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Amitabh Bachchan (1942- ....) is an Indian and Bollywood versatile Actor whose film career has spanned over four decades. He is the only Superstar of his time whose popularity still rules in Bollywood. Indian film industry is called Bollywood. Amitabh was named the Superstar of the Millennium in 1999, in a BBC Online Poll, and is the first living Asian to have a wax statue erected in his honour at Madame Tussaud's.

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Full name : Amitabh Bachchan
Nick : Big B (for fans).
Date of Birth : October 11, 1942
Place of Birth : Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. India.
Nationality: Indian.

 

Amitabh Bachchan Biography:

Amitabh was born to Teji and Harivansh Rai 'Bachchan'. Harivansh Rai was a well known Hindi poet. Amitabh attended Boys' High School in Allahabad followed by Sherwood College in Nainital and went on to Kirorimal College(KMC) at Delhi University to earn a degree in Science.

Bachchan began making films in 1969 with Saat Hindustani. He became well known as a movie star in 1973, with the films Abhimaan and Zanjeer. While his popularity waned in the 1990s, Bachchan made a comeback in the early 2000s by hosting Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire".

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Career:

Bachchan's first film was Saat Hindustani (1969). He became well known as a movie star in 1973, with the films Abhimaan and Zanjeer.

Amitabh's most loved films and characters date from this period. Fans remember him from box office hits like Sholay, Amar Akbar Anthony, Trishul, Don and Deewar . Amitabh often played an angry young man fighting a corrupt establishment -- a theme that had immense appeal in India during that time. The screen-writing duo of Salim-Javed [1] have often been credited with creating this persona. In a sense, the relationship was symbiotic. Later movies have not tasted similar levels of success as the Salim-Javed and Amitabh collaborations.

In an era where producers looked to cast a handsome full-bodied hunk as the hero, Amitabh with his unconventional looks and tall, lanky frame was written off. His baritone-- that was later counted by fans as his biggest asset-- once failed to get him a job as news-reader with All India Radio. The success of Zanjeer and Sholay turned that around. Audiences adored his on-screen presence and a flair for comedy.

Many of his films in the 1970s followed a set formula-- a poor childhood, parents murdered or separated after birth, survival through street-smart instincts, entry of a villain (usually a social oppressor or smuggler, also his parents' killer or long lost father!), some comedy scenes, a drunk scene, songs, dances, action finale and probably a dying speech. It can be argued that Salim-Javed stories written for Amitabh during the 1970's form an informal sequel, with the same character being played out in various settings. In restrospect, many of his films were run-of-the-mill masala movies with creaking plots and sub-par production values.

Public life

In 1984, Bachchan briefly entered politics in support of long-time family friend Rajiv Gandhi. He contested Allahabad's parliament seat against H. N. Bahuguna, a well-known politician and won. However, his political career was short-lived; he resigned after three years before finishing his term. At the time of his resignation, Gandhi's Congress Party was being accused of corruption. Bachchan was never implicated in the corruption and has since distanced himself from the Gandhi family. Bachchan denies that the these events were connected, commenting that he found politics unpleasant and resigned for personal reasons.

Awards

Bachchan is a recipient of the Padma Shri (1983) and the Padma Bhushan (2005), civilian honours from the indian government. In 1999, he was named BBC Superstar of the Millenium. He has also won 12 Filmfare Awards in various categories.

Bachchan is not just an actor he is Bollywood.

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Amitabh As Business Personality :

 

Amitabh Bachchan Founded ABCL (Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited).

 

For Dialogues of Amitabh Bachchan, Refer to :

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The return of Amitabh Bachchan


Date: 29-08-1996 :: Pg: 12 :: Col: c 


Cl: National News


By Harish Khare



The  country  needs  to  refute the  Amitabh  Bachchan  brand  of 
entrepreneurship which hinges on connections and obligations with 
political leaders.





JUST  when the country was regrettably reconciling itself to  Mr. 
H.  D. Deve Gowda's apparent unwillingness to graduate out  of  a 
Karnataka-centered mindset, he astounded everyone by reaching out 
to the Shiv Sena chief, Mr. Bal Thackeray. The dinner meeting  on 
August  20 has expectedly upset many calculations. While  we  can 
rely  on the H. S. Surjeets, the Mulayam Singh Yadavs  and  other 
arbiters  of  secular  correctness  to  explain  away  the  Prime 
Minister's  decision to break bread with Mr. Thackeray, not  much 
thought  has  been  given to the man who  played  the  host  that 
fateful evening in Bombay _ Mr. Amitabh Bachchan.



