Bollywood Legendary superstar, Amitabh Bachchan celebrates his 78th birthday today.
Here’s 7 lesser know facts about him that we bet you didn’t know:
#1 Family Name
Amitabh’s real surname is Shrivastava. His father Harivanshrai adopted Bachchan as his pen name, so even the family adopted this surname.
#2 Education
Amitabh Bachchan has done a double Masters Degree in Arts.
#3 Bollywood Debut
Amitabh Bachchan started his Bollywood acting career from the black & white film ‘Saat Hindustani’ in 1969. He was paid Rs 1,000 for the movie.
#4 International Recognition
He was among the very few on the panel of esteemed judges in the 1995 Miss World Beauty Pageant.
He was the first Asian actor to have a wax statue displayed at Madame Tussaud’s in London.
In the Alexandria Film Festival in Egypt, 2001, he was awarded as the title of “Superstar of the Century”.
#5 Ambidextrous
Amitabh Bachchan can write equally well with both his hands. Now isn’t that super cool?
#5 Popular Name
Amitji’s most popular screen name is Vijay. His role was named as Vijay in more than 20 films. His second famous name was Amit.
#6 Movies with Wife, Jaya
Amitabh and Jayaji are the only real life couple who had worked together on screen in more than 30 films.
#7 Health
Amitabh has a rare muscle disease called ‘myasthenia gravis’ in which the muscles get weaker. He also has asthma.
