Amitabh Bachchan - Biography

Introduction

Bollywood is not only a film industry, but it is a religion. Like cricket and cricketers, Bollywood actors and actresses are popular in our country. Most Indian assume them as their idol, and because of this huge craze of Bollywood, most of our youth want to make their career in Bollywood, but it is not an easy task to become an actor or actress in Bollywood. In this article, we are going to discuss a huge personality of Bollywood, and that person is known as Amitabh Bachchan. Currently, he is more than 60 years old. Still, at this age, he has done some great roles in Bollywood, and because of these roles, he has secured a lot of name and fame from all over India. This article will discuss a brief knowledge about Amitabh Bachchan, including his net worth, early life, career, etc.

Who Is Amitabh Bachchan? 

Amitabh Bachchan is a big name in the Indian film industry. He is not only a good actor but also a filmmaker and a well-known television personality. He was also a politician in his early days, but later, he decided to leave politics. He was known for his sensational roles in the 1980s. He is also famous as an Angry Young Man of Bollywood, and he got this name because of his famous movies Deewar and Zanjeer. His personality is perfect for an action film still he has given some fabulous comedy and drama movies.

Early Life

Amitabh Bachchan is the Shahenshah of Bollywood. People know him for his epic roles in the Hindi film industry. He was born on 11 October 1942 in Allahabad. His father and mother were Mr Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Teji Devi. His father, Mr Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a great poet, that's why Amitabh always got financial support from his father, and his childhood was filled with enjoyment. He did his schooling at Jnana Prabodhini high school Allahabad, and after that, he went to Nainital. In Nainital, he got admission to Sherwood college of Nainital, and from here, he completed his 12^th with art stream. After that, he went to Delhi and completed his three-year Bachelor of science course. After his graduation, Bachchan went to Kolkata for a job, where he spent two years of his life, but he was not happy with his job. Once, when Bachchan returned to Allahabad because he was on leave, his father, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, asked him, "why do you seem sad, are you not happy with your job". Then, Bachchan told him that he wanted to be an actor in the Hindi film industry, and after hearing these words from Bachchan, his father permitted him to make his career in Bollywood.

The Debut Of Bachchan In Bollywood 

In 1972, Bachchan went to Mumbai. At that time, Bollywood was also growing, and Bollywood was also looking for young talent; because of less competition, Bachchan easily got his first movie. Sat Hindustani was the name of Bachchan's first movie. In this movie, he played the role of a side actor, but this role was lucky for Bachchan. After this role, he felt overjoyed, and because of his good acting skill, many actors gave him a chance in their movies, but the real start of Bachchan came from the Zanjeer movie. After the release of Zanjeer, every Indian can identify the face of Bachchan because it was a blockbuster movie, and Bachchan's role was too good for this movie.

He gave 100 movies between those ten years ( 1970 to 1980). He worked with India's great directors and producers during these ten years. Even in this period, he got to work with great director Prakash Mehra.

Till the end of the 1970s, Bachchan was saved his place in the Hindi film industry, and now it was the time to become a superstar of Bollywood. His great career continued with some great films, such as Naseeb, Jadugar, and collie no 1, and these were some movies by which Amitabh converted himself from a Bollywood actor to a superstar.

The Starting Of Sahenshah

Nowadays, he is known as the big boss of Bollywood. He has achieved many things in his life, but at the start of his career, he had to face a lot of struggles, but he taught from those days and made himself a real king of Bollywood.

After the release of Sat Hinduateni, the Actors and directors realized Amitabh's way to success was not easy. After his debut movie, he got many chances in Bollywood, but all his movies were a flop at the box office, and because of his flop movies, people started to know him as a flop actor in Bollywood. Over the next four years, he played many roles in Bollywood, but his maximum movies became flops. Maybe it was a plan of nature that wanted to teach lessons to Amitabh. After sat Hindustani, he got a role in Reshma and Shera in this movie Sunil Datt was the leading actor and the small brother of Sanjay Datt, and his role was of a physically challenged person who could not speak. In this movie, Amitabh's role was very small, and he did not speak any dialogue. It was a hit movie, but Amitabh did not get any credit. After that, Sunil Datt gave him another role in a movie called Desh Videsh. It was also a hit movie, but Sanjay Dutt and Vehida Rahman got this movie's credit.

