rai changed the boy's name to Amitabh, which, according to a Times of India article, means "the light that will never die.".[21][22] Although his surname was Shrivastava, Amitabh's father had adopted the pen name Bachchan ("child-like" in colloquial Hindi), under which he published all of his works.[23] It is with this last name that Amitabh debuted in films and for all other practical purposes, Bachchan has become the surname for all of his immediate family.[24] Bachchan's father died in 2003, and his mother in 2007.[25]
Working
Bachchan made his film debut in 1969 as a voice narrator in Mrinal Sen's National Awardwinning film Bhuvan Shome.[28] His first acting role was as one of the seven protagonists in the film Saat Hindustani directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and featuring Utpal Dutt, Anwar Ali (brother of comedian Mehmood), Madhuand Jalal Agha.[29][30]
Anand (1971) followed, in which Bachchan starred alongside Rajesh Khanna. His role as a doctor with a cynical view of life garnered Bachchan his first Filmfare Best Supporting Actor award. He then played his first antagonist role as an infatuated lover-turned-murderer in Parwana (1971). Following Parwana were several films including Reshma Aur Shera (1971). During this time, he made a guest appearance in the film Guddi which starred his future wife Jaya Bhaduri. He narrated part of the film Bawarchi. In 1972 he made an appearance in the road action comedy Bombay to Goa directed by S. Ramanathan. Many of Bachchan's films during this early period did not do well, but that was about to change.[31]
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