A LIVING LEGEND
one of the greatest and most influential actors of Indian cinema is Amitabh Bachan , who gain fame and fanfare all across teh globe. He was born on 11 October, 1943 in Allhabad, Uttar pradesh Bachan father was a renowned Hindi poet named Dr. Harivansh Rai , his mother , Teji Bachan was a Sikh socialite Amitabh's charismatic personality is an inspiration to a lot of people , so much so that people love him to the magnitude of worshiping him . Amitabh's mother had a ken interest in theater and she was the one who insisted him to take up acting as his career. so , in 1969 , Bachan made his first acting role in " Saat Hindustani".
he gained popularity in the early 1970s as the angery young man' of Hindi cinema after playing the lead role of zanjeer. the movies like "Deewar and Sholay" that followed , launched him to stardom as an action movie hero. from the 1970s through the early 80s , bachan appeared in more than 100 films and seized opportunities to worm with India's most acclaimed directors.
his movies like "Laawaris , Coolie, Naseeb, Silsila sharabi and Jaadugar can never be forgotten. they brought him the current stardom and fan following . in addition to acting, Bachchan's roles often required him to sing. for his outstanding performance , he won many filmfare awards . in 1982, Bachchan had a serious accident while filming . he survived the accident , but it prompted him to change his career path.
so, in 1984, he took a break from acting and entered politics in support of long-time family friend, Rajiv Gandhi, Burt only after three years, he resigned from politics to open his own entertainment production company, Amiabh Bachchan corporation limited . it proved to be a failure leading him to bankruptcy and indebtedness.
Amiabh started a second innings by returning to the silver screen his comeback proved a bumpy ride where he saw more flops than hits. after struggling the financial crisis and suffering failures amitabgh hosted a T.V. game show" Kaun Banega Carorpatiin 2000 it became the most watched T.V. show in the country, and he again won millions of hearts.
since, then nothing came in the way of his acting career. the ageing body, numerous failures nothing stopped him . instead, these made him a role model not just for Bollywood and the movie world but for any one who had the desire to dream and the will to make those dreams come true. Bachachan also made his Hollywood debut in 2013 with the movie "The Great Gatsby.
Apart from national film awards, film fare awards, Amitabh has been awarded several honors for his achievements in the Indian film industry. he was honored with the Padma shri in 1984 and the Padma bhushan in 2001 for his contributions towards arts, in the year 2000, he became the first living Asian to have been immortalized in wax at London's madame Tussaud wax museum. several books have also been written about Bachchan . for all the success Amitabh has always looked up to his parents and left no chance to pay tribute to them.
Amitabh is not only on of the finest acotor of the country but alos holds the reputation of being a responsible human being who has employed his stardom for the betterment of society at large various charity organisation, Amitabh has always found time to execute his social responsibility. despite his age and seniority, he is known for his humbleness and believes in doing his job to the best of his ability . for all the finery in the field and his brilliant personality , he is no less than a living legend.
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