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BACHCHAN)
DATE: 15/10/2016
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Good morning listeners, you are listening to fm doorbhash and I am your very
own RJ Bharat Sharma . Today the man we would be talking about in our show
the biographical journey is the man who changed the shape and face of the
bollywood. This man prove to the industry that it never took great
appearance and macho physcique to become a stage performer and an actor,
and against all odds came out the shining legend of the century in the Indian
cinema. Yes he is non other than the angry young man of bollywood,
shahenshah of acting, big b for the nation and to everyone who still needs to
know more about him , Mr: Amitabh Bachchan .
An actor by profession Mr: Bacchan was born to famous poet of navi kavitas
literary movement
SH. Harivansh Rai Bachan on 11 th October 1942 and
that was the day when the stars gathered and conspired about how to get
this man of unquestionable integrity and credibility to the top of the cinema
world not only in India but in overseas too.
Mr: Bachchan was initially named Inquilaab, inspired by the phrase Inquilab
Zindabad popularly used during the Indian independence struggle. In English,
Inquilab Zindabad means "Long live the revolution." However, at the
suggestion of fellow poet Sumitranandan Pant, Harivansh Rai changed the
boy's name to Amitabh, which means "the light that will never die."
Mr: Bachchan is an alumnus of Sherwood College, Nainital. He later
attended Kirori Mal College, Delhi University. He has a younger brother,
Ajitabh. His mother had a keen interest in theatre and was offered a feature
film role, but she preferred her domestic duties.

Mr: Bachchan made his film debut in 1969 as a voice narrator in Mrinal
Sen's National Award winning film Bhuvan Shome. His first acting role was as

one of the seven protagonists in the film Saat Hindustani directed by Khwaja
Ahmad Abbas and featuring Utpal Dutt, Anwar Ali who was the brother of
comedian Mehmood, Madhu and Jalal Agha.

Anand in the year 1971 followed, in which Bachchan starred alongside

Rajesh Khanna. His role as a doctor with a cynical view of life which was
acknowledged his first Filmfare Best Supporting Actor award.

He then played his first antagonist role as an infatuated lover-turnedmurderer in Parwaana in 1971. Following Parwaana, came Reshma Aur
Shera in the same year.

During this time, he made a guest appearance in the film Guddi which starred
his future wife during that time Jaya Bhaduri. He narrated part of the
film Bawarchi. In 1972 he made an appearance in the road action
comedy Bombay to Goa directed by S. Ramanathan. Many of Bachchan's
films during this early period did not do well, but that was about to change.

Rise to stardom: 19731983

Director Prakash Mehra cast him in the leading role for the film Zanjeer in
1973 as Inspector Vijay Khanna. The film was a sharp contrast to the
romantically themed films that had generally preceded it and established
Amitabh in a new personathe "angry young man" of Bollywood cinema.
Filmfare considers this one of the most iconic performances of Bollywood
history. The film was a huge success and one of the highest-grossing films of
that year, breaking Bachchan's dry spell at the box office and making him a
star.
From then onwards, Bachchan became one of the most successful leading
men of the film industry. He earned his first Filmfare nomination for Best Actor
for Zanjeer.
The year 1973 was also when he married Jaya, and around this time they
appeared in several films together; not only in Zanjeer but in films such
as Abhimaan which followed and was released only a month after their
marriage and was also successful at the box office.
Later, Bachchan played the role of Vikram, once again along with Rajesh
Khanna, in the film Namak Haraam, a social drama directed by Hrishikesh
Mukherjee and scripted by Biresh Chatterjee addressing themes of friendship.
His supporting role won him his second Filmfare Best Supporting Actor award.

In 1974, Bachchan made several guest appearances in films such as Kunwara

Baap and Dost, before playing a supporting role in Roti Kapda Aur Makaan.
The film, directed and written by Manoj Kumar, addressed themes of honesty
in the face of oppression and financial and emotional hardship and was the
top earning film of 1974.

Bachchan then played the leading role in film Majboor, released on 6

December 1974, which was a remake of the Hollywood film Zig Zag. The film
was a success at the box office. In 1975, he starred in a variety of film genres
from the comedy Chupke Chupke, the crime drama Faraar to the romantic
drama Mili.

1975 was also the year when Bachchan appeared in two films regarded as
important in Hindi cinema history. He starred in the Yash Chopra directed
film Deewaar along with Shashi Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, and Neetu Singh, earning
him a Filmfare nomination for Best Actor.

The film became a major hit at the box office in 1975, ranking in at number
4. Indiatimes Movies ranks Deewaar amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood
Films.

