Abhishek Bachchan
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Abhishek Bachchan (Hindi: अिभषेक बच्चन, Urdu: ابہشیک بچن) born 5 February 1976 in Mumbai, India, is a popular Indian actor who made his Bollywood debut in 2000.
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[edit] Early life
Abhishek is the son of Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan and renowned actress Jaya Bachchan (she is also a Samajwadi Party MP in Rajya Sabha). Abhishek did his schooling at Jamnabai Narsee School, Bombay Scottish School, Modern School (New Delhi) and also went to Aiglon College in Switzerland. He then went to the United States to complete his education at Boston University. He did not finish his business degree as he chose to pursue an acting career.His grandfather, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, was a well-known poet of Urdu and Hindi. The original last name of the family is "Srivastava"; "Bachchan" was in fact a pen name used by his grandfather. However, when his father Amitabh Bachchan entered films, he did so under his father's pen name.
[edit] Career
Abhishek made his film debut in J.P.Dutta's Refugee along with Kareena Kapoor in 2000 but the film was not considered a success. In a span of four years, Bachchan went on to do many more movies, without any major box-office successes. However, with his performance in Mani Ratnam's Yuva, he proved his mettle as an actor. [1] He portrayed the character of Lallan which earned him the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award and every other supporting actor award at the major film award functions. [2] [3] [4]
In 2004 he starred in Dhoom which was the first hit of his career. In 2005 he shot to fame with four consecutive hits which were Bunty Aur Babli, Sarkar, Dus and Bluffmaster. He recently won his second Filmfare Award in the Best Supporting Actor category for Sarkar.
His first 2006 release Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) has done extremely well at the box office. He was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai alongside many other co-stars.
His second release Umrao Jaan did not do as well at the box office as expected. His recent release Dhoom 2, a sequel to his first hit Dhoom has also done very well at the Box Office. [5]
His first 2007 release will be Guru directed by Mani Ratnam. [1]
[edit] Personal life
He was engaged to actress Karisma Kapoor in 2002, an engagement later broken. Gossip has linked him with a number of actresses such as Aishwarya Rai, his co-star in both Umrao Jaan and the newly released Dhoom 2. [6]
He has also been rumoured to be gtting "quite close" with Bipasha Basu.
[edit] Trivia
- The song "Kajra Re", which Abhishek performed in the film Bunty Aur Babli (2005), was voted best song of 2005 and best choreographed song of 2005 in a poll by the Hindustan Times. [7]
[edit] Awards and nominations
[edit] Filmfare Awards
2001: Nomination, Best Debut for Refugee
2004: Nomination, Best Supporting Actor for Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon
2005: Nomination, Best Villain Award for Yuva & Winner, Best Supporting Actor for Yuva
2006: Nomination, Best Actor for Bunty Aur Babli & Winner, Best Supporting Actor for Sarkar
[edit] IIFA Awards
2001: Nomination, Best Upcoming Talent
2005: Winner, Best Supporting Actor for Yuva
2006: Winner, Best Supporting Actor for Sarkar
[edit] Star Screen Awards
2001: Nomination, Most Promising Newcomer - Male for Refugee
2005: Winner, Best Supporting Actor for Yuva & Nomination, Jodi No. 1 along with Rani Mukherjee for Yuva
2006: Winner, Best Comedian for Bunty aur Babli & Winner, Jodi No. 1 along with Rani Mukherjee for Bunty aur Babli
[edit] Zee Cine Awards
2005: Nomination, Best Performance in a Villainous Role for Yuva & Winner, Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Male for Phir Milenge
2005: Winner, Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Sarkar
[edit] Stardust Awards
2005: Winner, Stardust Star of the Year Award - Male, Yuva.
[edit] GIFA Awards
2006: Winner, Best Actor in Supporting Role for Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna [2]
[edit] Other awards
- 2004, Sports World Award, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Yuva.
