Amitabh Bachchan known as BIG B, born October 11, 1942 is a renowned Indian film actor, popular mostly in the Indian sub-continent and the Middle-East.

Bachchan was also a member of Indian Parliament (MP), being elected in 1984 from Allahabad. His political career was short lived as he resigned from this post after only 3 years.

Bachchan was born in the city of Allahabad, India. His father, 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 father.
Bachchan's first film, Saat Hindustani, his only black-and-white film – was released in 1969.