Amitabh Bachchan celebrates his 81st birthday: Check out some of his lesser-known facts
Even though he is better known as Bollywood Shahenshah Amitabh Bachchan, he was born Inquilaab Srivastava.
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Bachchan, his father's Harivansh Rai Bachchan's pen name, was influenced by his father's opposition to the caste system, as evidenced by their surname Srivastava.
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Amitabh Bachchan, a highly paid Indian actor, began his career in Calcutta as an executive with Shaw & Wallace and a freight broker at a salary of Rs. 500.
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Amitabh Bachchan is a remarkable individual with a unique talent of writing with both hands.
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Amitabh Bachchan received the famous bungalow Jalsa as a gift from his producer NC Sippy, who gifted it to him for their 1982 collaboration, 'Satte Pe Satta'.
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Many popular films like Chupke Chupke, Anand, and Namak Haram were shot at Jalsa.
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The actor was the first Asian actor to have his wax model displayed at the renowned Madame Tussauds museum in London.
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The actor has frequently portrayed Vijay in over 20 films.
Bachchan is the most successful double-role actor in Bollywood, having even portrayed a triple role in the 1983 film Mahaan.
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Over the past five decades, he has starred in over 200 films.
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He has received sixteen Filmfare Awards, 42 nominations in major acting categories, and eleven Screen Awards.