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{{short description|Indian film family}}
{{short description|Indian film family}}
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{{Infobox Family|name=Bachchan family|image=Bachchan family still6.jpg|image_size=270px|caption=Members of the family in 2007|origin=[[Babupatti]], Raniganj tehsil, [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]], [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]], India (present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]], India)|region=[[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India|early_forms=|members=[[Harivansh Rai Bachchan]]<br />[[Teji Bachchan]]<br />[[Amitabh Bachchan]]<br />[[Ajitabh Bachchan]]<br /> [[Jaya Bachchan|Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan]]<br />[[Abhishek Bachchan]]<br />[[Aishwarya Rai|Aishwarya Rai Bachchan]]<br />[[Shweta Bachchan Nanda]]<br /> [[Naina Bachchan]]<br /> [[Bhim Bachchan]] <br />[[Ramola Bachchan]]<br />[[Nikhil Nanda]]<br />[[Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1977)|Kunal Kapoor]]|estate=Jalsa Bungalow <br />Partiksha Bungalow}}
| name         = Srivastava-Bachchan family
| image         = Bachchan_family_still6.jpg
| image_size   = 270px  
| origin       = [[Babupatti]], Raniganj tehsil, [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]], [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]], [[British Raj| India]] (present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]])
| region       = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| early_forms   =
| members       =[[Harivansh Rai Bachchan|Harivansh Rai Srivastava Bachchan]]<br>[[Teji Bachchan]]<br>[[Amitabh Bachchan]]<br>Ajitabh Bachchan<br> [[Jaya Bachchan|Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan]]<br>[[Abhishek Bachchan]]<br>[[Aishwarya Rai|Aishwarya Rai Bachchan]]<br>[[Shweta Bachchan Nanda]]<br>[[Nikhil Nanda]]<br>[[Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1977)|Kunal Kapoor]]
| estate       = Jalsa Bungalow <br>Pariksha Bungalow
}}


The '''Srivastava-Bachchan family''' is an [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[film]] [[family]], headed by [[Amitabh Bachchan]].
The '''Bachchan Family''' is an Indian film industry family. The real family name of its founder [[Harivanshrai Bachchan]] was of [[Srivastava]] subcaste.<ref>{{cite book|author=Harivansh Rai Bachchan|title=kya bhulun kya yaad karu|page=11-12|language=en}}</ref>


The notable members of the family include Amitabh's parents, poet [[Harivansh Rai Bachchan]] and social activist [[Teji Bachchan]]; his wife, actress [[Jaya Bhaduri]]; their daughter Sweta Bachan Nanda; their son, actor [[Abhishek Bachchan]]; and Abhishek's wife, actress [[Aishwarya Rai]]. In 2007, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' listed Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai on its list of most influential Indians.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Robinson|first=Simon|title=India's Most Influential|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1652689_1652372_1652359,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828025414/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1652689_1652372_1652359,00.html|archive-date=28 August 2013|access-date=13 November 2011|journal=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=15 August 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The notable members of the family include Amitabh's parents, poet [[Harivansh Rai Bachchan]] and social activist [[Teji Bachchan]]; his wife, actress [[Jaya Bhaduri]]; their daughter [[Shweta Bachchan Nanda]]; their son, actor [[Abhishek Bachchan]]; and Abhishek's wife, actress [[Aishwarya Rai]]. In 2007, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' listed Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai on its list of most influential Indians.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Robinson|first=Simon|title=India's Most Influential|url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1652689_1652372_1652359,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828025414/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1652689_1652372_1652359,00.html|archive-date=28 August 2013|access-date=13 November 2011|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=15 August 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== Overview ==
== Overview ==
The Bachchan family came from an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Awadhi people|Awadhi]] [[Hindu]] background and they were [[Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha]]s that were fluent in several [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] dialects ([[Awadhi language|Awadhi]], [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]]) as well as [[Persian language|Persian]].<ref name="West-Pavlov">{{cite book |last=West-Pavlov |first=Russell |title=The Global South and Literature |date=2018 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=9781108246316 |page=167 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yMdJDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA167}}</ref>
The Bachchan family came from an Indian [[Awadhi people|Awadhi]] [[Hindu]] background and they were [[Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha]]s that were fluent in several [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] dialects ([[Awadhi language|Awadhi]], [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]]) as well as [[Persian language|Persian]].<ref name="West-Pavlov">{{cite book |last=West-Pavlov |first=Russell |title=The Global South and Literature |date=2018 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-1-108-24631-6 |page=167 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yMdJDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA167}}</ref> The family also has Punjabi ethnic roots throuh patriarch Amitabh's mother [[Teji Bachchan]] (née Suri) and [[Bengal]]i ethnic roots through wife of Amitabh [[Jaya Bachchan]] (née Bhaduri). Bachchan family also has roots in [[Mangalore]] region of [[South India]] through Abhishek Bachchan's wife [[Aishwarya Rai Bachchan]] who hail from [[Tulu language|Tulu]] speaking [[Bunt (community)|Bunt]] community.


