Abhishek Bachchan, is an actor, producer, singer, voice-over artiste and an entrepreneur. He has done over 70 films. He won critical acclaim for his portrayal of an angsty young goon in ‘Yuva’ (2004). He received the Filmfare ‘Best Supporting Actor’ Award for this role and continued this winning streak with ‘Sarkar’ (2005), ‘Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna’ (2006), ‘Dostana’ (2008), ‘Paa’ (2009) and ‘Bol Bachchan’ (2012).Born in Mumbai, India on February 5th 1976 to Bollywood legends Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan (née Bhaduri). After schooling in the Bombay Scottish school, then Jamnabai Narsee school and then Modern school (Vasant Vihar, New Delhi), he was sent to Aiglon College an international boarding school in Switzerland. After which he enrolled in Boston University to study Arts. He dropped out of college and moved back to Mumbai to pursue his acting career. Making his debut in JP Dutta’s Refugee (2000).Abhishek lives in Mumbai, India with his wife, actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and their daughter Aaradhya Bachchan. Time Magazine (2007) listed them on its list of most influential Indians. And they made quite a splash when they appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show (2009).Over the years he has become famous for his versatility and the variety of films that he has been a part of; ranging from ‘Yuva’ (2004), The ‘Dhoom’ series (2004, 2006, 2013), Sarkar (2005), ‘Bluffmaster’ (2005), the highly acclaimed ‘Guru’ (2007), ‘Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna’ (2006), ‘Paa’ (2009, which he produced and won a National Award for Best Film – Hindi), to the blockbusters ‘Bol Bachchan’ (2012) and ‘Happy New Year’ (2014).In 2016 he took a sabbatical from acting to re-evaluate himself and concentrate on his other passion, sports. He owns teams in the Pro Kabaddi League (Jaipur Pink Panthers) and in the Indian Super League (Chennaiyin Football Club). He has always maintained, “Entrepreneurship and acting can’t be taught. They have to be done with passion.””He returned to films in 2018 with the critically acclaimed ‘Manmarziyaan’ (2018). As audiences for streaming platforms began growing, he did the Hindi voice of Bagheera for Mowgli on Netflix (voiced by Christian Bale in English); and plays the lead in season two of Breathe, one of the biggest shows on Amazon Prime Video.He turned film producer with R. Balki’s National-Award Winning comedy-drama, ‘Paa’, in which he played father to Amitabh Bachchan (his real-life father). Since then, he has produced several films through his production company, ‘Saraswati Entertainment’.Trying his hand at rapping, Abhishek hit all the right notes with the song ‘Right Here Right Now’ from ‘Bluffmaster’.Continuing to essay strong roles in his quest of great characters and films, Bachchan continues to be one of the most sought after and dependable actors in the industry.”
Abhishek Bachchan
Movies
Dhoom
The tale begins in Mumbai where a sophisticated gang of robbers is sweeping through the city, giving nightmares to the police department. They come like wind, sweep the place and disappear on their hi-tech bikes – the slickest and fastest riding machines on the road. Officer Jai Dixit (Abhishek Bachchan)…
Rakht
A young widow named Drishti lives in a small remote village. She has the gift of reading tarot cards and seeing into the future and so she decides to run a small business telling fortunes. People who come for her help include Riya, who is abused by her husband, Sunny.…
Dostana
After her parents’ deaths, Neha Melwani lives in Miami with her aunt and rents out a room in her apartment to two seemingly-gay Indian men, photographer Kunal Chauhan and nurse Sameer Acharya. She introduces them to her departing gay boss Murli and falls in love with her new boss, Abhimanyu…
Drona
Orphaned, lonely and neglected Aditya grows up in Great Britain, living with his abusive aunt and cousin, Rajesh, and the abuse grows worse after the passing of his uncle. Aditya will soon find out that he is not alone in this world – he has a mother, Rani Jayati; a…
Dum Maaro Dum
On his way to Griffin University in the U.S., Goa-based Lawrence Eduardo Gomes is arrested and held at the airport by a corrupt ACP Vishnu Kamath as his baggage concealed drugs. While attempts by Lorry and others are made to clear Lawrence’s name, Vishnu continues his investigation aided by Inspectors…
Dus
ATC Chief Siddhant Dheer receives information that a terrorist attack will take place on 10 May, led by Jamwaal. Neha, his informant in Canada, tells him of the arrest of Jamwaal’s right-hand man Himmat Mehndi. Siddhant sends his brothers Shekar and Aditya to get hold of Himmat. Dan, a Canadian…
Ek Ajnabee
Suryaveer Singh (Amitabh Bachchan) is a bitter man, hired to protect a little girl, Anamika (Rucha Vaidya). However, Anamika gets kidnapped and her father is not able to pay the sum in order to release his daughter. So Suryaveer uses all his skills to save the life of the child,…
