Amitabh Bachchan's Trivia

Amitabh and controversies Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

Amitabh attended Kirori Mal College in Delhi University and completed a Bachelor of Science degree. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

Amitabh's younger brother is Ajitabh. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

Amitabh's name means 'the light that will never go off'. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

His survival and success could be termed best in his wife's own words: "Amit ji is a loner." Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

Amitabh considers Waheeda Rehman as one of the most beautiful women in the film industry. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

The facial caricature of the Indian comic book character 'Supremo' is based on him. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

He is a vegetarian. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

He hates the word 'Bollywood', the word that describes the Hindi film industry. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

He owns his own blog on bigadda.com, which is regularly updated by the actor by his views and opinions. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

Big B is a teetotaler. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

His father Harivansh Rai Bachchan was thinking of naming him 'Inquilab' ('revolution') before settling down for Amitabh which means 'brilliance unlimited'. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

Born to Harivansh Rai, famous Indian poet and Teji Bachchan on October 11, 1942 in Allahabad, Amitabh borrowed his father's pen name 'Bachchan' instead of the family surname Srivastava. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

Amitabh did his early schooling from Allahabad Boys' High School. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

He studied at Sherwood College, a boarding school in the hill-station of Nainital and from there to Delhi University where he earned a double Master of Arts degree. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

He was a former radio announcer, a stage actor as well as a freight company executive in Calcutta. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

It was Mrs. Gandhi who wrote a letter of introduction for Amitabh and that's how he got his break in the Bollywood movie 'Saat Hindustani'. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

When he was just trying to get a break in movies, he was told to soften his 'deep' voice. However it was soon realised that his deep rich voice was excellent for narration. He has provided narrations for several films. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

Amitabh Bachchan met Jaya Bahaduri for the first time at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune and then on the sets of Hrishikesh Mukherji's 'Guddi'. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

During the making of 'Sholay', Amitabh discovered he was going to be a father of his first child, Shwetambiri, now called Shweta, born in March. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

Amitabh Bachchan's strength and dedication towards his profession comes to fore when one reads that the actor is suffering from a number of ailments including leukoderma, a rare muscular disorder known as myasthenia gravis and asthma. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

He received a near fatal injury while filming for 'Coolie' (1983). He was hospitalised and the Indian press issued daily bulletins on his health. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

Singer Sudesh Bhonsle dubs Amitabh's voice for playback songs in many movies. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

His favourite screen name is Vijay, which he has had in over 20 movies. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

Actress Nirupa Roy is mostly cast as his mother and the last time she featured was in 'Lal Baadshah'. Posted on - Tue, 02 Dec, 2008

He formed a popular screen couple with Rekha. Posted on - Mon, 01 Dec, 2008

He is the only actor who achieved at least one hit every year for 15 consecutive years - from 'Bombay to Goa' (1972) to 'Aakhree Raasta' (1986). Posted on - Mon, 01 Dec, 2008

The actor had a close association with the former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv Gandhi (also Prime Minister) and he was elected to parliament with a huge majority from his home town of Allahabad. Posted on - Mon, 01 Dec, 2008

He has also been one of the judges for the 1995 Miss World beauty pageant. Posted on - Mon, 01 Dec, 2008

The music buff that Big B is, in 1996, he released an album called 'Aby Baby' under ABCL. Posted on - Mon, 01 Dec, 2008

The actor became a grandfather in 1997 when his daughter Shweta gave birth to a daughter, Navya Naveli Nanda. Posted on - Mon, 01 Dec, 2008

Just when everyone thought that Amitabh's career was over after a series of flops during the 1990s, he made an unexpected comeback as host of the popular TV quiz series 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' in 2000. Posted on - Mon, 01 Dec, 2008

In 2000, he became the first Asian actor to have his wax model at Madame Tussaud's in London, UK. Posted on - Mon, 01 Dec, 2008

At the age of 58, he jumped from a height of 30 feet, along with co-star Manoj Bajpai, for his movie 'Aks' (2001). Posted on - Mon, 01 Dec, 2008

On his 61st birthday, he relaunched ABCL as AB Corp. Posted on - Mon, 01 Dec, 2008

On 31st October 2006, he shocked the unit of a forthcoming movie 'Shootout at Lokhandwala' by recording 23 scenes in 5 hours. Posted on - Mon, 01 Dec, 2008

His mother, Teji Bachchan, passed away at the age of 93 in Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai on 22 December, 2008 after a prolonged illness. Posted on - Mon, 01 Dec, 2008

Amitabh Bachchan decided to delight his audiences across the world with his Unforgettable Tour, which triggered off on 18th July, 2008. Posted on - Mon, 01 Dec, 2008

The superstar was back to work on 15, November 2008 after a much needed break in Udaipur, which the actor took post his illness, which started on his birthday. Posted on - Mon, 01 Dec, 2008

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