Amitabh Bachchan
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Amitabh Bachchan was born to the famous Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan. He has been on many fame rampages at different periods in Hindi cinema. His first streak was during the 70s when he was conferred the name of angry young man of Hindi cinema. He is married to Jaya Bhaduri and has two kids - Abhishek and Shweta. Abhishek, now a renowned Bollywood star, has recently tied the knot with reigning queen of Hindi cinema Aishwarya Rai. Amitabh's career started in 1969 with Saat Hindustani for which he got a National Award. He continued to do good films but never quite achieved the popularity and status enjoyed by other more successful stars of those times. His popularity rocketed sky wards with his 1973 film Zanjeer and subsequently every coming movie solidified the foundation. His other famous films include Sholay, Anand, Kabhi Kabhie, Amar Akbar Anthony, Silsila, Khuda Gawah among numerous others. While, shooting for the film Coolie, he received near a fatal injury while doing a fight scene instead of using a double for the sequence. Millions prayed and the nation came to a standstill to wish for Amitabh's Health. All prayers were answered and Amitabh was back in no time - delivering back to back hits. Amitabh, also known as Amitji, joined politics in 1984 and continued till 1987. He is an old friend and confidante of prominent politician Amar Singh. Though, extremely successful during the 70s and 80s, the 90s saw Amitabh Bachchan in quite a crisis. This included a financial crisis to the extent of declaration of Bankruptcy. This period also saw the launch of his company ABCL which suffered huge losses. Came 2000 and Amitabh Bachchan's come back to the screen after going through a crisis. He hosted the Indian adaptation of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Ever since, he has performed in numerous films and his die hard fans say that he just doesn't get old. Due to its unique baritone his is the most easily identified voice in all of India. He stays in his houses in Mumbai, named Jalsa and Prateeksha.
A man is found wounded on railway tracks and when he awakens he has no memory of who he is and doesn't remember anything about his life. Six years later he is living with a wealthy couple and is now named Naresh Dutt. One day he begins to regain his memory when he watches a film and realizes that the actress in the film is related to him somehow. It is then that he discovers the actress in the fil... read more
Paa is a 2009 Indian film directed by R. Balakrishnan starring Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Vidya Balan. The film is based on a rare genetic condition known as progeria and places emphasis on a father-son relationship. Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan, in real life, are father and son respectively, but in Paa, they played opposite roles. The film was released worldwide on 4 Dec 2... read more
After the passing away of their parents, Ravi Anand, the eldest of seven brothers, takes it upon himself to raise them - albeit a little wild and kinda animal-like. The brothers all sport long beards, hate taking showers/baths, and above all hate Ravi bossing them around. When Ravi tries to convince Nurse Sheela to marry his friend, Shekar, he mistakenly lectures the wrong girl, Indu, and as resul... read more
Kabhi Kabhie is a romantic story about a young poet named Amit and a young and beautiful girl named Pooja, who both deeply love each other and decide to get married but destiny has other plans, as Pooja bows to the wishes of her parents and marries Vijay. However Amit drifts away from his poetry in a futile and unsuccessful attempt to leave behind his memories of Pooja by getting married to Anjali... read more
Although orphaned at very young ages, Scriptwriter Amit and military pilot Shekhar are brothers and also very good friends. The latter is happily engaged to Shobha, while the former has just fallen in love with pretty, young Chandni. But tragedy strikes when Shekhar's plane is shot down in Kashmir. Amit feels it to be his obligation to leave the girl he loves and marry his brother's pregnant fianc... read more
Jai (Amitabh Bachchan) is an expert gambler, and has been so as long as he can remember, and has never lost a game. These skills bring him to the attention of the underworld don Saxena (Utpal Dutt), who is interested in hiring him for winning large amounts of money from rich people and then influencing them into doing whatever he wants. Jai agrees to do so, and plays successfully, though unknowing... read more
Being branded a coward for abandoning his ship full of over 300 passengers. Captain Vijay Pal Singh, is discharged from duty, humiliated by society and disowned by his parents. Feeling guilty over his cowardice and with low self-esteem, he starts working as a coal miner to forget his past. But it still continues to hunt him, he welcome pain as a punishment. The owner of the mine is Dhanraj Puri, a... read more
Armaan is an Hindi Bollywood film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Preity Zinta, Gracy Singh, and Randhir Kapoor. Dr. Siddharth Sinha is a dedicated selfless doctor who dreams of building a state-of-the-art hospital with all the modern instruments and amenities for patient care . His son Akash shares his dream . Akash falls in love with Neha Mathur, an anaesthetist in the same hospital . In... read more
Dina Nath is honored by the Indian Government, which is televised live. While receiving the honors, Dina Nath informs the Government that his village is still without electricity, and he is promised that electricity will be provided in his village immediately. And electricity is provided in the village. Dina Nath's son, Kanji, who is in Mumbai, hears of this and returns to the village along with a... read more
Pet Pyar Aur Paap is a 1984 Indian Hindi film directed by Durai. The music is given by Bappi Lahiri to the movie. The story is about some people living in slums have to struggle for a single good meal in a day. read more
Namak Haraam is a 1973 Indian Hindi film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The music is by R. D. Burman, the screenplay by Gulzar, and lyrics by Anand Bakshi. The film focused on two friends (Somu and Vicky) and how Somu tries to infiltrate the trade union of his friends. Amitabh Bachchan plays a rich man's son, Vicky, who has a fight with a union leader and later sends his best friend Somu (Rajes... read more
Sooryavansham is a 1999 Bollywood movie starring Amitabh Bachchan in a dual role, Soundarya, Rachana Banerjee, Anupam Kher and Kader Khan. Sooryavansham tells the story of a principled man who is revered by everyone. However, one of his sons does not live upto his expectations, which makes the entire family, barring the mother, treat him like an outsider. After the som marries a girl much against ... read more
Ullasam is a telugu family drama movie released in year 1997. This movie is directed by J. D. Jerry. Stars Vikram, Maheshwari, Rajjamma. Lyricist for this movie is A. M. Rathnam, Siva Ganesh. Dailogues given by S. Ramakrishna. Editor for this movie is Kola Bhaskar & story is written by J. D. Jerry. read more
Khuda Gawah is a 1992 Bollywood film directed by Mukul S. Anand and starring Amitabh Bachchan, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Sridevi (in a dual role), Shilpa Shirodkar and Danny Denzongpa. Amitabh plays the role of an Afghan (Pathan), who travels between Afghanistan and India. Khuda Gawah had lavish production values and was extensively shot in India, Afghanistan, Nepal and Bhutan. The film won much acclaim... read more
Nasik-based Heerendra Dhaan and Raj Ranade are bodyguards of a politician, but after their employer is implicated in a scam, they end up assaulting a police officer and flee to Mumbai. Once there they meet with Rambhabhai, who in turn, gets them employed with a gangster named Shambhu. After a short while the duo are apprehended by Police Inspector Narsimha, questioned, and after they agree to coop... read more
