Bachchan made his acting debut in the drama film Refugee
(2000). After earning little praise for his roles in a series of commercially
unsuccessful films, he starred in the action thriller Dhoom (2004), a box
office hit and the first film in the popular Dhoom series. Bachchan received
critical acclaim for supporting role in Yuva (2004), and starred in
commercially successful films like Bunty Aur Babli (2005), Sarkar (2005), Kabhi
Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) and Guru (2007). He also starred in Dhoom 2 (2006),
Dostana (2008), Paa (2009), Bol Bachchan (2012) and Dhoom 3 (2013). He produced
Paa along with Sunil Manchanda which won the National Film Award for Best
Feature Film in Hindi.
Married to actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai,
Bachchan comes from an illustrious Bollywood family. His father Amitabh
Bachchan is a leading actor in Hindi cinema and his mother Jaya Bhaduri
Bachchan is a former leading actress. Abhishek Bachchan, born 5 February 1976,
is the son of actor Amitabh Bachchan and actress Jaya Bachchan. His elder
sister is Shweta Bachchan-Nanda 1974, who is married to Indian businessman
Nikhil Nanda. His grandfather, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, was a poet of Hindi
literature and professor at the Allahabad University in Uttar Pradesh. The
original surname of his family is Srivastava, Bachchan being the pen name used
by his grandfather. However, when Amitabh entered films, he did so under his
father's pen name. Bachchan is of Kayastha heritage on his father's side,
Bengali from his mother's side and Punjabi from his grandmother's side. Time
magazine listed Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai on its list of most
influential Indians.
Bachchan was dyslexic as a child; this was referred to by
Aamir Khan in the film Taare Zameen Par. He attended Jamnabai Narsee School and
Bombay Scottish School in Mumbai, Modern School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, and
Aiglon College in Switzerland. He then attended Boston University, but dropped
out.In 2000, Bachchan made his film debut playing the male lead in J. P.
Dutta's war drama Refugee opposite Kareena Kapoor, who was also making her
debut in the film. Although the film did not fare very well at the box office,
both Bachchan and Kapoor received positive reviews for their performances. Film
critic Taran Adarsh wrote that he "has all it takes to emerge a competent
actor in years to come. Even in his debut-making film, Abhishek comes across as
a fine actor and lives up to his family name."
After Refugee, Bachchan starred in a series of poorly
received films that failed to make a mark at the box office. However, his
performance in Sooraj R. Barjatya's romantic dramedy Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon
(2003) earned him his first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best
Supporting Actor, and he went on to win the award the following year for his
performance in Mani Ratnam's political drama Yuva (2004).
Bachchan established himself as a leading actor of Hindi
cinema playing a no-nonsense Mumbai police officer in the blockbuster action
thriller Dhoom (2004), which also starred Uday Chopra, John Abraham, Esha Deol,
and Rimi Sen in pivotal roles. His next two films were Phir Milenge (2004) and
Naach (2004), neither of which performed very well at the box office.
Bachchan's first release of 2005 was the crime comedy
Bunty Aur Babli, which featured him and Rani Mukerji as the titular con artist
duo who perform several successful heists and fall in love along the way. The
film emerged as the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2005, and earned
him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. This film also marked
his first professional collaboration with his father Amitabh Bachchan, who
played a police officer closely following the lead pair.
Bachchan was next seen in Ram Gopal Varma's political
drama Sarkar, which was a moderate success at the box office. His performance
as the morally upright son of a troubled politician earned him rave reviews
from critics as well as his second consecutive Filmfare Award for Best
Supporting Actor. His next two releases Dus (2005) and Bluffmaster! (2005) were
both moderately successful, but did not earn much critical appreciation.
Bachchan won his third consecutive Filmfare Award for
Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Karan Johar's critically acclaimed
romantic drama Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), which emerged as a moderate
commercial success despite the fact that it dealt with the controversial
subject of marital infidelity. Bachchan played the role of a man whose wife is
unhappy with their marriage, and so begins an affair with a friend who is also
unhappy with his marriage to his wife.
