Amitabh Bachchan, The Star of the Millennium Quiz

Answer: Harivansh Rai

Harivansh Rai's "Madhushala" is a very well known work and is said to have swayed audiences whenever Mr. Rai recited it on stage. He was also awarded the "Padma Bhushan" and "Sahitya Akademi Award" among many others.

Answer: True

Amitabh is said to have one of the finest voices in Bollywood. His deep and rich voice has contributed to many a movie becoming major hits in Bollywood! He has been a narrator, a playback singer and presenter for countless programs since!

Answer: Saat Hindustani

"Saat Hindustani" was released in 1969. Amitabh was the narrator for "Bhuvan Shome" (also 1969) and for "Bawarchi" (1972). "Anand" was released in 1970.

Answer: Zanjeer

"Zanjeer" (1973) is Amitabh's 13th movie and his first major success. It also launched him as the "angry young man" of Hindi movies. "Anand" and "Namak Haraam" co-starred Rajesh Khanna, while "Parwana" also starred Navin Nischol.

Answer: Jaya

Jaya and Amitabh acted together in two little-known movies before "Zanjeer." They got married on June 2, 1973, a month after the release of "Zanjeer."

Answer: Mr. Natwarlal

The song "Mere Paas Aao" from "Mr. Natwarlal" became popular when the movie was released in 1979. Incidentally, Amitabh also lent his voice for playback in all the other three movies listed here.

Answer: Anand

"Anand" in 1971 gave Amitabh the first of his many Filmfare Awards. Amitabh Bachchan portrays a sensitive doctor to Rajesh Khanna in the movie. Amitabh won another Filmfare Award for Supporting Actor for "Namak Haraam" in 1973, while he won the Best Actor Award for both "Amar Akbar Anthony" (1977) and "Don" (1978).

Answer: "Agneepath" (1991)

Amitabh has had more success as an actor than probably anybody else in the history of Indian films but a "Swarna Kamal" (National Award) came his way only as late as in 1991 just when he seemed well past his prime. Amitabh went on to win the National award again in 2006 for his performance in "Black" and for a third time in 2010 for the film "Paa".

Answer: Allahabad

Amitabh won from his home town of Allahabad in the 1984 general elections. His electoral foray was the waterloo for a political stalwart called H N Bahuguna but Amitabh's political stint was short-lived. Amitabh got embrolied in one controversy after another and resigned his seat in 1988, vowing never to enter politics again.

Answer: BBC

The poll, held on the internet in 1999 saw Amitabh win hands down over such contenders as Charlie Chaplin, Robert De Niro, Sir Lawrence Olivier and Cary Grant. Truly a once in a lifetime phenomenon!