Talk:Amitabh Bachchan

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Topics from 2007-2008

Health

Samrat.bose 23:29, 12 November 2007 (UTC) The part which deals with Amitabh Bachchan's health (myasthenia gravis) is filled with factual errors. It says: "Later, he was struck with with an illness called Myasthenia Gravis. This happened either because of the heavy medication that he took during his Coolie accident or because of the blood transfusion that he had received." Myasthenia gravis is a disorder where there is a problem at the junction of the nerve and muscle. Certain types of proteins at such places block the uptake of important chemicals causing the muscle to tire easily. People with myasthenia find it difficult to do things which cause the muscle to tire. For example, they find it difficult to carry on repeatative movements, or the patient may be unable to comb his hair beyond a certain time. Myasthenia is usually not known to be caused by the reasons cited. A drug called penicillamine (not to be confused with the antibiotic penicillin) can cause a similar problem, but it is not something one would have as "heavy medication" as cited. Some other drugs may exacerbate the problem in someone who already has myasthenia, but would not cause it.

Adejk (talk) 22:51, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

4.2 Cirrhosis

In April 2010, he revealed that he has cirrhosis, a condition that developed as a result of blood transfusion from an accident he had while filming nearly three decades earlier.([1])

Total cruft

This article is total cruft. I have replaced dozens of non-RS cites with {{fact}}. If it is not addressed pronto, I will be blanking large parts of the article. We cant have an article full of OR with {{fact}} tags sitting on every sentence for eternity. Sarvagnya 04:20, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

By saying "total craft", you don't really give a genuine reason and you didn't give. You're just quickly removing sites which names seem to be unreliable. I want you to come with every source HERE and say why it's unreliable. According to what? I had a read through WP:RS. No indication is given to your claim that box office india, bollyvista.com (which are used in featured articles, and can do NOTHING with that) etx are unreliable.

I definitely agree that blogs, (even bollyspice.com), youtube etc are not reliable, but boxofficeindia is again the official site of box office figures in India so I'm waiting for explanations why it is not.

As for these tags. I want to see explanations and examples that will provide their necessarity:

{{Original research|date=November 2007}} {{Fansite|date=December 2007}} {{Cleanup|date=November 2007}} {{rewrite}} {{Refimprove|date=November 2007}}

If you restore the page without discussing, I'll turn to an administrator and we will solve it ASAP with him. Thanks, Shahid • ^Talk2me 16:55, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Wrong Birth Time

Amitabh Bachahan's birth time as mentioned in this article is 12 hours behind his real birthtime. -VJha 16:00, 9 November 2007 (UTC) Amitabh Bachahan was born in what is now know as faislabad pakistan. as mentioned on p.t.v. prime tv sky channel 792 by nazia malik on 14/11/2010. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.203.48.36 (talk) 18:09, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Edit Request - add category

{{editprotected}} Please add the following newly created category to the artcle:

Category:National Film Award Winners

--Anoopkn (talk) 13:06, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Declined - not an urgent request, can be done when the page is unprotected. Stifle (talk) 16:59, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Edit Request - fix spelling

{{editprotected}}

Please correct the spelling of own in the line "offered to sacrifice their won limbs"

Wikivarun (talk) 01:19, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Done. Stifle (talk) 16:56, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Do we really need a mile-long filmography, people?

Another sad victim of manic filmographitis. Let's just retain key (important) films in a simple partial filmography section, and leave the rest of the documenting to www.imdb.com shall we? AppleJuggler (talk) 05:41, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Creating a separate page for the filmography is a very good option. AppleJuggler (talk) 00:06, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Regarding genocide

It seems to me that the section meets WP:V, although its neutrality could be improved with some reference to his response, if he has made one. Wikipedia is not censored is also a guideline that seems to support keeping it in. Are there Wikipedia policies that would support removing it that I'm not familiar with? Remember, while we seek consensus on how Wikipedia policy applies to articles, that's based in policy- editors whose reasoning isn't based in policy aren't given as much weight in a disagreement, since Wikipedia is not a democracy. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 15:20, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

