Abhishek Bachchan

Biography:  Abhishek Bachchan is a well-known Indian actor and film producer who predominantly appears in the Hindi film industry. He is the son of legendary actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. Bachchan made his film debut in 2002 with 'Refugee' in 2000. He won the Film Fare 'Best Supporting Actor' Award for his performances in movies such as 'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna' (2006), 'Dostana' (2008), 'Paa' (2009) and 'Bol Bachchan' (2012). Personal Life He was born in Mumbai to Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. He is the brother of Shweta Bachchan-Nanda. After completing his his schooling from Jamnabai Narsee School and Bombay Scottish School in Mumbai, later he moved to Switzerland to pursue the degree. But he left his studies in the middle to pursue his career in acting to support his father's company, ABCL, which was facing a lot of trouble. Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwary Rai announced their engagement on 14 January 2007 and got married on 20 April 2007. They married according to traditional Hindu rites of the South Indian Bunt community. The marraige was held in a private ceremony at the Bachchan residence Prateeksha which is at Juhu, Mumbai. Career Abhishek started his career with the movie Refugee which was a moderately successful film, which also starred Kareena Kapoor. For around four years he acted in some movies which were not much of a success. In 2004, he starred in the movie Dhoom which was the first hit movie of his career. Soon after in 2005 he gave four consecutive hit movies like Bunty aur Babli, Sarkar, Dus and Bluffmaster. In the year 2006, he acted in a movie Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehena which was one of India's highest grossing films of the year. Then his next movie Umrao Jaan didn't do went well at the box office. Later that year he was again seen in Dhoom 2 which went very well. In 2007, he starred in the movie Guru which was again a great success and his first solo hit. Later that year in June 2007, his next movie Jhoom Barabar Jhoom released which was a failure in India, but was a success in the overseas market. In 2008, Abhishek turned into a producer. His first produced film was Paa. He was the lead actor and the producer in charge of the film. After then,  he starred in the film Raavan opposite his wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in 2010 which was a flop at the box office in India. His next film was Bol Bachchan, which was released in 2012. Directed by Rohit Shetty the film was a box-office hit and collected Rs 66.81 crore in the first week. In 2013, he acted in Vijay Krishna Acharya's Dhoom-3. For his stupendous performances in the film, he gained attention from audiences and critics alike. His last appearances were in digital projects such as Breath: Into the Shadow and Ludo, released in 2020.