Born Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan on 11 October 1942
an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as
the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over
180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades. Bachchan
is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in
the history of Indian cinema. So total was his dominance of the movie
scene in the 1970s and 1980s that the late French director Francois
Truffaut called him a "one-man industry”.
Bachchan go on to become the second and last superstar of Bollywood. No actor has seen the superstardom which was enjoyed by Rajesh Khanna and Bachchan.
Bachchan go on to become the second and last superstar of Bollywood. No actor has seen the superstardom which was enjoyed by Rajesh Khanna and Bachchan.