A second look at the source, though, seems to indicate that he's been charged, but not yet proven guilty. Wouldn't it be better to wait until after he is tried? -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 15:20, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

First of all, I can't see the notability of the case and how it stands in an encyclopedia article about Bachchan. He has been part of many controversies. Secondly, until it is written well, in a comprehensive and clear way, and supported by reliable source (one of the sources is unreliable), this info is cannot remain here. Also good to note that this user has violated WP:3RR. And I agree it's better to wait until he is tried. Shahid • ^Talk2me 15:28, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Mr. Babu Mann, it seems, is hell bent on including a genocide section in the article. He has cited two sources - IBN and IndiaInfo. Let's see what these say. IBNlive site says, "Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan, senior Congress leaders and police officials figure in a list of 200 persons against whom Sikh organizations will file a fresh petition in the Supreme Court, seeking action against them for their role in anti-Sikh riots in Delhi in 1984." Have they filed a case? The law of natural justice states that any person accused of any crime has to be treated as not guilty until found so. So, even if these organisations file a case against Mr. Bachchan, until and unless he is proven guilty, he cannot be implicated for the 1984 genocide of sikhs.

The citing of Indiainfo.com news titled "Big B splits Sikh outfits into two" is even more dubious. Please refer to this from Times of India, which is a reliable source, on the same issue and you will come to know the truth.

Now please refer to the fact that the All India Sikh Students Federation actually created these charges which can be seen here. The article starts with "The All India Sikh Students Federation (AISSF) claims to have produced a documentary “November 1984– a state sponsored Sikh massacre” charging Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan with inciting people to kill Sikhs after the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi". And the article ends with, "The documentary, however, does not have any clipping of Bachchan making any such statement of which he is being accused." So, Mr. Mann, where does the case stand? Please refrain from (re-)introducing highly POV materials to Wikipedia. In case, you do not relent, my earlier statement, left in your talk page still stands. Oh, by the way, as you have tried to project, I am not a guy who would say that in 1984 the Sikhs were not butchered by mobs led by Congress stalwarts like Jagdish Tytler & Sajjan Kumar. Why don't you use your energies to drag the real culprits to the dock? Thanks. Shovon (talk) 17:30, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

about your humanity,down-to-earth nature

sir, i vineet khanna,aged 43 years, resident of delhi is yours big fan and admirer. i am deeply impressed with your acting skill, which is beyond any comparison. apart from above qualities, the way you speak, behave, truly shows your greatness and proves that you are star of the millenium and indeed one and only superstar.

sir, why sharukh khan needs to  do —vithe films which have been done by you, like don and now remake of deewar.

sir, kindly accept my goodwishes for your future films and good luck for your family.

Thanks & regards -122.161.88.197 (talk) 14:11, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

About his films

Can we just move his filmography to another page as it is taking alot of space and put his notable films on his page.Xxxsacheinxxx (talk) 16:02, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Ineed someone to add his hit films in the notable films section. Thank you. Xxxsacheinxxx ([[User

talk:Xxxsacheinxxx|talk]]) 16:11, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

DISSAPPOINT EVERYTIME

GUYS WHY RU ERASING THE INFORMATION Shahrukh Khan 21 october 2008 (UTC).

Topics from 2009-2010

Inconsistency

Amitabh Bachchan (Hindi: अमिताभ बच्चन IPA: [əmitaːbʱ bətʃːən], born Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan…

And then, Bachchan was initially named Inquilab, inspired from the phrase Inquilab Zindabad, during the Indian independence struggle, but was re-christened Amitabh which means, "the light that would never go off." Though his surname was Shrivastava, his father had adopted the pen-name Bachchan, under which he published all his works. It is with this last name that Amitabh debuted in films, and, for all public purposes, it has become the surname of all members of his current family. There appears to be an inconsistency here. Civilizededucation (talk) 13:03, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

No photo

bloddy wikipedians dont even have a pic of mr. bachchan on this page. —Arc diatm (talk • contribs) 09:15, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

• A photo was added 9 days later (13-Sep-09) by User:FotoPhest.         -Wikid77 (talk) 10:47, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Retrofit talk-page year headers/subpages

