Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan is the son of Harivansh Rai Bachchan (a well-known Hindi poet) and Teji Bachchan. The actor has a double MA from Allahabad's Prabodhini and Nainital's Sherwood College. He also has a science degree from Kirori Mal College. He got married to actress Jaya Bhaduri and has two children, actor Abhishek Bachchan and Shweta Nanda.

Amitabh made his debut with the film Saat Hindustani (1969) for which he had won the National Award for Best Newcomer. He is popularly known as the 'The Angry Young Man' after his film Zanjeer (1973), which made him a superstar. Bachchan has been nominated twenty-eight times for the Filmfare Best Actor Award and as Filmfare Best Supporting Actor, nine times. He has been nominated three times as Filmfare best playback singer. He is also the first Indian to receive the Forever Indian award by the Diamond Trading Company.

In 2000 and 2005, he hosted the famous game show Kaun Banega Crorepati, which was a huge success and it also gave him the second life line to make it big once again in Bollywood. He has made a statement against ageism in the industry by the success of Baghban. After this he has done some successful block busters like Khakee, Aetbaar and Lakshya. At the age of 61 when youngsters do one movie at a time he moves from one set to another doing different projects, roles and more endorsements.