Amitabh Bachchan Height, Age, Wife, Family, Caste, Biography & More

Amitabh Bachchan a Bollywood actor also popularly known for his roles in action movies like ‘Zanjeer,’ ‘Deewar’ and for hosting the Indian TV Serial ‘kaun banega crorepati?’

About Amitabh Bachchan “The Shahenshah of Bollywood”

Amitabh Bachchan aka Inquilaab Srivastava was born in 11 October 1942. He is an Indian Film Actor, Producer, Television host and a singer. First he gained his popularity in early 1970’s with films such as Zanjeer, Deewaar, Sholay and Amar Akbar Anthony and at the same time people use to call him as India’s “angry young man” for his on-screen roles in Bollywood. Some times he also referred as Shahenshah of Bollywood or Sadi ka Mahanayak, Star of the Millennium, or Big B.

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Amitabh Harivansh Rai Shrivastava
Nickname(s)	Munna, Amith, Big B, Angry Young Man, Shahenshah of Bollywood
Profession(s)	Actor
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 188 cm in meters- 1.88 m in Feet Inches- 6’ 2”
Weight (approx.)	in Kilograms- 80 kg in Pounds- 176 lbs
Body Measurements (approx.)	– Chest: 40 inches – Waist: 34 inches – Biceps: 12 inches
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Salt & Pepper
Personal Life
Date of Birth	11 October 1942
Age (as in 2020)	78 Years
Birthplace	Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Libra
Signature
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
School	Jnana Pramodhini, Boys High School, Allahabad
College/University	• Sherwood College, Nainital, India • Kirori Mal College, New Delhi, India
Educational Qualification	Bachelor of Science
Debut	Bollywood Film– Saat Hindustani (1969) Hollywood Film– The Great Gatsby (2013) As A Producer– Tere Mere Sapne (1996) As a Television Star– Kaun Banega Crorepati – KBC (2000)
Religion	Hindu
Caste	Kayastha
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian
Home Name	Jalsa,
Home Address	B/2, Kapol Housing Society, VL Mehta Road, Juhu, Mumbai – 400049, Maharashtra, India
Hobbies	Singing, Blogging, Reading, Writing
Awards, Honours, Achievements	Civilian Awards 1984: Padma Shri by the Government of India 2001: Padma Bhushan by the Government of India 2007: Knight of the Legion of Honour Government of France, France’s highest civilian honour. 2015: Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India National Honours 1980: Awadh Samman by the Government of Uttar Pradesh 1994: Yash Bharti Award (Uttar Pradesh’s highest honour) 2005: Deenanath Mangeshkar award 2013: President of India ‘Medallion of Honour’ National Film Award 1990: Best Actor for Agneepath 2005: Best Actor for Black 2009: Best Actor for Paa 2015: Best Actor for Piku Polls In 2002: He Voted as one of the “Hottest Male Vegetarian” by ‘People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (PETA) In 2008: He Voted as one of the “Asia’s Sexiest Vegetarian Man” Again In 2012: He Voted as one of the “Hottest Male Vegetarian” regularly on fourth time ‘People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (PETA)
Controversies	• His name came out in the Bofors scandal in which later on he declated non-guilty. • His name also involve in submitting a false documents to prove that he is a farmer.
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Parveen Babi (Indian Actress) Rekha (Indian Actress) Jaya Bhaduri (Indian Politician & Former Indian Actress)
Marriage Date	3 June 1973
Family
Wife/Spouse	Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan
Children	Son– Abhishek Bachchan (Actor) Daughter– Shweta Bachchan Nanda Daughter-in-law– Aishwarya Rai (Actress)
Parents	Father– Harivansh Rai Bachchan (Hindi Poet) Mother– Teji Bachchan, Shyama (Step-mother)
Siblings	Brother– Ajitabh Bachchan (Younger, Businessman) Sister– None
Favourite Things
Favourite Food(s)	Bhindi Sabzi, Jalebi, Kheer, Gulab Jamun
Favourite Sweet Shop	Jhama Sweets, Chembur, Mumbai
Favourite Actor	Dilip Kumar
Favourite Actress	Waheeda Rehman
Favourite Film(s)	Bollywood– Mother India, Guru Dutt’s “Kaagaz Ke Phool” Hollywood– Gone With The Wind, Godfather, Black, Scarface
Favourite Singer(s)	Lata Mangeshkar & Kishore Kumar
Favourite Sport	Cricket
Favourite Perfume	Lomani
Favourite Destination(s)	London & Switzerland
Style
Car Collections	Bentley Arnage R, Bentley Continental GT, Lexus LX 470, Mercedes-Benz SL 500 AMG, Porche Cayman S, Range Rover SUV, Mini Cooper, Rolls Royce Phantom, Toyota Land Cruiser, BMW 760Li, BMW X5, Mercedes Benz S320, Mercedes Benz S600, Mercedes Benz E240
Assets/Properties	ImMovable Assets– worth over 460 crore Movable Assets– worth over 540 crore Jewellery– worth over 62 crore Vehicles– worth over 13 crore Watches– worth over 3.5 crore Pen(s)– worth over 9 lakh Residential Properties– A 3,175 square metre residential property in Brignogan Plage in France. Plush Properties in Bhopal(MP), Noida (UP), Delhi, Pune and Mumbai (Maharashtra), and in Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad cities of Gujarat Agricultural Land– a 3 acre plot worth 5.7 crore in Daulatpur area of Barabanki and 2.2 crore agricultural land of 1.22 hectare in Kakori area in Lucknow.
Money Factor
Salary (approx.)	Up to Rs. 20 Crores/film (As in 2021)
Net Worth (approx.)	Rs. 1200 Crores (as in 2021)