27-Sep-09: I have added subheaders above as "Topics from 2007" (etc.) to emphasize the dates of topics in the talk-page. Older topics might still apply, but using the year headers helps to focus on more current issues as well. Afterward, I renamed unsigned or duplicate comments and moved entries (including "No photo") into date order for 2008 & 2009.
Then I added "Talk-page subpages" beside the TOC. -Wikid77 (talk) 03:15, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

sperate page for amithab bachchan Controversies is added

sperate page for amithab bachchan Controversies is added to make the Main page less lengthy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitabh_bachchan_Controversies

--Hopefloat007 (talk) 10:13, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

The main page is not half as large as many articles, and definitely not split worthy. I've restored the content here. -SpacemanSpiff 02:09, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

The page was changed after discussion, these days people are reading wiki with iphones and netbooks with small screens and its very difficult to scroll and load big pages.

We have already made split page for Main article: List of Amitabh Bachchan's awards, honours and recognitions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Amitabh_Bachchan%27s_awards,_honours_and_recognitions

Same we did for amithab bachchan Controversies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitabh_bachchan_Controversies --Hopefloat007 (talk) 10:13, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

There is no consensus for splitting, stop splitting the article as a logged in user and as an IP. You have repeatedly removed warnings from your page from multiple editors. -SpacemanSpiff 13:05, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

split page poll : Amitabh Bachchan controversies

Guys, I am seeing you all fighting for your lovely star :) Stop it, let discuss who want a split page and who want single very long page. Yes we have split the page before also for amitabh bachchan awards.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Amitabh_Bachchan%27s_awards,_honours_and_recognitions

Lets do a Poll, till that time we keep the page split easy to ready for big and small screens devices. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.237.140.154 (talk) 13:09, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

We are calling SpacemanSpiff to discuss but he is more interested in posting messages rather than constructive discussion. --Hopefloat007 (talk) 13:17, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

There is no discussion and no consensus so you will have to stop this. Shahid • ^Talk2me 13:20, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Quite amusingly, the above editor/IP keep ignoring any messages and keep repeating "no one is discussion. So I'll be clear once more. The article is not large enough to be split. At 43K, one can argue that it's not large enough. Also, a split of a section can occur when there is too much content in that section to provide a summary view. It's not the case here. Finally creating an article to just list controversies, fails WP:POVFORK and that's all the more important for BLPs. So net effect, splitting this is unnecessary and clearly not per our guidelines. -SpacemanSpiff 13:25, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

cc-sa-3.0 pic

Can somebody upload the two pic (Bachan.jpg and Amithab bachan.jpg) of Mr.Bachan uploaded in ml wiki which has license CC-SA-3.0 to commons? Earlier the work of User Aneezone also uploaded to commons. --Rameshng (talk) 15:43, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Comic Character (Supremo)

Can one please add a mention that he was made into a comics character by Gulzar, by the name of "Supremo" in the 80s? It was published by the now defunct STAR comics brand of IBH. I'm so far unable to find reliable online refrences, but it was there, as one can easily see. 1)Apunkachoice 2)comicbooks.blogspot 3)internationalhero.co.uk www.internationalhero.co.uk —Preceding unsigned comment added by RohanOrhanHaron (talk • contribs) 14:11, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Can u know

During “84' Sikh Genocide”, Amitabh Bachchan was shown on television inciting people to kill Sikhs after the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.240.121.147 (talk) 18:53, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

I am quite sure it is not true. Please provide a WP:RS if you are sure.Civilizededucation (talk) 16:41, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 203.27.235.5, 2 August 2010

{{editsemiprotected}}

Please add Amitabh's appearance as Comic super hero SUPREMO during the 80s. There were a series of comic books published with Amitabh Bachchan playing himself and Supremo, all of them published by Star Comics. 203.27.235.5 (talk) 12:09, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Dabomb87 (talk) 14:04, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 125.16.138.135, 10 August 2010

{{editsemiprotected}} PLease change location to Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh from United Province. Uttar Pradesh is the state's name

