Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor, film producer, television presenter, occasional reading singer, and former politician. He is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema. During the years 1970-1980, he was the most prominent actor in the Indian film scene; French director François Truffaut called it "the one-person industry". Bachchan was born in 1942 in Allahabad to Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and his wife, social activist Teji Bachchan. He trained at Sherwood College, Nainital and Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi. His film career began in 1969 as a voiceover in Mrinal Sen's film Bhuvan Shome. He first rose to fame in the early 1970s with films such as Zanjeer, Deewaar, and Sholay, and has been dubbed India's "Angry Young Man" for his onscreen roles in films in. Hindi.

Over 180 films and television series have featured him in Bollywood. He has been dubbed a "one-man industry" and is widely considered as one of India's most notable and powerful personalities.