Got A Little Bit Of Relax From Babu Moshai, But It Was Not Enough

After a few flop movies, he enrolled himself in Anand. It was a hit movie, but again Amitabh was just a side actor, but his role as Babu Musai was fabulous. Because of this role, he won the Filmfare award for the side actor, but it was not the end of his struggle. After this, he was again involved in many flop movies, such as Parvan, Sanjog, Bansi Birju, Ek Najar, Raste Ka Patthar, and Badhe Hath. After these flop movies, he got another chance in Bombay to Goa. Sanjay Datt directed this movie. This movie was good enough for the box office, but it could not remove the title of flop actor from Bachchan's career. At that time, Mahmood And Anvar were two people who always helped Bachchan. Even when Mahmood watched Bachchan in sat Hindustani, he signed a contract for three movies with Bachchan, but because of Bachchan's bad time, they decided to stop those movies. At that time, Bachchan was a new guy in Bombay, so Mahmood even offered him to live in his house. Mahmood introduced Bachchan to many directors and producers, and despite a big bad day, Bachchan did not leave Bollywood.

Had To Face Insults

During his bad days, he faced many insults from directors and the audience. In some movies, directors first signed him, but after that, they removed Amitabh from their movies. You should know that director Kundar Kumar took Amitabh for his movie Duniya ka Mela and Rekha was the actress for this movie, but because of Amitabh's bad time, they removed Amitabh from that movie. The worst thing for Amitabh was that Director Rishikesh Chopda took him in his movie Guddi, but after a few shots, they decided to Remove Amitabh from this movie. It was a big insult for Amitabh, but because of this insult, he got sympathy from the leading actress of that movie Mrs Jaya Bhadudi. After a few times, this sympathy converted into love, and this was the era when Director Prakash Mehra was searching for the lead hero for his upcoming movie Zanjeer. At that time, Zaya Bhadudi was a famous Bollywood actress and maintained a good relationship with Prakash Mehra. He requested Prakash Mehra to give the lead role of Zanjir to Amitabh, and after her request, Prakash signed a contract with Amitabh. Amitabh always says that he loves one poetry of his father, "Mansa Ho To Achha Man Sa Na Ho To Or Bhi Achha " This Poetry was implemented in Bachchan's life. He can not secure his role from Guddi, but because of his elimination from Guddi, he got Zanzeer.

Zanjeer, The Biggest Turning Point For Shahanshah

After giving so many flop movies, Bachchan might be in a depression, but Zanjeer gave him the biggest relaxation of his life. It was a blockbuster movie and earned so much money at the box office. Because of this movie, Amitabh got so much name and fame in Hindi cinema, and people forget his old movie. Because of the Zanjeer, his career got a good rhythm, and after this Rythem, he gave back-to-back hit movies.

Amitabh Bachchan Marriage

Zanjeer gave two fabulous things to Amitabh. The first one was a blockbuster career, and the second one was his love Ms Jaya Bhadudi. After the huge success of Zanjeer, people loved Amitabh and Jaya, and from this, they both loved each other, and from here, they started dating. 3 June 1973 was the date when they got married, and from this marriage, they had two children, Abhishek and Sweta. Still, before their marriage, Amitabh was engaged to other actresses, Parveen Babi,  Zeenat Aman, and Rekha. At that time, Amitabh was a rising star, so it was mandatory that his name would engage with some other girls, but his relationship with Rekha was too popular. At that time, many people liked to watch their movies. In 1976 they both came to a movie called Anjane, which became a blockbuster movie. Some other movie of Rekha and Amitabh was  Alap, Khoon Pasina, Ganga Ki Saugandh, Mr. Natarva lal, Suhaf Ram Balram, and silsila.

Amitabh, As A Director

In 1996 Amitabh decided to try his luck in the film direction, and for this, he directed the movie Tere Mere Sapne, but it was a flop movie and could not earn even one crore rupees at the box office. Still, Amitabh did some other work direction and Started Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited.

Amitabh As A Singer

He has a good and popular voice. Even anyone could easily identify his voice; because of his popularity, he tried to sing some songs. If you have ever played Holi, then you would remember that you heard a popular holi song, " Rang Barse Bheege Chunar Vali" this song was sung by Amitabh. This song became a hit song in all over India. A few other markable songs of Amitabh are Khaike Pan Banaras Vala, Aaj Rapat Jaye Jahan Teri Najar Hai, and many more. During the pandemic, the Indian central government selected Amitabh's voice for the social message. At that time, you had to listen to the social message in Amitabh's voice while making a call. It represents the popularity of Amitabh's voice in India.

KBC

On 3 July 2003, Bachchan started a Koun Banega Crore Pati television show. It was a Hindi version of America's Television show "who Wants to Be a millionaire." In this show, they select someone who can play a quiz-level game with Bachchan, and if they give the correct answer to Bachchan's question, they could earn millions of rupees. Because of this unique idea and Bachchan's popularity, this show secured a high TRP on Indian television, and now, it is running on Indian television.