125.16.138.135 (talk) 12:23, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

N Not done The location is recorded at point in time. —SpacemanSpiff 12:44, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 122.163.26.210, 15 August 2010

{{editsemiprotected}} NAME Bachchan, Amitabh ALTERNATIVE NAMES Big B SHORT DESCRIPTION Film actor DATE OF BIRTH 11 October 1942 PLACE OF BIRTH Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India DATE OF DEATH 11-10-1942 PLACE OF DEATH Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" Categories: 1942 births | Living people | Indian film actors | Hindi film actors | Indian actors | Indian film producers | Indian television presenters | Kirori Mal College alumni | Recipients of the Padma Bhushan | Recipients of the Padma Shri | People from Uttar Pradesh | People from Allahabad | Filmfare Awards winners | Indian Hindus | Indian playback singers | Indian hip hop singers | Indian pop singers | Indian male singers | Indian amateur radio operators | Indian actor-politicians | Indian socialists | Indian vegetarians | National Film Award winners | Bigg Boss | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | 8th Lok Sabha members | Uttar Pradesh politicians | Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Hidden categories: Articles containing Hindi language text Source Description above from the Wikipedia article Amitabh Bachchan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors here. Community Pages are not affiliated with, or endorsed by, anyone associated with the topic.

Comment by user If you see the this is wrong data regarding DATE OF DEATH. Pleaseorrect it ASAP

• I removed it, appears to have had the date of birth incorrectly included in the date of death section on the persondata template. —SpacemanSpiff 20:42, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

122.163.26.210 (talk) 17:22, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. —fetch·comms 20:19, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

• I removed it, appears to have had the date of birth incorrectly included in the date of death section on the persondata template. —SpacemanSpiff 20:43, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Bisaria, 17 August 2010

{{editsemiprotected}} In Amitabh Harivansh Bachchan's profile, location should be Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh not United Province, and India not Indian Empire. May be he was born in undivided India but re-correct it as Uttar Pradesh, India.

Bisaria (talk) 11:11, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

N Not done The infobox reflects the name of the place of birth as it stood at that time and rightly so. I don't see why it should be changed.--Forty two^{the answer?} 12:40, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 115.118.41.101, 26 October 2010

{{edit semi-protected}}

115.118.41.101 (talk) 13:56, 26 October 2010 (UTC) the name of family which is mentioned out here is wrong he doesnt come from hindu sikh family even he halis from hindu-kayastha family. his father name was hariwansh srivastava then how can you write like this, he is from sikh family. dont spread bad knowledge without having accuracy.

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Thanks, Stickee (talk) 22:14, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 188.222.122.21, 13 November 2010

{{edit semi-protected}} Please change the location Allahabad, United Province, Indian Empire to Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Mentioning Allahabad to be a part of Indian Empire (British Raj) would have been applicable if we were living before in pre-1947 times. In current times, Allahabad is a part of India. 188.222.122.21 (talk) 19:30, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

N Not done. The region names are given at the time of the activity. —SpacemanSpiff 20:02, 13 November 2010 (UTC)

Correct the number of National Awards he has own: Not three but Four

Wiki has wrongly written that Mr. Bachchan has got 3 National Film Awards. He has won 4 National Film Awards. First one was for his debut "Saat Hindustani", second he won for Agnipath, third was for Black, and fourth one is for Paa. Also kindly remove descriptions like Filmfare awards from his main article as its a pretty private business award with no credibility and has been tainted long for being manipulated award. Though not correct over Mr. Bachchan, but it does not look good mentioning such private awards with prestigious national awards.

Also please remove the Raj Thackray section. Such sections don't even qualify to be discussed as it was entirely a matter of political mileage to gain popularity by Raj Thackray. Also in India, Raj Thackray does not hold any importance except for a confiscated region. This way one can then mention statements of any Tom Dick and Harry. Auxh sections only make your article politically influenced. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.212.45.114 (talk) 18:18, 26 November 2010 (UTC)

Grammar mistake in Amitabh's wiki page. Shameful.

