
On his 70th birthday, Amitabh Bachchan talks to Rajdeep Sardesai, editor in chief of IBN network, about his childhood, family, struggling days, his granddaughter Aaradhya and many more things.
Rajdeep Sardesai: Amitabh Bachachan is now 70 year young, there have been so many interviews over the years and everyone seems to know every bit of your life, so we have tried to find those little parts may still not be known and take you down memory lane, I'm told that you're originally to be called Inqalab Bachchan.
Amitabh Bachchan: When my mother was pregnant with me, very close to the ninth month, the quit India movement started from Allahabad and there was a lot of procession and there was a lot of revolt and satyagraha movement all over the city and on one such juloos, my mother was inspired by whole such movement and for freedom and for Gandhi ji and everyone. She just ran out and joined this parade in that condition, they all ran and they got her and said, get back, you are not supposed to do this in this kind of situation, and somebody said if you give birth to a boy, we will keep his name 'Inqalab'....
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New Delhi: Sometimes strict, sometimes fun and sometimes a disciplinarian- a bevy of Bollywood actors including Amitabh Bachchan, Naseeruddin Shah and Shah Rukh Khan immortalised various avatars of teachers on big screen. On the occasion of Teacher's Day Sep 5, IANS lists some of the actors who gave some inspirational performances on screen. Amitabh Bachchan: Whether it is a strict Narayan Shankar in 'Mohabbatein', an eccentric Debraj Sahai, who gives...

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New Delhi: He started off as a lover boy, but over a period of 11 years he has gone on to play intense roles. Actor Jimmy Shergill describes his progress as slow and steady - something that helped him grow as an actor in a fast-changing industry. "Bollywood is changing big time; you can see that different kinds of films are being made. One is typical hardcore commercial, then masala...

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