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Follow on Google News | Bollywood Megastar Amitabh Bachchan's CareerAmitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor, first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Bollywood cinema, and has since become one of the most prominent figures in the history of Indian cinema.
By: Nurit Shetty Bachchan studied at Allahabad's Boys' high school, adopted along Nainital's Sherwood College, wherever he acquired a academic degree in art stream. He later went on to study at Kirori Mal College in Delhi University gaining a degree in science. When he was in his twenties, Bachchan gave up a job as freight broker for the cargo ships firm, Bird and Co., Founded in Kolkata, to pursue a career in acting. In explore of a career in acting, he left the job and traveled to Mumbai to get work as a movie star. His all effort went in vain as film-makers preferred someone with a fairer skin and he wasn't average enough to suit any role there. But the movie industry did use one of his other assets, his deep baritone voice, which was used for narration and background comment. Beginning with the low key Saat Hindustani, Bachchan struggled through a lot of characters and was relegated at times to doing voice-overs and in one instance playing a deaf-mute. Amitabh was a friend of the late Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi. He acquired his break in Bollywood after a letter of introduction from the then Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the mother of Rajiv Gandhi. This is however Amitabh made an debut into Bollywood, beginning with Zanjeer released in 1973, co-starred with his future wife-to-be Jaya Bhaduri, and since then there has been no looking back for him. He married Jaya Bhaduri, an actress in her own rights; he accepts two kids, Shweta and Abhishek. He left films in 1985 to become a Member of Parliament from Allahabad constituency as a Congress party candidate, as a favor to his family friend Rajiv Gandhi - the then new Prime Minister of India. Amitabh had to leave midterm because of controversies; He bounced back in 2000 when he was presenting the Indian version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire called "Kaun Banega Crorepati?" After a series of hits with Mohabbatein in 2000, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham in 2001 and Baghban 2003 and his most recent Khakee in 2004, a 60-plus Amitabh is showing no signs of slowing down and proving the critics wrong once again. For More Information Visit, http://bollywoodmovieseventsnews.blogspot.com/ # # # Nurit Shetty is the one of the Blogger Beginner, Bollywood Gossiper and Owner of http://bollywoodboldactorsnews.blogspot.com/ End
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