Jaya Bachchan (''
née
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'' Bhaduri; born 9 April 1948) is an Indian actress and politician. She is a
member of Parliament
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in the
Rajya Sabha
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from the
Samajwadi Party
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, serving four terms since 2004. Known primarily for her work in
Hindi
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and
Bengali
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* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
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cinema, she is noted for reinforcing a natural style of acting in both mainstream and "middle-of-the-road" cinema.
[ Gulzar, p. 457] She has received several accolades, including nine
Filmfare Awards
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and the
Padma Shri
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, the fourth-highest civilian honour awarded by the
Government of India
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.
Making her film debut as a teenager in
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. One of the greatest auteurs of fil ...
's ''
Mahanagar'' (1963), Bachchan's first screen role as an adult was in ''
Guddi'' (1971), directed by
Hrishikesh Mukherjee, with whom she collaborated in several films thereafter. She was noted for her refreshing performances in films like ''
Uphaar'' (1971), ''
Koshish'' (1972) and ''
Kora Kagaz'' (1974), among others. She starred alongside her husband
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan (; born as Amitabh Shrivastav; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer and former politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the most succe ...
in several films, including ''
Zanjeer'' (1973), ''
Abhimaan'' (1973), ''
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* ''Chupke Chupke'' (TV series)
* ''Chupke Chupke'' (2017 TV series)
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'' (1975) and ''
Mili'' (1975). The
cult film
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''
Sholay'' (1975) saw her playing the much-lauded role of a young widow.
Following her marriage to actor
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan (; born as Amitabh Shrivastav; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer and former politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the most succe ...
and the birth of their children, she restricted her work in films, notably appearing in ''
Nauker'' (1979) and ''
Silsila
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'' (1981). After a 17-year sabbatical, she returned to acting with
Govind Nihalani
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's ''
Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa'' (1998). She has since appeared in the critically acclaimed films ''
Fiza'' (2000), ''
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...'' (2001) and ''
Kal Ho Naa Ho
''Kal Ho Naa Ho'' (, ), also abbreviated as ''KHNH'', is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy drama film directed by Nikhil Advani, written by Karan Johar with dialogue by Niranjan Iyengar, and produced by Yash Johar. The film stars Ja ...
'' (2003).
Career
Acting career
Jaya Bachchan is an
alumna
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of the
Film and Television Institute of India
The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) is a film institute under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India and aided by the Central Government of India. It is situated on the premises of the erstwhile ...
. She first starred in
Satyajit Ray
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's Bengali film, ''
Mahanagar'' (1963) at the age of 15, with
Anil Chatterjee and
Madhabi Mukherjee.She then appeared in two more Bengali films: a 13-minute short ''Suman'', and the comedy ''
Dhanyee Meye
''Dhanyee Meye'' ( bn, ধন্যি মেয়ে) is a 1971 Bengali romantic comedy film directed by Arabinda Mukhopadhyay. The cast includes Uttam Kumar, Sabitri Chatterjee, Partho Mukherjee, Jaya Bhaduri, Jahor Roy and Nripati Chattopa ...
'' (1971), where she played the role of
Uttam Kumar's sister-in-law.
[ Dawar, p. 56]
Inspired by her experience with Ray, she joined the
Film and Television Institute of India
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(FTII),
Pune
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and graduated with the gold medal.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee cast her in
''Guddi'' (1971), to play the eponymous role of a petite school-girl obsessed with film star
Dharmendra
Dharam Singh Deol (born 8 December 1935), also known mononymously as Dharmendra, is an Indian actor, producer and politician who is known for his work in Hindi films. Known as the first " He-Man" of Bollywood, Dharmendra has worked in over 301 ...
.
[ Banerjee, p. 93] ''Guddi'' was a commercial success,
[ and created the ]girl-next-door
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image for her, which she was often associated with through the rest of her career. While she did venture out to play glamorous roles as in '' Jawani Diwani'', (1972) and a semi-negative character of an amnesia-faking heroine in '' Anamika'' (1973), she was most recognised for her roles epitomising middle-class sensibility, which she played amiably in films of "middle-cinema" directors such as Gulzar, Basu Chatterjee and indeed Hrishikesh Mukherjee. These films include '' Uphaar'' (1971), ''Piya Ka Ghar
''Piya Ka Ghar'' ( My beloved's house) is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language comedy set in Mumbai in the 1970s. It is a remake of Raja Thakur's Marathi film ''Mumbaicha Jawai''. It portrays the difficulties of life in India's biggest city during the ...
'' (1972), '' Parichay'' (1972), '' Koshish'' (1972) and ''Bawarchi
''Bawarchi'' (translation: ''The Chef'') is a 1972 Indian Hindi musical comedy-drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee starring Rajesh Khanna and Jaya Badhuri with Asrani, A.K. Hangal, Usha Kiran and Durga Khote in supporting roles. This w ...
