The world knows him as Bollywood’s “Shahenshah”, but he prefers to be known as the son of late eminent poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he has been in public life from the day he was born, but has no legacy of his own to leave behind.
The actor, who has successfully transitioned from Bollywood’s “Angry young man” to its “Shahenshah” to its most globally known ambassador during his over four decade-old career, says his father’s “public presence is far greater than” his.
“It is coming on to 50 years in public life… That is as far as I am personally concerned… But I have been in public life from the day I was born. I was always the son of Dr Harivansh Rai Bachchan, eminent poet, litterateur, having public presence far greater than mine,” Amitabh told IANS in an email interview from Mumbai.