Amitabh Bachchan

DOB:- 11-Oct-1942

PLACE:- Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India 

Amitabh Bachchan’s trademark deep baritone voice, tall, brooding

person and intense eyes, made him the ideal “Angry Young Man”, setting him apart from the cluster of Bollywood’s lover boys. However, his unconventional looks did work against him at the beginning of his Bollywood career, but he stayed around long enough to be become the icon of the Indian film industry.

Amitabh Bachchan was born in Allahabad in 1942, to Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Teji Bachchan. Bachchan was initially named Inquilaab. However, at the suggestion of fellow poet, Harivansh Rai changed the name to Amitabh which means, “the light that would never go off.” Though his surname was Shrivastava, he replaced it with ‘Bachchan’, which was his father’s pen name. Amitabh Bachchan studied in Allahabad at Jnana Pramodhini and Boys High School.

He completed his education at Sherwood College in Nainital and Kirori Mal College in Delhi. His first job was in Shaw Wallace. Amitabh later worked as a freight broker for a shipping firm called Bird and Co., in Kolkata, a job he quit to pursue a career in acting.

In 1969, Amitabh made his debut with Saat Hindustani, which won him the National Film Award for Best Newcomer. After this came movies like Reshma Aur Shera, Parwana, and Anand in 1971. He made a huge impact with his performance in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Anand alongside Rajesh Khanna, winning him the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. His breakthrough as a lead was in the film Zanjeer (1973) which established his persona of the “angry young man” of Bollywood. Amitabh reworked the image of the Hindi film hero with major hits like Deewar, Sholay, Trishul and Don. He popularised the violent melodrama genre but had an equal flair for tragedies (Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Shakti) and comedies (Chupke Chupke, Amar Akbar Anthony) as well. His status as a demi-god was evident when the entire nation prayed for his recovery when he met with a fatal injury during the making of Coolie in July, 1982.

In 1984, Amitabh entered politics in support of long time friend Rajiv Gandhi. He contested Allahabad’s Lok Sabha seat and won by a huge margin. Accusations of him being involved in the Bofors Scandal made him quit politics, although, later on, he was proved innocent. Amitabh returned to films with blockbusters like Shahenshah, Agneepath, Hum and Khuda Gawah. A series of flops in mid 90’s and the collapse of his company, Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Ltd. landed him in immense debts. He returned back to movies but with no success.

In the year 2000, he stepped up to host the television show Kaun Banega Crorepati and later was seen in Mohabbatein along with Shah Rukh Khan. Both these ventures proved extremely successful. Since then Amitabh has been on a roll. At sixty plus, with all the endorsements and accolades, he is a greater icon than he was at the height of his popularity three decades ago.

