{"id":42332,"date":"2025-09-25T08:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T08:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/42332\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T08:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T08:50:09","slug":"amitabh-bachchans-brother-says-their-father-had-another-name-for-big-b-reveals-why-they-adopted-bachchan-surname","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/42332\/","title":{"rendered":"Amitabh Bachchan\u2019s brother says their father had another name for Big B; reveals why they adopted Bachchan surname"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big B was almost not named Amitabh, revealed his brother Ajitabh in an interview. In a chat with RJ Sachin, he said that his elder brother was almost named \u2018Inquilab\u2019 by their father, the late poet <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Magazines#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/harivansh-rai-bachchan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Harivansh Rai Bachchan<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy brother was five years older, and my father wanted to name him Inquilab, because he was struggling for independence. My name was to be Azad. I was born in Independent India,&#8221; Ajitabh said.<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed why they abandoned their original surname Srivastava and adopted the last name <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Magazines#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/bachchan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bachchan<\/a>. It was a subtle protest against the caste system. <br \/>Harivansh Rai, a member of the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Magazines#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/kayastha-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kayastha community<\/a>, initially adopted Bachchan as a literary alias. The term, signifying innocence or childlike qualities in Hindi, was originally a loving expression his mother often used while addressing him. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe would call him, \u2018Bachchanwa kidhar hai?\u2019 He liked that and began using it as his writing name,\u201d he stated. <\/p>\n<p>Fond of that endearment, he chose it as his identity in writing. Over time, the chosen name took root beyond his work. When his son Amitabh was enrolled in school, the family formally registered Bachchan as their surname, deliberately distancing themselves from caste-linked identifiers.At the age of 81, <a data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Magazines#href\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/panache\/panache-people-101\/amitabh-bachchan\/profileshow\/84757148.cms\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Amitabh Bachchan<\/a> remains among the most dynamic and enduring figures in Indian cinema. He is presently serving as the host of the seventeenth edition of <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Magazines#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/kaun-banega-crorepati\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kaun Banega Crorepati<\/a> (KBC), a program he has successfully led for more than twenty years. On the cinematic side, he recently appeared in Vettaiyan, marking his entry into Tamil films, and is preparing for significant upcoming projects, including the continuation of Kalki 2898 AD and the legal drama <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Magazines#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/section-84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Section 84<\/a>. Beyond his screen presence, he actively maintains a personal blog where he writes about his thoughts on life, his experiences in cinema, and moments with his family.<br \/>Add <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ET Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/123467569.cms.png\"\/> as a Reliable and Trusted News Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Big B was almost not named Amitabh, revealed his brother Ajitabh in an interview. 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