Amitabh Bachchan completes 50 years of cinema: fifty lesser known facts about the star



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Fifty years ago, February 15 marked the beginning of the cinematographic journey of one of the greatest talents of the Indian film industry. It is in this day of 1969 that Amitabh Bachchan signs his first film, Saat Hindustani . Shortly after, he played in films like Parwana, Anand, Guddi, Bombay To Goa and so on. Although he was part of memorable films during the early years of his career, success was not easy. for him. He has seen many ups and downs in his career, ranging from an almost fatal accident to reaching dizzying heights, going through the bottom, and then getting up to become the megastar that the country is experiencing. and love today.

While Bachchan's long and illustrious career spans half a century today, we take a look at 50 lesser-known facts about the most beloved superstar.

Saat Hindustani is the only black and white film in which Bachchan worked.
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Among his many talents, being ambidextrous is one of them. He is also good at writing with both hands.
-Bachchan played Vijay more than 20 times. In fact, it's his favorite name on the screen.

-Parking names, his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan wanted to call him Inquilab, but called him "Amitabh", which means "the light that will never die" at the suggestion of his colleague. poet Sumitranandan Pant.

– His real last name is Shrivastava. "Bachchan" was actually the pen name chosen by his father poet.

– In the shooting of Khuda Gawah (1992), the President of Afghanistan at that time provided Bachchan with half of his country's air force for protection purposes. The film was one of the most watched Indian films in Afghanistan.

– He is pbadionate about the collection of watches and pens. Mont Blanc gives him a special pen every year on his birthday.

– Bachchan may have several bungalows in Mumbai, but he shared his room with eight other people while he was working in Kolkata. 500, of which Rs. 300 went in rent.

– His Jalsa bungalow was donated by director Ramesh Sippy as payment for his performance in Satte Pe Satta . It would appear that for tax reasons, the property of Jalsa belonged to the wife of Amitabh's brother, Ajitabh, Ramola Bachchan.

– His famous baritone was the very reason why All India Radio rejected his candidacy for a job! Ironically, being the narrator of Bhuvan Shome was one of his first films. He continues to lend his voice to many films, including the very recent Manikarnika .

– Lateral comedian Mehmood was also a Bachchan mentor at the time he was struggling and offered to stay at home.

– Bachchan wrote his first poem during his hospitalization in 1982. The poem was published in Dharamyug magazine by the editor, Dr. Dharamvir Bharati, a friend of the family.

– He had 12 consecutive failures before his first big success ] Zanjeer .

– Bachchan and Jaya got married in a hurry in 1973, at the urging of his father, to be able to travel together abroad to celebrate Zanjeer's success .

-He met Jaya for the first time at the Indian Institute of Film and Television in Pune, then at the Plateaux of Guddi (1971).

– Sunil Dutt signed it for a mute role in Reshma Aur Shera (1972) due to a letter of introduction from Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to Nargis, wife of Dutt.

-The popular Big B nickname was invented somewhere in the late 90s after the return of his film Mrityudaata .

– Large Group B founded the company Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited in 1995, which suffered heavy losses, forcing it to resume operations to face huge debts.

– He achieved a double major in Science and Arts from Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi. And he regretted not being able to enter St Stephen's College.

-He does not drink tea or coffee and even avoids cigarettes and alcohol.

– Cooking is not one of his talents. He tried to make an omelette while he lived in New York, but that was apparently proven to be a disaster.

– He likes to stay connected and can not do without his laptop and cell phone.

made two films, Lambuji Thinguji and Jaahil with Amjad Khan and Kader Khan as directors. But the movies never took off.

-Bachchan and his son Abhishek love street food. During the monsoon, they went out to enjoy the bhutta in the streets.

– Bachchan is probably the only actor to have played the role of a son to his real son in the film Paa .

– The face of Indian cartoon character Supremo is inspired by him.

-Amitabh played more double roles than any other actor. In the film Mahaan (1983), he even had a triple role.

– During the making of Sholay (1975), Jaya was pregnant with their first child, Shweta. At the time of the film premiere, she was pregnant with Abhishek.

– His daughter, Shweta, is married to Nikhil Nanda, whose mother, Ritu, is the daughter of the late Raj Kapoor.

– When they were young, Shweta and Abhishek asked her not to come to school because it caused too much restlessness.

– The muscle of his left shoulder was accidentally cut during a surgical operation, which caused the sagging of his left shoulder. This happened before he even joined the movies.

– During her difficult days, Amitabh Bachchan spent a few nights on a bench at Marine Drive in Mumbai. He likes to report to the bench every time he pbades by.
The song Rang Barse of Silsila (1981) and some lyrics of Alaap (1977) were written by his father. It was the same for poetry in Agneepath.

– He is the only actor to play the role of a villain in remaking his own movie where he was one of the heroes. The film being Sholay and the remake being Aag (2007).

– When he was unemployed at the turn of the millennium, he asked a late filmmaker, Yash Chopra, to present him with a project. This is how Mohabbatein (2000) happened.

-He once shocked the unity of the film Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007) by recording 23 scenes in 5 hours!

– Bachchan is very fond of costumes. His favorite is Gabbana. They have been designing their costumes for 30 years.

– In London, he still prefers to stay at St James Court, very close to Buckingham Palace.

-According to experts, a company has already paid him rands. 10 crore for 10 days. It's 7,000 Rs per minute!

– The alleged love story of Bachchan and Rekha remains one of the most intriguing stories of Bollywood. Their relationship would have begun on the plateaus of Do Anjaane (1976)

– When the actor Puneet Issar hit it on the Coolie plateaux, the actor s & # 39; 39; is first tilted in front of the entire crew for a perfect shot before being crumpled. in pain a few minutes later.

– Actress Smita Patil had a bad dream the day before the day he had encountered the accident on Coolie's plateaus.

-On July 27, 2012, Bachchan was honored to carry the Olympic torch during the final leg of his relay in Southwark, London.

-On the sets of his TV show Yudh Bachchan has always borrowed the iPad filmmaker Anurag Kashyap for a scene. He put on a serious expression while playing a game called Flow.

-The famous song Khaike Paan Banaras Wala was shot after the filming of Don.

-He had the idea to wear the bright suit in the hit song ] Saara Zamaana . Big B was constantly watching the lights with a switch that he held tightly between his hands while filming this song.

-In October 1978, Bachchan delivered four superhits in one month – Muqaddar Ka Sikander, Kasme Vaade, Don and Trishul .

-Bachchan, Honorary Doctorate of Egypt Academy of Arts.

-He met the legendary Hollywood photographer Christopher Lee during his stay as juror of the Miss World contest and played a few rounds of golf with him.

-A Hollywood actor, Bruce Willis, has already commented at the inauguration of Planet Hollywood, this Amitabh Bachchan was "bigger than any Hollywood star".

How many of these people did you know?

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