Born on February 5th 1976 in Mumbai, Abhishek Bachchan is a Bollywood actor and the son of legendary stars Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. He is the grandson of Harivansh Rai Bachchan, the great poet of Hindi literature. This Bollywood star is married to Aishwarya Rai, Bollywood actress and former Miss World. He has an elder sister, Shweta Bachchan Nanda. When he was a kid, he was dyslexic. Abhishek Bachchan did his schooling from Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai, Bombay Scottish School, Mumbai and Modern School, New Delhi. He has completed his high school from Aiglon College in Switzerland. After that he went to the United States for pursuing higher educational degree at Boston University. But he left his studies halfway in order to establish his acting career in Bollywood.

Career of Abhishek Bachchan
In the year 2000, Abhishek Bachchan debuted with the movie Refugee. It was directed by renowned director J.P. Dutta. This movie also starred debutant Kareena Kapoor. In the next four years, Junior Bachchan did many more films but he did not get much success. After delivering a number of consistent flops that went unnoticed at the box office, Abhishek Bachchan gave a hit in the year 2004 with movies like Yuva and Dhoom. His performance in `Yuva` was highly praised by the critics. He also received his first Filmfare award and several other awards in the category of best supporting actor for this movie. Since then, Abhishek Bachchan starred in many more films and eventually established himself as a successful actor of the Hindi movie industry.

2005 was a successful year for Abhishek Bachchan. He delivered several hits that year with movies like `Bunty Aur Babli`, `Dus`, `Sarkar` and `Bluffmaster`. For his wonderful performance in Sarkar, he won his second Filmfare Award as the Best Supporting Actor. Moreover, for his performance in the movie Bunty Aur Babli, he earned Filmfare nomination in the Best Actor category. In 2006, he played an important role in the movie `Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna`, directed by Karan Johar. His other two films of the same year were `Umrao Jaan` and `Dhoom 2`. His movies of the year 2007 were `Guru`, `Jhoom Barabar Jhoom`, `Ram Gopal Varma ki Aag` and `Laaga Chunari me Daag`. In the multi-starrer movie, `Shootout at Lokhandawala`, he made a short appearance. In 2008, Abhishek Bachchan delivered `Sarkar Raj` (sequel of Sarkar), `Drona`, `Dostana` and `Mission Istanbul`. For the movie Sarkar Raj, he again got the Filmfare nomination for Best Supporting actor. His movie Dostana did very good business at the box office and he also won the IIFA Best Comedian Award for his performance. In the year 2009, his movie `Delhi-6` released. His upcoming movie is `Paa` that is scheduled to release on 4th December, 2009.

Abhishek Bachchan is actively involved in the administrative and serviceable operations of Amitabh Bachchan`s AB Corp. Ltd.