Amitabh Bachchan career took off after romance with Rekha |
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33 He is the only actor to star in a remake of his own film as hero as well as villain.
34 He is a vegetarian and a teetotaler.
35 Amitabh Bachchan is ambidextrous.
36 The Indian comic character Supremo is based on him.
37 Jaya is often heard saying, "Amitji is a loner!"
38 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.
39 In 2001, Amitabh Bachchan was honoured with the 'Actor of the Century' award at an Alexandria Film Festival in Egypt.
40 Was named Actor of the Millennium in a BBC News Poll ahead of such luminaries as Charlie Chaplin, and Marlon Brando.
41 In 2003, he was conferred with the honorary citizenship of the French town of Deauville.
42 Bruce Willis once commented, at the opening of Planet Hollywood, that Mr Bachchan was 'bigger than any Hollywood star.'
43 Was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2001.
