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Amitabh Bachchan (Hindi:
अमिताभ
बच्चन
[əmɪtaːbʱ
bəttʃən]
( listen), born Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan on 11 October 1942) is an Indian film
actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of
Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career
spanning more than four decades.[1][2] Bachchan is regarded as one of the
greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema.[3][4][5]
Bachchan has won numerous major
awards in his career, including four National Film Awards, three of which are in
the Best Actor category, and fourteen Filmfare Awards. He is the most-nominated
performer in any major acting category at Filmfare, with 37 nominations overall.
In addition to acting, Bachchan has worked as a playback singer, film producer
and television presenter, and was an elected member of the Indian Parliament
from 1984 to 1987.
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Background Information
Born Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan
11 October 1942 (1942-10-11) (age
69)
Allahabad, United Province,
British India
Residence Prateeksha, Mumbai,
Maharashtra, India
Occupation Actor, producer, singer,
television presenter
Years active 1969–present
Spouse Jaya Bhaduri (1973–present)
Website
bigb.bigadda.com
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Early life
See also: Bachchan family
Bachban was born in Allahabad,
Uttar Pradesh. His father, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, was a Hindi poet, and his
mother, Teji Bachchan, was a Sikh from Faisalabad (now in Pakistan).[6] Bachchan
was initially named Inquilaab, inspired from the famous phrase Inquilab
Zindabad, during the Indian independence struggle. However, at the suggestion of
fellow poet Sumitranandan Pant, Harivansh Rai changed the name to Amitabh which
means, "the light that would never go off." Though his surname was Shrivastava,
his father had adopted the pen-name Bachchan (meaning child-like in colloquial
Hindi), under which he published all his works. 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 his family. Bachchan's father died in 2003, and his
mother in 2007.[7]
Amitabh is the eldest of Harivansh
Rai Bachchan's two sons, the second being Ajitabh. His mother had a keen
interest in theatre and had been offered a role in a film, but preferred her
domestic duties. She had some degree of influence in Bachchan's choice of career
because she always insisted that he should take the centre stage.[8] He attended
Allahabad's Jnana Prabodhini and Boys' High School (BHS), followed by Nainital's
Sherwood College, where he majored in the art stream. He later went on to study
at Kirori Mal College of the University of Delhi and completed a Bachelor of
Science degree. In his twenties, Bachchan gave up a job as freight broker for
the shipping firm, Bird and Co., based in Calcutta now known as Kolkata, to
pursue a career in acting.
Career
Early work: 1969–1972
Bachchan made his film debut in
1969 as a voice narrator in Mrinal Sen's National Award winning film Bhuvan
Shome. Thereafter he got his first acting role as one of the seven protagonists
in Saat Hindustani, a film directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and featuring Utpal
Dutt, Madhu and Jalal Agha. Though the film was not a financial success,
Bachchan won his first National Film Award for Best Newcomer.[9]
Anand (1971) followed, where he
starred alongside Rajesh Khanna. Bachchan's role as a doctor with a cynical view
of life garned him his first Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. He then
played his first negative role as an infatuated lover-turned-murderer in
Parwaana (1971). This was followed by 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 his films during this early period did not do well, but
that was about to change.[10]
Rise to stardom: 1973–1983
Director Prakash Mehra cast him in
the leading role for the film Zanjeer (1973) as Inspector Vijay Khanna. The film
was a sharp contrast to the romantically themed films that had generally
preceded it and established Amitabh in a new persona—the "angry young man" of
Bollywood cinema.[2] He earned a Filmfare nomination for Best Actor. Filmfare
considers this one of the iconic performances of Bollywood history.[10] The year
1973 was also when he married Jaya, and around this time they appeared in
several films together; not only in Zanjeer but in films such as Abhimaan which
followed and was released only a month after their marriage. Later, Bachchan
played the role of Vikram in the film Namak Haraam, a social drama directed by
Hrishikesh Mukherjee and scripted by Biresh Chatterjee addressing themes of
friendship. His supporting role won him his second Filmfare Best Supporting
Actor Award.
In 1974, Bachchan made several
guest appearances in films such as Kunwara Baap and Dost, before playing a
supporting role in Roti Kapda Aur Makaan. The film, directed and written by
Manoj Kumar, addressed themes of honesty in the face of oppression and financial
and emotional hardship. Bachchan then played the leading role in film Majboor,
released on 6 December 1974, which was a remake of the Hollywood film Zigzag.