Amitabh Bachchan is the son of Hindi poet [[Harivansh Rai Bachchan]], who married Shyama and Teji Bachchan. Amitabh's wife is actress [[Jaya Bachchan]]. Their children are Shweta Bachchan Nanda and actor [[Abhishek Bachchan]]. Shweta is married to [[Nikhil Nanda]], the son of [[Ritu Nanda]] and grandson of actor [[Raj Kapoor]]. Shweta's children are son Agastya Nanda and daughter Navya Naveli Nanda. Abhishek is married to [[Aishwarya Rai Bachchan]], and they have a daughter named Aaradhya Bachchan. The family stays in the two famous houses, Jalsa and Pratiksha, in Mumbai.<ref name="BigBHouse">{{cite web|url=http://www.btownmasti.com/the-lovely-amitabh-bachchan-house|title=Amitabh Bachchan houses in Mumbai|last=BTM|date=6 December 2011|access-date=6 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130231110/http://www.btownmasti.com/the-lovely-amitabh-bachchan-house/ |archive-date=30 November 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Amitabh Bachchan is the son of Hindi poet [[Harivansh Rai Bachchan]], who married Shyama and Teji Bachchan. Amitabh's wife is actress [[Jaya Bachchan]]. Their children are Shweta Bachchan Nanda and actor [[Abhishek Bachchan]]. Shweta is married to [[Nikhil Nanda]], the son of [[Ritu Nanda]] and grandson of actor [[Raj Kapoor]]. Shweta's children are son Agastya Nanda and daughter Navya Naveli Nanda. Abhishek is married to [[Aishwarya Rai Bachchan]], and they have a daughter named Aaradhya Bachchan. The family stays in the two famous houses, Jalsa and Pratiksha, in Mumbai.<ref name="BigBHouse">{{cite web|url=http://www.btownmasti.com/the-lovely-amitabh-bachchan-house|title=Amitabh Bachchan houses in Mumbai|last=BTM|date=6 December 2011|access-date=6 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130231110/http://www.btownmasti.com/the-lovely-amitabh-bachchan-house/ |archive-date=30 November 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


Amitabh has a brother, Ajitabh Bachchan, who has three daughters, Nilima, Naina and Namrita Bachchan, and a son, Bhim Bachchan. Naina is married to actor [[Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1977)|Kunal Kapoor]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Naina Bachchan and Kunal Kapoor’s Wedding Reception Pictures|url=https://www.vogue.in/content/naina-bachchan-kunal-kapoor-wedding-reception|access-date=2020-11-12|website=Vogue India|language=en-IN}}</ref>
Amitabh has a brother, Ajitabh Bachchan, who has three daughters, Nilima, Naina and Namrita Bachchan, and a son, Bhim Bachchan. Naina is married to actor [[Kunal Kapoor (actor, born 1977)|Kunal Kapoor]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Naina Bachchan and Kunal Kapoor's Wedding Reception Pictures|url=https://www.vogue.in/content/naina-bachchan-kunal-kapoor-wedding-reception|access-date=12 November 2020|website=Vogue India|language=en-IN}}</ref>


