Amitabh Bachchan Net Worth | Net Worth of Amitabh Bachchan

By Harshita Sharma on July 8, 2021

Amitabh Bachchan Net Worth: Amitabh Bachchan is the name that is known by every Indian for their Bollywood career. Every generation has watched his movies. He has worked in soo many movies with different genres. In his journey, he has done many things- he has hosted tv shows, acted in tv series, worked as a playback sing, gave his voice in many movies, and endorsed many brands. He has earned a lot of lot and respect from his fans. Amitabh Bachchan’s monthly income is $ 5 Million and his total net worth of 2021 is 3,322 Crores.

Amitabh Bachchan Net Worth

Amitabh Bachchan is the name of a person, who ruled the Bollywood industry once. He is a very amazing, actor, singer, television host, and playback singer. He is also considered one of the greatest and most leading actors in Indian cinema history. He has performed in several movies during his Bollywood journey. He has earned a lot of fans, respect, and money through his Bollywood career. In his journey, he has also hosted shows and endorsed many brands. The current net worth of Mr. Bchchan is $455 Million.


Birth Name	Inquilaab Srivastava
Date Of Birth	11th October 1942
Age	79
Birth Place	Allahabad
Nickname	Big B
Height	6'2
Zodiac Sign	Libra
Father's Name	Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Mother's Name	Teji Bachchan
Wife	Jaya Bachchan
Affairs	Parveen Babi
	Rekha
Childrem	Abhishek Bachchan
	Shweta Bachchan Nanda
Hobbies	Reading
	Blogging
Address	Jalsa, B/2, Kapol Housing Society, Juhu, Mumbai
Car Collection	Rolls Royces Phantom
	Range Rover Sports
	Audi A8L
	BMW 7 Series
	Mercedes G Wagon
	Mini Cooper
Net Worth 2021	$455 Million

Early Life

Amitabh Bachchan is the son of a very popular poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and social activist Teji Bachchan. His father was an Awadhi Hindu Kayastha, and his mother was Punjabi Sikh Khatri. After the birth, his father named him Inquilaab but soon changed by the suggestion of his fellow Sumitranandan Pant. Amitabh’s original surname was Srivastav, but his father opposed to caste system so, he changed the surname to Bachchan. His father and mother both started using this surname. His father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2007.

Amitabh Bachchan has pursued his schooling from Boys High School & College Allahabad. After this, he studied at Sherwood College, Nanital, and Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi.

His father approached Prithviraj Kapoor to help his son in getting any lead in movies, but he didn’t help them. So, Amitabh tried a job as a newsreader in All India Radio, but he failed in the Audition. So, he became a business executive for Bird & Company in Kolkata. He worked there before starting his movie career.

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Acting Carrer

Amitabh made his debut in the Bollywood industry in 1969 as a narrator in the movie Bhuvan Shome. His screen debut was with the movie Saat Hindustani, he was one of the seven protagonists. After this, he was seen in the movie ‘Anand’ with Rajesh Khanna. For this movie, he was awarded Filmfare Award For The Best Supporting Actor. After this, his career was not soo good as his movies such as Parwana, Reshma Aur Shera, and Sanjog all didn’t work well at the Box office. During this period of his career, he only has 2 hit movies and 12 flop movies.

In 1973, Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar wrote the story, screenplay, and script of the movie ‘Zanjeer’, so they wanted the ‘angry young man persona of the lead role. This movie of him changed his whole career and got a new persona as ‘angry young man’. After this, he was seen in movies like Sholay and Deewar. Both movies were blockbuster hits in India. Now his journey was changed and he became a very successful actor in Hindi cinema.

Now he started performing in different genre films- Chupke Chupke (comedy), Faraar (crime drama), and Mili (romantic drama). In 1976, Yash Copra cast him in the romantic drama movie Kabhi Kabhi, which changed his persona of an angry young man. In 1977, he was seen in a double role in the movie Adalat. Some of his 1978 to 1986 hit movies – Suhaag, Kaala Pathar, Mr. Natwarlal, Manzil, Silsila, Shaan, Ram Balram, Naseeb, Laawaris, Yaarana, Satte pe Satta, Andha Kanoon, Mard, Akhree Rasta, and more. All these movies were hits of that time.

In 1982, during the shoot of the movie ‘Coolie’, he was injured very badly. During a fighting scene, a corner of the table struck his abdomen that resulted in Splenic Rupture, which causes a high amount of blood loss. This injury took him close to death, his fans were praying outside the hospital and offered to sacrifice their limbs to save him. This was the love of his fans for him. By the god grace, he recovered after some time and again started the shooting for this movie.

Later he was diagnosed with Myasthenia gravis, which made him weak physically and mentally. So, he decided to quit the film industry and join politics.

After resigning from politics he again joined the industry. Now, he performed in movies like Shahenshah, Jaadugar, Toofan, and many more.

Political Carrer

In 1984, after quitting the movies, Amitabh joined the politics to support his friend Rajiv Gandhi. He contested for the Allahbad seat for the 8th Lok Sabha against H.N Bahuguna and won by one of the highest victory margins in general election history. But he resigned after three years from it.

Television Carrer

In 2000, he hosted the show Kon Banega Crorepati. The second season of the show was started in2005, but the show was stopped in between because of the illness of Amitabh. Later in 2010, he hosted the fourth season of this show, and it became a massive hit with audiences and broke many TRP Records. Amitabh Bachchan is still hosting this show on the Sony channel.

In 2010, he hosted the 3rd season of the reality show Bigg Boss.

In 2014, he was also seen in a fictional tv series Yudh on Sony TV.

Amitabh Bachchan’s Voice

Amitabh Bachchan’s height and voice make him different from other actors. His voice is deep and baritone, which makes the character stronger. He has also worked as a narrator, a playback singer, and presenter for numerous programmes. His voice was used in several movies such as – Tere Mere Sapne, Hello Brother, Lagaan, Parineeta, Jodha Akbar, Swami, Kahaani, Krrish, and more.

Awards and Honors (Amitabh Bachchan Net Worth)

In his whole life, Amitabh Bachchan has won many awards. In 1991, he became the first artist was awarded the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award. In the next year, he was crowned as the Superstar of the Millenium at the Filmfare awards. In the same year, he became the first living Asian who was modeled in wax at London’s Madame Tussauds Wax Museum. Amitabh’s other wax was installed in New York in 2009, in Hong Kong and Bangkok in 2011, in Washington DC in 2012, and in Delhi in 2017.

In 2012, he was named the hottest vegetarian by PETA India. In Allahabad, a Sports complex and a road are named after Amitabh. There is a waterfall in Sikkim known as Amitabh Bachchan Falls.

In 1984, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India. And the Padma Bhushan in 2001, and the Padma Vibhushan in 2015. In 2019, he was awarded the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award by the government of India.