Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan - Angry Young Man, The Big B, The Shehanshah of Bollywood, the Brand Ambassador of Peace for The United Nations, the Super Star of the Millenium, and; the apple of the eye of millions of Indians! These titles are incomplete to describe the gigantic persona of the Mughal of Bollywood - Amitabh Bachchan.

Amitabh Bacchan suddenly took ill a few days back and scenes of coolie days came back to everyone's memory when he was greiviously injured during a fight. But the star seems to be ok and recouperating in Leelavati Hospital in Mumbai.

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Amitabh Bachchan won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor in Anand (1972) and Namak Haram (1974) both having Rajesh Khanna as the leading hero. He also did a small role in Reshma Aur Shera having Sunil Dutt and Wahida Rehman in leading roles. Amitabh Bachchan earned national and international acclaim with his first superhit 'Zanjeer' in 1973, which established him as the 'Angry Young Man' in the film industry. Amitabh defined the macho personality in the terms of ultra confident looks and a strong will with a 'Never Say Die' approach which became his USP and he got the nickname 'The Angry Young Man'. The other superhit movies, which made him a super star, are Deewar, Sholay, Abhimaan, Amar Akbar and Anthony, Suhaag, Shakti, Trishul, Don, Mukaddar ka Sikandar, Barsaat Ki Ek Raat, Dostana, Shaan, Laawaris, Silsila and Naseeb.

The Indian audience made him an epitome of idealism and strength making him an inevitable part of Indian Cinema even now. After the unbeatable success of Zanjeer, Amitabh Bachchan started his family life with the then renowned actress Jaya Bhaduri known for her memorable roles in Guddi, Chupke Chupke and Kora Kagaz. They got married on June 3 1973 and thereafter did some films together like Abhimaan, Sholay, Silsila, Chupke Chupke, Mili and Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham. The couple is blessed with two children - Abhishek and Shweta.

The Filmfare Awards won by the Big B during his tantalizing film career are: Best Supporting Actor for Anand (1972) , Namak Haram (1974) and Mohabbatein (2000); Best Actor for Amar Akbar Anthony (1978), Don (1979) and Hum (2002) along with the Critics Award for Best Actor for Aks in 2002.

Amitabh Bachchan underwent a life threatening injury during the shooting venue of Coolie in 1983 in which he made a narrow escape from death. All the Indians in India as well as world prayed and fasted for his recovery. He continued to act in films after recovery and gave much more efforts to fulfill the expectations of the audience. In 1984, being the childhood and family friend of Rajiv Gandhi, Amitabh Bachchan tried his fate in politics and won the Allahabad parliamentary seat representing Congress. But soon after he retreated to the film industry as he could not stand for long as a politician on account of acute political complications and allegations of corruption charged on him.

Soon after resigning from the politics, Amitabh Bachchan made a comeback in the film industry but faced a setback of failure for a decade due to movies like Mrityudata, Jaadugar, Ajooba, Ganga Jamuna Saraswati, Lal Badshaah, Main Azad Hoon, Hindustan ki Kasam, Kohram which flopped on the box office. The career path of Amitabh Bachchan revived from the downfall of transition period with his next superhits like Hum, Agneepath, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and Mohabattein in which he played the elderly roles.

In 1995, Amitabh Bachchan founded Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited (ABCL), a media conglomerate and an entertainment company. The things turned worse with the bankruptcy of the company leading to high debts owed by Amitabh Bachchan. The life again took a turn with the BBC Online Poll in 1999 proving Big B as the Superstar of the Millennium even ahead of other international stars all over the world. In June 2000, Amitabh Bachchan became the first ever Asian to be shaped in wax at the Madame Tussaud's Museum in London. In 2000 only came the Kaun Banega Crorepati, the mega hit TV game show at Star Plus making him reach the zenith of popularity, regard and fame. With this game show came the fortune of Amitabh and since then there is no looking back.

Amitabh Bachchan is also an excellent orator making him one of the most favourite dubbing artists and narrator for films and cultural programmes. He has done narration for many movies and dubbing for cartoon films/serials in Hindi. Satyajit Ray was the first to discover the magnetism and attraction in Amitabh's firm and deep voice. The Great Moghul of the film industry continues to give many hits and superhits to the audience like Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Baghbaan, Veer Zara, Dev, Black, Bunty Aur Bubli and recently Sarkar.

The life of super star Amitabh Bachchan who still enjoys the hot seat of the film industry is a real trailer of his philosophy in life: "If things happen as you wish it's good, if they do not it's better."