Released on 15 August 1975 was Sholay, which became the highest-grossing

film of 1975 and also of all time in India, earning INR 23 crores
approximately. in which Bachchan played the role of Jaidev.

In 1999, BBC India declared it the "Film of the Millennium" and like Deewar,
had been cited by Indiatimes movies as amongst the Top 25 Must See
Bollywood Films. In that same year, the judges of the 50th annual Filmfare
Awards awarded it with the special distinction award called Filmfare Best Film
of 50 Years.

In 1976, he was cast by Yash Chopra in the romantic family drama Kabhie
Kabhie. Bachchan starred as a young poet named Amit Malhotra who falls
deeply in love with a beautiful young girl named Pooja played by Raakhee
who ends up marrying Shashi Kapoor. The film was notable for portraying
Bachchan as a romantic hero, a far cry from his "angry young man" roles
like Zanjeer and Deewar. The film evoked a favourable response from critics
and audiences alike. Bachchan was again nominated for the Filmfare Best
Actor Award for his role in the film.

In 1977, he won his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance
in Amar Akbar Anthony where he played the third lead opposite Vinod

Khanna and Rishi Kapoor as Anthony Gonsalves. The film was the highestgrossing film of that year.

His other successes that year include Parvarish and Khoon Pasina. He once
again resumed double roles in films such as Kasme Vaade as Amit ,Shankar
and Don in the 1978, playing the characters of Don, a leader of an
underworld gang and his look alike Vijay. His performance won him his second
Filmfare Best Actor Award. He also gave towering performances in Yash
Chopra's Trishul and Prakash Mehra's Muqaddar Ka Sikandar both of which
earned him further Filmfare Best Actor nominations.

In 1979, Bachchan starred in Suhaag which was the highest earning film of
that year. In the same year he also enjoyed critical acclaim and commercial
success with films like Mr. Natwarlal, Kaala Patthar and The Great Gambler.

Amitabh was required to use his singing voice for the first time in a song from
the film Mr. Natwarlal in which he starred with Rekha. Bachchan's
performance in the film saw him nominated for both the Filmfare Best Actor
Award and the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer.

He also received Best Actor nomination for Kaala Patthar and then went on to
be nominated again in 1980 for the Raj Khosla directed film Dostana, in which
he starred opposite Shatrughan Sinhaand Zeenat Aman. Dostana proved to
be the top-grossing film of 1980.

In 1981, he starred in Yash Chopra's melodrama film Silsila, where he starred

alongside his wife Jaya and Rekha. Other films of this period
like Shaan ,Shakti which pitted him against the veteran actor Dilip
Kumar were not successful at the box office but Ram Balram , Naseeb
and Lawaaris were successful.

In 1982 he played double roles in the films Satte Pe Satta and Desh
Premee which succeeded at the box office. In 1983 he played a triple role
in Mahaan and starred in the top-grossing film of that year Coolie.

1982 injury while filming Coolie

On 26 July 1982, while filming Coolie,in the University Campus in Bangalore,

Bachchan suffered a near fatal intestinal injury during the filming of a fight
scene with co-actor Puneet Issar.

Bachchan was performing his own stunts in the film and one scene required
him to fall onto a table and then on the ground. However, as he jumped
towards the table, the corner of the table struck his abdomen, resulting in
a splenic rupture from which he lost a significant amount of blood.

He required an emergency splenectomy and remained critically ill in hospital

for many months, at times close to death. The public response included
prayers in temples and offers to sacrifice limbs to save him, while later, there
were long queues of well-wishing fans outside the hospital where he was
recuperating.

Nevertheless, he resumed filming later that year after a long period of

recuperation. The film was released in 1983, and partly due to the huge
publicity of Bachchan's accident, the film was a box office success and the
top-grossing film that year.

The director, Manmohan Desai, altered the ending of Coolie after Bachchan's
accident. Bachchan's character was originally intended to have been killed off
but after the change of script, the character lived in the end. It would have
been inappropriate, said Desai, for the man who had just fended off death in
real life to be killed on screen. Also, in the released film the footage of the
fight scene is frozen at the critical moment, and a caption appears onscreen
marking this as the instant of the actor's injury and the ensuing publicity of
the accident.

Later, he was diagnosed with Myasthenia gravis. His illness made him feel
weak both mentally and physically and he decided to quit films and venture
into politics.

