Amitabh Bachchan

Biography

Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian actor, playback singer, and producer who primarily works in Hindi cinema. Widely considered one of the greatest, most accomplished and commercially successful actors in the history of Indian cinema, he has starred in over 200 films. Bachchan has been called "the Angry Young Man", the Shahenshah of Bollywood, Sadi ke Mahanayak, Bollywood's Star of the Millennium, or simply Big B. His dominance in the Indian film industry during the 1970s–80s led the French director François Truffaut to describe him as a "one-man industry". He is a recipient of several accolades including seven National Film Awards and seventeen Filmfare Awards & one South Filmfare award.

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Awards & recognition

• ★Dadasaheb Phalke Award · 2019
• ★Padma Vibhushan · 2015
• ★CNN-News18 Indian of the Year · 2011
• ★Officer of the Legion of Honour · 2007
• ★Padma Bhushan · 2001