Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been presented with the lifetime achievement award at NDTV Indian of the Year Awards.  Jaya, who has worked with Amitabh in films like “Chupke Chupke”, “Abhimaan”, “Mili” and “Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham”, said she always knew her husband would make it big one day.

Abhishek said Big B is the world’s best father and that is what matters to him more than anything else. Amitabh started his career in 1969 film “Saat Hindustani” followed by “Anand”, “Guddi”, “Zanjeer”, “Sholay” among others. He also made his Hollywood debut with Baz Luhrmann’s film “The Great Gatsby”, in which he played a Jewish character.  The “Wazir” star will be next seen in Sujoy Ghosh-produced “TE3N” opposite Vidya Balan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

 Did You Know??? 

• Amitabh began his career in films in 1969 as a voice narrator in Mrinal Sen’s Bhuvan Shome.
• Though his surname was Shrivastava, his father had adopted the pen name Bachchan. Amitabh has stuck to this name only.
• During his struggling days, Amitabh Bachchan had spent a few nights on a bench at Marine Drive, Mumbai.
• The superstar has given 12 consecutive flops before his first big hit Zanjeer.
• In 2001, Amitabh Bachchan was honoured with the ‘Actor of the Century’ award at an Alexandria Film Festival in Egypt.
• He is also the first Asian actor to have a wax model of his likeness displayed at Madame Tussauds’ in London. Another statue was installed in New York and Hong Kong in 2009.