Please correct the grammar mistake in the line "Bachchan didn't took any remuneration to do this film". Should be didn't *take*. My god, it's so difficult to edit a small mistake yourself, and so difficult to even submit a correction request. Why not just give a web form where you can submit and press a button? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Piyush soni (talk • contribs) 17:50, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 116.72.86.116, 20 February 2011

{{edit semi-protected}}

|website = bigb.bigadda.com | signature = url("http://bigb.bigadda.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/abhindi.jpg")

116.72.86.116 (talk) 10:52, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Partly done: I added the website, but I didn't add the signature. To add pictures to Wikipedia, first you have to upload them to Wikipedia or to Wikimedia Commons. Unfortunately, that picture appears to be, like the rest of his blog, copyrighted, and so isn't eligible to be uploaded (I don't believe it meets the required exceptions for fair use documents). Qwyrxian (talk) 12:38, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Bharat Bhushan                         
                    Who is the hero

        In my opinion the best hero in my life is bollywood actor"Amitabh Bachchan". My favorite and world's greatest star Amitabh Bachchan is the prodigious son of the great hindi poet Harivanch Rai Bachchan. Amitabh was born on 11th october, 1942 at allahabad in india. He is married to Jaya Bhaduri,a talented actress herself. It was love at first sight for Amitabh as Jaya became his spouse and the famouse guddi girl transformed into Mrs. Bachchan.
        One of their children Abhishek has recently followed the footsteps of his parents and entered the film industry. Only time will tell whether he will measure up to his father's success. Amitabh the six feet tall man from the indian state of Uttar Pradesh heralded the trend of the angry young man in country's film industry. Director K.A Abbas launched him in the film 'Saat Hindustani' which went unnoticed. But luckily for him Prakesh Mehra sighed him for 'Zanjeer' which worked out extraor dinarily well for the young star and he never looked back. Big B has worked almost with all successful directors right from Hrishikesh Mukherjee to yash chopra to Mehul Kumar.
          The versatile actor fits in to every mould of acting be it a comic role or a serious one. He has also done the play back in many of his films. He is a house-hold name in the country, the people simply adore him. When Amitabh met with a serious accident on the sets of'coolie' the entire nation united in prayers for his speedy recovery. The prayers turned in to a blessing for the superhero, as he returned to the scene with double the impact. 
          With an excellent career and great family life, Big B launched his company ABCL which is know as Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited which released many bfilms like Mani Ratnam's'Bombay' and Shekhar Kapoor's'Bandit Queen' and commercial film's like joy augustine's'Tere Mere Sapne' and Sachin's'Naam Kya Hai' which was produced under the same benner. Amitabh also utilized his singing skills in his albums'Fer Bhir Phatte' and 'Kabhi Kabhi'.
          Off late, Amitabh was busy in the of shooting of his immensely popular tele-quiz-show'Kaun Banega Crorepati' which also ensured success in his come back to movies and also in reviving ABCL which is started to come-up nsoon film projects.
           Before reappearing in the second stint of KBC or may  be an entirely new game-shw, hopefully in aug-sept 2002 Amitabh will surely try to display his sparkle in few movies.
          Born on:-11 october 1942(Sun sign:Libra)
          Birth place:-Allahabad,Uttar Pradesh,India
          Parents:-Hariwansh Rai Bachchan,Teji Bachchan
          Spouse:-Jaya(Bhaduri)Bachchan.(1973-Present)
          Kids;-Abhishek and Shweta
          Occupation:-Actor,Producer,Singer,Television Presenter  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.64.44.137 (talk) 01:49, 28 March 2011 (UTC) 

Somebody please add song titles

Hi, can someone please add the song titles beside their film names in his playback singing section. I see only the film names are added. It will be a much useful information.--ZoomTV (talk) 07:46, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 182.178.77.176, 16 July 2011

You Are (Bengali: অমিতাভ বচ্চন) Amit jee

182.178.77.176 (talk) 04:43, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. Jnorton7558 (talk) 05:08, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Recent edits by Profitoftruth85

