Jaya Bachchan Biography

Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan is a prominent Bollywood actress and is married to Amitabh Bachchan who is one of the most powerful actors in the industry.Basics on JayaJaya Bhaduri was born on 10th April 1948 in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. She is a Bengali and her parents are Indira and Taroon Kumar Bhaduri. Her father was a journalist. She completed school from St Joseph’s Convent School in Bhopal and later studied acting at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune.Jaya Bhaduri married actor Amitabh Bachchan in 1973. They have worked together in movies like Abhimaan, Sholay and Zanjeer. They have two children, Shweta and Abhishek. Her son Abhishek Bachchan is also an actor and is married to actress Aishwarya Rai. She has been honoured with the Padma Shri and Yash Bharati Samman, apart from many awards for her achievements as an actress in cinema, including the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award.She is a Member of Parliament at the Rajya Sabha and part of the Samajwadi Party. Jaya Bachchan’s Movies 1963 to 1979 Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan started acting when she was fifteen years old with a Bengali movie called Mahanagar, which was directed by Satyajit Ray. Her performance in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Guddi (1971) was praised. She played a schoolgirl who is infatuated with the movie star Dharamendra.In 1972 she had releases like Jawani Diwani with Randhir Kapoor, Gulzar’s Parichay which was a remake of The Sound of Music and Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Bawarchi. Anamika (1973) saw her with Sanjeev Kumar and in Zanjeer (1973) she played Amitabh Bachchan’s lover. They were also seen together in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Abhimaan (1973) as a married couple both of whom aspire to be singers and when the wife becomes a bigger success the envy and imbalance that it brings into their relationship. Her part won her the first Filmfare Best Actress Award.In 1974, she won another Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance in Kora Kagaz. The year 1975 was another good year for Jaya. She was seen in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Mili as a girl who’s cheerful though she is dying. The movie also starred Amitabh Bachchan. Chupke Chupke was a comedy which was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and starred Amitabh Bachchan, Dharamendra and Sharmila Tagore.In Ramesh Sippy’s Sholay (1975), she played the widow Radha who falls in love with the character played by Amitabh Bachchan. She took on the role of a house maid in Nauker (1979) and won another Filmfare Best Actress Award.1980 to 1989 In 1980, Jaya Bachchan had only one release Silsila with Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan. Though the movie did not perform well at the box office, it generated curiosity as it explored an extra marital affair. The other woman was played by Rekha while Jaya and Amitabh played the married couple. Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan were rumoured to be having an affair in real life too.2000 to 2009 She returned to movies with Fiza (2000) in which she played Hrithik Roshan and Karishma Kapoor’s mother. She won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. The next year she played Amitabh Bachchan’s wife in Karan Johar’s Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001), a family drama, with Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan as her sons. In Kal Ho Na Ho (2003) her portrayal of Jennifer won her another Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. She worked with her son Abhishek Bachchan in Drona (2008) as Queen Jayanti. However the movie did not do well.