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Amitabh Bachchan Birthday: Amitabh Bachchan is about to turn 83. He was born on October 11, 1942 in Prayagraj. Before entering the cinema, he was working in Kolkata. Let’s know how he got his first film.
Amitabh Bachchan stepped into the world of acting with the film ‘Saat Hindustani’ which came out in 1969. The writer-director and producer of this film was Khwaja Ahmed Abbas. J. P. Kaushik composed the music.
After completing his education, Amitabh Bachchan worked as a business executive in ‘Bird and Company’ in Kolkata. Since he was fond of acting, he used to do theater after the shift. Big B made his Bollywood debut at the age of 27.
Amitabh Bachchan got his first film ‘Saat Hindustani‘ because of Tinu Anand. It was he who asked Khwaja Ahmed Abbas to cast Big B in the film. This was the story of the bravery of seven Indians who liberated Goa from Portuguese rule. It starred Madhu, Utpal Dutt, Jalal Agha, Anwar Ali, Madhukar and Shahnaz in the lead roles.
Amitabh Bachchan received a fee of Rs 5000 for the movie ‘Saat Hindustani’. His character in the movie was named Anwar Ali. At that time, this movie earned Rs 8.10 lakhs at the box office.
Amitabh Bachchan’s first movie ‘Saat Hindustani’ was a flop at the box office. But after this, he started getting movies. After the first movie, Big B appeared in movies like ‘Anand’, ‘Pyaar Ki Kahani’, ‘Parwana’, ‘Reshma Aur Shera’, ‘Sanjog’, ‘Ek Nazar’, ‘Bansi Birju’.
Amitabh Bachchan worked in about 200 movies in his 56-year career. He was a part of many blockbuster movies. After the movie ‘Zanjeer’, he became known as the ‘Angry Young Man’. Despite being 80 years old, he is still active in films.
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