The film was only a moderate success at the box office.[11] In 1975, he starred
in a variety of film genres from the comedy Chupke Chupke, the crime drama
Faraar to the romantic drama Mili. 1975 was the year when he appeared in two
films which are regarded as important in Hindi cinematic history. He starred in
the Yash Chopra directed film Deewaar, opposite Shashi Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, and
Neetu Singh, which earned him a Filmfare Nomination for Best Actor. The film
became a major hit at the box office in 1975, ranking in at number 4.[12]
Indiatimes Movies ranks Deewaar amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films.[13]
Released on 15 August 1975 was Sholay (meaning flames), which became the highest
grossing film of all time in India, earning INR 2,36,45,00,000 equivalent to US$
60 million, after adjusting for inflation.[14] Bachchan played the role of
Jaidev. In 1999, BBC India declared it the "Film of the Millennium" and like
Deewar, has been cited by Indiatimes movies as amongst the Top 25 Must See
Bollywood Films.[13] In that same year, the judges of the 50th annual Filmfare
Awards awarded it with the special distinction award called Filmfare Best Film
of 50 Years.
Bachchan starred in comedies such
as Chupke Chupke (1975) and Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) and in films such as
Kabhie Kabhie (1976). In 1976, he was once again cast by director Yash Chopra in
his second film, Kabhi Kabhie, a romantic tale in which Bachchan starred as a
young poet named Amit Malhotra who falls deeply in love with a beautiful young
girl named Pooja played by actress Rakhee Gulzar. The film saw him again
nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award. In 1977, he won his first Filmfare
Best Actor Award for his performance in Amar Akbar Anthony where he played the
third lead opposite Vinod Khanna and Rishi Kapoor as Anthony Gonsalves. In 1978
he starred in all four of the highest grossing films of India in that year.[15]
He once again resumed double roles in films such as Kasme Vaade as Amit and
Shankar and Don playing the characters of Don, a leader of an underworld gang
and his look alike Vijay. His performance won him his second Filmfare Best Actor
Award. He also performed in Trishul and Muqaddar Ka Sikandar which both earned
him further Filmfare Best Actor nominations. He was billed a "one-man industry"
by the French director François Truffaut.[16]
In 1979, for the first time,
Amitabh was required to use his singing voice for the film Mr. Natwarlal in
which he starred alongside Rekha. His performance in the film saw him nominated
for both the Filmfare Best Actor Award and the Filmfare Best Male Playback
Awards. In 1979, he also received Best Actor nomination for Kaala Patthar (1979)
and then went on to be nominated again in 1980 for the Raj Khosla directed film
Dostana, in which he starred opposite Shatrughan Sinha and Zeenat Aman. Dostana
proved to be the top grossing film of 1980.[17] In 1981, he starred in Yash
Chopra's melodrama film Silsila, where he starred alongside his wife Jaya and
rumoured lover Rekha. Other films of this period include Ram Balram (1980),
Shaan (1980), Lawaaris (1981), and Shakti (1982) which pitted him against
legendary actor Dilip Kumar.[18]
1982 injury while filming CoolieOn
26 July 1982, while filming Coolie in the University Campus in Bangalore,
Bachchan suffered a near fatal intestinal injury during the filming of a fight
scene with co-actor Puneet Issar.[19] Bachchan was performing his own stunts in
the film and one scene required him to fall onto a table and then on the ground.
However as he jumped towards the table, the corner of the table struck his
abdomen, resulting in a splenic rupture from which he lost a significant amount
of blood. He required an emergency splenectomy and remained critically ill in
hospital for many months, at times close to death. The public response included
prayers in temples and offers to sacrifice limbs to save him, while later, there
were long queues of well-wishing fans outside the hospital where he was
recuperating.[20] Nevertheless, he spent many months recovering and resumed
filming later that year after a long period of recuperation. The film was
released in 1983, and partly due to the huge publicity of Bachchan's accident,
the film was a box office success.[21]
The director, Manmohan Desai,
altered the ending of Coolie after Bachchan's accident. Bachchan's character was
originally intended to have been killed off but after the change of script, the
character lived in the end. It would have been inappropriate, said Desai, for
the man who had just fended off death in real life to be killed on screen. Also,
in the released film the footage of the fight scene is frozen at the critical
moment, and a caption appears onscreen marking this as the instant of the
actor's injury and the ensuing publicity of the accident.[20]
Later, he was diagnosed with
Myasthenia gravis. His illness made him feel weak both mentally and physically
and he decided to quit films and venture into politics. At this time he became
pessimistic, expressing concern with how a new film would be received and stated
before every release, "Yeh film to flop hogi!" ("This film will flop").[22]
Politics: 1984–87
In 1984, Bachchan took a break from
acting and briefly entered politics in support of long-time family friend, Rajiv
Gandhi. He contested Allahabad's seat of 8th Lok Sabha against H. N. Bahuguna,
former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and won by one of the highest victory
margins in general election history (68.2% of the vote).[23] His political
career, however, was short-lived: he resigned after three years, calling
politics a cesspool. The resignation followed the implication of Bachchan and
his brother in the "Bofors scandal" by a newspaper, which he vowed to take to
court. Bachchan was eventually found not guilty of involvement in the
ordeal.[24]
His old friend, Amar Singh, helped
him during a financial crisis due to the failure of his company ABCL. Therefore
Bachchan started to support Amar Singh's political party, the Samajwadi party.
