Amitabh Bachchan Birthday Special:The megastar of the century Amitabh Bachchan is celebrating his 82nd birthday today. Big B is receiving congratulations and best wishes from all over the world on his special day. At the same time, Sangam city Prayagraj, the birthplace of the Shahenshah of Bollywood, is also praying for his long life and good health in a special way. People of Prayagraj i.e. Allahabad still call Amitabh Bachchan by his childhood name Munna. Amitabh Bachchan opened his eyes to the land of Allahabad and spent almost twelve years of his childhood in the city.
Many things related to Amitabh Bachchan are still discussed in Prayagraj. According to experts, the great hero of the century was very fond of cycling in his childhood. He started cycling at a young age. However, his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan got him a bicycle after a lot of struggle. He also suffered serious injuries when he fell on the road while riding a bicycle.
Big B was beaten for insisting on a bicycle
According to the old people of Prayagraj, all the children of Amitabh Bachchan used to go to Boys High School on bicycles from Civil Lines and surrounding areas to study. Amitabh had learned to ride a friend’s bicycle by borrowing it. After this, whenever he insisted on getting a bicycle from his father Harivansh Rai and mother Teji Bachchan, both of them used to calm him down by scolding him. Once when he insisted on getting a bicycle, Harivansh Rai Bachchan beat him up.
Amitabh Bachchan was in fever after being beaten by his father
Amitabh Bachchan, who was always pampered by his father, was deeply hurt by his father’s beating. He was suffering from fever for several days. After this the family members got him a bicycle. However, just a few days after getting the new bicycle, he fell on the road and suffered serious injuries. Because of the injury, Amitabh had kept the matter of the injury hidden for many days so that his family members might confiscate his bicycle.
Amitabh used to cycle a lot on the roads of Civil Lines.
According to litterateur Baba Abhay Awasthi, who has done a lot of work on the life of Amitabh Bachchan, Amitabh was allowed to ride a bicycle only in the bungalow on Clive Road. However, whenever he got a chance, he would come out of the bungalow with his bicycle and ride it on the quiet streets of Civil Lines. While riding a bicycle, he often used to say Allahabadi idioms like ‘Kachha Papad, Pakka Papad’. He had also included this idiom in his film Yaarana. According to Baba Abhay Awasthi, when his family members were confident that he could ride a bicycle properly, he was sometimes allowed to go from home to school on bicycle.
Amitabh liked the Chowk area very much
However, father Harivansh Rai Bachchan himself used to take him for a ride in the Chowk on his bicycle. Amitabh Bachchan liked the Chowk area very much. Coming here, he used to eat chaat and namkeen from some special shops. Amitabh Bachchan’s father Harivansh Rai Bachchan was very fond of Lassi from Loknath Gali in Chowk area. Amitabh Bachchan has mentioned Allahabadi Chaat and Lassi many times in his interviews and also in Kaun Banega Crorepati.
Amitabh’s childhood was spent in a bungalow on Clive Road, Prayagraj.
The bungalow in which Amitabh spent his childhood on Clive Road in Prayagraj is called the bungalow with flowers. Not only Amitabh but the entire Bachchan family wanted to buy this bungalow, but the owner of the bungalow, former MP Shankar Tiwari, did not sell it. A few days ago, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai had come to see this bungalow from outside.
Today, the people of his own city Prayagraj are congratulating the great hero of the century in a special way on the occasion of his birthday. People are wishing for his good health always.
