Born on 11th October, 1942 at Allahabad, Amitabh Bachchan is the most celebrated actor and the most outstanding personalities of Bollywood industry today. Amitabh is believed to be the biggest star to come out of the entire Indian Film Industry till date.

He had been voted the ‘Star of Millennium’ in the century ending BBC 1999 millennium survey. Best known as the actor he has received many significant awards during his career which includes 3 National Film Awards.

He also holds the record of receiving the most number of Filmfare Awards nominated for the best actor. The term Amitabh means ‘The light that would never go off’. He is precisely 6’-3” and perhaps the tallest Bollywood actor today. He has married to Jaya Bachchan and has two children – daughter Shweta and son Abhishek.