Jaya Bachchan Birthday Special: Well, there are many actresses who started their career as child artists. Many actresses are now lost but there are some who are still active. One such actress came in the 60’s who was small, cute and very innocent in appearance, even though she is old today, she was one of the best actresses of that era.
Yes, we are talking about Bollywood actress and megastar’s wife Jaya Bachchan, who used to be Jaya Bhaduri. Jaya belonged to a Bengali family. When did Jaya enter films, when did she enter Hindi cinema, when did she marry Amitabh Bachchan, let us tell you some special and important things about her.
Jaya Bachchan’s family background
Jaya Bhaduri was born on 9 April 1948 in a Bengali family. Jaya’s father Tarun Kumar Bhaduri was a journalist and writer. Jaya’s father’s name is Jaya’s mother’s name Indira Bhaduri. Jaya studied at St. Joseph’s Convent School, Bhopal.
Jaya Bhaduri graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. Jaya Bhaduri is well educated and also belongs to the same family. He studied Film and Television only so that he could go into films.
Jaya Bachchan’s first Bengali and Hindi film
Jaya Bhaduri made her acting debut with Satyajit Ray’s Bengali film Mahanagar (1963). At that time, she was 15 years old and in this she was seen with two big stars of Bengal, Anil Chatterjee and Madhabi Mukherjee. After this he worked in many Bengali films. Only after gaining experience from here, Jaya took admission in FTII and won the gold medal.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee gave Jaya Bachchan her first opportunity in the film Guddi (1971) in which her work was highly appreciated and Jaya was the lead actress in it. After this, Jaya gave superhit films like ‘Jawaani-Deewani’ with Randhir Kapoor and ‘Anamika’ with Sanjeev Kapoor.
Jaya Bachchan’s film career
Jaya Bachchan appeared in many superhit films back to back in the 70’s. Jaya did many films with Hrishikesh Mukherjee, including superhit films like ‘Uphaar’, ‘Piya Ka Ghar’, ‘Parichay’, ‘Koshish’ and ‘Bawarchi’. Jaya did the film Bansi Birju (1972) for the first time with Amitabh Bachchan and that film was a flop. In those days, Amitabh was a new face and was giving flop films.
When many big actresses refused to work with Amitabh Bachchan for the film Zanjeer, Jaya Bhaduri said yes. Both of them became friends during the shooting of the film and the film Zanjeer (1973) proved to be a big hit. After this, Jaya Bachchan did films like ‘Abhimaan’, ‘Milli’, ‘Chupke-Chupke’, Sholay’.
Worked with Amitabh Bachchan in the 1981 film Silsila and then took a break for a few years. After the year 2000, Jaya Bachchan came again and appeared in films like ‘Fiza’, ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham’, ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’, ‘Laga Chunari Mein Daag’ and ‘Rocky-Rani Ki Prem Kahani’.
Jaya Bachchan’s politics career
In 2004, Jaya Bachchan entered politics and became MP from Samajwadi Party. Led Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha in 2006. Jaya is still a part of the Samajwadi Party and is seen supporting this political party in many campaigns.
How did Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan get married?
When Jaya Bhaduri said yes to working with Amitabh Bachchan for the film Zanjeer, their friendship grew. There were frequent visits home and Amitabh Bachchan’s father Harivansh Rai Bachchan and mother Teji Bachchan had liked Jaya. He had chosen Jaya for Amitabh. After giving back to back flop films, Amitabh had promised his friends that if the film becomes a hit, he will go to London.
The film Zanjeer became a superhit and he went to seek permission from his father to go to London. During this time, his father put a condition that if Jaya is also going, then take her after getting married, otherwise she should not go to London. Amitabh bowed to the insistence of his parents, married Jaya and then they went to London for the first time. Amitabh Bachchan’s friends were also with him on his first honeymoon.
Amitabh and Jaya have two children, Shweta Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan. Shweta was married to Nikhil Nanda, son of Raj Kapoor’s daughter Ritu Nanda. Abhishek Bachchan was married to former Miss World Aishwarya Rai. As soft natured as Jaya Bachchan was, people often say that she has become a very angry woman. However, if you really want to know Jaya Bachchan, then you can see her mood on the podcast of her granddaughter Navya Naveli.
