Amitabh Bachchan
Acting
Biography
Amitabh Bachchan (born October 11, 1942) is an Indian film actor. Widely recognised as one of the greatest actors of all time, he is among the most accomplished and influential actors in the history of Indian cinema. Bachchan's dominance in the Indian film industry starting in the early 70s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema led the French director François Truffaut to describe him as a "one-man industry". Bachchan has won numerous major awards in his career, including six National Film Awards (four for Best Actor), and sixteen Filmfare Awards (in addition to a record 42 nominations overall). Bachchan has also worked as a playback singer, film producer and television presenter, and was an elected member of the Indian Parliament from 1984 to 1987.
Born: October 11, 1942
Place of Birth: Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Known For
Bandhe Haath
Shyamu is an orphan, living with his mentor, and has lived a life of crime. While his partner is recuperating in hospital from a injury incurred on the job, Shyamu decides to go straight. In a case of mistaken identity, he ends up in showbiz and gets a gig as a playwright for a beautiful starlet when he shows up instead of popular writer Deepak, whom he looks just like, and is met with considerable respect. One day Shyamu goes to Deepak's house for something and discovers just how identical they are. Unfortunately, Deepak is on his death bed and Shyamu, reverting to his evil nature, "helps" Deepak along on the way to his demise and takes on his identity, even down to learning to copy his handwriting. But not everyone believes the goings on are all above board, especially Deepak's girlfriend and a certain police inspector.
Kaun Jeeta Kaun Haara
When his car breaks down, Amitabh Bachchan finds himself in a busload of students. Shortly, the students, debating heatedly whether man is greater or a woman, put the question to their esteemed guest.
Balika Badhu
In a village circa the British rule in India, lives a young school-going male named Amal, who is shortly to get married to a girl named Rajni. The traditional ritual-filled marriage takes place, the young couple are then left alone for a few days, and this is where the two develop their love and friendship. Then Rajni must return to her parents' house, while Amal continues with his studies in school, and at home with Masterji, an elderly teacher. His life is enlivened occasionally when Rajni is permitted to visit. Rajni next visit is scheduled for Durga Pooja, but she does not come, instead she comes at Vijay Dashami, to stay there for a couple nights, before going on a Tirth Yatra with her family, where they are scheduled to visit all the holy places in India namely, Benaras, Gaya, Mathura, Vrindavan, Hardwar, Nasik, Hrishikesh, Dwarka, Rameshwaram, Kamakshya, Puri, and Konarak.
Sholay: The Final Cut
After his family is slain by the notorious bandit Gabbar Singh, former Inspector Thakur Baldev Singh enlists low-level outlaws Jai and Veeru to capture Gabbar and seek revenge. The uncut version of Ramesh Sippy's iconic 1975 action film, remastered in 4K to its initial 70mm aspect ratio, with the original ending and deleted scenes intact.
AB aani CD
Two playschool friends Bachchan and Gokhale meet almost after 70 years for a birthday party.
Alaap
Dedicated to the memory of the great singers K. L. Saigal and Mukesh, this charming and unpretentious film offers a palate-cleansing change from the spicy “masala” epics that dominated its era, and features their superstar Amitabh Bachchan in a decidedly offbeat role.
Ghoomer
Anina, a young woman batting prodigy, loses her right hand in an unfortunate accident on the eve of her international cricketing debut. An unsympathetic, failed and frustrated cricketer enters her life, gives her a new dream and transforms her fate by the most innovative training, to make her play for the Indian cricket team again, as a bowler.
The Last Lear
The film starts with the veteran thespian Harish Mishra, he is gravely ill. The punishments of a film shoot have left the old man in a coma. His co-star, Shabnam, is wracked with worry, but their director, Siddharth, keeps strangely distant and refuses to visit his ailing star. In flashbacks, their story emerges.
Angry Young Men
Angry Young Men is the story of Salim-Javed, legendary screenwriters of 1970s Hindi cinema. Together, they created the archetype of the Angry Young Man - a brooding anti-hero who captured the imagination of an entire nation with his rage, defiance, and quest for social justice. Like the character they created, Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, two outsiders to the Hindi film industry, defied all odds, questioning the position of writers and demanding recognition as much as the reigning stars of that time. Their break-up made headlines for many years and Indian cinema never saw a cultural collaboration as powerful again. This is a personal and candid account of their lives, their writing and their legacy.
Slumdog Millionaire
A teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".
