Abhishek Bachchan , born 5 February 1976, is an Indian actor who made his Bollywood debut in 2000.

Early life

Abhishek is the son of Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan and renowned actress and Samajwadi Party MP in Rajya Sabha, Jaya Bachchan. He did his schooling at Bombay Scottish School, Modern School (New Delhi) and also went to Aiglon College in Switzerland. He then went to the United States to complete his education at Boston University. He did not finish his business degree as he chose to pursue an acting career which his father agreed to.

Career

Although he made a strong debut in J.P.Dutta's Refugee along with Kareena Kapoor in 2000, the movie was not considered a success. In a span of four years, Bachchan went on to do many more movies, without any major box-office successes. However, with his performance in Mani Ratnam's Yuva, he proved his mettle as an actor. He portrayed the character of Lallan which earned him the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award and every other supporting actor award at the major film award functions.

In 2004 he starred in Dhoom, produced by Yashraj Films, the film was the first hit of his career. In 2005 he shot to fame with four consecutive hits which were Bunty Aur Babli, Sarkar, Dus and Bluffmaster. He recently won his second Filmfare Award in the Best Supporting Actor category for Sarkar.

His recent release Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) is also doing extremely well at the box office. He was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai alongside many other co-stars.

Personal life

He was engaged to actress Karisma Kapoor in 2002 but broke up soon after. Recently, much media attention has focused on Bachchan's alleged romantic involvement with fellow Bollywood celebrity and Miss World 1994, Aishwarya Rai. Gossip has linked him with a number of actresses.

When not shooting, Abhishek Bachchan lives with his parents (Amitabh Bachchan & Jaya Bachchan) in Mumbai.

Awards and nominations

Filmfare Awards

Abhishek (right) with father Amitabh Bachchan after winning the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Yuva at the 2004 Filmfare Awards2001: Nomination, Best Debut for Refugee
2004: Nomination, Best Supporting Actor for Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon
2005: Nomination, Best Villain Award for Yuva & Winner, Best Supporting Actor for Yuva
2006: Nomination, Best Actor for Bunty Aur Babli & Winner, Best Supporting Actor for Sarkar

IIFA Awards

2001: Nomination, Best Upcoming Talent
2005: Winner, Best Supporting Actor for Yuva
2006: Winner, Best Supporting Actor for Sarkar

Star Screen Awards

2001: Nomination, Most Promising Newcomer - Male for Refugee

2005: Winner, Best Supporting Actor for Yuva & Nomination, Jodi No. 1 along with Rani Mukerji for Yuva
2006: Winner, Best Comedian for Bunty aur Babli & Winner, Jodi No. 1 along with Rani Mukerji for Bunty aur Babli

Zee Cine Awards

2005: Nomination, Best Performance in a Villainous Role for Yuva & Winner, Zee Cine Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Male for Phir Milenge
2005: Winner, Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Sarkar

Stardust Awards
2004: Winner, Stardust Star of the Year Award - Male, Yuva.

Other awards
2004, Sports World Award, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Yuva.

2006, CNN-IBN Entertainer of the Year-2005 for Bunty Aur Babli, Sarkar, Dus and Bluffmaster

Filmography

2007 Delhi 6 Announced
2007 Jhoom Barabar Jhoom Rikki Filming
2006 Shootout at Lokhandwala Pre-production
2006 Sarkar 2 Shankar Nagare Pre-production
2006 Guru Post-production
2006 Dhoom 2 ACP Jai Dixit Post-production
2006 Umrao Jaan Gauhar Mirza Post-production
2006 Lage Raho Munna Bhai Special appearance
2006 Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Rishi Talwar
2006 Alag Special appearance in song Sabse Alag
2005 Bluffmaster Roy
2005 Neal n' Nikki Special appearance
2005 Home Delivery: Aapko... Ghar Tak Customer at pizzeria Special appearance
2005 Ek Ajnabee Anamika's (Adult) Bodyguard Special appearance
2005 Salaam Namaste Dr. Vijay Kumar MDGGO / Narrator Special appearance
2005 Antar Mahal Vrij Bhushan
2005 Dus Shashank Dheer
2005 Sarkar Shankar Nagare Winner, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
2005 Bunty Aur Babli Rakesh/Bunty Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award
2004 Hum Tum Sameer Guest appearance
2004 Naach Abhinav
2004 Dhoom Jai Dixit
2004 Yuva Lallan Winner, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
Nominated, Filmfare Best Villain Award
2004 Phir Milenge Tarun Anand
2004 Run Siddharth
2004 Rakth Guest Appearance (item number)
2003 Zameen ACP Jai
2003 LOC Kargil Lt. Vikram Batra
2003 Kuch Naa Kaho Raj
2003 Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost Kanji
2003 Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon Prem Kumar
2002 Om Jai Jagadish Jagadish Batra
2002 Desh Suprabha's son
2002 Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya Shiv Kapoor
2001 Shararat Rahul Khanna
2001 Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai Suraj Shrivastav
2000 Tera Jadoo Chal Gaya Kabir Srivastav
2000 Dhai Akshar Prem Ke Karan Khanna
2000 Refugee Refugee Nominated, Filmfare Best Debut Award