Amitabh Bachchan

Biography

Amitabh Bachchan (born October 11, 1942) is an Indian actor, playback singer, and producer who primarily 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. Bachchan has been called "the Angry Young Man", the Shahenshah of Bollywood, Sadi ke Mahanayak (literally meaning "superstar of the century"), Bollywood's Star of the Millennium, or simply Big B. His dominance in the Indian film industry during the 1970s–80s led the French director François Truffaut to describe him as a "one-man industry". He is a recipient of several accolades including seven National Film Awards and seventeen Filmfare Awards & one South Filmfare award.

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Selected Filmography

• Comedy Nights with Kapil(2013)TV Series · 3 epsas Self
• Koffee with Karan(2004)TV Series · 3 epsas Self
• The Great Gatsby(2013)as Meyer Wolfsheim
• Kaun Banega Crorepati(2000)TV Series · 1486 epsas Self - Host
• Slumdog Millionaire(2008)as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Story of Film: An Odyssey(2011)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• Satyamev Jayate(2012)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• The Romantics(2023)TV Series · 4 epsas Self
• Kalki 2898-AD(2024)as Ashwatthama
• Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham(2001)as Yashvardhan “Yash” Raichand
• Om Shanti Om(2007)as Self
• Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva(2022)as Guru
• Kalki 2898-AD: Part 2as Ashwatthama
• English Vinglish(2012)as Flight Passenger (uncredited)
• Aankhen(2002)as Vijay Singh Rajput
• Mohabbatein(2000)as Narayan Shankar
• Angry Young Men(2024)TV Series · 3 epsas Self
• Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India(2001)as Narrator (voice)
• Yaaron Ki Baraat(2016)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• Veer-Zaara(2004)as Chaudhary Sumer Singh