Bachchan then starred opposite Aishwarya Rai in the
period romance Umrao Jaan, a remake of the 1981 film of the same name starring
Rekha and Farooq Sheikh in the lead roles. The film failed to earn the same
level of appreciation as the original, and was also a commercial failure. He
was next seen in Dhoom 2 (2006), which featured him and Uday Chopra reprising
their roles from the original Dhoom (2004) joined by new cast members Hrithik Roshan,
Aishwarya Rai, and Bipasha Basu. The film emerged as the highest-grossing
Bollywood film of 2006, but some critics commented that Bachchan was " to
a mere supporting player" to his co-star Roshan.
Bachchan earned much critical acclaim for his performance
in Mani Ratnam's Guru (2007), loosely based on the life of business magnate
Dhirubhai Ambani. Film critic Raja Sen wrote that “Abhishek Bachchan owns the
movie... forces himself under the skin
of the character, and from gait to accent, proves constantly credible.” The
film starred him alongside Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, R. Madhavan, Mithun
Chakraborty, Vidya Balan, and Arya Babbar.
His next release was the dance comedy Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
(2007) alongside Preity Zinta, Bobby Deol, and Lara Dutta. Although the film
failed at the Indian box office, it was a moderate success overseas. He was
then seen playing a minor role in the female-centric drama Laaga Chunari Mein
Daag (2007) as the love interest of the film's lead actress Rani Mukerji.
Bachchan's first release of 2008 was Ram Gopal Varma's
Sarkar Raj, which featured him and his father reprising their roles from Sarkar
(2005) while his wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan entered the cast as a new
addition. This film proved to be a major success at the box office, and earned
him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. His next
release was the fantasy adventure film Drona (2008), which was a major failure
both critically and commmercially.
Bachchan was next seen in Dostana (2008), a romantic
comedy about two men who pretend to be gay in order to be allowed to live with
a girl (Priyanka Chopra), but then find that they have both fallen in love with
her. The film was a major success at the box office, and earned him a
nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor.
Bachchan's first release of 2009 was Delhi-6, which
received a lukewarm response from critics. Later that year he was seen in the
family dramedy Paa, which he also produced. The film's plot centered on a boy
(Amitabh Bachchan) suffering from progeria as well as his relationships with
his father (Bachchan) and his mother (Vidya Balan). For his work as a producer
on the film, Bachchan earned the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in
Hindi.
Bachchan experienced a brief setback in his career with
five films that failed critically and commercially. These films were the
thriller Raavan (2010), the social drama Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (2010), the
action thriller Game (2011), the crime drama Dum Maaro Dum (2011), and the
heist thriller Players (2012).
Bachchan then played a supporting role alongside Ajay
Devgn, Asin, and Prachi Desai in Rohit Shetty's comedy Bol Bachchan (2012),
which was a major blockbuster at the box office despite receiving mixed reviews
from critics. Film critic Anupama Chopra called Bachchan the "best part of
the film" and also commented that he "manages to sparkle even in a
script that is lazy and determinedly lowbrow".
Bachchan then appeared in Dhoom 3 (2013). Like Dhoom 2
(2006), he and Uday Chopra were the only cast members reprising their roles. In
this installment of the series, they were joined by Aamir Khan and Katrina
Kaif. While the film became a major blockbuster and currently ranks as the
highest-grossing Bollywood film of all-time, most critics commented that
Bachchan was overshadowed by Khan similar to how he was overshadowed by Hrithik
Roshan in Dhoom 2.