Jaya Bachchan joined the Samajwadi Party and became a Rajya Sabha member.[25]
Bachchan has continued to do favors for the Samajwadi party, including
advertisements and political campaigns. These activities have recently gotten
him into trouble again in the Indian courts for false claims after a previous
incident of submission of legal papers by him, stating that he is a farmer.[26]
A 15 year press ban against
Bachchan was imposed during his peak acting years by Stardust and some of the
other film magazines. In his own defense, Bachchan claimed to have banned the
press from entering his sets until late 1989.[27]
Slump and retirement: 1988–1992
In 1988, Bachchan returned to
films, playing the title role in Shahenshah, which was a box office success due
to the hype of Bachchan's comeback.[28] After the success of his comeback film
however, his star power began to wane as all of his subsequent films failed at
the box office. The 1991 hit film, Hum, for which he won his third Filmfare Best
Actor Award, looked like it might reverse this trend, but the momentum was
short-lived as his string of box office failures continued. Notably, despite the
lack of hits, it was during this period that Bachchan won his first National
Film Award for Best Actor, for his performance as a Mafia don in the 1990 film
Agneepath. These years would be the last he would be seen on screen for some
time. After the release of Khuda Gawah in 1992, Bachchan went into
semi-retirement for five years. In 1994, one of his delayed films Insaniyat was
released but was also a box office failure.[29]
Producer and acting comeback 1996–99
Bachchan turned producer during his
temporary retirement period, setting up Amitabh Bachchan Corporation, Ltd.
(A.B.C.L.) in 1996, with the vision of becoming a 10 billion rupees (approx 250
million $US) premier entertainment company by the year 2000. ABCL's strategy was
to introduce products and services covering the entire section of the India's
entertainment industry. Its operations were mainstream commercial film
production and distribution, audio cassettes and video discs, production and
marketing of television software, celebrity and event management. Soon after the
company was launched in 1996, the first film was produced by the company. Tere
Mere Sapne failed to do well at the box office but launched the careers of
actors such as Arshad Warsi and South films star Simran. ABCL produced a few
other films, none of which did well.
In 1997, Bachchan attempted to make
his acting comeback with the film Mrityudata, produced by ABCL. Though
Mrityudaata attempted to reprise Bachchan's earlier success as an action hero,
the film was a failure both financially and critically. ABCL was the main
sponsor of the 1996 Miss World beauty pageant, Bangalore but lost millions. The
fiasco and the consequent legal battles surrounding ABCL and various entities
after the event, coupled with the fact that ABCL was reported to have overpaid
most of its top level managers, eventually led to its financial and operational
collapse in 1997. The company went into administration and was later declared a
failed company by Indian Industries board. The Bombay high court, in April 1999,
restrained Bachchan from selling off his Bombay bungalow 'Prateeksha' and two
flats till the pending loan recovery cases of Canara Bank were disposed of.
Bachchan had, however, pleaded that he had mortgaged his bungalow to Sahara
India Finance for raising funds for his company.[30]
Bachchan attempted to revive his
acting career and had average success with Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998),[29]
and received positive reviews for Sooryavansham (1999)[31] but other films such
as Lal Baadshah (1999) and Hindustan Ki Kasam (1999) were box office failures.
Return to prominence: 2000–present
In 2000, Amitabh Bachchan appeared
in Yash Chopra's box-office hit, Mohabbatein, directed by Aditya Chopra. He
played a stern, older figure that rivalled the character of Shahrukh Khan. His
role won him his third Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award. Other hits
followed, with Bachchan appearing as an older family patriarch in Ek Rishtaa:
The Bond of Love (2001), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001) and Baghban (2003).
