Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan , one of the biggest names in the Indian Film Industry, has a net worth of $425 million in 2015. This fortune also makes him as one of the richest actors of "Bollywood". Amitabh Bachchan was born in the historical city of Allahabad to a Hindu Kayasth family. His father was a famous poet and a celebrity in his own profession.

It was in the early 1970s when Bachchan's name started earning mainstream attention. Amitabh Bachchan became an iconic figure as an Angry Young Man in the early 1970s and there was no looking back for him thereafter. In a career spanning over 40 years, he has acted in over 180 films with a majority of them being blockbusters. In the 1970s and 1980s, his dominance of Indian cinema was so immense that he was widely known as a "One Man Industry". Today, he is considered as one of the most influential personalities in the history of Indian cinema.

Amitabh Bachchan has been honoured with numerous awards in his career which include three National Awards, Fourteen Filmfare Awards and a large number of international awards. He has also been honored with the Padma Shri in 1984 and Padma Bhushan in 2001 for his contribution towards Indian Cinema.

After spending four decades in Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan only made his Hollywood debut in 2013. He played the role of Meyer Wolfsheim, a non-Indian Jewish in The Great Gatsby.

Amitabh Harivansh Rai Bachchan was born on the 11th of October 1942 in Allahabad, United Provinces, British India. He attended Sherwood College and Kirori Mal College, Delhi University. Since 1973, he has been married to Jaya Bhaduri. He has two children named Abhishek Bachchan and Shweta Nanda.

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