Perhaps  Mr. Thackeray should be believed when he says  that  the 
tete-a-tete  with the Prime Minister took place at  the  Bachchan 
residence primarily to avoid security inconvenience. The  logical 
question  that suggests itself is why this convenience  could  be 
facilitated  only  by Mr. Bachchan. May be  the  Commissioner  of 
Bombay  Police can enlighten us whether his force could make  the 
requisite  security arrangement for the Prime Minister to  pay  a 
condolence visit to Mr. Thackeray's residence; but, meanwhile the 
presence  of  two  very unlikely political  heavyweights  at  his 
dinner table has not hurt Mr. Bachchan's business image at all.


In all the hullabaloo that followed the dinner, unsolicited,  and 
probably not unplanned, respectability came Mr. Bachchan's way, a 
kind of intangible asset for which any genuine businessman  would 
have given his left arm. And it did not take Mr. Bachchan long to 
encash his new status. Within a week the megastar-turned business 
tycoon was addressing a joint press conference in Bangalore  with 
the Chief Minister of Karnataka, unveiling his company's plans to 
host a Miss World pageant.



No one should grudge Mr. Bachchan his millions. Like any  another 
businessman  he is entitled to make his pile. But the problem  is 
that he is not just another businessman. He has to be  understood 
as a mascot of our recent times. During the 1980s he was an  icon 
of  a dream gone sour; in the 1990s he symbolised the  flight  of 
allegiance  at  the elite level when he chose to  become  a  non-
resident  Indian; and, now, in the second half of the decades  he 
struts  around as a one-man corporation, recasting himself for  a 
role in a quasi-globalised, market-oriented economy. A remarkable 
journey  for a young man from a middle class family to  the  very 
pinnacle of corporate glory.



It  is  significant  that Mr. Bachchan  has  not  disclaimed  his 
political  ties;  though  he perhaps  remains  convinced  of  his 
earlier  formulation of `politics as a cesspool'. That is why  he 
deserves a close scrutiny. It was in fact an unhappy  coincidence  P{=3 
that  the day he played a dinner host to the Prime  Minister  and 
Mr.  Thackeray, that very morning he had consciously  marked  his 
presence  at Vir Bhumi, the samadhi of his friend, Rajiv  Gandhi. 
Before Mr. Bachchan decided to stand by his friend by  consenting 
to  become  a  Congress candidate from the  Allahabad  Lok  Sabha 
constituency  in the 1984 election, he had captured  the  popular 
imagination  as  a  film star. He was generally  described  as  a 
legend, an actor who gave expression to a generation's anger  and 
resentment against an insensitive and callous Establishment.  Mr. 
Bachchan's angry young man was invincible, invariably having  his 
way against the wicked and the cruel.



It  was thus easy for him to make the transition to  a  political 
role  in  real life. But it was his close friendship  with  Rajiv 
Gandhi  which  invested  that transition  with  an  extraordinary 
meaning. After the 1984 elections the Congress had more than  400 
Lok Sabha MPs; but Mr. Bachchan was someone special. There were _ 
and  have  been since then _ many stars who have made it  in  the 
political  arena;  but,  the Sunil Dutts, the  Raj  Babbars,  the 
Shatrugun Sinhas, and the Vyjayantimalas never symbolised the age 
in the manner Mr. Bachchan did.



He was a family friend of the young Prime Minister; he was also a 
key  member  of the Rajiv court. Indeed Mr. Bachchan  was  widely 
hailed as a source of style and elegance in the new dispensation. 
And he has remained a loyal friend of Rajiv's widow. He is  still 
regarded  as a family friend who has consistently _ and wisely  _ 
counselled  against Mrs. Sonia Gandhi getting her hands dirty  in 
the cesspool of Congress politics.



