The Government of France honoured him with its highest civilian honour, Knight of the Legion of honour, in 2007 for his exceptional career in the world of cinema and beyond. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 1984, the Padma Bhushan in 2001 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2015 for his contributions to the arts. He also entered politics for a time in the 1980s. He has hosted several seasons of the game show Kaun Banega Crorepati, India's version of the game show franchise, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. In addition to acting, Bachchan has worked as a playback singer, film producer and television presenter. He has won sixteen Filmfare Awards and is the most nominated performer in any major acting category at Filmfare, with 42 nominations overall. He has since appeared in over 200 Indian films in a career spanning more than five decades, He has won numerous accolades in his career, including four National Film Awards as Best Actor, Dadasaheb Phalke Award as lifetime achievement award and many awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s for films such as Zanjeer, Deewaar and Sholay, and achieved greater stardom in later years, dubbed India's 'angry young man' for some several of his on-screen roles in Hindi films.

His film career started in 1969 as a voice narrator in Mrinal Sen's film Bhuvan Shome.

He was educated at Sherwood College, Nainital, and Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi. īachchan was born in 1942 in Allahabad to the Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and his wife, the social activist Teji Bachchan. His dominance in the Indian movie scene during the 1970s–1980s made the French director François Truffaut call it a 'one-man industry'. Referred to as the Shahenshah of Bollywood (in reference to his 1988 film Shahenshah), Sadi ka Mahanayak ( Hindi for, 'Greatest actor of the century'), Star of the Millennium, or Big B. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential actors in the history of Indian cinema. Amitabh Bachchan ( pronounced born as Amitabh Shrivastav 11 October 1942 ) is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer and former politician known for his work in Hindi cinema.

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