The Bachchan is an Indian ( bn, বচ্চন, hi, बच्चन) surname which may refer to:
The
Bachchan family
The Bachchan Family is an Indian family primarily associated with the Hindi film industry. The real family name of its founder Harivanshrai Bachchan was of Srivastava subcaste.
The notable members of the family include Amitabh's parents, po ...
is a family whose founder Harivanshrai Bachchan was
Pandey
Pandey, Pande, or Panday (Hindi: पाण्डेय/पाण्डे/पाँडे/पाण्डेय) ( Nepali: पाण्डे/पाँडे/पाण्डेय) is a surname found among the communities of Brahmins in India an ...
of
Srivastava
Srivastava (; ), also spelled variously as Shrivastava, Shrivastav or Srivastav, is a common surname found amongst the Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha community of upper caste Hindus particularly in the Hindi-speaking regions of India.
Origin
Srivast ...
subcaste.
Notable members include:
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Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan (born 5 February 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Hindi films. Part of the Bachchan family, he is the son of actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and the grandson of poet Harivansh Rai Bach ...
, Indian actor, son of Amitabh Bachchan
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan ( Rai; born 1 November 1973) is an Indian actress who is primarily known for her work in Hindi and Tamil films. The winner of the Miss World 1994 pageant, she has established herself as one of the most popular celebriti ...
, Indian actress and 1994 Miss World, married to Abhishek
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Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan (; born as Amitabh Shrivastav; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer and former politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the most succe ...
, Indian film actor
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Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Harivansh Rai Bachchan (; 27 November 1907 19 December 2002) was an Indian poet and writer of the Nayi Kavita literary movement (romantic upsurge) of early 20th century Hindi literature. He was also a poet of the Hindi Kavi Sammelan. He is be ...
, Hindi poet and author; father of Amitabh
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Jaya Bachchan
Jaya Bachchan (''Birth name, née'' Bhaduri; born 9 April 1948) is an Indian actress and politician. She is a member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from the Samajwadi Party, serving four terms since 2004. Known primarily for her work in Hindi ...
, Indian actress, wife of Amitabh and mother of Abhishek
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Teji Bachchan
Teji Harivansh Rai Srivastava Bachchan (''née'' Tejwant Kaur Suri; 12 August 1914 21 December 2007) was an Indian social activist, the wife of Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and mother of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan.
Biography
Teji w ...
, social activist, wife of Harivansh, mother of Amitabh
Two films:
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''Bachchan'' (2013 film), a 2013 Kannada-language film
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''Bachchan'' (2014 film), a 2014 Bengali-language film
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