Awards
National Film Awards
1970 – Best Newcomer for Saat Hindustani
1991 – National Film Award for Best Actor for Agneepath
2006 – National Film Award for Best Actor for Black
2010 – National Film Award for Best Actor for Paa
Filmfare Awards
1971 – Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Anand
1973 – Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Namak Haraam
1977 – Filmfare Best Actor Award for Amar Akbar Anthony
1978 – Filmfare Best Actor Award for Don
1990 – Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award (First Recipient)
1991 – Filmfare Best Actor Award for Hum
2000 – Superstar of the Millennium
2000 – Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Mohabbatein
2001 – Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for Aks
2003 – Filmfare Power Award
2005 – Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance for Black
2005 – Filmfare Best Actor Award for Black
2010 – Filmfare Best Actor Award for Paa
International Indian Film Academy Awards
2000 – IIFA Special Honorary Award
2001 – IIFA Best Supporting Actor Award for Mohabbatein
2002 – IIFA Personality of the Year
2006 – IIFA Wall of Fame
2006 – IIFA Best Actor Award for Black
Born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, Amitabh Bachchan hails from a Hindu-Sikh family. His father, Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a well-known Hindi poet, while his mother, Teji Bachchan was a Sikh-Punjabi from Faisalabad (now in Pakistan). Bachchan was initially named Inquilaab, inspired from the famous phrase Inquilab Zindabad, during the Indian independence struggle, but was re-named Amitabh which means, "the light that would never go off." Though his surname was Shrivastava, his father had adopted the pen-name Bachchan, under which he published all his works. It is with this last name that Amitabh debuted in films, and, for all public purposes, it has become the surname of all members of his current family.
Amitabh is the eldest of Harivansh Rai Bachchan's two sons, the second being Ajitabh. His mother had a keen interest in theatre and had been offered a role in a film, but preferred her domestic duties. She had some degree of influence in Bachchan's choice of career because she always insisted that he should take the centre stage. He attended Allahabad's Jnana Prabodhini and Boys' High School (BHS), followed by Nainital's Sherwood College, where he majored in the art stream. He later went on to study at Kirori Mal College of the University of Delhi and completed a Bachelor of Science degree. In his twenties, Bachchan gave up a job as freight broker for the shipping firm, Bird and Co., based in Calcutta now known as Kolkata, to pursue a career in acting.
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Amitabh Bachchan ( born Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan on 11 October 1942), is an Indian film actor and producer. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Bollywood cinema, and has since become one of the most prominent figures in the history of Indian cinema.
Bachchan has won numerous major awards in his career, including four National Film Awards, three of which are in the Best Actor category, and thirteen Filmfare Awards. He holds the record for most number of Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor nominations at the Filmfare Awards. In addition to acting, Bachchan has worked as a playback singer, film producer and television presenter, and was an elected member of the Indian Parliament from 1984 to 1987.
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