'' (1972). They also made her a superstar.
In Gulzar's '' Koshish'' (1973), Bhaduri and Sanjeev Kumar played a deaf couple who struggle through their difficulties as disabled people. She described the film as "a learning experience" which motivated her to do social work in future.
She first acted with Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan (; born as Amitabh Shrivastav; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer and former politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the most succe ...
in ''Bansi Birju
''Bansi Birju'' is a 1972 Bollywood romance film directed by Prakash Verma. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan.
Plot
Cast
*Amitabh Bachchan as Birju
*Jaya Bhaduri as Bansi
* Anwar Ali
*Ramesh Bhatia as Police inspector
*Rame ...
'' (1972), followed by B. R. Ishara
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's ''Ek Nazar
''Ek Nazar'' is a 1972 Bollywood romance film directed by B. R. Ishara. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan in lead roles.
Cast
*Amitabh Bachchan as Manmohan Tyagi / Akash
*Jaya Bhaduri as Shabnam
*Nadira as Ameena Bai
*Tarun Bose ...
'' also in the same year.[ When Amitabh had faced a string of flops and most lead heroines refused to work with him in the ]Salim–Javed
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scripted '' Zanjeer'' (1973), she agreed to step in. The film turned out to be a big hit creating Amitabh Bachchan's angry-young-man image. All their successive films as a pair were huge hits - '' Abhimaan'' (1973), ''Chupke Chupke Chupke Chupke may refer to:
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* ''Chupke Chupke'' (TV series)
* ''Chupke Chupke'' (2017 TV series)
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'' (1975), '' Mili'' (1975) and '' Sholay'' (1975).
Her daughter Shweta __NOTOC__
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was born around the time Jaya and Amitabh were working on ''Sholay''. Following this, she retired from films and focused on raising her children, making an exception for Yash Chopra
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's ''Silsila
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'' (1981), once again opposite her husband. During the late 1980s, she wrote the story for '' Shahenshah'' (1988), which starred her husband in the lead.
After a gap of 17 years, she returned to acting with Govind Nihalani
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's '' Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa'' (1998), a film about the Naxalite movement. In 2000, she starred in '' Fiza'' for which she received the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also starred in Karan Johar
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's ensemble family melodrama '' Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...'' (2001) with her husband. She then starred in Johar's romantic
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** Romantic music, of that era
** Romantic poetry, of that era
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comedy drama
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, ''Kal Ho Naa Ho
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'' (2003), playing Preity Zinta's mother, Jennifer Kapur, both of which also earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. She starred with her son Abhishek
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in '' Laaga Chunari Mein Daag'' (2007) and ''Drona
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In the epic, he serves as the royal preceptor of the Kaurav ...
'' (2008).
In 2011, she appeared in the Bangladeshi film ''Meherjaan
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'' starring with Victor Banerjee
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and Humayun Faridi
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. The film is based on a Bangladesh-Pakistan love story in the backdrop of the 1971 Bangladesh atrocities
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.
Political career
Bachchan was first elected in 2004 as the Member of Parliament
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from the Samajwadi Party
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, representing Uttar Pradesh
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in the Rajya Sabha
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till March 2006. She got a second term from June 2006 till July 2010 and in February 2010 she stated her intent to complete her term. She was re-elected in 2012 for the third term and again in 2018 for her fourth term in the Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using si ...
from Samajwadi Party
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. Also, she campaigned for All India Trinamool Congress
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during 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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The ...
.
;Parliamentary Committee assignments
* 13 September 2021 onwards: Member, Committee on External Affairs
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Personal life
Early years and family
Jaya Bhaduri was born into a Bengali Brahmin family and is the daughter of Taroon Kumar Bhaduri, a journalist, author, and poet and his wife, Indira. She studied at St Joseph's Convent School, Bhopal
St Joseph's Convent School is an English medium girls school located at Idgah Hills Bhopal, India. Affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE, the school was founded in 1956 by the Indian Province of the Sisters of St Joseph ...
and graduated from Film and Television Institute of India
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in Pune.
On 3 June 1973, she married Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan (; born as Amitabh Shrivastav; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer and former politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the most succe ...
. The couple have two children: Shweta Bachchan
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and Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan (born 5 February 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Hindi films. Part of the Bachchan family, he is the son of actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and the grandson of poet Harivansh Rai Bach ...
, who is also an actor. Shweta is married to industrialist Nikhil Nanda
Nikhil Nanda is an Indian businessman. Part of the Nanda family, Kapoor family and Bachchan Family, he is the chairman and managing director of Escorts Limited, an engineering company founded in 1944 by his paternal grandfather, Har Prasad Nan ...