Politics: 198487

In 1984, Bachchan took a break from acting and briefly entered politics in
support of long-time family friend, Rajiv Gandhi. He contested Allahabad's
seat of 8th Lok Sabha against H. N. Bahuguna, former Chief Minister of Uttar
Pradesh and won by one of the highest victory margins in general election
history (68.2% of the vote).

His political career, however, was short-lived: he resigned after three years,
calling politics a cesspool. The resignation followed the implication of
Bachchan and his brother in the "Bofors scandal" by a newspaper, which he
vowed to take to court. Bachchan was eventually found not guilty of
involvement in the ordeal.[45]

His old friend, Amar Singh, helped him during a financial crisis due to the
failure of his company ABCL. Therefore, Bachchan started to support Amar
Singh's political party, theSamajwadi Party. Jaya Bachchan joined the
Samajwadi party and became a Rajya Sabha member.

Bachchan has continued to do favours for the Samajwadi party, including

advertisements and political campaigns. These activities have recently gotten
him into trouble in the Indian courts for false claims after a previous incident
of submission of legal papers by him, stating that he is a farmer.

A 15-year press ban against Bachchan was imposed during his peak acting
years by Stardust and some of the other film magazines. In his defence,
Bachchan claimed to have banned the press from entering his sets until late
1989

Slump and retirement: 19881992

In 1988, Bachchan returned to films, playing the title role in Shahenshah,

which was a box office success. After the success of his comeback film
however, his star power began to wane as all of his subsequent films
like Jaadugar, Toofan and Main Azaad Hoon all released in 1989, failed at the
box office.

The 1991 hit film, Hum, for which he won his third Filmfare Best Actor Award,
looked like it might reverse the trend, but this momentum was short-lived and
his string of box office failures continued. Notably, despite the lack of hits, it
was during this era that Bachchan won his first National Film Award for Best
Actor for his performance as a Mafia don in the 1990 film Agneepath.

These years would see his last on-screen appearances for some time. After
the release of Khuda Gawah in 1992, Bachchan went into semi-retirement for
five years. With the exception of the delayed release of Insaniyat (1994),
which was also a box office failure, Bachchan did not appear in any new
releases for five years.

Producer and acting comeback (199699)

Bachchan turned producer during his temporary retirement period, setting

up Amitabh Bachchan Corporation, Ltd. (ABCL) in 1996, with a vision of
becoming a 10 billion rupees premier entertainment company by the year
2000.

Soon after the company was launched in 1996, the first film it produced
was Tere Mere Sapne, which did not fare well at the boxoffice but launched
the careers of actors like Arshad Warsi and South films star Simran. ABCL
produced a few other films, none of which did well.

In 1997, Bachchan attempted to make his acting comeback with the

film Mrityudata, produced by ABCL. Though Mrityudaata attempted to reprise
Bachchan's earlier success as an action hero, the film was a failure both
financially and critically.

ABCL was the main sponsor of the 1996 Miss World beauty
pageant, Bangalore but lost millions.

The Bombay high court, in April 1999, restrained Bachchan from selling off his
Bombay bungalow 'Prateeksha' and two flats till the pending loan recovery
cases of Canara Bank were disposed of. Bachchan had, however, pleaded that
he had mortgaged his bungalow to raise funds for his company.

Bachchan attempted to revive his acting career and had average success
with Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (1998), and received positive reviews
for Sooryavansham (1999)[52]but other films such as Lal Baadshah (1999)
and Hindustan Ki Kasam (1999) were box office failures.

Return to prominence: 2000present

In 2000, Amitabh Bachchan appeared in Yash Chopra's box-office

hit, Mohabbatein, directed by Aditya Chopra. He played a stern, older figure
that rivalled the character of Shahrukh Khan. His role won him his
third Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award.
Other hits followed, with Bachchan appearing as an older family patriarch
in Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love (2001), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001)
andBaghban (2003). As an actor, he continued to perform in a range of
characters, receiving critical praise for his performances
in Aks(2001), Aankhen (2002), Khakee (2004) and Dev (2004).
His performance in Aks won him his first Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor.
One project that did particularly well for Bachchan was Sanjay Leela
Bhansali's Black (2005). The film starred Bachchan as an ageing teacher of a
deaf-blind girl and followed their relationship.
His performance was unanimously praised by critics and audiences and won
him his second National Film Award for Best Actor, his fourth Filmfare Best
Actor Award and his second Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor.
Taking advantage of this resurgence, Amitabh began endorsing a variety of
products and services, appearing in many television and billboard
advertisements.
In 2005 and 2006, he starred with his son Abhishek in the hit films Bunty Aur
Babli (2005), the Godfather tribute Sarkar (2005), and Kabhi Alvida Naa
Kehna (2006). All of them were successful at the box office.
His later releases in 2006 and early 2007
were Baabul (2006), Ekalavya and Nishabd (2007), which failed to do well at
the box office but his performances in each of them were praised by critics.
In May 2007, two of his films Cheeni Kum and the multi-starrer Shootout at
Lokhandwala were released. Shootout at Lokhandwala did well at the box
office and was declared a semi-hit in India, while Cheeni Kum picked up after
a slow start and only had average success.