Amitabh Bachchan Movies List

• Toofan (2013) as Jimmy
• Zanjeer (2013) as Jimmy
• Kunal Avadana (pre-production) (2013) as Asoka
• Satyagraha (2013) as Dwarka Anand
• The Great Gatsby (2013) as Meyer Wolfsheim
• Zamaanat (2013) as Shiv Shankar
• English Vinglish (2013) as Guest Appearance (Hindi Version)
• Ganga Devi (2012)
• Bol Bachchan (2012) as Item (song)
• Department (2012) as Sarjeroa Gaikwad
• Aarakshan (2011) as Prabhakar Anand
• Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap (2011) as Vijju 'Bbuddah'
• Kandahar (2010) as Lokanatha Sharma
• Teen Patti (2010) as Professor Venkat Subramaniam
• Rann (2010) as Vijay Harshvardhan Malik
• Mr. Bhatti on Chutti (2010) as Special Appearance
• Paa (2009) as Auro
• Aladin (2009) as Genius
• Zor Lagaa Ke... Haiya! (2009) as (voice)
• Delhi-6 (2009) as Annapurna's husband
• God Tussi Great Ho (2008) as God
• Sarkar Raj (2008) as Subhash 'Sarkar' Nagare
• Bhoothnath (2008) as Kailash 'Bhoothnath' Nath
• Yaar Meri Zindagi (2008) as Dr. Ajay Singh
• Jodhaa Akbar (2008) as Narrator (voice)
• Ek Krantiveer: Vasudev Balwant Phadke (2007) as Narrator
• Gangotri (2007) as Thakur Vijay 'Thakur Kaka' Singh
• The Last Lear (2007) as Harish 'Harry' Mishra
• Ram Gopal Varma's Indian Flames (2007) as Babban Singh
• Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007) as Dancer/Singer
• Swami (2007) as Narrator
• Cheeni Kum (2007) as Buddhadev Gupta
• Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007) as Ex-Justice Dhingra
• Nishabd (2007) as Vijay
• Eklavya: The Royal Guard (2007) as Eklavya
• Baabul (2006) as Balraj Kapoor
• Ganga (2006) as Thakur Vijay Singh
• Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) as Samarjit 'Sam' Talwar
• You Must Be Scared (2006) as Professor
• Family: Ties of Blood (2006) as Virendra 'Viren' Sahi
• Amrithadhare (2005) as Special Appearance
• Ramji Londonwale (2005) as Special Appearance
• Ek Ajnabee (2005) as Col. Suryaveer Singh
• Dil Jo Bhi Kahey...(2005) as Shekhar Sinha
• Viruddh... Family Comes First (2005) as Vidhyadar Ramkrishna Patwardhan
• Sarkar (2005) as Subhash Nagre 'Sarkar'
• Paheli (2005) as The Shepherd
• Parineeta (2005) as Narrator (voice)
• Bunty Aur Babli (2005) as DCP Dashrath Singh
• Waqt: The Race Against Time (2005) as Ishwarchand Thakur
• Black (2005) as Debraj Sahai
• Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo (2004) as Major General Amarjeet Singh
• Veer-Zaara (2004) as Chaudhary Sumer Singh (Special Appearance)
• Hum Kaun Hai? (2004) as Major Frank John Williams/Frank James Williams
• Kyun! Ho Gaya Na... (2004) as Raj Chauhan
• Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home (2004) as Maj. Ranvir Kaul
• Lakshya (2004) as Col. Sunil Damle
• Dev (2004) as JCP Dev Pratap Singh
• Insaaf: The Justice (2004) as Narrator
• Rudraksh (2004) as Narrator
• Aetbaar (2004) as Dr. Ranveer Malhotra
• Khakee (2004) as DCP Anant Kumar Shrivastav
• Fun2shh... Dudes in the 10th Century (2003) as Narrator
• Baghban (2003) as Raj Malhotra
• Boom (2003) as Bade Mia
• Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost (2003) as Narrator
• Armaan (2003) as Dr. Siddharth Sinha
• Khushi (2003) as Narrator
• Kaante (2002) as Yashvardhan 'Major' Rampal
• Agnivarsha: The Fire and the Rain (2002) as Indra (Special Appearance)
• Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin (2002) as Dr. Rastogi
• Aankhen (2002) as Vijay Singh Rajput
• Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...(2001) as Yashvardhan Raichand
• Aks (2001) as Insp. Manu Verma
• Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) as Narrator
• Ek Rishta: The Bond of Love (2001) as Vijay Kapoor
• Kaun Banega Crorepati Junior (TV series) (2001) as Host
• Mohabbatein (2000) as Narayan Shankar
• Biwi No.1 (1999) as Guest Appearance
• Hello Brother (1999) as God (voice)
• Kohram (1999) as Col. Balbir Singh Sodi, aka Devraj Hathoda/Dada Bhai
• Hindustan Ki Kasam (1999) as Kabeera
• Sooryavansham (1999) as Dual Role (Thakur Bhanu Pratap Singh & Heera Singh)
• Lal Baadshah (1999) as Dual Role (Lal 'Baadshah' Singh & Ranbhir Singh)
• Hero Hindustani (1998) as Narrator
• Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998) as Dual Role (Insp. Arjun Singh & Bade Miyan)
• Major Saab (1998) as Major Jasbir Singh Rana
• Mrityudaata (1997) as Dr. Ram Prasad Ghayal
• Tere Mere Sapne (1996) as Narrator (voice) (as Mr. Amitabh Bachchan)
• Insaniyat (1994) as Insp. Amar Pal Singh
•  Akka (1994) as Special Appearance (Song)
• Khuda Gawah (1993) as Baadshah Khan
• Zulm Ki Hukumat (1992) as Narrator
• Akayla (1991) as Insp. Vijay Verma