As an actor, he continued to perform in a range of characters, receiving
critical praise for his performances in Aks (2001), Aankhen (2002), Khakee
(2004) and Dev (2004). One project that did particularly well for Bachchan was
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Black (2005). The film starred Bachchan as an aging
teacher of a deaf-blind girl and followed their relationship. His performance
was unanimously praised by critics and audiences and won him his second National
Film Award for Best Actor and fourth Filmfare Best Actor Award. Taking advantage
of this resurgence, Amitabh began endorsing a variety of products and services,
appearing in many television and billboard advertisements. In 2005 and 2006, he
starred with his son Abhishek in the hit films Bunty Aur Babli (2005), the
Godfather tribute Sarkar (2005), and Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (2006). All of them
were successful at the box office.[32][33] His later releases in 2006 and early
2007 were Baabul (2006),[34] Ekalavya and Nishabd (2007), which failed to do
well at the box office but his performances in each of them were praised by
critics.[35]
In May 2007, two of his films
Cheeni Kum and the multi-starrer Shootout at Lokhandwala were released. Shootout
at Lokhandwala did very well at the box office and was declared a hit in India,
while Cheeni Kum picked up after a slow start and only had average success.[36]
A remake of his biggest hit, Sholay (1975), entitled Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag,
released in August of that same year and proved to be a major commercial failure
in addition to its poor critical reception.[36] The year also marked Bachchan's
first appearance in an English-language film, Rituparno Ghosh's The Last Lear.
The film premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival on 9
September 2007. He received positive reviews from critics who hailed his
performance as his best ever since Black.[37] Bachchan was slated to play a
supporting role in his first international film, Shantaram, directed by Mira
Nair and starring Hollywood actor Johnny Depp in the lead. The film was due to
begin filming in February 2008 but due to the writer's strike, was pushed to
September 2008.[38] The film is currently "shelved" indefinitely.[39] Vivek
Sharma's Bhoothnath, in which he plays the title role as a ghost, was released
on 9 May 2008. Sarkar Raj, the sequel of the 2005 film Sarkar, released in June
2008 and received a positive response at the box-office. His latest movie was
Paa, which released at the end of 2009. Paa was a highly anticipated project as
it saw him playing his own son Abhishek's Progeria-affected 13-year-old son, and
it opened to favourable reviews, particularly towards Bachchan's performance. It
won him his third National Film Award for Best Actor and fifth Filmfare Best
Actor Award. In 2010, he debuted in Malayalam film through Kandahar, directed by
Major Ravi and co-starring Mohanlal.[40] The film was based on the hijacking
incident of the Indian Airlines Flight 814.[41] Bachchan did not receive any
remuneration for this film.[42]
Television career
In the year 2000, Bachchan stepped
up to host India's adaptation of the British television game show, Who Wants to
Be a Millionaire? entitled, Kaun Banega Crorepati. As it did in most other
countries where it was adopted, the program found immediate success. He has
hosted all but one of the seasons of the show. Canara Bank withdrew its law suit
against Bachchan in November 2000. Bachchan hosted KBC till November 2005, when
he fell ill. At that time he was admitted to Lilavati Hospital's ICU once more,
to undergo surgery for diverticulitis of the small intestine.[43] During the
period and that following his recovery, most of his projects were put on hold,
including KBC.[44] He has hosted all but one season of the show. Its success set
the stage for his return to film popularity. In 2009 Oscar winning movie Slumdog
Millionaire in the first question of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? contest
"Amitabh Bachchan" was the correct answer to the question "Who was the star of
Zanjeer? Feroz Abbas Khan performed as Amitabh Bachchan in a scene in the movie
while Anil Kapoor performed as the host of the contest. Bachchan hosted the
third season of the reality show Bigg Boss in 2009.[45]
Voice
Bachchan is known for his deep,
baritone voice. He has been a narrator, a playback singer and presenter for
numerous programmes. Renowned film director Satyajit Ray was so impressed with
Bachchan's voice, that he decided to use his voice as commentary in Shatranj Ke
Khilari since he could not find a suitable role for him.[46] In 2005, Bachchan
has lent his voice to the Oscar-winning French documentary March of the
Penguins, directed by Luc Jacquet.[47]
Controversies and criticism
Barabanki land case
In the runup to the Uttar Pradesh
state assembly elections, 2007, Bachchan made a film extolling the virtues of
the Mulayam Singh government. His Samajwadi Party was routed, and Mayawati came
to power.
