Real name: Harivansh Rai Shrivastav

Effective period / Period of releases: 1973

Harivansh Rai Bachchan (born 27 November 1907, Allahabad, Agra, British India (now in Uttar Pradesh, India) – died 18 January 2003, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) was a noted Indian poet of the Chhayavaad literary movement (romantic upsurge) of early 20th century Hindi literature. Born in a Srivastava Kayastha family, in the village of Babupatti (Raniganj) in the district of Pratapgarh, he was also a famous poet of the Hindi Kavi Sammelan. He is best known for his early work Madhushala (मधुशाला). He is also the father of the noted Hindi film actor, Amitabh Bachchan. In 1976, he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan for his immense contribution to Hindi literature.