Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan: The greatest icon ever to grace the Indian silver screen remains one of the best bets even abroad.

"He is stand alone," says Vikas Sahni or Eros International, pioneers in distribution of Hindi mainstream cinema in the overseas market. "Amitabh Bachchan needs no one else to sell his films."

Amit Shrivastava (Amitabh's birth name) was born in Allahabad, India on Octorber 11, 1942. The boy was destined to be India's biggest superstar ever. Today he is famous all over the world as the Big B of Bollywood.

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Son of well known poet Late Shri Harivansh Rai Bachchan and married to Jaya Bhaduri, Amitabh is father of two children - Shweta and Abhishek.

Amitabh Bachchan

Before coming into acting Amitabh had worked as a stage actor, radio announcer and freight company executive in Kolkata.

Saat Hindustani

in 1969 launched Amitabh in the Hindi Cinema. From there he worked hard to succeed and finally became a superstar with

Zanjeer

in 1973. Zanjeer made him famous as the Angry Young Man.

He owns a commercial enterprise Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited (ABCL) which is engaged in production, distribution and all other aspects of the movie industry. Big B has also presented the Indian version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? called Kaun Banega Crorepati? (2000) on television.

He is the legend of Hindi cinema and also the first Asian actor having a wax model of his likeness displayed at Madame Tussaud's in London, UK. He is also the highest paid Bollywood actor starting with Rs 5000 in Saat Hindustani (1969) and today charging $1,000,000!

Some of his recent hits include: Mohabbatein (2000), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), Baghban (2003) and Khakee (2004). The actor shows no signs of slowing down even at the age of over 60 years. Today he is one of the most busiest actors in Bollywood.