Filmography
as Jatayu (Voice)
as Jaidev 'Jai'
as Sathyadev
as Prabhudaas
as Self
as Ashwatthama
as Self
as Maharishi Dalapathi
as Self (commentator)
as Self
as Amit Shrivastava
as Self - Host
as Harish Bhalla
as Self
as Guru
as Narrator
as Narayan Vedant
as Narrator (Hindi version)
as Vijay Borade
as Lateef Zaidi
as Chunnan "Mirza" Nawab
as Amitabh Bachchan (AB)
as Gosayi Venkanna (uncredited)
as Badal Gupta
as Khudabaksh Azaad
as Self (Cameo Appearance)
as Dattatraya Vakharia
as Self
as Subhash Nagre / Sarkar
as Narrator
as Narrator (Voice)
as Self
as Deepak Sehgal
as John Biswas
as Self (Special Appearance)
as Pandit Omkarnath Dhar
as Bashkor Banerjee
as Special Appearance in "Birju" Song
as Amitabh Sinha
as Yudhishthir Sikarwar
as Pratap (Special Appearance)
as Narrator (voice)
as Khailash Nath aka Bhoothnath
as Bheeshma (voice)
as Narrator
as Dwarka Anand
as Self
as Meyer Wolfsheim
as Himself (Special Appearance)
as A passenger in flight (uncredited)
as Sarjeroa Gaikwad
as Self
as Self
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Prabhakar Anand
as Vijju
as Lokanatha Sharma
as Prof. Venkat Subramanium
as Vijay Harshvardhan Malik
as Auro
as Genius
as (voice)
as Dadaji
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Harish Mishra
as God
as Subhash Nagare 'Sarkar'
as Bhootnath / Kailash Nath
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Self (uncredited)
as Babban Singh
as Dancer / Singer
as Buddhadev Gupta
as Defence Lawyer Dhingra
as Vijay
as Eklavya
as Balraj Kapoor
as Shekhar Sinha
as Self - Presenter
as Samarjit 'Sam' Talwar
as Professor Sunil Khanna
as Virendra 'Viren' Sahi
as Col. Suryaveer "Surya" Singh
as Self (Special Appearance)
as Self (Guest Appearance)
as Vidhyadhar Patwardhan
as Subhash "Sarkar" Nagre
as Gadariya (Special Appearance)
as Narrator
as Dashrath Singh
as Ishwarchand Thakur
as Debraj Sahai
as Major General Amarjeet Singh
as Self
as Chaudhary Sumer Singh
as Major Frank John Williams / Frank James Williams (Spec. App.)
as Diya's Uncle
as Maj. Ranvir Kaul
as Col. Sunil Damle
as JCP Dev Pratap Singh
as DCP Anant Kumar Shrivastav
as Dr. Ranveer Malhotra
as Raj Malhotra
as Bade Mia
as Narrator (voice)
as Dr. Siddharth Sinha
as Narrator
as Yashvardhan 'Major' Rampal
as Indra
as Dr. Malhotra
as Vijay Singh Rajput
as Yashvardhan “Yash” Raichand
as Manu Verma
as Narrator (voice)
as Vijay Kapoor
as Narayan Shankar
as Self - Host
as Col. Balbir Singh Sodi, aka Devraj Hathoda / Dada Bhai
as Kabeera
as Speaker (Special Appearance)
as Thakur Bhanu Pratap Singh / Heera Singh
as Lal 'Baadshah' Singh / Ranbhir Singh
as Narrator
as Inspector Arjun Singh / Bade Miyan
as Major Jasbir Singh Rana
as Dr. Ram Prasad Ghayal
as Insp. Amar Pal Singh
as Baadshah Khan
as Vijay Verma
as Indrajeet
as Ajooba / Ali
as Tiger/Shekhar Malhotra
as Bhim Singh
as Self
as Vijay Dinanath Chauhan
as Azaad
as Goga
as Toofan / Shyam
as Ganga Prasad
as Self
as (archive footage)
as Vijay Kumar Srivastava / Shahenshah
as Self
as David / James D'Costa
as Raju Singh (Mard)
as Karan Kumar Khanna
as Narrator
as Vicky Kapoor
as Narrator
as A.C.P. Amar Nath
as Iqbal Khan
as Ramdas / Ronnie
as Amit / Rana Ranveer, Guru & Insp. Shankar
as Jan Nissar Akhtar Khan
as Shankar (Sheru)/Bhola
as Vijay A. Kumar
as Arjun Singh
as Master Dinanath / Raju
as Dr. Sudhir Roy / Adhir Roy
as Govind
as Ravi Anand / Babu
as Kallia
as Amit Malhotra
as Heera
as John Jaani Janardhan
as Self
as Abhijit
as Kishan Kumar
as Vijay Kumar
as Vijay Varma
as Police Inspector Balram Singh
as Vijay
as Amit
as Special Appearance
as Mr. Natwarlal
as Vijay Pal Singh
as Self
as Ajay Chandra
as Inder Saxena
as Self
as Jay / Insp. Vijay
as Sikandar
as Don / Vijay
as Vijay Kumar
as Amit / Shankar
as Ram Kumar Chandra / Prince Chandrashekar
as Jeeva
as Amit
as Liyaqat Ali Quwwal
as Narrator (voice)
as Anthony
as Alok Prasad
as Shiva / Tiger
as Ahmed Reza
as Amit Roy/Naresh Dutta
as Thakur Dharam Chand 'Dharma' / Raju
as Vijay
as Adult Amal (voice)
as Amitabh Malhotra
as Self (Guest Appearance)
as Rajesh
as Jai
as Shekhar Dayal
as Professor Sukumar Sinha
as Badal
as Vijay Verma
as Ravi Khanna
as Amit Srivastav
as Augustine
as Narrator
as Amitabh Sharma
as Guest Appearance
as Vijay
as Vikram "Vicky" Maharaj
as Moti
as Subir Kumar (Beeru)
as Ratan
as Shyamu / Deepak
as Insp. Vijay Khanna
as Birju
as Manmohan Akash Tyagi
as Robert Taylor (Special Appearance)
as Narrator (uncredited)
as Ravi Kumar
as Guest Appearance
as Mohan
as Jai Shankar Rai
as Dalajit (Guest Appearance)
as Self (a scene from "Parwana (1971)") (uncredited)
as Chhotu
as Ram G. Chandra
as Asha Varma
as Dr. Bhaskar K. Bannerjee
as Anwar Ali Anwar
as Narrator (voice)
as Ashwatthama
as Guru