The family residence in Mumbai is called the Jalsa Bungalow.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/a-house-for-mr-bachchan-113070500961_1.html|title=A house for Mr Bachchan|first=Ranjita|last=Ganesan|date=5 July 2013|access-date=30 December 2018|newspaper=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref>
The family residence in Mumbai is called the Jalsa Bungalow.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/a-house-for-mr-bachchan-113070500961_1.html|title=A house for Mr Bachchan|first=Ranjita|last=Ganesan|date=5 July 2013|access-date=30 December 2018|newspaper=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref>
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* [[List of Hindi film families]]
* [[List of Hindi film families]]
* [[List of awards and nominations received by Amitabh Bachchan]]
* [[List of awards and nominations received by Amitabh Bachchan]]
* [https://www.networthtruth.com/2022/02/abhishek-bachchan-net-worth-indian.html Abhishek Bachchan Net Worth]


== References ==
== References ==
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Bachchan family
Current regionMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Place of originBabupatti, Raniganj tehsil, Pratapgarh, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
MembersHarivansh Rai Bachchan
Teji Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan
Ajitabh Bachchan
Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Shweta Bachchan Nanda
Naina Bachchan
Bhim Bachchan
Ramola Bachchan
Nikhil Nanda
Kunal Kapoor
Estate(s)Jalsa Bungalow
Partiksha Bungalow

The Bachchan Family is an Indian film industry family. The real family name of its founder Harivanshrai Bachchan was of Srivastava subcaste.[1]

The notable members of the family include Amitabh's parents, poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and social activist Teji Bachchan; his wife, actress Jaya Bhaduri; their daughter Shweta Bachchan Nanda; their son, actor Abhishek Bachchan; and Abhishek's wife, actress Aishwarya Rai. In 2007, Time listed Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai on its list of most influential Indians.[2]

Overview[edit | edit source]

The Bachchan family came from an Indian Awadhi Hindu background and they were Chitraguptavanshi Kayasthas that were fluent in several Hindustani dialects (Awadhi, Hindi, Urdu) as well as Persian.[3] The family also has Punjabi ethnic roots throuh patriarch Amitabh's mother Teji Bachchan (née Suri) and Bengali ethnic roots through wife of Amitabh Jaya Bachchan (née Bhaduri). Bachchan family also has roots in Mangalore region of South India through Abhishek Bachchan's wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who hail from Tulu speaking Bunt community.

Amitabh Bachchan is the son of Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan, who married Shyama and Teji Bachchan. Amitabh's wife is actress Jaya Bachchan. Their children are Shweta Bachchan Nanda and actor Abhishek Bachchan. Shweta is married to Nikhil Nanda, the son of Ritu Nanda and grandson of actor Raj Kapoor. Shweta's children are son Agastya Nanda and daughter Navya Naveli Nanda. Abhishek is married to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and they have a daughter named Aaradhya Bachchan. The family stays in the two famous houses, Jalsa and Pratiksha, in Mumbai.[4]

Amitabh has a brother, Ajitabh Bachchan, who has three daughters, Nilima, Naina and Namrita Bachchan, and a son, Bhim Bachchan. Naina is married to actor Kunal Kapoor.[5]

The family residence in Mumbai is called the Jalsa Bungalow.[6]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Harivansh Rai Bachchan. kya bhulun kya yaad karu. p. 11-12.
  2. Robinson, Simon (15 August 2007). "India's Most Influential". Time. Archived from the original on 28 August 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  3. West-Pavlov, Russell (2018). The Global South and Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-108-24631-6.
  4. BTM (6 December 2011). "Amitabh Bachchan houses in Mumbai". Archived from the original on 30 November 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  5. "Naina Bachchan and Kunal Kapoor's Wedding Reception Pictures". Vogue India. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  6. Ganesan, Ranjita (5 July 2013). "A house for Mr Bachchan". Business Standard. Retrieved 30 December 2018.