- 2006, CNN-IBN Entertainer of the Year-2005 for Bunty Aur Babli, Sarkar, Dus and Bluffmaster
[edit] Honor
Abhishek Bachchan is a recipient of the Yash Bharati Samman, UP state's highest award from the Government of Uttar Pradesh. [3]
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Films
| Year | Film | Role | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Delhi 6 | Announced [8] | |
| 2007 | Chudiyan | Filming [9] | |
| 2007 | Jhoom Barabar Jhoom | Rikki | Filming [10] |
| 2007 | Drona | Pre-production [11] | |
| 2007 | Shootout at Lokhandwala | Pre-production [12] | |
| 2007 | Sarkar 2 | Shankar Nagare | Pre-production |
| 2007 | Guru | Gurukant Desai | Scheduled for January 2007 release |
| 2006 | Dhoom 2 | ACP Jai Dixit | Released in hindi, telugu and tamil versions. |
| 2006 | Umrao Jaan | Nawab Sultan | |
| 2006 | Lage Raho Munna Bhai | Sunny | Special appearance |
| 2006 | Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna | Rishi Talwar | |
| 2006 | Alag | Special appearance in song Sabse Alag | |
| 2005 | Bluffmaster | Roy | |
| 2005 | Neal n' Nikki | Dancer in club | Special appearance |
| 2005 | Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak | Customer at pizzeria | Special appearance |
| 2005 | Ek Ajnabee | Anamika's (Adult) Bodyguard | Special appearance |
| 2005 | Salaam Namaste | Dr. Vijay Kumar MD/DGO (Obstetrician) / Narrator | Special appearance |
| 2005 | Antar Mahal | Vrij Bhushan | |
| 2005 | Dus | Shashank Dheer | |
| 2005 | Sarkar | Shankar Nagare | Winner, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award |
| 2005 | Bunty Aur Babli | Rakesh/Bunty | Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award |
| 2004 | Hum Tum | Sameer | Guest appearance |
| 2004 | Naach | Abhinav | |
| 2004 | Dhoom | ACP Jai Dixit | |
| 2004 | Yuva | Lallan | Winner, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award Nominated, Filmfare Best Villain Award |
| 2004 | Phir Milenge | Tarun Anand | |
| 2004 | Run | Siddharth | |
| 2004 | Rakth | Guest Appearance (item number) | |
| 2003 | Zameen | ACP Jai | |
| 2003 | LOC Kargil | Lt. Vikram Batra | |
| 2003 | Kuch Naa Kaho | Raj | |
| 2003 | Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost | Kanji | |
| 2003 | Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon | Prem Kumar | |
| 2002 | Om Jai Jagadish | Jagadish Batra | |
| 2002 | Desh | Suprabha's son | |
| 2002 | Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya | Shiv Kapoor | |
| 2001 | Shararat | Rahul Khanna | |
| 2001 | Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai | Suraj Shrivastav | |
| 2000 | Tera Jadoo Chal Gaya | Kabir Srivastav | |
| 2000 | Dhai Akshar Prem Ke | Karan Khanna | |
| 2000 | Refugee | Refugee | Nominated, Filmfare Best Debut Award |
[edit] Television appearances
- Tinseltown TV (interviewed 14 February 2004)
- Koffee with Karan (2004-2005) (appeared January 7, 2005 and March 11, 2005 in Episode #1.7 and Episode #1.15) [13]
- Bollywood im Alpenrausch (appeared September, 2000)
[edit] References
- ^ bbc.co.uk. Bachchan shines in Yuva. Retrieved on 4 September 2006.
- ^ bbc.co.uk. Bachchan wins Best Supporting Actor. Retrieved on 4 September 2006.
- ^ hindu.com. 2005 IIFA Awards. Retrieved on 4 September 2006.
- ^ movietalkies.com. Another win for Abhishek. Retrieved on 4 September 2006.
- ^ hindu.com. Dhoom 2 clicks with the audience and the box office. Retrieved on 5 December 2006.
- ^ theindian.co.nz. Engagement with Karisma. Retrieved on 5 December 2006.
- ^ "The song that made India dance", hindustantimes.com
- ^ sify.com. Rakeysh Om Prakash sings Bachchan for next film. Retrieved on 4 September 2006.
- ^ indiafm.com. Abhishek and Jaya in Pradeep Sarkar's film. Retrieved on 20 November 2006.
- ^ hindustantimes.com. Shaad Ali's next with junior B. Retrieved on 4 September 2006.
- ^ indiafm.com. Jaya and Abhishek Bachchan in Goldie Behl's Drona. Retrieved on 27 November 2006.
- ^ indiafm.com. Father and son re-unite for next film. Retrieved on 4 September 2006.
- ^ web.mid-day.com. Karan drinks coffee with Abhishek and Preity. Retrieved on 4 September 2006.
