Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan (IPA: [mtab bttn]; born 11 October 1942) is an Indian film actor.

He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Bollywood, and has since [1][2] appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades. Bachchan is widely [3][4][5] regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema. So total was his dominance of the movie scene in the 1970s and 1980s that the French director Franois [6][7] Truffaut called him a "one-man industry". Bachchan has won many major awards in his career, including three National Film Awards as Best Actor (a record he shares with Kamal Hassan andMammootty), a number of awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies and fourteen Filmfare Awards. He is the most-nominated performer in any major acting category at Filmfare, with 39 nominations overall. In addition to acting, Bachchan has worked as a playback singer, film producer and television presenter. He also had a stint in politics in the 1980s. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 1984 and the Padma Bhushan in 2001 for his contributions towards the arts. Bachchan made his Hollywood debut in 2013 with The Great Gatsby, in which he played a non-Indian Jewish character, Meyer Wolfsheim.

Awards[edit]

All the awardees are awarded with 'Swarna Kamal' (Golden Lotus Award), cash prize and a Certificate. Award winners include Producer andDirector of the film. Cash prize amount varied over the period. Following table illustrates the cash prize amount over the years:

Year (Period)

Producer

Director

1953 (1st) - 1956 (4th)

President's Gold Medal

1957 (5th) - 1966 (14th)

Gold Medal and

20,000

5,000

1967 (15th) - 1969 (17th)

Gold Medal and

20,000

A plaque and

5,000

1970 (18th) - 1973 (21st)

Swarna Kamal and

40,000

A plaque and

10,000

1974 (22nd) - 1975 (23rd)

Swarna Kamal and

40,000

Rajat Kamal,

15,000

1977 (25th)

Swarna Kamal and

40,000

Rajat Kamal and

20,000

Year (Period)

Producer

Director

1980 (28th) - 1994 (42nd)

Swarna Kamal and

50,000

Swarna Kamal and

25,000

1995 (43rd) - 2005 (53rd)

Swarna Kamal and

50,000

2006 (54th) - present

Swarna Kamal and

2,50,000

Winners[edit]
Indicates a joint award for that year

List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s),

Year

Film(s)

Language(s)

Producer(s)

1953
(1st)

Shyamchi Aai

[1]

Marathi

Pralhad Keshav Atre

Pralhad Ke

1954
(2nd)

Mirza Ghalib

[2]

Hindi

Sohrab Modi

Sohrab Mo

1955
(3rd)

Pather Panchali

[3]

Bengali

Government of West Bengal

Satyajit Ra

1956
(4th)

Kabuliwala

[4]

Bengali

Charuchitra

Tapan Sinh

1957
(5th)

Do Aankhen Barah Haath

[5]

Hindi

V. Shantaram

V. Shantar

List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s),

Year

Film(s)

Language(s)

Producer(s)

1958
(6th)

Sagar Sangamey

[6]

Bengali

De Luxe Film Distributors

Debaki Bo

1959
(7th)

Apur Sansar

[7]

Bengali

Satyajit Ray Productions

Satyajit Ra

1960
(8th)

Anuradha

[8]

Hindi

Hrishikesh Mukherjee L. B. Thakur

Hrishikesh

1961
(9th)

Bhagini Nivedita

[9]

Bengali

Aurora Film Corporation

Bijoy Bose

1962
(10th)

Dada Thakur

[10]

Bengali

Shyamlal Jalan

Sudhir Muk

1963
(11th)

Shehar Aur Sapna

[11]

Hindi

Naya Sansar

Khwaja Ah

1964
(12th)

Charulata

[12]

Bengali

R. D. Bansal

Satyajit Ra

1965
(13th)

Chemmeen

[13]

Malayalam

Babu Ismail Settu

Ramu Kari

1966
(14th)

Teesri Kasam

[14]

Hindi

Shail