Amitabh Bachchan Honored With The 50th Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Aesha|Dec 30, 2019

Legendary Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan has received the India's highest film honor - for his contribution to Indian cinema, on Sunday evening.

Big B of Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan has been conferred with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award in Delhi by president Nath Kovind. He received the highest film honor of India for his phenomenal devotion to Indian cinema.

On grounds of his health condition, the actor couldn’t drop in the 66th National Award ceremony which was held in Delhi on December 23. The winners arrived at Rashtrapati Bhavan as to the President’s invitation. Amitabh Bachchan bared his gratitude out, saying,

Abhishek Bachchan, his son, also sent his father congratulatory message regarding the honor.

Big B has been working diligently and actively in the national cinema for half a century now. As the offspring of activist Teji Bachchan and popular poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan, he takes after his father’s pen name which then finally became the most renowned surnames in the nation. Bachchan means childlike.

The actor tied the knot with famous starlet Jaya Bhaduri and gave birth to two children, Abhishek and Shweta Bachchan.

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