12 Interesting Facts About Amitabh Bachchan The Biggest Indian Superstar
Once upon a time, he won the title of ‘Actor of the Millennium’ by beating world-renowned legends like Charlie Chaplin and the great Marlon Brando. Big B Amitabh lived in the heart of every youth in India back in those days, everybody dreamt of becoming an Amitabh, back in those days.
Amitabh Bachchan was the ideal “Angry Young Man”. Here are 10 interesting facts about Big B
1. Amitabh Bachchan tried to become a radio presenter before becoming an actor and was rejected by All India Radio, Delhi.
2. Amitabh Bachchan began his acting career in 1969 as a voice narrator in Mrinal Sen’s Bhuvan Shome.
3. Amitabh Bachchan made his debut as an actor in 1969 with the film Saat Hindustani
4. Amitabh Bachchan was rejected in many auditions because of his height.
5. From 1969 to 1973, Amitabh Bachchan had 12 consecutive flops, before delivering his first major breakthrough with the sensational Zanjeer
6. Amitabh Bachchan’s last name is Srivastava, but he changed his last name to his father’s pen name ‘Bachchan’
7. Amitabh Bachchan is ambidextrous, he can write both with his right as well as left hand.
8. Amitabh Bachchan had played more double roles than any Indian actor
9. He was the first Asian actor to have a wax model displayed at Madame Tussaud’s in London.
10. During the filming of Coolie (1982), Amitabh Bachchan suffered a near-fatal injury and was initially declared clinically dead but on August 2, 1982, doctors injected adrenaline into Big B’s heart to revive him, which worked and the actor fully recovered over the next few months.
11. Amitabh Bachchan is a vegetarian and a teetotaler.
12. In a poll conducted by BBC News, Amitabh Bachchan won the title of ‘Actor of the Millennium’ by beating stars like Charlie Chaplin and Marlon Brando.