, grandson of the Kapoor family in Delhi, and has two children, Navya Naveli and Agastya Nanda, while Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan (born 5 February 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Hindi films. Part of the Bachchan family, he is the son of actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan and the grandson of poet Harivansh Rai Bach ...
is married to actress Aishwarya Rai, and has a daughter, Aaradhya Bachchan.
''Drona'' speech controversy
Bachchan's speech during the musical launch of ''Drona'' in the second half of 2008 was criticised by some sections of politicians in Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
. In response to the film's director, Goldie Behl, making his introductory speech in English, she said in Hindi, "Hum UP ke log hain, isliye Hindi
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mein baat karenge, Maharashtra
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ke log maaf kijiye". (Translation: "We are people from UP, so we will speak in Hindi. People of Maharashtra
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, please forgive us.") Subsequently, she encouraged actress Priyanka Chopra to speak in Hindi
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.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (translation: Maharashtra Reformation Army; MNS) is a Regionalist far-right Indian political party based in the state of Maharashtra and operates on the ideology of "Hindutva" and "Marathi" Manus. It was founded ...
(MNS) president Raj Thackeray
Raj Shrikant Thackeray (Marathi pronunciation: aːd͡ʒ ʈʰaːkɾeː born Swaraj Shrikant Thackeray; 14 June 1968) is an Indian politician and the founding chairperson of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), a regional political party. Raj wa ...
commented that she had no business referring to all the people of Maharashtra in her statement. He threatened to ban all Bachchan films unless she apologised in a public forum for hurting the sentiments of Maharashtrians. MNS workers began to attack theatres screening ''The Last Lear
''The Last Lear'' is a 2007 Indian drama film directed by Rituparno Ghosh. The film won the National Award of India for Best Feature Film in English in 2007. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal, Divya Dutta, Shefali Shah ...
'', which starred her husband. Shiv Sena
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MP Sanjay Raut also criticised her statement, "After making all your success and fortune in Mumbai, if you feel like saying that we are from UP, it's very unfortunate". Amitabh Bachchan tendered an apology for her statement on her behalf.
Positions held
Jaya Bachchan has been elected 4 times as Rajya Sabha
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MP.
As per the Election affidavit of 2018 (Rajya Sabha
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), Jaya Bachchan has assets worth ₹
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1,001.63 crore
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s and liabilities worth ₹
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105.64 crore
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s.
Awards and recognitions
Civilian Award
* 1992
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– Padma Shri
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– India's fourth highest civilian honour from the Government of India
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.
Major film awards
Other film awards
Won
* 1972 – Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards commonly referred as BFJA Awards, is given by The Bengal Film Journalists' Association. The BFJA is the oldest association of film critics in India, founded in 1937 to serve the developing film journalism ...
– Special Award (Hindi Film) – '' Guddi''
* 1999 – Anandalok Awards – Special Editors' Award
* 2001 – Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards – Best Actress in a Supporting Role – '' Fiza''
* 2001 – Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Female – '' Fiza''
* 2002 – Sansui Viewers Choice Awards – Best Actress in a Supporting Role – '' Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...''
Honours and recognitions
* 1994 – Yash Bharti Award
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, Uttar Pradesh
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's highest award from the Government of Uttar Pradesh
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* 2000 – Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image Award for her "abiding contribution to Cinema"
* 2004 – Lifetime Achievement Award at the Sansui Awards
* 2010 – Lifetime Achievement Award at the "Tongues On Fire" Film Festival in London
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* 2012 – Lifetime Achievement Award at Jaipur
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International Film Festival (JIFF)
* 2013 – Master Deenanath Mangeshkar (Vishesh Puraskar) Award for her dedicated services to Indian theatre and cinema
Filmography
Notes
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References
External links
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at Bollywood Hungama
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1948 births
Actresses in Bengali cinema
Loreto College, Kolkata alumni
University of Calcutta alumni
Indian film actresses
Living people
Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
Indian actor-politicians
Samajwadi Party politicians
Actresses in Hindi cinema
Actresses from Kolkata
Politicians from Kolkata
Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh
20th-century Bengalis
21st-century Bengalis
Women in Uttar Pradesh politics
21st-century Indian women politicians
21st-century Indian politicians
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20th-century Indian actresses
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Jaya
Jaya may refer to:
Media
*''Jaya'', self titled albums by Jaya (singer), released in 1989, 1996 and 2001
* ''Jaya'' (film), a 2002 Indian Tamil film
Mythology
*''Jaya'', a name of Karna in Mahabharata; the core portion of the ''Mahabharata''
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Filmfare Awards winners
Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award winners
International Indian Film Academy Awards winners
Zee Cine Awards winners
Members of the National Cadet Corps (India)