#⃣ Amitabh Bachchan Facts

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1. Amitabh Bachchan has done double Masters Degree in Arts.

2. Amitabh wanted to become an engineer and wanted to join the Indian Air Force.

3. After completion, his studies in Delhi, Amitabh has joined his first job as an executive of a shipping firm in Kolkata.

4.His first salary was Rs 500.

5. Amitabh’s second job was also in Kolkata as a broker. Before going to the movies, his last salary was Rs.1680.

6. During a job in Kolkata, he had bought his first car that was second-hand Fiat.

7. Amitabh’s last name is Srivastava in real, but he uses his father’s nickname ‘Bachchan’ as his last name.

8. His father Harivansh Rai Bachchan wanted to put his name Inkalaab, but after the advice of the poet Sumitra Nandan Pant he was named as Amitabh.

9. Big B’s height is 6 feet 2 inches, which is the highest height in Bollywood actor.

10. In 1969, he started his filmy career by giving his voice in Mrinal Sen’s Bengali film.

11. Sunil Dutt has signed him first in his film ‘Reshma Aur Shera’. For this Indira Gandhi had written a letter to her friend Nargis, the actress. This film was released in 1971.

12. In the starting days of his career when Amitabh was struggling actor, at that time music composers Kalyan Ji Anand Ji helped him.

13. When Big B did not have a house in Mumbai at that time, he has spent many nights at the Marine Drive.

14. In the film ‘Shatranj Ke Khiladi’, in 1977 director Satyajit Ray had used the voice of Amitabh Bachchan.

15. It is interesting to know before this Amitabh got rejected to the All India Radio because of his voice. Here he went to work as a news reader.

16. Amitabh Bachchan started his acting career from the film  ‘Saat Hindustani’  in 1969.

17. For this film, he had paid Rs 1,000.

18. Amitabh is one of the Mentors was the famous comedian Mehmood also. In the early days, Amitabh lived in his home.

19. As an actor Amitabh’s first hit movie was  ‘Zanzeer’ in 1973. Earlier, his 12 films had flopped.

20. His favorite screen name is Vijay. Big B was named as Vijay in more than 20 films. His second famous name was Amit.

21. He met his wife Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan first time in Pune’s Film and Television Institute. Amitabh came here for his shooting of ‘Saat Hindustani’ while Jaya was studying there.

22. Amitabh and Jaya are the only real life couple who had worked together on screen in more than 30 films.

23. Amitabh is the only actor who has played lots of double roles (Don, Kasme-vaade, Sooryavansham, Bade Mian – Chote Mian, Lal Badshah). In’Mahaan’ he had even played a triple role.

24. He is the most frequently nominated actor in Popular Film Award for Best Actor.

25. In Shashi Kapoor’s film ‘Utsav’ and Jackie Shroff’s film ‘King Uncle’ Amitabh Bachchan was the first choice of the director.

26. In Amitabh’s mostly films actress Nirupama Roy has appeared in the role of his mother. In the role of Amitabh’s mother, her last film was ’lal Badshah’ in 1999.

27. Amitabh got Big B title in the last years of the 90s after his second comeback film ‘Mrityudaata’.

28. Amitabh ‘s film ‘Khuda Gawaah ” was the most watched Indian movie in Afghanistan. The film was shooted only in Afghanistan, at that time there’s President Najibullah Ahmedjai has given VIP treatment to Amitabh and had also put their half air force only for his security.

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