Photo: Soumik from Mumbai, India / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Calling Amitabh Bachchan a movie star undersells it; in India he is closer to an institution. Across 200-plus films he built the angry-young-man persona that defined Hindi cinema in the 1970s, then reinvented himself again and again, including as the booming host of the Indian Kaun Banega Crorepati. The honors stack up almost comically: Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, even France's Legion of Honour. What I admire is the longevity and that famous baritone voice, instantly recognizable. Few actors anywhere have stayed at the center of a national culture for half a century. A colossus.
Overview
Amitabh Bachchan (né Srivastava; born 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. Widely considered one of the greatest, most accomplished and commercially successful actors in the history of Indian cinema, he has starred in over 200 films.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Amitabh Bachchan
- Name (Japanese)
- アミターブ・バッチャン
- Reading
- あみたーぶ・ばっちゃん
- Born
- October 11, 1942 (age 83)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Horse
- Origin
- Prayagraj, India
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / film producer / singer / television actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Boys' High School & College
- University
- Sherwood College
Awards & achievements
- 2001 Padma Bhushan
- 1991 Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
- 1990 National Film Award for Best Actor
- 2011 CNN-News18 Indian of the Year
- 2007 Officer of the Legion of Honour
- 2015 Padma Vibhushan
- 1984 Padma Shri in arts
- 2019 Dadasaheb Phalke Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.