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Amitabh Bachchan
  • Mini Bio
  • Name: Amitabh Bachchan
  • Born: 11th October 1942, Allahabad, United Provinces, British India
  • Alma Mater: Sherwood College, Nainital Kirori Mal College, Delhi University
  • Occupation: Bollywood actor
  • Nickname: Angry Young Man
  • Marriage resume: Jaya Bhaduri 1973 to this day
  • Awards: Across the board of Thespian achievement he has accumulated a staggering 240 awards in a career spanning 50+ years. The highlights of this list were 4 Best Actor National Film Awards, 3 Bollywood Movie Awards, 12 Filmfare Awards and 1 Asian Film Award

"He always helped in establishing myself as an actor. Mehmood Bhai was one of the helpers in the graph early in my career. He was the first producer who gave me the lead role - in ‘Bombay to Goa"

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"Tread the track of life with utmost caution. But let this not deter you from taking giant leaps towards your goals. Excessive caution may reduce your speed to move ahead in life"

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"We have a very rich past stretching back 5,000 years, and our ethics, our morals have not undergone any great change. Our stories continue to be about the family union"

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"Indian cinema has made an impact - and I'm talking here about the escapist commercial cinema which has often been the subject of great ridicule and cynicism"

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"It is good to praise others but it important to look for faults within oneself. It is nice to be concerned about people but to be introspective is even nicer"

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"When we sit together in the theatre we never ask whether the person next to us is Muslim, Christian, Hindu or Sikh. It's a wonderful amalgam"

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"I do not deny the importance of truthfulness, but sometimes an untruth, which benefits someone, may turn out to be a better alternative"

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"Everyday that we go in front of the camera is a learning day. We learn new things, we meet new people, listen to them, watch them"

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"Perfection needs the effort to get it right. I need to rehearse for it. Many others who are greatly more efficient than me, do not"

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"We should learn from the mistakes and experiences of others, particularly from those less knowledgable than we are"

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"It is better to have an impeccable character but it is more important to spread love and compassion"

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"Nature is one. There is only one truth in life. We have a single universe, which has a sole creator"

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"I've always said that actors should be treated very carefully. We need a lot of understanding"

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"I know I should have never got into politics. And I've learnt my lesson. No more politics"

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"My greatest regret has been that I could not share the growing up with my children"

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"When your back is against the wall, there's only one way to go and that's forward"

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"Change is the nature of life but challenge is the future of life. So challenge the changes. Never change the challenges"

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"The best part about being a superstar is that you can wear the most outrageous of clothes and they say it's in!"

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"One does not leave gold untouched, when one discovers the yellow metal in filth"

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"If our experiences are not grounded in reality, our decisions can never be correct"

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"I believe that cinema picks up ideas from society and not the other way round"

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"Bad luck either destroys you or makes you the man or woman you really are"

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"We had forgotten the art of using silence to convey emotions in our films"

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"What is intrinsically good will never change no matter where it is found"

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"The day the 'I know everything' feeling sets in, it is the death of an artist"

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"I have never been a superstar and never believed in it"

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"When your team plays, the World around us pauses"

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"We know now, what we never knew then"

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"I will uncover your secret .. The hunt is on"

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"Every second counts"

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Amitabh Bachchan's Legacy

Highly regarded as the greatest ever Bollywood actor, Amitabh Bachchan rose to cinematic fame in the 1970's with starring roles in a series of angry young man movies that emerged in the Indian movie scene. With his deep baritone voice, handsome good looks and natural acting talent Amitabh has held sway as the greatest superstar of Indian cinema and a true legend that will inspire many generations of wannabe actors to follow in his formidable footsteps.

Encouraged by his big screen success and popularity he tried his hand in the political arena. Using his cinematic muscle he contested and won the 8th Lok Sabha seat of Allahabad in 1984.

It was a victory against all the odds as his adversary was the political stalwart and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna. In this seat, no candidate has ever surpassed his 68.21% victory margin and that includes formidable candidates such as former Prime Ministers Lal Bahadur Shastri or VP Singh who both contested this seat and won, albeit with significantly lower majority's.

Bachchan found the taste of political soup not to his liking and made a dramatic return to his stock-in-trade of delighting the Indian cinema audiences where he truly belonged on the silver-screen. Acting was his true profession. It gave him a career that started with the 1969 movie Saat Hindustani and is still going strong more than fifty years later. The greatest legacy of Amitabh Bachchan are his inspiring on-screen performances that has set the Thespian tone and raised the standard of acting for all those all look to climb the slippery pole to Bollywood fame.

Quotes About Amitabh Bachchan

In the early days, the actor and producer Mehmood Ali, saw the potential and talent he brought to the screen: "The day he picks up speed he will leave everyone behind"

The screenwriter Salim Khan knew his career would gravitate up: "He was exceptional, a genius actor who was in films that weren't good"

The reporter Sarfraz Manzoor summed him up thus: "Bachchan was submissive to no one, and he always got the girl"

The Franch Director Francois Truffaut was impressed to describe him as a: "One man industry"

The Indian actor Aamir Khan was positive in his appraisal: "What work he has done! He has done great films in his career"

The Daily News and Analysis reporter Sarita A Tanwar shared this glowing review: "The heart and soul of Piku clearly belong to Amitabh Bachchan who is in his elements. His performance in Piku, without doubt, finds a place among the top 10 in his illustrious career"

Tarek Lotfy, an Egyptian Hotel director, was in awe of his following: "It seemed as if all of Cairo had turned out to welcome him at the airport when he came in 1997...We are planning to name the suite, where he stayed, after him"

Omar Sharif, the Hollywood actor from the land of the Pharaohs once quipped: "This Amitabh Bachchan seems to be more popular than me in Egypt"

Indian critic Rajeev Masand shared these thoughts on the 2015 comedy-drama Piku: "Bachchan embraces the character's many idiosyncrasies, never once slipping into caricature while all along delivering big laughs thanks to his spot-on comic timing"

The film critic Anupama Chopra described his part in the tense legal drama Pink with a glowing review: "A special salute to Amitabh Bachchan, who imbues his character with a tragic majesty. Bachchan towers in every sense, but without a hint of showboating"


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