Amitabh Bachchan, a renowned Indian film actor, was born on October 11, 1942. Born in the city of Allahabad, India. Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Amitabh father was a famous poet of Hindi and Urdu. His mother Teji Bachchan went.
Bachchan attended Allahabad’s Boys School “high, followed by Nainital Sherwood College, where he earned a degree in arts stream. He later went on to study at the University Kirori Evil in Delhi University earning a degree in science. When my twenties, Bachchan gave a job as a freight corridor to the shipping company, Bird and Co., based in Calcutta, to pursue a career in acting.
In search of a career in acting, quit his job and moved to Bombay in search of work as a movie star. All his efforts were in vain, as the filmmakers prefer someone with a fairer skin and was not just enough to satisfy any role there. But the film industry has used one of your other assets, his deep baritone voice, which was used for narration and background commentary. From the low key Saat Hindustani, Bachchan struggled through many roles and was relegated at times to do the voice-overs and in one case playing a deaf mute.
Amitabh was a friend of the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He got his break in Bollywood after a letter from the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi’s mother. This is how Amitabh made an entry into Bollywood, starting with Zanjeer released in 1973, co-starred with his future wife-to-be Jaya Bhaduri, and since then there has been no turning back from it. He married Jaya Bhaduri, an actress in their own rights, but has two children, Shweta and Abhishek.
He left films in 1985 to become a member of Parliament from Allahabad constituency as a candidate of the Congress, as a favor to his family friend Rajiv Gandhi – the then new Prime Minister of India. Amitabh had to leave midterm because of controversies, particularly after Rajiv and he were implicated in the now infamous “Bofors” case along with the Hinduja brothers in the UK. After a break of four years, he was back in the Mrityudaata unsuccessfully in 1997, a return that the actor wanted to forget. Critics canceled, but his career has Chote Miyan Bade saved Miyan was launched in 1998. However, four failures in 1999 and incurring debt of over 90 crores rupees of his sinking company Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd. (ABCL) saw its lowest point ever. To make matters worse, after the defeat of the Congress party, Amitabh lost considerable political support and opposition party made him a target, his credit rating deteriorated to such an extent that a leading nationalized bank, Canara Bank, which sued for many loans.
He recovered in 2000, when he was presenting the Indian version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire called “Kaun Banega Crorepati?” After a series of hits with Mohabbatein in 2000, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham in 2001 and 2003 and his most recent Khakee Baghban in 2004, Amitabh more than 60 shows no signs of slowing down and prove the critics wrong once again.