AMITABH BACHCHAN
Born: October11, 1942
Amitabh Bachchan born October 11, 1942 is a renowned Indian film actor, popular all over the world. Bachchan’s acting career began in 1969, reaching heights in the mid 70-80’s After withdrawing from acting career, Bachchan returned in 2000 as the host of the television show Kaun Bangea Crorepati? on Star Plus. He is presently active in the Bollywood film industry.
Bachchan was also a member of Indian Parliament ( MP) , being elected in 1984 from Allahabad. His political career was short lived as he resigned from this post after only 3 years.
Bachchan was born in the city of Allahabad, India. His father, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, was a well-known poet of Urdu and Hindi. The original last name of the family is ’Srivastava’; ’Bachchan’ was in fact a pen name used by his father. However, when Bachchan entered films he did so under his father’s pen name. His mother Teji Bachchan died recently due to her long illness.
Bachchan attended Allahabad’s Boys’ High School, followed by Nainital’ s Sherwood College, where he gained a degree in art. He later went on to study at Kirori Mal College in Delhi University earning a degree in science. When he was in his twenties, Bachchan gave up a job as freight broker for the shipping firm, Bird and Co., based in Kolkata, to pursue a career in acting.
He is married to actress Iaya Bhaduri ( now Bachchan) . The couple have two children: daughter Shweta and son Abhishek. Abhishek Bachchan has also entered the Bollywood film industry and married to famous actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Roy.
In 1984, Bachchan briefly entered politics in support of long- time family” friend Rajiv Gandhi. He contested Allahabad’s Parliament seat against H.N. Bahuguna, a well-known politician, and won by a big margin. His political career, however, was short-lived: he resigned after only three’years, not finishing his term.
In November 2005, Bachchan was admitted to India’s Lilavati Hospital, in order to undergo surgery on his intestine. The procedure came after Bachchan complained of pain in his abdomen, and the issue is said to have been related to a 1983 injury. After the operation, Bachchan took several months off from work, unable to leave his home even to shoot the sequel to his recently-launched television program, Kaun Banega Crorepati 2. By April 2006 Bachchan had resumed shooting for
most of his projects.