• Indrajeet (1991) as Indrajeet
• Ajooba (1991) as Ajooba/Ali
• Hum (1991) as Tiger/Shekhar
• Aaj Ka Arjun (1990) as Bhim Singh
• Agneepath (1990) as Vijay Dinanath Chavan
• Krodh (1990) as Special Appearance
• Jaadugar (1989) as Goga
• Toofan (1989) as Dual Role (Toofan & Shyam)
• Batwara (1989) as Narrator
• Main Azaad Hoon (1989) as Azaad
• Hero Hiralal (1988) as special Appearance
• Shahenshah (1988) as Vijay Kumar Srivastava/Shahenshah
• Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi (1988) as Ganga Prasad
• Soorma Bhopali (1988) as Police Inspector (Sp Appearance)
• Jalwa (1987) as Special Appearance
• Kaun Jeeta Kaun Haara (1987) as Guest Appearance
• Aakhree Raasta (1986) as David D'Costa/Insp. Vijay Sandaliya
• Mard (1985) as Raju Singh (Mard)
• Geraftaar (1985) as Insp. Karan Kumar Khanna
• Ghulami (1985) as Narrator (uncredited)
• Inquilaab (1984) as A.C.P. Amar Nath
• Kanoon Kya Karega (1984) as Narrator
• Paan khaye Saiyan Hamaar (1984) as Nahar Singh
• Sharaabi (1984) as Vicky Kapoor
• Coolie (1983) as Iqbal A. Khan
• Mahaan (1983) as Triple role (Amit/Rana Ranveer, Guru & Insp. Shankar)
• Nastik (1983) as Shankar (Sheru)/Bhola
• Andhaa Kanoon (1983) as Jan Nissar Akhtar Khan (Guest Appearance)
• Pukar (1983) as Ramdas/Ronnie
• Shakti (1982) as Vijay A. Kumar
• Desh Premee (1982) as Master Dinanath/Raju
• Bemisal (1982) as Dr. Sudhir Roy/Adhir Roy
• Satte Pe Satta (1982) as Ravi Anand / Babu
• Khud-Daar (1982)  as Govind Srivastav ('Chhotu Ustad')
• Namak Halaal (1982) as Arjun Singh
• Kaalia (1981) as Kallu/Kaalia
• Silsila (1981) as Amit Malhotra
• Laawaris (1981) as Heera
• Naseeb (1981) as John Jaani Janardhan
• Barsaat Ki Ek Raat (1981) as Inspector Abhijeet Rai
• Yaarana (1981) as Kishan Kumar
• Commander (1981) as Punjabi truck driver (uncredited)
• Walayati Babu (1981) as Jagga (Special Appearance)
• Chashme Buddoor (1981) as Special Appearance
• Shaan (1980) as Vijay Kumar
• Dostana (1980) as Vijay Varma
• Do Aur Do Paanch (1980) as Vijay
• Ram Balram (1980)  as Police Inspector Balram Singh
• Golmaal (1979) as Himself
• Suhaag (1979) as Amit Kapoor
• Kaala Patthar (1979) as Vijay Pal Singh
• Manzil (1979) as Ajay Chandra
• Jurmana (1979) as Inder Saxena
• The Great Gambler (1979) as Dual Role (Jay & Insp. Vijay)
• Mr. Natwarlal (1979) as Natwarlal
• Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978) as Sikandar
• Trishul (1978) as Vijay Kumar
• Don (1978) as Don / Vijay
• Kasme Vaade (1978) as Dual Role (Amit & Shankar)
• Ganga Ki Saugand (1978) as Jeeva
• Besharam (1978) as Ram Kumar Chandra/Prince Chandrashekar
• Parvarish (1977) as Amit
• The Chess Players (1977) as Narrator (voice)
• Khoon Pasina (1977) as Shiva/Tiger
• Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) as Anthony Gonzalves
• Immaan Dharam (1977) as Ahmed Reza
• Alaap (1977) as Alok Prasad
• Charandas (1977) as Quwwali Singer (Special Appearance)
• Choti Si Baat (1976) as Special Appearance
• Hera Pheri (1976) as Vijay
• Kabhi Kabhie - Love Is Life (1976) as Amitabh Malhotra
• Aadalat (1976) as Thakur Dharam Chand 'Dharma'/Raju
• Balika Badhu (1976) as Adult Amal (voice)
• Do Anjaane (1976) as Amit Roy/Naresh Dutt
• Faraar (1975) as Rajesh (Raj)
• Sholay (1975) as Jai (Jaidev)
• Zameer (1975) as Badal
• Chupke Chupke (1975) as Professor Sukumar Sinha
• Deewaar (1975) as Vijay Verma
• Mili (1975) as Shekhar Dayal
• Majboor (1974) as Ravi Khanna
• Kunwara Baap (1974) as Augustine (Guest Appearance)
• Benaam (1974) as Amit Srivastav
• Kasauti (1974) as Amitabh Sharma (Amit)
• Dost (1974) as Anand (uncredited)
• Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (1974) as Vijay
• Bada Kabutar (1973) as Guest Appearance
• Namak Haraam (1973) as Vikram (Vicky) Maharaj
• Abhimaan(1973) as Subir Kumar (Beeru)
• Gehri Chaal (1973) as Ratan
• Zanjeer (1973) as Insp. Vijay Khanna
• Bandhe Haath (1973) as Dual Role (Shyamu & Deepak)
• Saudagar (1973) as Moti
• Bombay to Goa (1972) as Ravi Kumar
• Piya Ka Ghar (1972) as Guest Appearance
• Bansi Birju (1972) as Birju
• Bawarchi (1972) as Commentator (voice)
• Ek Nazar (1972) as Manmohan Akash Tyagi
• Garam Masala (1972) as Robert Taylor (uncredited)
• Jaban (1972)  as Dalaljit (Guest Appearance)
• Raaste Kaa Patthar (1972) as Jai Shankar Rai
• Guddi (1971) as Himself
•  Reshma aur Shera (1971) as chhotu
• Pyar Ki Kahani (1971) as Ram G. Chand
• Anand (1971) as Dr. Bhaskar K. Bannerjee/Babu Moshai
• Parwana (1971)as Kumar Sen
• Sanjog (1971) as Mohan
• Bombay Talkie (1970) as Mourner In Funeral
•  Bhuvan Shome (1969) as commentator (voice)
• Saat Hindustani(1969) as Anwar Ali Anwar