So total was his dominance on the movie scene in the 1970s and 1980s that the French director François Truffaut called him a "one-man industry." Bachchan has won numerous accolades in his career, including four National Film Awards as Best Actor and many awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies. Bachchan is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema. Referred to as the "Shahenshah of Bollywood", "Star of the Millennium" or "Big B", he has since appeared in over 190 Indian films in a career spanning almost five decades. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s for movies like Zanjeer and Deewaar, and was dubbed India's first "angry young man" for his on-screen roles in Bollywood.
Amitabh Harivansh Rai Shrivastava Bachchan ( IPA: born 11 October 1942) is an Indian film actor.