A remake of his biggest hit, Sholay (1975), entitled Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag,
released in August of that same year and proved to be a major commercial
failure in addition to its poor critical reception.
The year also marked Bachchan's first appearance in an English-language
film, Rituparno Ghosh's The Last Lear, co-starring Arjun Rampal and Preity
Zinta. The film premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival on 9
September 2007. He received positive reviews from critics who hailed his
performance as his best ever since Black.
Sarkar Raj, the sequel of the 2005 film Sarkar, released in June 2008 and
received a positive response at the box-office.
Paa, which released at the end of 2009 was a highly anticipated project as it
saw him playing his own son Abhishek's Progeria-affected 13-year-old son,
and it opened to favourable reviews, particularly towards Bachchan's
performance.
It won him his third National Film Award for Best Actor and fifth Filmfare Best
Actor Award. In 2013 he made his Hollywood debut in The Great
Gatsby making a special appearance opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey
Maguire.
In 2014, he played the role of the friendly ghost in the sequel Bhoothnath
Returns. The next year, he played the role of a grumpy father suffering from
chronic constipation in Piku. It won him his fourth National Film Award for Best
Actor and his third Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor.

Television career

In 2000, Bachchan hosted the first season of Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC),
the Indian adaptation of the British television game show, Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire. The show was well received.] A second season followed in 2005
but its run was cut short by STAR Plus when Bachchan fell ill in 2006.
In 2009, Bachchan hosted the third season of the reality show Bigg Boss, In
2010, he hosted the fourth season of KBC. The fifth season started on 15
August 2011 and ended on 17 November 2011.

The show became a massive hit with audiences and broke many TRP Records.
CNN IBN awarded Indian of the Year- Entertainment to Team KBC and
Bachchan. The Show also grabbed all the major Awards for its category.
The sixth season was also hosted by Bachchan, commencing on 7 September
2012, broadcast on Sony TV and received the highest number of viewers thus
far.
In 2014, he debuted in the fictional Sony Entertainment Television TV series
titled Yudh playing the lead role of a businessman battling both his personal
and professional life.
Mr: Bachchan is also the brand ambassador for Gujarat Tourism, which he has
been since 1 February 2010.

Voiceovers

Bachchan is known for his deep, baritone voice. He has been a narrator,
a playback singer, and presenter for numerous programmes. Renowned film
director Satyajit Ray was so impressed with Bachchan's voice that he decided
to use Bachchan as the narrator in his 1977 film Shatranj Ke Khilari .
Bachchan lent his voice as a narrator to the 2001 movie Lagaan which was a
super hit. In 2005, Bachchan lent his voice to the Oscar-winning French
documentary March of the Penguins, directed by Luc Jacquet.

He also done voice over work for the following movies:

Balika Badhu (1975)

Tere Mere Sapne (1996)

Lagaan (2001)

Parineeta (2005)

Jodhaa Akbar (2008)

Swami (2007)[76]

Zor Lagaa Ke...Haiya! (2009)

Kahaani (2012)

Krrish 3 (2013)

Mahabharat (2013)

Kochadaiiyaan (Hindi Version) (2014)

Amitabh Bachchan Sports Complex in Allahbad managed by UP Sports

Directorate is named after him. Also a road is named after him as Amitabh
Bachhan Road in his home town, Allahbad.

There is a temple in Kolkata, where Amitabh is worshipped as a God. The tiles

of the temple are adorned with words Jai Shri Amitabh; in place of the idol,
you see his photo and a pair of white shoes that the actor wore in his
movie, Agneepath.

This was the personality and fan following of the living legend of the Indian
cinema , who is so passionate for his work even today that sleeps only for 5
hours a day, knows 24 different languages and also has a doctor prefixed to
his name .

Such legends are born once in a lifetime , and they create a landmark in the
history.

With this end notion we would like to wind up todays programme of the
biographical journey

Meet you next week, same time , same frequency with the biographical
journey of another legend of their field of work.

Till then have a happy week ahead. That was your Rj Bharat Sharma signing
off.

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