In April 1948 Jabalpur-based, Bengali-speaking Indira and Tarun Kumar Bhaduri were blessed with a child they named Jaya, and enrolled in the St. Joseph’s Convent School in Bhopal.Her acting career started when she was 15 in a Bengali film Mahanagar. She became an actress in her own right in Bollywood after the release of Guddi. She went on to star in many Hindi language films, including blockbusters like Jawani Diwani, Uphaar, Anamika, Abhimaan, Sholay, Bawarchi, Chupke Chupke Zanjeer just to name a few. Her acting spanned from 1963 to 1981. She also wrote the script of Shahenshah.She married Amitabh Srivastav alias Bachchan, and subsequently gave birth to Shweta and Abhishek. Amitabh is the son of Sikh-Hindu parents, namely Teji and Harivansh Rai Srivastav alias Bachchan. Jaya quit acting after 1981. Then her married life faced considerable upheavals especially with the much-publicized affair of her husband with Bollywood actress, Rekha. Then their lives were disrupted when Amitabh was seriously injured by a blow from actor, Puneet Issar, while filming ‘Coolie’, which almost took his life. The family suffered another setback in 2005 when her asthmatic husband was admitted in Lilavati Hospital after complains of severe pains in his abdomen.Her husband did recover, and both husband, wife, Abhishek, and his new bride, continue to dominate Bollywood with their screen presence. Jaya has also received a number of awards recognizing her talents in Bollywood.
Jaya Bachchan
Movies
Kal Ho Naa Ho
The film’s female lead, Naina (Preity Zinta) narrates the story. Her father had committed suicide years ago which left a deep impact on her heart. Her family is dysfunctional since her mother and grandmother just cannot stop arguing. But when Aman (Shahrukh Khan) arrives next door, the whole gloomy conditions…
Drona
Orphaned, lonely and neglected Aditya grows up in Great Britain, living with his abusive aunt and cousin, Rajesh, and the abuse grows worse after the passing of his uncle. Aditya will soon find out that he is not alone in this world – he has a mother, Rani Jayati; a…
Laaga Chunari Mein Daag
When a small town girl Badki (Rani Mukerji) from Banaras lands in the big bad city of Mumbai to earn an honest living for her family back home – things don’t go exactly as she hoped. When her kid sister Chutki (Konkona Sen Sharma) comes face to face and her…
Fiza
Six years after Fiza’s (Karisma Kapoor) brother, Aman (played by Hrithik Roshan) disappears during the 1993 Mumbai riots, she goes to look for him. When she does find him, to her horror she sees that he has joined a terrorist group. She forces him to come home, and he finally…
Sholay
Sholay means “embers” in Hindi. In this film, a police officer whose family was filled by a bandit named Gabbar Singh decides to fight fire with fire and requires two convicts, Jai and Veeru, to capture Gabbar. He approaches them in jail and puts the proposal in front of them,…
Naukar
Widower Amar is well-off financially, and lives in a house with his daughter, and servant Dayal. His sister and brother-in-law want him to marry again, so that his daughter can have the love and care of a woman. Amar reluctantly agrees. Together they set out to check out two sisters,…
Uphaar
Anoop studies law in Calcutta, while his widowed mom in a small town in West Bengal. He has a sister, Sudha, who is married to Anil and lives in Calcutta. Since Anoop is of marriageable age, his mom has seen a girl for him, whose name is Vidya, and is…
Paa
Auro (Amitabh Bachchan) is an intelligent and witty 13-year-old boy with an extremely rare genetic defect that causes accelerated aging. He suffers from a progeria-like syndrome. Mentally he is 13, very normal, but physically he looks five times older. In spite of his condition, Auro is a very happy boy.…
Chupke Chupke
Raghav brags that he can smell a rat or an impersonator automatically, and Dr. Parimal Tripathi decides to take him on – result: funny family slapstick comedy, with a dose of pure Hindi and Urdu thrown in, especially the dialogue delivery by Om Prakash, Dharmendra, and Amitabh Bachchan. Notable songs…
Fun Facts
Mother of movie star Abhishek Bachchan
Wife of Indian megastar Amitabh Bachchan.
Daughter of Bengali writer Tarun Bhaduri.
Is currently involved in the Samaj Wadi politican Party in India.
Mother of Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan and daughter Shweta Nanda. Became a grandma in 1997, when Shweta gave birth a baby girl, Nain Naveyli Nanda. Shweta subsequently gave birth to a son, Agastye.
During 2004 Jaya became a Member of the Rajya Sabha, but following a complaint by the Congress Party, her status was reviewed and in March, 2006, the President of India decided that she can no longer be qualified to a member of the Rajya Sabha as this conflicts with her current status as a Chair of the Uttar Pradesh Film Development Council.
Her daughter-in-law is Aishwarya Rai, former beauty queen, and Bollywood actress.
She was pregnant with her daughter Shweta while shooting the movie Sholay (1975).
Sister-in-law of actor Rajeev Verma who is married to her younger sister, Rita Badhuri (not an actress).
Jaya is the Chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Film Development Council from July, 2004. [March 2006]
Sister Rita ( Married to actor Rajeev Verma) has 2 sons . Shiladitya Verma. He is a painter based in Bhopal. He is married to Poorvi Karanwar. The second son is Thathaghat Verma. He is a software engineer based in Mumbai. He is married to Darshika Mahajan.
Actress Tillotama Shome married her nephew Kunal Verma ( Rita and Rajeev's son).
She starred in Vinod Bachchan's shelved film "Samparan - The Real Submission"". Directed by Aruna Raje. The film was about the uplifting of street kids. This was in 2004.
Jaya dubbed for actress Nandini Ghoshal for the film CHAR ADHYAY.
Urban legend of her being married to fellow FTII classmate Bhaskar Chowdhury in the late 1960's. Not to be confused with actor and Hollywood actor Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury.
Always mistaken as actress Rita Badhuri's sister because Jaya has a sister named ""Rita"".
Mira Nair wanted to sign her for Mississippi Masala