Brand Ambassador

Because of his popularity among the Indian audience, he is the brand ambassador of several companies. He has played the role of brand ambassador in several companies like Maruti Suzuki Car, Tanishq Jewelers, Navratn Oil, Kalyan jewellers, icici Bank, and many more. He also promotes Gujrat Tourism and Pulse polio.

Political Career Of Indian Mahanayak

In India, if you are a popular film star or a sports person, it is easy for you to make your career in politics, and Amitabh also involved himself in this field. In 1984 after Indra Gandhi's assassination Congress party lost a famous face from their party, and it impacted very bad on Indian National Congress. At that time, their chief leader Rajiv Gandhi Offered Amitabh Bachchan to leave the film industry and join the Indian national congress. Because of Rajiv Gandhi's request, he joined the Indian National Congress, which was a great decision for the Indian national congress. Whenever Amitabh went among the audience for the vote, he got so much love and support from them, and because of his popularity, he won that election. He defeated Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna, a farmer congress member who joined Bhartiya Lok Dal.

Controversies

You have to face many people when you achieve something in your life. Maybe some of them will appreciate you, and some will try to demotivate you, and because of this, you have to debate with those people. Let's see some controversies of Bachchan.

1. Amitabh Had To Face Problems After Zanjeer
   After releasing Zanjeer, people said that fame got to Bachchan's head, and it was an allegation that Amitabh behaved rudely with their co-stars and team member. Even at that time, Kadar Khan said that now Amitabh had changed. It may be the reality because, during his bad days, he had to face insults from everyone, so it was compulsory that now he could use his strength against those people.
   
2. Famous Controversies Between Amitabh And Shatrughan
   When Amitabh was on his pick, he worked with Shatrughan Sinha in several movies. He gave multiple hit films such as Naseeb, Kala Patthar, Shan, And Dostana. Still, according to Shatrughan's biography, Amitabh behaved rudely with Sinha and tried to discard him in several projects.
   
3. Amitabh And Rekha
   In the 1980s, Amitabh and Rekha were the first choices for the Hindi film industry, giving many blockbuster movies. Still, because of movies, they were always close to each other, and the media started to troll Amitabh for being close to Rekha while he had already married Jaya. After this allegation, Amitabh discarded himself from multiple movies and decided he would never make a movie with Rekha.
   
4. Bofors Scandal
   In 1987, when Sweden media claimed that Sweden's weapon company Bofors had paid 80 Lack dollars to the Indian government for achieving the deal of weapon supply at that time, Amitabh's name also came into the media. But, after the investigation, it was clear that he was not involved in such a case.
   
5. Amitabh Vs. Kumar Vishash
   Once famous Indian poet Kumar Vishvash uploaded a video on youtube. In this video, he used a poem from Harivansh Rai Bachchan (Amitabh's Father ). After watching this video, Amitabh sent a legal notice to Kumar Vishvash. After sending this notice, Amitabh has to face criticism from Indian media. According to Vishash, he was making a video, and while making this video, he sang that poem. It was not pre-planned. When many people started to troll Amitabh for his behaviour, then Vishvash sent 32 rupees to Amitabh and said that I had earned this 32 rupees from that youtube video.

Achievements and Awards of Bollywood's Mahanayak

During his career, he achieved multiple awards and achievements. He secured 16 Filmfare awards, and 42 times he was nominated for the Filmfare. He got 11 screen awards in his career. He got four national awards for the best actor, showing Amitabh's value in the Indian film industry. He secured The Dada Sahab Falke Awards For life Time achievements.

These are the other popular Awards received By Amitabh Bachchan

1. Various Filmfare Awards
2. Lifetime achievements awards
3. Padma Vibhushan in 2001
4. Pdm Vibhushan in 2005
5. IFAA award
6. Padma Shri award
7. Special award
8. Critics award
9. Power award
10. Silver lotus award
11. Big star entertainment award
12. International award
13. Indian Tele award
14. Civilian award

The Net Worth Of Amitabh

His father, Mr Harvansh Rai Bachchan, was a great poet, and he earned so much money in his life. And he has only one brother, so he got so much money from his father. And he is a superstar in Bollywood, and because of his popularity in Bollywood, he started earning money early. According to a report, his net worth is currently more than 400 million dollars, and if we convert it into Indian rupees, it will be approximately 2940 crore Indian rupees. He is the highest taxpayer from Bollywood. Most of his money comes from advertisements and business.