BioGraph
Connecting Amitabh Bachchan and Stephen Hawking
Amitabh Bachchan
Indian film actor
In October 2017, it was announced that Bachchan will appear in Ayan Mukerji's '' Brahmastra'', alongside Ranbir Kapoor, Mouni Roy and Alia Bhatt.
Ranbir Kapoor
Indian actor (born 1982)
Kapoor achieved further success in 2013 when he reunited with director Ayan Mukerji for the romantic comedy '' Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani'' co-starring Deepika Padukone, Kalki Koechlin, and Aditya Roy Kapoor.
Kalki Koechlin
John Beifuss compared her performance to Eddie Redmayne's act as Stephen Hawking in the biographical drama, ''The Theory of Everything'', in his review for '' The Commercial Appeal''.
Amitabh Bachchan
Indian film actor
Salim Khan also introduced Bachchan to director Manmohan Desai with whom he formed a long and successful association, alongside Prakash Mehra and Yash Chopra.
In 2000, Bachchan appeared in Yash Chopra's box-office hit, ''Mohabbatein'', directed by Aditya Chopra.
Yash Chopra
Indian film director and producer (1932–2012)
4 years later, Chopra then directed, produced and co-wrote the highly successful 1997 musical romantic drama '' Dil To Pagal Hai'', starring yet again Shahrukh Khan in a love quadrangle with Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor and Akshay Kumar.
Madhuri Dixit
* The popular American sitcom '' The Big Bang Theory'' features a scene in the season two episode " The Bad Fish Paradigm", in which two of the lead characters Raj (played by Kunal Nayyar) and Sheldon (played by Jim Parsons) argue with each other over Dixit and fellow actress Aishwarya Rai.
Sheldon Cooper
In ''Young Sheldon'', his mother says that he has the same IQ as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.) However, he displays a fundamental lack of social skills, a tenuous understanding of humor, and difficulty recognizing irony and sarcasm in other people, although he himself often employs them.
After drinking alcoholic drinks (both deliberately and accidentally), he has done things that he would never do while sober, such as singing out loud, mooning an audience full of people, confronting Wil Wheaton, leaving wildly inappropriate voicemails after "drunk dialling" Stephen Hawking, and affectionately slapping Amy's rear.
Amitabh Bachchan
Indian film actor
Some prominent films featuring his narration are Satyajit Ray's 1977 film '' Shatranj Ke Khiladi''. and Ashutosh Gowarikar's 2001 film '' Lagaan''.
Satyajit Ray
Indian filmmaker (1921–1992)
On 23 February 2021 on the year of Satyajit Ray's birth centenary, the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar announced that the central government would institute an award in the name of Satyajit Ray.
Harsh Vardhan (Delhi politician)
At the 105th Indian Science Congress in March 2018, after the death of legendary British scientist Stephen Hawking, Vardhan claimed that Hawking had said that the Vedas postulated a theory superior to Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, despite the fact that there is no record of Hawking having made the statement.
Amitabh Bachchan
Indian film actor
In 2013 he made his Hollywood debut in '' The Great Gatsby'' making a special appearance opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire.
River Phoenix
American actor and musician (1970-1993)
In July 2020, it was reported that Phoenix heavily influenced the forthcoming novel by English novelist Guy Mankowski, ''Dead Rock Stars'', in which a character is named after him.{{better source needed|date=September 2021}}
Guy Mankowski
English writer (born 1983)
In 2018 his response to then Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt's tribute to Stephen Hawking received wide news coverage, given Hawking's pending court action against the government.