On 2 June 2007 a Faizabad court
ruled that he had legally acquired agricultural land designated specifically for
landless Dalit farmers.[48] It was speculated that he might be investigated on
related charges of forgery, as he has allegedly claimed he was a farmer.[49] On
19 July 2007, after the scandal broke out, Bachchan surrendered the land
acquired in Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh and Pune. He wrote to the chief minister
of Maharashtra, Vilasrao Deshmukh, to donate the lands that were allegedly
acquired illegally in Pune.[50] However, the Lucknow Court has put a stay on the
land donation and said that the status quo on the land be maintained.
On 12 October 2007, Bachchan
abandoned his claim in respect of the land at Daulatpur village in Barabanki
district.[51] On 11 December 2007, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court
gave a clean chit to Bachchan in a case pertaining to alleged fraudulent
allotment of government land to him in Barabanki district. A single Lucknow
bench of Justice said there was no finding that the actor "himself committed any
fraud or manipulated any surreptitious entry in the revenue records".[52][53]
After receiving a positive verdict
in Barabanki case, Amitabh Bachchan intimated to Maharashtra government that he
did not wish to surrender his land in Maval tehsil of Pune district.[54]
Raj Thackeray's criticism
Main article: 2008 attacks on North
Indians in Maharashtra
Bachchan featured on an advert in
shopping mall in IndiaIn January 2008 at political rallies, Raj Thackeray, the
chief of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, targeted Amitabh Bachchan, asserting that
the actor was "more inclined" towards his native state than Maharashtra. He
expressed his disapproval of Amitabh's inaugurating a girls' school named after
his daughter-in-law, actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, at Barabanki in Uttar
Pradesh, rather than in Maharashtra.[55] According to media reports, Raj's
censure of Amitabh, whom he admires, stemmed out of his disappointment of not
being invited to Amitabh's son Abhishek's marriage to Aishwarya, despite
invitations to his estranged uncle Bal and cousin Uddhav.[56][57]
Responding to Raj's accusations,
the actor's wife, SP MP Jaya Bachchan, said that the Bachchans were willing to
start a school in Mumbai, provided the MNS leader donated the land to build it.
She told the media, "I heard that Raj Thackeray owns huge properties in
Maharashtra, in Mumbai—Kohinoor Mills. If he is willing to donate land, we can
start a school in the name of Aishwarya here."[58] Raj responded to it saying,
"Jaya bachchan claims she does not know me then how come she knows how much
property I own?". Amitabh abstained from commenting on the issue. However, he
apologized to Raj for controversial remarks from Jaya in some other incidence.
"[59]
Bal Thackeray refuted the
allegations, stating, "Amitabh Bachchan is an open-minded person, he has great
love for Maharashtra, and this is evident on many occasions. The actor has often
said that Maharashtra and specially Mumbai has given him great fame and
affection. He has also said that what he is today is because of the love people
have given him. The people of Mumbai have always acknowledged him as an artiste.
It was utter foolishness to make these parochial allegations against him.
Amitabh is a global superstar. People all over the world respect him. This
cannot be forgotten by anyone. Amitabh should ignore these silly accusations and
concentrate on his acting."[60]
On 23 March 2008, more than a month
and half after Raj's remarks, Amitabh finally spoke out in an interview to a
local tabloid saying, "Random charges are random; they do not deserve the kind
of attention you wish me to give."[61] Later, on 28 March at a press conference
for the International Indian Film Academy, when asked what his take was on the
anti-migrant issue, Amitabh said that it is one's fundamental right to live
anywhere in the country and the constitution entitles so.[62] He also stated
that he was not affected by Raj's comments.[63]
Awards, honours and recognitions
Main article: List of awards and
nominations received by Amitabh Bachchan
Apart from National Film Awards,
Filmfare Awards and other competitive awards which Bachchan won for his
performances throughout the years, he has been awarded several honours for his
achievements in the Indian film industry. In 1991, he became the first artist to
receive the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award, which was established in the
name of Raj Kapoor. Bachchan was crowned as Superstar of the Millennium in 2000