This is a BLP article about an actor. This should be an encyclopedia article, NOT a newspaper or a magazine. Just random incidents when he was accused of something he eventually denied saying is not notable and definitely violates WP:UNDUE, and particularly so with when someone had accused him of something and there isn't even a response from Bachchan himself. This article is about Bachchan, not what others said about him. Please see WP:NPOV, WP:CRIT and the aforementioned links. Thank you. Shahid • ^Talk2me 10:18, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

I agree with Shahid, this is not a gossip magazine. In fact the article is seriously at risk of degrading with such controversial mess. ♦ Dr. Blofeld 12:44, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

I think it's an overreaction to erase the accusations of endorsing Narendra Modi. It was covered in multiple newspapers over a period of time, and WP:NOT doesn't really apply as far as I could tell. Amitabh Bachchan is a popular actor who was accused by the press of supporting a mass murderer, the fact he responded publicly validates the importance of the issue to his image.--Profitoftruth85 (talk) 06:37, 4 September 2011 (UTC)

Request for Edit

This article about an famous Indian actor, is not up to the encyclopedic standards . It seems he is left out from the league of best actors in the world.In the article page of Marlon Brando, the introductory paragraph has quotes from Jack Nicholson and Martin Scorsese which definitely are there to appraise him,similarly in articles of Anthony Hopkins ,Robert De Niro and Al Pacino has the phrase 'greatest actor' in their introductory paragraphs. The article needs to be cleaned-up and re-designed so it maintains the standrds and depicts the true value of the person ,as the page of Kamal Hassan,and Amitabh Bachchan has had some notable international achievements which should be included in the introductory paragraph, see the page of another indian actor Shahrukh Khan .

MB and AH articles do say that, and back it up with 2-3 sources each, the others that you mentioned do not say that. You have to be careful to avoid WP:PEACOCK, but provided some reliable sources, it should be okay. BollyJeff || talk 16:15, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

He was voted by the online BBC poll as the greatest entertainer ahead of Marlon Brando , Charlie Chaplin and some other Hollywood greats. And the sources that you talk of in articles of Ah and Marlon Brando are either some articles or some polls. So there are many articles which talk of his stardom and acting abilities with some other world-renown actors.

Edit request from , 21 October 2011

Please add the following:

Amitabh Bachan was allegedly involved in inciting mobs to kill Sikhs during the Sikh Genocide of 1984 in New Delhi. On October 17th, 2011 a complained was filed against him with the public prosecutor's office in Australia to charge him with crimes against humanity pursuant to the Criminal Code of Australia. See the copy of the complaint here:

http://im.rediff.com/news/2011/oct/19Amitabh_Australia_Criminal_Complaint.pdf

Panth Rattan (talk) 05:57, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

The fact that the complaint exists is not sufficient to mention it, unless the incidence of the complaint has been reported in reliable sources (such as newspapers) - documenting this based upon the complaint itself would constitute original research on our part, unless others have reported it. Can you provide a link to show that it has been written about elsewhere?  Chzz  ►  08:38, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

The complaint is not citable based on WP:BLPPRIMARY, and even a secondary source would be insufficient at this point because it is simply an accusation by an organization. Declined--Bbb23 (talk) 15:47, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

Edit Request

I added the picture of AB being awarded the doctorate from Queensland Institute of Technology , Here ,but was removed. So i request , the admin, to add a photo him being awarded this , or any other doctorate, into the awards.. section . or a image is also available at Here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bineetojha (talk • contribs) 12:57, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Why ??

I added the pictures of hime being awarded at the Asian Film Awards and an screenshot from one of his recent movies . Here . Both the images enhance the encyclopaedic information on this article . Why was it removed ?