As of August 2014, Bachchan has three projects in
different stages of development. He has completed work on Farah Khan's heist
comedy Happy New Year. The film is set to release in October 2014 and features
Bachchan as part of an ensemble cast which includes Shahrukh Khan, Deepika
Padukone, Sonu Sood, Boman Irani, and Vivaan Shah. He is also filming for the
romantic drama All Is Well opposite Asin, which is set to release in December
2014. He has also signed on to star with Akshay Kumar and Riteish Deshmukh as
the three male leads of Housefull 3, the sequel to Housefull (2010) and
Housefull 2 (2012). This installment is to be directed by Sajid-Farhad and
produced by Sajid Nadiadwala.
In 2005, he was a part of Tamil director Mani Ratnam's
stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai, an event which sought to raise funds for The
Banyan, a voluntary organisation which rehabilitates homeless women with mental
illness in Chennai.
In the summer of 2008, Bachchan, his wife, his father,
and actors Preity Zinta, Ritesh Deshmukh, and Madhuri Dixit starred in the
"Unforgettable World Tour" stage production. The first leg covered
the USA, Canada, Trinidad, and London. Bachchan is also involved in the
functional and administrative operations of his father's company, originally
known as ABCL, and renamed as AB Corp. Ltd. That company, along with Wizcraft
International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd., eveloped the Unforgettable production.
In 2011, Bachchan has promoted awareness of drug abuse in
India as part of a citizen education campaign. The actor launched the Awareness
Day race, which celebrated the silver jubilee of the country's Narcotics
Control Bureau.
Bachchan has been brand ambassador for products like LG
Home appliances, American Express credit cards, Videocon DTH, Motorola mobiles,
Ford fiesta and Idea mobiles.
In 2009, Abhishek Bachchan was announced the winner of
the 'Best Brand Ambassador of the Year' award at the NDTV Techlife Awards 2009.
AdEx India,a division of TAM Media Research conducted a
study on celebrity brand endorsements for the period of Jan–Dec 2010 in which
Abhishek Bachchan eats the pie with a 4.7% share ad volume out of the 41.5%
film actors on the endorsement circuit.
In 2014, he became the brand ambassador for the END
campaign of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases. The goal of the
campaign is to eradicate seven different tropical diseases by 2020.In October
2002, at bhishek Bachchan (born 5 February 1976) is an Indian film actor,
manufacturer, playback singer and television host. Bachchan has received three
Filmfare Awards for acting, a countrywide Award as manufacturer (for Paa) and
become named as one of the maximum paid actors in Bollywood in 2010.
Bachchan made his performing debut inside the drama movie
Refugee (2000). After earning little praise for his roles in a sequence of
commercially unsuccessful movies, he starred inside the movement thriller Dhoom
(2004), a container office hit and the primary film in the famous Dhoom series.
Bachchan obtained critical acclaim for assisting function in Yuva (2004), and
starred in commercially successful movies like Bunty Aur Babli (2005), Sarkar (2005),
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) and Guru (2007). He also starred in Dhoom 2
(2006), Dostana (2008), Paa (2009), Bol Bachchan (2012) and Dhoom 3 (2013). He
produced Paa at the side of Sunil Manchanda which gained the countrywide movie
Award for quality function movie in Hindi.
Married to actress and previous miss global Aishwarya
Rai, Bachchan comes from an illustrious Bollywood family. His father Amitabh
Bachchan is a main actor in Hindi cinema and his mom Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan is a
former leading actress. Abhishek Bachchan, born 5 February 1976, is the son of
actor Amitabh Bachchan and actress Jaya Bachchan. His elder sister is Shweta
Bachchan-Nanda 1974, who's married to Indian businessman Nikhil Nanda. His
grandfather, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, became a poet of Hindi literature and
professor on the Allahabad college in Uttar Pradesh. The unique surname of his
own family is Srivastava, Bachchan being the pen name used by his grandfather.
but, while Amitabh entered films, he did so under his father's pen name.
Bachchan is of Kayastha history on his father's facet, Bengali from his
mother's facet and Punjabi from his grandmother's aspect. Time magazine listed
Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai on its listing of maximum influential
Indians.
