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Amitabh Bachan Biography
Amitabh Bachan Biography
film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s for movies like Deewar and Zanjeer,
and was dubbed India's first "angry young man" for his on-screen roles in Bollywood, and
has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades.[4][5]
Bachchan is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history
of Indian cinema. Given the success of his gifted film actor son Abhishek Bachchan, Amitabh
Bachchan has been dubbed "Big B" to distinguish between the two.[6][7][8] So total was his
dominance of the movie scene in the 1970s and 1980s that the French director Franois
Truffaut called him a "one-man industry."[9][10]
Bachchan has won many major awards in his career, including three National Film Awards as
Best Actor (a record he shares with Kamal Hassan and Mammootty), a number of awards at
international film festivals and award ceremonies and fourteen Filmfare Awards. He is the
most-nominated performer in any major acting category at Filmfare, with 39 nominations
overall. In addition to acting, Bachchan has worked as a playback singer, film producer and
television presenter. He also had a stint in politics in the 1980s. The Government of India
honoured him with the Padma Shri in 1984, the Padma Bhushan in 2001 and the Padma
Vibhushan in 2015 for his contributions to the arts.
Bachchan made his Hollywood debut in 2013 with The Great Gatsby, in which he played a
non-Indian Jewish character, Meyer Wolfsheim.
Contents
2 Career
o 2.1 Early work: 19691972
o 2.2 Rise to stardom: 19731983
o 2.3 1982 injury while filming Coolie
o 2.4 Politics: 198487
o 2.5 Slump and retirement: 19881992
o 2.6 Producer and acting comeback 199699
o 2.7 Return to prominence: 2000present
o 2.8 Television career
o 2.9 Voice
4 Selected filmography
5 References
6 Further reading
7 External links
Career
Early work: 19691972
Bachchan made his film debut in 1969 as a voice narrator in Mrinal Sen's National Award
winning film Bhuvan Shome.[15] 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), Madhu and Jalal Agha.[16][17]
Anand (1971) followed, wherein 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
Parwaana (1971). Following Parwaana 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.[18]
Bachchan and wife Jaya Bhaduri in 2013, the couple got married in 1973, after the release of
Zanjeer.
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 personathe "angry young man" of
Bollywood cinema.[5] Filmfare considers this one of the most iconic performances of
Bollywood history.[18] The film was a huge success and one of the highest grossing films of
that year, breaking Bachchan's dry spell at the box office and making him a star.[19] From then
onwards, Bachchan became one of the most successful leading men of the film industry. He
earned his first Filmfare nomination for Best Actor for Zanjeer. 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 and was also successful at the box office. Later, Bachchan played the role of
Vikram, once again along with Rajesh Khanna, 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 and was the top earning film of 1974. Bachchan then played the leading
role in film Majboor, released on 6 December 1974, which was a remake of the Hollywood
film Zig Zag. The film was a success at the box office.[20] 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 also the year when Bachchan appeared in two films regarded as important in
Hindi cinema history. He starred in the Yash Chopra directed film Deewaar along with
Shashi Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, and Neetu Singh, earning him a Filmfare nomination for Best
Actor. The film became a major hit at the box office in 1975, ranking in at number 4.[21]
Indiatimes Movies ranks Deewaar amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films.[22]
Released on 15 August 1975 was Sholay, which became the highest grossing film of 1975
and also of all time in India, earning INR 2,364,500,000 equivalent to US$60 million, after
adjusting for inflation.[23] in which 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.[22] 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.
