His father, Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a well known Hindi Poet, and his mother, Teji Bachchan was a Sikh from Faisalabad, now in Pakistan.

Early life and childhoodĪmitabh Bachchan was born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh.

He is also the recipient of the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan civilian awards from the Indian government. He is the most nominated performer in any major acting category at Filmfare, with 37 nominations overall.Īpart from acting, Bachchan has also worked as a playback singer, film producer and television presenter. He has won a staggering number of awards in his career, including four National Film awards, three of which are in the Best Actor category, and fourteen Filmfare Awards. He is an Indian actor who first gained popularity in the early 1970’s as the “angry young man” of Hindi cinema and has since then appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning over four decades.Īmitabh Bachchan is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema. Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan was born on the 11th of October, 1942.

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