Who Is Amitabh Bachchan?

Amitabh Bachchan debuted his movie in Bollywood in 1969 from Saat Hindustani but that was not too much popular movie and after that around 7 movie flopped back to back in 1972’s he did action role in Zanjeer which made him an action movie star. In 1990s, he also started his own production house ABC company (Amitabh Bachchan Corporation). Again in 1997 he return in Bollywood with the popular movie Mrityudaata and In 2000 he also hosted Indian version of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” or “Kaun Banega Crorepati.”

Early Life

He was born in Allahabad, UP, India and initially his full name was Inquilaab SrivastavaAmitabh Bachchan, Kamal Haasan, Katrina Kaif and Other Bollywood Celebs Who Changed Their Names but later on he changed his name and keep it as Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan but popularly known as Amitabh Bachchan, Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan was was one of the renowned poet at that time also was a professor in Allahabad University. His Mother Name was Teji Bachchan, He also have one younger brother, named Ajitabh Bachchan. He did his schooling from Sherwood Sherwood College boarding school and then enrolled himself in Delhi University where he studied Bachelor of Arts degree and then started his career as a frieght broker in Calcutta but later on he moved back to Bombay and started working in Bollywood Industry and got his first break from “Saat Hindustani”Saat Hindustani

Early Film Career

He debut his filmy career from “Saat Hindustani” but the movie were unsuccessful and didn’t get enough attention of Audience but he managed to grab the attention of many directors and got many offers just after that movie by then 1970’s his image become more as “angry young man” his movie Zanjeer launched him as action hero and he then did many other action movies like Laawaris, Coolie, Naseeb, Silsila, Shaarabi and Jaadugar untill 1980 he did more then 100 movie. He was the favourite actor of Prakash Mehra and under his direction he made many popular films like Trishul, Sholay and Chashme Buddoor.

Politics and Business

In 1982, he faced a serious accident when he was doing movie called “Cooli” and that prompted him to change his career path and he started his career as politician but soon in 1987 he left his seat and again started acting career. He also started his own production house with the name called ABC and make himself CEO of that company but that didn’t worked and he again back to the Acting career in 1997 and make the popular film Mrityudaata and later on hosted TV Serial “kaun banega crorepati?“Amitabh Bachchan returns to work after hospital that help him to back again and till 2000 he again become one of the most popular and most demanded actor in Bollywood. He earned Filmfare and International Film Award nominations for his work on films like Baghban (2003), Khakee (2004) and Paa (2009).

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