In 1976 he was cast by Yash Chopra in the romantic family drama Kabhie Kabhie. Bachchan
starred as a young poet named Amit Malhotra who falls deeply in love with a beautiful young
girl named Pooja (Raakhee) who ends up marrying someone else (Shashi Kapoor). The film
was notable for portraying Bachchan as a romantic hero, a far cry from his "angry young
man" roles like Zanjeer and Deewar. The film evoked a favourable response from critics and
audiences alike. Bachchan was again nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor Award for his
role in the film. That same year he played a double role in Adalat as father and son. 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. The film was the highest grossing film of that year. His other successes that year
include Parvarish and Khoon Pasina.[24] He once again resumed double roles in films such as
Kasme Vaade (1978) as Amit and Shankar and Don (1978) 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 gave towering performances in Yash Chopra's Trishul
and Prakash Mehra's Muqaddar Ka Sikandar both of which earned him further Filmfare Best
Actor nominations.
In 1979, Bachchan starred in Suhaag which was the highest earning film of that year. In the
same year he also enjoyed critical acclaim and commercial success with films like Mr.
Natwarlal, Kaala Patthar and The Great Gambler. Amitabh was required to use his singing
voice for the first time in a song from the film Mr. Natwarlal in which he starred with Rekha.
Bachchan's performance in the film saw him nominated for both the Filmfare Best Actor
Award and the Filmfare Best Male Playback Singer award. 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.[25] In 1981, he starred in
Yash Chopra's melodrama film Silsila, where he starred alongside his wife Jaya and Rekha.
Other films of this period like Shaan (1980), Shakti (1982) which pitted him against the
veteran actor Dilip Kumar were not successful at the box office but Ram Balram (1980),
Naseeb (1981) and Lawaaris (1981) were successful.[26]
In 1982 he played double roles in the films Satte Pe Satta, Desh Premee and Bemisal and
went a little further and played a triple role in Mahaan (1983).
Nevertheless, he 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 and the top grossing film that year.[29]
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.[30]
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").[31]
Politics: 198487
In 1984, Bachchan took a break from acting and briefly entered politics in support of longtime 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).[32] 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.[33]
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.[34] Bachchan has continued to do favours for the Samajwadi party, including
advertisements and political campaigns. These activities have recently gotten him into trouble
in the Indian courts for false claims after a previous incident of submission of legal papers by
him, stating that he is a farmer.[35]
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 defence, Bachchan claimed to have banned the
press from entering his sets until late 1989.[36]
semi-retirement for five years. With the exception of the delayed release of Insaniyat (1994),
which was also a box office failure, Bachchan did not appear in any new releases for five
years.[38]
film.[51] In 2013 he made his Hollywood debut in The Great Gatsby playing the role of Meyer
Wolfsheim opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire.
Television career
Voice
Parineeta (2005)
Swami (2007)[64]
Kahaani (2012)
Krrish 3 (2013)
Mahabharat (2013)
Bhushan in 2001 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2015.[66] 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".[67] 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."[68]
In 1999, Bachchan was voted the "greatest star of stage or screen" in a BBC Your Millennium
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."[69] 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.[70] 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.[71]
In June 2000, he became the first living Asian to have been modelled in wax at London's
Madame Tussauds Wax Museum.[72] Another statue was installed in New York in 2009,[73]
Hong Kong in 2011,[74] Bangkok in 2011[75] and Washington, DC in 2012.[76]
On 27 July 2012, Bachchan carried the Olympic torch during the last leg of its relay in
London's Southwark.[85]
Severals books have been written about Bachchan. Amitabh Bachchan: the Legend was
published in 1999,[86] To be or not to be: Amitabh Bachchan in 2004,[87] AB: The Legend: (A
Photographer's Tribute) in 2006 [88]/, Amitabh Bachchan: Ek Jeevit Kimvadanti in 2006,[89]
Amitabh: The Making of a Superstar in 2006,[90] Looking for the Big B: Bollywood, Bachchan
and Me in 2007[91] and Bachchanalia in 2009.[92] Bachchan himself also wrote a book in 2002:
Soul Curry for you and me An Empowering Philosophy That Can Enrich Your Life.[93] In the
early 80s, Bachchan authorised the use of his likeness for the comic book character Supremo
in a series titled The Adventures of Amitabh Bachchan.[94] In May 2014, La Trobe University
in Australia named a Scholarship after Bachchan