Amitabh Bachchan, an Indian actor, was born in Uttar Pradesh, India, in 1942.
Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan, better known as Amitabh Bachchan, was born on October 11, 1942 in Allahabad, India. Bachchan's father was Dr. Harivansh Rai, a well-known Hindi poet. Teji Bachchan, his mother, was a Sikh socialite. Ajitabh, his younger brother, is his only sibling. Amitabh Bachchan is a Bollywood actor who made his film debut in 1969 with Saat Hindustani. His appearance in the 1972 action film Zanjeer catapulted him to stardom. Bachchan was a member of the Indian Parliament in the 1980s. He founded his own production firm in the 1990s. In 1997, he returned to acting with Mrityudaata. He started hosting the Indian variant of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in 2000.
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