Amitabh Bachchan

Original name : Amitabh Bachchan

Petname : "Amitji", "Big B", Munna (for his parents)

Date of Birth : 11 October 1942

Height : 6'3"

Sun Sign : Libra

Education : Sherwood School, Nainital , Graduated from Kirorimal College, Delhi

Place of birth : Allahabad, India

Family :

Father - Harivansh Rai
Mother - Teji
Wife - Jaya Bachchan (actress)
Children - Shweta and Abhishek (actor)
Younger brother - Ajitabh

Address : Pratiksha, 10th Road JVPD Scheme , Mumbai 400 049

Best friend : Ajitabh Bachchan

Favourite food : vegetarian food like aloo puri, pakodas, dhoklas and parathas.

Costume designers : Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla dress up Amitabh

Fun facts : Amitabh is ambidextrous(can write with both hands)

* His first job was in Shaw Wallace. He also worked as a freight broker for a shipping firm called Bird and Co.

* Amitabh and Jaya met for the first time at FTII, Pune, and then again on the sets of Guddi.

* While shooting for a fight sequence in Coolie, Amitabh was knocked down by the film's villain Puneet Issar, due to bad timing, seriously injuring him. August 2 is regarded as the day when he got a new lease of life.

* Amitabh writes poetry once in a while.

* Amitabh makes it a point to have at least one meal with them.

* Amitabh has sung quite a few hit songs

* BBC Online voted him Star of the Millennium

* He won the Allahabad Parliamentary seat on a Congress ticket in 1984

* He has a replica of himself sculpted and displayed at Madame Tussad's wax
museum in London, placing him among the historical and entertainment Hall of Fame.