Bachchan changed into dyslexic as a toddler; this changed
into mentioned by means of Aamir Khan inside the film Taare Zameen Par. He
attended Jamnabai Narsee college and Bombay Scottish school in Mumbai, current
college, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, and Aiglon college in Switzerland. He then
attended Boston university, but dropped out.In 2000, Bachchan made his movie
debut playing the male lead in J. P. Dutta's conflict drama Refugee opposite
Kareena Kapoor, who changed into additionally making her debut within the film.
although the movie did not fare very well at the field office, each Bachchan
and Kapoor acquired tremendous evaluations for their performances. movie critic
Taran Adarsh wrote that he "has all it takes to emerge a capable actor in
years to come. Even in his debut-making film, Abhishek comes throughout as a
high-quality actor and lives as much as his family name."
After Refugee, Bachchan starred in a sequence of poorly
received movies that failed to make a mark at the field office. however, his
performance in Sooraj R. Barjatya's romantic dramedy primary Prem Ki Diwani
Hoon (2003) earned him his first nomination for the Filmfare Award for
exceptional helping Actor, and he went on to win the award the subsequent year
for his overall performance in Mani Ratnam's political drama Yuva (2004).
Bachchan hooked up himself as a main actor of Hindi
cinema gambling a no-nonsense Mumbai police officer inside the blockbuster
action thriller Dhoom (2004), which additionally starred Uday Chopra, John
Abraham, Esha Deol, and Rimi Sen in pivotal roles. His subsequent films had been Phir Milenge (2004) and Naach
(2004), neither of which carried out very well on the box workplace.
Bachchan's first launch of 2005 turned into the crime
comedy Bunty Aur Babli, which featured him and Rani Mukerji as the titular con
artist duo who perform several a success heists and fall in love alongside the
way. The movie emerged as the second one highest-grossing Bollywood film of
2005, and earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for best Actor. This
film additionally marked his first expert collaboration along with his father
Amitabh Bachchan, who played a police officer intently following the lead pair.
Bachchan was next visible in Ram Gopal Varma's political
drama Sarkar, which was a slight fulfillment at the container workplace. His
overall performance because the morally upright son of a troubled politician
earned him rave opinions from critics in addition to his second consecutive
Filmfare Award for nice assisting Actor. His next releases Dus (2005) and Bluffmaster! (2005)
had been both moderately successful, however did no longer earn a whole lot
important appreciation.
Bachchan received his 1/3 consecutive Filmfare Award for
fine assisting Actor for his performance in Karan Johar's critically acclaimed
romantic drama Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), which emerged as a moderate
business achievement regardless of the truth that it treated the controversial
situation of marital infidelity. Bachchan performed the position of a man whose
wife is sad with their marriage, and so starts offevolved an affair with a pal
who's additionally sad along with his marriage to his spouse.
Bachchan then starred contrary Aishwarya Rai inside the
length romance Umrao Jaan, a remake of the 1981 movie of the identical name
starring Rekha and Farooq Sheikh inside the lead roles. The movie failed to
earn the same stage of appreciation as the authentic, and was also a commercial
failure. He was next visible in Dhoom 2 (2006), which featured him and Uday
Chopra reprising their roles from the original Dhoom (2004) joined by means of
new forged participants Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, and Bipasha Basu. The
movie emerged as the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2006, but a few critics
commented that Bachchan was " to a trifling helping player" to his
co-big name Roshan.
Bachchan earned a lot crucial approval for his overall
performance in Mani Ratnam's Guru (2007), loosely primarily based on the
existence of business mogul Dhirubhai Ambani. film critic Raja Sen wrote that
“Abhishek Bachchan owns the movie...
forces himself under the skin of the person, and from gait to accent,
proves constantly credible.” The film starred him alongside Aishwarya Rai
Bachchan, R. Madhavan, Mithun Chakraborty, Vidya Balan, and Arya Babbar.