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Mentioning Caste

Dear Editors!
There has been a discussion on India Portal related to mentioning of caste of subjects. The point is that mentioning caste of people, who have nothing to do with their caste, is found to be unnecessary by few editors. Hence the caste of the subject person needs to be deleted from the biography. I am not deleting the caste as of now but am only posting this here so that the regular editors of this article are well aware of it beforehand and no edit-wars take place. For details of discussion held on the portal please refer Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_topics#Mentioning_caste_of_Individuals. Your views if any are welcome there or even here.
And.... as the reasons of exclusion of caste pointed out were "irrelavant to notability of subject person", "privacy of the subject person", "inclusion of caste is like branding individuals", etc. other information included in the article which also fall under these cases will also be removed after discussions. Examples of it included religion, non-notable spouse's and children's and parents' information, previous occupation, lived in places, non-notability related educational qualification, etc.
Your views on this are also welcome here or at the India portal. -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 17:55, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

It would be helpful if you identified specifically which material you want to remove from the article.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:00, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

As of now the deletion proposed is only for caste. So "Amitabh Bachchan hails from a Hindu Kayastha family" would be deleted. -Animeshkulkarni (talk) 18:53, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Not here, please. There is a community discussion taking place at WT:INB and I would advise people to read the entire discussion before forming an opinion because the above summary is incorrect. Nothing more need be said here. - Sitush (talk) 02:07, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Bacchan does not believe in caste

why is bacchann being called a hindu kaystha when he has a punjabi sikh mother.he's on record saying i don't believe in caste link here this is violation of wp bio of living persons.you could say he has kayastha and punjabi sikh ancestry.but saying he was born in a kasyatha family is wrong.wp admins please look into the matter.27.4.216.127 (talk) 13:53, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

How do you explain the linked source, from the same newspaper, that says he is Kayastha? BollyJeff || talk 14:09, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

This is tricky. The guy is clearly moving from one position to another, for what ever the reason may be. It may be necessary for us to show this dichotomy ... but that still leaves us with the problem of what to do about categorisation etc. This might be one that is worth taking to WP:BLPN for wider input. - Sitush (talk) 15:53, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

I have now raised the issue at Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#Amitabh_Bachchan. - Sitush (talk) 16:18, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Not done: requested change is unspecific and there is no clear consensus. Mato (talk) 22:43, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Suggestions

I think as the article talks of him being labelled as the 'angry young man' and it got him the first break-through, it will be good to add an image to provide a visual impression of the topic. And i also suggest to add a new section titled 'in popular culture' or, 'in popular media' or 'cultural impact' as he is one of the most important and influential figures in modern-day arts of India.|BINEET| 21:25, 19 January 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bineetojha (talk • contribs)

Amitabh Bachchan was born Amitabh Shrivastav, not Amitabh Harivanshrai Bachchan

First, Kayastha never use father's middle name. Neither do Sikhs. Kayastha may use Prasad, Kumar, Rai, Raj, Chandra or no middle name (most often) at all. No Kayastha has ever used father's first name as his/her middle name.

Second, Bachchan was a title adopted by Harivansh Rai Shrivastav when he was doing his Phd in Cambrdige, at a time when Amitabh Shrivastav was in his early teens. Thus, in no way Amitabh could be born with a title "Bachchan" that he would adopt a decade later.

It is time the correct birth name is displayed. Just becaue many Indians use father's first name as middle name does not mean everyone follows the same. Giving the last name that his father didn't even have when Amitabh was born is rather absurd.

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[f]rom 1941 to 1952 he taught in the English Department at the Allahabad University and after that he spent the next two years at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, Cambridge University doing his doctoral thesis on W.B. Yeats. It was then, that he used ‘Bachchan’ as his last name instead of Srivastava. Harivanshrai’s thesis got him his PhD at Cambridge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harivansh_Rai_Bachchan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.24.19.52 (talk) 06:11, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

True. How could his birth name be Bachchan if his father didn't have that title when Amitabh was born? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.247.42.31 (talk) 23:20, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Assessment

The article of Amitabh Bachchan, is listed as a Low-Importance article at WP:ACTOR, and the criteria for listing an article as Low Importance , is, as mentioned on [[2]], 'Actors and filmmakers of little interest to non-film buffs and the film industry.' On the contrary, the lead section of this article, says that he is one of the most influential and important actors of the Indian Film Industry.Is it fair ? So i call for a reassessment. Bineet Ojha |BINEET| 10:34, 7 March 2012 (UTC)