at the Filmfare Awards. The Government of India awarded him with the Padma Shri
in 1984 and the Padma Bhushan in 2001. France's highest civilian honour, the
Knight of the Legion of Honour, was conferred upon him by the French Government
in 2007 for his "exceptional career in the world of cinema and beyond".[64] In
2011, actor Dilip Kumar blogged that Black should have been nominated for an
Oscar. Kumar added: "If any Indian actor, in my personal opinion, deserves the
world's most coveted award, it is you."[65]
In 1999, Bachchan was voted the
"greatest star of stage or screen" in a BBC Your Millenium online poll. The
organisation noted that "Many people in the western world will not have heard of
[him] ...[but it] is a reflection of the huge popularity of Indian films."[66]
In 2001, he was honoured with the Actor of the Century award at the Alexandria
International Film Festival in Egypt in recognition of his contribution to the
world of cinema.[67] Many other honours for his achievements were conferred upon
him at several International Film Festivals, including the Lifetime Achievement
Award at the 2010 Asian Film Awards.[68]
In June 2000, he became the first
living Asian to have been immortalised in wax at London's Madame Tussauds Wax
Museum.[69] Another statue was installed in New York [70] and Hong Kong in
2009.[71]
In 2003, he was conferred with the
Honorary Citizenship of the French town of Deauville.[72] He was honoured with
an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Jhansi, India, in 2004,[73] the
University of Delhi in 2006,[74] the De Montfort University in Leicester, UK, in
2006,[75] the University Brandan Foster by the Leeds Metropolitan University in
Yorkshire, UK, in 2007, [76] and the Queensland University of Technology in
Brisbane, Australia, in 2011.[77]
Severals books have been written
about Bachchan. Amitabh Bachchan: the Legend was published in 1999,[78] To be or
not to be: Amitabh Bachchan in 2004,[79] AB: The Legend: (A Photographer's
Tribute) in 2006 [80]/, Amitabh Bachchan: Ek Jeevit Kimvadanti in 2006,[81]
Amitabh: The Making of a Superstar in 2006,[82] Looking for the Big B: Bollywood,
Bachchan and Me in 2007 [83] and Bachchanalia in 2009.[84] Bachchan himself also
wrote a book in 2002: Soul Curry for you and me – An Empowering Philosophy That
Can Enrich Your Life.[85]
Personal life
See also: Bachchan family
Bachchan is married to actress Jaya
Bhaduri. They have two children, Shweta Nanda and Abhishek Bachchan. Abhishek is
also an actor and is married to actress Aishwarya Rai.
Filmography
Latest films
Main article: Amitabh Bachchan
filmography
Year
Film Role Notes
2006 Family — Ties of Blood Viren
Sahi
Darna Zaroori Hai Professor
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Samarjit
Singh Talwar (aka. Sexy Sam) Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
Baabul Balraj Kapoor
2007 Eklavya: The Royal Guard
Eklavya
Nishabd Vijay
Cheeni Kum Buddhadev Gupta/Ghaspus
Shootout at Lokhandwala Special
appearance, Dingra
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom Special
appearance, Sutradhar
Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag Babban
Singh
Om Shanti Om Special appearance,
Himself
2008 Jodhaa Akbar Narrator
Bhoothnath Bhoothnath (Kailash
Nath)
Sarkar Raj Subhash Nagre aka
Sarkar
God Tussi Great Ho God Almighty
The Last Lear Harish 'Harry'
Mishra
2009 Delhi-6 Special appearance,
Dadaji
Aladin Genius the Gennie
Paa Auro Winner, Filmfare Best
Actor Award
Winner, National Film Award for
Best Actor
2010 Rann Vijay Harshvardhan Malik
Teen Patti Venkat
Kandahar Lokanathan Sharma
2011 Department
Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap
Aarakshan Prabhakar Anand
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award
Shoebite John Periera
Post-production
2012 Taalismaan Filming
Producer
Year Film
1996 Tere Mere Sapne
1997 Ullaasam
Mrityudata
1998 Major Saab
2001 Aks
2005 Viruddh... Family Comes First
2006 Family — Ties of Blood
Playback singer
Year Film
1979 The Great Gambler
Mr. Natwarlal
1981 Lawaaris
Naseeb
Silsila
1983 Mahaan
Pukar
1984 Sharaabi
1989 Toofan
Jaadugar
1992 Khuda Gawah
1998 Major Saab
1999 Sooryavansham
2001 Aks
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
2002 Aankhen
2003 Armaan
Baghban
2004 Dev
Aetbaar
2006 Baabul
2007 Nishabd
Cheeni Kum
2008 Bhoothnath
2009 Aladin
Paa
2011 Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap
Further
reading
Mazumdar, Ranjani. Bombay Cinema:
An Archive of the City. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2007.
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