His subsequent release turned into the dance comedy Jhoom
Barabar Jhoom (2007) alongside Preity Zinta, Bobby Deol, and Lara Dutta.
despite the fact that the film failed at the Indian container workplace, it
became a moderate achievement foreign places. He changed into then seen playing
a minor function in the female-centric drama Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007)
because the love hobby of the movie's lead actress Rani Mukerji.
Bachchan's first launch of 2008 became Ram Gopal Varma's
Sarkar Raj, which featured him and his father reprising their roles from Sarkar
(2005) whilst his spouse Aishwarya Rai Bachchan entered the forged as a new
addition. This film proved to be a prime success at the box office, and earned
him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for excellent assisting Actor. His
subsequent release became the fable journey movie Drona (2008), which turned
into a first-rate failure both severely and commmercially.
Bachchan was subsequent seen in Dostana (2008), a
romantic comedy approximately two men who fake to be gay on the way to be
allowed to live with a lady (Priyanka Chopra), but then discover that they've
both fallen in love together with her. The movie became a main achievement on
the field workplace, and earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for
fine Actor.
Bachchan's first launch of 2009 became Delhi-6, which
received a lukewarm reaction from critics. Later that year he became visible
inside the own family dramedy Paa, which he additionally produced. The film's
plot centered on a boy (Amitabh Bachchan) suffering from progeria in addition
to his relationships along with his father (Bachchan) and his mom (Vidya
Balan). For his work as a producer at the movie, Bachchan earned the
countrywide movie Award for exceptional characteristic movie in Hindi.
Bachchan skilled a short setback in his career with five
films that failed critically and commercially. those movies have been the
mystery Raavan (2010), the social drama Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (2010), the
movement thriller recreation (2011), the crime drama Dum Maaro Dum (2011), and
the heist mystery players (2012).
Bachchan then played a supporting function alongside Ajay
Devgn, Asin, and Prachi Desai in Rohit Shetty's comedy Bol Bachchan (2012),
which turned into a primary blockbuster on the field workplace notwithstanding
receiving combined reviews from critics. film critic Anupama Chopra called
Bachchan the "high-quality a part of the movie" and additionally
commented that he "manages to sparkle even in a script this is lazy and
determinedly lowbrow".
Bachchan then regarded in Dhoom 3 (2013). Like Dhoom 2
(2006), he and Uday Chopra had been the simplest solid participants reprising
their roles. in this installment of the series, they have been joined by way of
Aamir Khan and Katrina Kaif. even as the film have become a main blockbuster
and presently ranks as the highest-grossing Bollywood movie of all-time,
maximum critics commented that Bachchan changed into overshadowed with the aid
of Khan much like how he was overshadowed by using Hrithik Roshan in Dhoom 2.
As of August 2014, Bachchan has three tasks in distinct
levels of improvement. He has completed work on Farah Khan's heist comedy happy
New yr. The film is about to release in October 2014 and features Bachchan as
part of an ensemble forged which includes Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Sonu
Sood, Boman Irani, and Vivaan Shah. He is also filming for the romantic drama
All Is properly contrary Asin, which is set to release in December 2014. He has
also signed on to star with Akshay Kumar and Riteish Deshmukh as the three male
leads of Housefull 3, the sequel to Housefull (2010) and Housefull 2 (2012).
This installment is to be directed through Sajid-Farhad and produced by using
Sajid Nadiadwala.
In 2005, he become a part of Tamil director Mani Ratnam's
stage display, Netru, Indru, Naalai, an event which sought to raise funds for
The Banyan, a voluntary enterprise which rehabilitates homeless women with
intellectual illness in Chennai.
within the summer of 2008, Bachchan, his wife, his
father, and actors Preity Zinta, Ritesh Deshmukh, and Madhuri Dixit starred
inside the "Unforgettable global tour" level production. the first
leg blanketed america, Canada, Trinidad, and London. Bachchan is likewise
concerned in the purposeful and administrative operations of his father's
enterprise, initially called ABCL, and renamed as AB Corp. Ltd. That employer,
in conjunction with Wizcraft global leisure Pvt. Ltd., eveloped the
Unforgettable manufacturing.