But  it  was the friendship with Rajiv that gave Mr.  Bachchan  a 
political   persona.   Unlike  an  M.  G.  Ramachandaran   or   a 
Jayalalitha,  he  was  not  willing to submit  to  the  grind  of 
political  apprenticeship. His relationship with  Rajiv  remained 
his  only  raison  d'etre of the Bachchan  phenomenon  in  Indian 
politics. Yet not much is known of Mr. Bachchan's contribution to 
policy  making or political innovations during the Rajiv  regime; 
what,  unfortunately, is known is that his name became  embroiled 
in  the  Bofors controversy. Rightly or wrongly he  was  seen  as 
personifying  the waywardness of the Rajiv regime. May be when  a 
correct and intimate appraisal of the Rajiv years is  undertaken, 
he could be held responsible for many an aberration.



As a loyal friend Rajiv Gandhi depleted considerably his regime's 
credibility  and goodwill in defending Mr. Bachchan's fair  name. 
Nonetheless   the  Bachchan  presence  in  the  Rajiv   entourage 
transcended two individuals. The relationship came to symbolise a 
regime,  reeking of cronyism. The Bofors controversy was only  an 
unfortunate  expression  of a mindset that regarded  India  as  a 
zamindari.  After  all, the Bachchans were at the centre  of  the 
beautiful  set that delighted in a squandermania of the  Festival 
of India variety. Behind the razzle-dazzle of the beautiful  set, 
the urge to cut corners remained untamed. Crony capitalism, under 
the aegis of a command economy, entrenched itself.
 


After Rajiv's death this beautiful set found life in India a  bit 
inconvenient.  Crony  capitalism  had produced  its  own  crisis; 
rather than disciplining and reining in the crooked impulses, the 
governing elites' answer was to seek an alliance with the crooked 
among the international financiers and speculators.



A man who made good in India, a man who became the mascot of  the 
unity of `the Indian sentiment' in the memorable musical montage, 
Mile Sur Mera Tumahara, such a man found India stifling, cramping 
his  style.  Mr. Bachchan became an NRI.   Perhaps  an  unwitting 
betrayal  of a friend who had presided over the Indian State  for 
nearly  five years. Mr. Bachchan's preference for an NRI  status, 
with  all the implications of divided loyalties  and  allegiance, 
was  representative of a hypocritical elite. Having first  helped 
itself to public monies while all the time pretending to be doing 
a   `public  service',  this  elite  cheerfully   abandoned   the 
motherland when things became ugly and frightening. The beautiful 
people  simply  could  not stand the stench  of  Ayodhya,  Surat, 
Ahmedabad and Bombay.


And  now  that  the scene has changed, the people  of  style  and 
elegance  are back. Mr. Bachchan is also back. Not as  an  actor, 
not  as a politician but as a self-confessed businessman.  A  few 
months ago, he had told an interviewer: ``With the change in  the 
country and the economy and the boom in entertainment, I felt the 
need  for  a  professional  attitude  towards  the  entertainment 
industry... I am no longer an individual but a corporate  entity. 
They  have invested money in me as a brand. They can recover  the 
money through whatever the brand can do: act, sing, do a concert, 
endorse a product.''



Perhaps  if  the  interview  was to take  place  this  week,  Mr. 
Bachchan would have made an addition to the list of things he can 
do:  host dinners for political leaders. Admittedly Mr.  Bachchan 
today feels comfortable being a businessman. His evolution from a 
son  of the eminent poet, Harbanshrai Bachchan and from a  friend 
of  Rajiv  Gandhi  into an  unabashed  entrepreneur,  unfeelingly 
worshipping at the shrine of profits, is very much in  conformity 
with these sordid times of greed and sleaze.



Like  any  other citizen, Mr. Bachchan was and is at  liberty  to 
engage  in  any vocation of his choice; but what  invites  public 
scrutiny is the continuing need for a cozy relationship with  the 
political crowd. In fact, the country needs to refute this  brand 
of  entrepreneurship which hinges on connections and  obligations 
with  political  leaders. After our encounter  with  scams  after 
scams in the era of economic liberalisation, we must be  prepared 
to demand that our so-called entrepreneurs exhibit genuine skills 
and  innovativeness of an entrepreneur besides mollycoddling  the 
Sukh Rams and the Ramlakhan Singh Yadavs of this world.






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