- Actor, producer, singer, television presenter
| Real name: | Amitabh Harivansh Rai Shrivastava Bachchan |
Amitabh Bachchan Height
| | How tall is Amitabh Bachchan? | 188 cm / 6 ft 3 in | | Weight | 80 kg / 176 lbs Comment
| | Born: | 11 October 1942 Comment | | How old is Amitabh Bachchan in 2024? / Age: | 81 years
| | Where was Amitabh Bachchan born? | Allahabad, India | | Residence: | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | | Zodiac sign: | Libra |
Amitabh Bachchan Net worth 2024 (estimated)
| | How much is Amitabh Bachchan worth? | $400,000,000
| | Ascendant: | Pisces | | Nationality: | Indian | | Hair color: | Salt & Pepper | | Eyes color: | Black |
Who is Amitabh Bachchan? / Facts
- First popularity - in the early 1970s for movies like Zanjeer and Deewar; was dubbed India's first \"angry young man\" for his on-screen roles in Bollywood.
- Referred to as - the "Shahenshah of Bollywood", "Star of the Millennium" or "Big B".
- Carreer - has appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades; is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema. So total was his dominance on the movie scene in the 1970s and 1980s that the French director François Truffaut called him a "one-man industry".
- TV - has hosted several seasons of the India's version of the game show franchise, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
- Politics - took a break from acting and entered politics, resigning after 3 years; called politics a cesspool.
- Awards - has won fifteen Filmfare Awards, including four National Film Awards as Best Actor and many awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies, and is the most-nominated performer in any major acting category at Filmfare, with 40 nominations overall. 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.
- Success abroad - the Government of France honoured him with its highest civilian honour, Knight of the Legion of Honour, in 2007 for his exceptional career in the world of cinema and beyond. Bachchan made his Hollywood debut in 2013 with The Great Gatsby, in which he played a non-Indian Jewish character, Meyer Wolfsheim.
- Marital status, family - Bachchan is married to actress Jaya Bhaduri. The couple have two children, Shweta Nanda (wife of businessman Nikhil Nanda) and Abhishek Bachchan (actor and husband of actress Aishwarya Rai).
Bio / wiki sources: Wikipedia, accounts on social media, content from our users.
Education
- Jnana Pramodhini, Boys High School, Allahabad, India
- Sherwood College, Nainital, India
- Kirori Mal College, Delhi University, India
Quotes
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I have never really been confident about my career at any stage.
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I have never really been confident about my career at any stage.
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I have never really been confident about my career at any stage.
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Bad luck either destroys you or makes you the man or woman you really are.
- There are many things that I feel that I have missed out on.
- If you see any benefit from the enemy … then make him your friend.
- Dearest TV media and vans outside my home, please do not stress and work so hard!
- The human brain is very much like a seed. It may not have a great shape and size, but it traps within itself endless possibilities.
- One of the most difficult, and exasperating word to utter, has perhaps the easiest utterance: No!
- I was very shy as a child. Very shy. Lot of problems with very simple things. Like entering a restaurant all by myself.
- I just lead my life as naturally, as normally as I possibly can. But I can’t help it if controversy is hounding me day in and day out. I’m quite amazed sometimes by the way they go about it. I grow a beard and it lands up in the editorial in The Times of India.
- On the screen we get poetic justice in three hours. Poetic justice doesn’t come in a lifetime.
- I do not deny the importance of truthfulness, but sometimes an untruth, which benefits someone, may turn out to be a better alternative. It is better to have an impeccable character but it is more important to spread love and compassion.
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Net worth: $400,000,000