In 2011, Bachchan has promoted awareness of drug abuse in
India as a part of a citizen schooling marketing campaign. The actor launched
the awareness Day race, which celebrated the silver jubilee of the united states
of america's Narcotics manipulate Bureau.
Bachchan has been emblem ambassador for merchandise like
LG domestic appliances, American express credit playing cards, Videocon DTH,
Motorola mobiles, Ford fiesta and concept mobiles.
In 2009, Abhishek Bachchan changed into announced the
winner of the 'pleasant emblem Ambassador of the yr' award on the NDTV Techlife
Awards 2009.
AdEx India,a department of TAM Media research performed a
take a look at on superstar logo endorsements in the course of Jan–Dec 2010
wherein Abhishek Bachchan eats the pie with a four.7% share ad volume out of
the forty one.five% film actors at the endorsement circuit.
In 2014, he became the logo ambassador for the stop
marketing campaign of the worldwide network for left out Tropical illnesses.
The aim of the campaign is to get rid of seven extraordinary tropical
sicknesses with the aid of 2020.In October 2002, at his father Amitabh
Bachchan's sixtieth celebration, Abhishek and actress Karisma Kapoor introduced
their engagement. The engagement become referred to as off in January 2003.
Aishwarya Rai fell in love with actor Bachchan who is two years more youthful
than her at the same time as filming for Dhoom 2, even though each of them had
already seemed collectively in Dhai Akshar Prem Ke (wherein her then longtime
boyfriend, Salman Khan, made a brief cameo) and Kuch Naa Kaho. Bachchan and Rai
introduced their engagement on 14 January 2007 later confirmed via his father,
Amitabh Bachchan. The couple become married on 20 April 2007, in accordance to
traditional Hindu rituals of the Bunt network, to which Rai belongs. the
marriage came about in a personal rite on the Bachchan residence, Prateeksha,
in Juhu, Mumbai, however became closely protected by way of the amusement
media. The couple seemed on the Oprah Winfrey show in September 2009, and had
been described as extra famous than Brangelina. They had been described as a
supercouple within the Indian media. Rai gave delivery to a baby woman on 16
November 2011. Her daughter have become pretty famous via the name of
"Beti B" which changed into named through the lovers and the media,
since the couple took over 4 months to name their daughter. The toddler female
turned into sooner or later named as Aaradhya Bachchan in March 2012.his father
Amitabh Bachchan's 60th birthday celebration, Abhishek and actress Karisma
Kapoor announced their engagement. The engagement was called off in January
2003. Aishwarya Rai fell in love with actor Bachchan who is two years younger
than her whilst filming for Dhoom 2, though both of them had already appeared
together in Dhai Akshar Prem Ke (in which her then longtime boyfriend, Salman
Khan, made a brief cameo) and Kuch Naa Kaho. Bachchan and Rai announced their
engagement on 14 January 2007 later confirmed by his father, Amitabh Bachchan.
The couple was married on 20 April 2007, according to traditional Hindu rituals
of the Bunt community, to which Rai belongs. The wedding took place in a
private ceremony at the Bachchan residence, Prateeksha, in Juhu, Mumbai, but
was heavily covered by the entertainment media. The couple appeared on The
Oprah Winfrey Show in September 2009, and were described as more famous than
Brangelina. They have been described as a supercouple in the Indian media. Rai
gave birth to a baby girl on 16 November 2011. Her daughter became quite
popular by the name of "Beti B" which was named by the fans and the
media, since the couple took over four months to name their daughter. The baby
girl was finally named as Aaradhya Bachchan in March 2012.