7 Surprising Facts about Amitabh Bachchan!

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.

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