Laaga Chunari Mein Daag
When a small town girl Badki (Rani Mukerji) from Banaras lands in the big bad city of Mumbai to earn an honest living for her family back home – things don’t go exactly as she hoped. When her kid sister Chutki (Konkona Sen Sharma) comes face to face and her…
Lage Raho Munna Bhai
A hilarious underworld gangster known as Munna Bhai falls comically in love with a radio host by the name of Jahnvi, who runs an elders’ home, which is taken over by an unscrupulous builder, who gets the residents kicked out ironically with the help of Munna’s sidekick, Circuit, while Munna…
Salaam Namaste
Falling in love. It’s very easy to do. Being in love–now that’s the tough part. Nick (Saif Ali Khan) is a chef; Ambar (Preity Zinta) is a radio jockey. They’re young, they’re cool, they’re independent, and together they make the PERFECT pair. Or do they? Surrounded by quirky friends, bosses,…
Shamitabh
The film revolves around a very unique plot, where it shows two different individuals having different talents and when they become ONE, the mixture measures up to be a very big hit in the industry. But in the meantime, EGO comes in the way and prepares to shatter the bond…
Songs
Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon
The Kapoor family are very rich Indians who live in India and want their youngest daughter,Sanjana,to get married to an American-Indian businessman named Prem. Prem is welcomed, and after a few misunderstandings, both Sanjana and Prem fall in love with each other. Then chaos descends upon the Kapoor family when…
Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya
Shiv (Abhishek Bachchan) and Pooja (Karisma Kapoor) are happily married to each other but sometimes can get into the most petty arguments coming from the way they approach life. Shiv takes each day as it comes whilst Pooja’s imagination sometimes gets the best of her. Pooja falls in love with…
Halla Bol
Ashfaque (Ajay Devgan) is a small town boy aspiring to be a film star in the Hindi film industry. He joins a street theatre group run by a reformed dacoit Sidhu (Pankaj Kapur) who uses street theatre as a medium to bring about an awakening in the masses. Ashfaque struggles…
Housefull 3
London based business men Batuk Patel lives with his three daughters Ganga (Gracy),Jamuna (Jenny) and Saraswati (Sarah).The sisters want to get married to their boyfriends Sandy,Teddy and Bunty and speak to their father.But Aakhri Pasta a restaurant owner whose also a fortune teller to Batuk tells him that he will…
Hum Tum
Life is not always like the movies. Love isn’t always at first sight. Very often, a relationship develops slowly and it takes many years between “boy meets girl” and “boy gets girl”. Hum Tum is a refreshing look at the eternal battle of the sexes as it follows the lives…
Bunty Aur Babli
Rakesh (Abhishek Bachchan) is a man of schemes, ideas, invention and restlessness. His small town begins to feel too small for his King size plans. In another part of India crinkle nosed small town girl, Vimmi (Rani Mukerji) doesn’t want to become just another young marriageable girl. In her mind…
Om Shanti Om
Om Prakash Makhija is a Junior Artist in the 1970s Hindi film industry and in love with actress Shantipriya. Om rescues Shanti from an out-of-control fire scene and they become friends. His hopes seem to be coming true–until he finds out that she’s married to film producer Mukesh Mehra and…
Paa
Auro (Amitabh Bachchan) is an intelligent and witty 13-year-old boy with an extremely rare genetic defect that causes accelerated aging. He suffers from a progeria-like syndrome. Mentally he is 13, very normal, but physically he looks five times older. In spite of his condition, Auro is a very happy boy.…
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
London, an overcrowded cafe, one table to share. Two strangers tell each other “how I met my fiancé” stories to kill time. Rikki (Abhishek Bachchan) met his fiance Anaida (Lara Dutta) at the Ritz in Paris and Alvira (Preity Zinta) met her prince charming Steve (Bobby Deol) at Madame Tussauds…
Jhootha Hi Sahi
London-based Siddharth Arya gets a number of telephone calls from three suicidal males in one night. Subsequently, he is approached by Suhana Malik from ‘Dost India’ and requested to volunteer his time every night counseling East Indians from killing themselves. Siddharth, who stammers in presence of attractive women, but not…
Fun Facts
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Quotes
Critics have a job to do. They do not criticise you without reason.
About his father taking on the role of Marlon Brando in Sarkar (2005): "Please don't compare my father with Brando. It belittles both the actors who are big in their own fields. Even if my father plays The Godfather (1972)