Jaya Bachchan

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Jaya Bachchan
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 2004
ConstituencyUttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born
Jaya Bhaduri

(1948-04-09) 9 April 1948 (age 73)
Jabalpur, Central Provinces and Berar, India
(present-day Madhya Pradesh, India)
Political partySamajwadi Party
Spouse(s)
Amitabh Bachchan
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(m. 1973)​
RelationsSee Bachchan Family
ChildrenShweta Bachchan Nanda
Abhishek Bachchan
ResidenceJalsa Bungalow, Juhu, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India[1]
Occupation
  • Actress
  • politician
Awards• 9 Filmfare Awards
• Padma Shri (1992)
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Jaya Bachchan (née Bhaduri; born 9 April 1948) is an Indian actress, politician and the member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from the Samajwadi Party, serving four terms since 2004. Known primarily for her work in Hindi and Bengali cinema, she is noted for reinforcing a natural style of acting in both mainstream and "middle-of-the-road" cinema.[2][3] She has received several accolades, including nine Filmfare Awards and the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honour awarded by the Government of India.[4]

Making her film debut as a teenager in Satyajit Ray'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 in several films, including Zanjeer (1973), Abhimaan (1973), Chupke Chupke (1975), Mili (1975). The cult film Sholay (1975) saw her playing the much-lauded role of a young widow.

Following her marriage to actor Amitabh Bachchan and the birth of their children, she restricted her work in films, notably appearing in Nauker (1979) and Silsila (1981). After a 17-year sabbatical, she returned to acting with Govind Nihalani'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 (2003).

Career[]

Acting career[]

Jaya Bachchan with husband Amitabh Bachchan, son Abhishek Bachchan and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai

Jaya Bachchan is an alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India. She first starred in Satyajit Ray'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,[5] and the comedy Dhanyee Meye (1971), where she played the role of Uttam Kumar's sister-in-law.[6]

Inspired by her experience with Ray, she joined the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune and graduated with the gold medal.[7] Hrishikesh Mukherjee cast her in Guddi (1971), to play the eponymous role of a petite school-girl obsessed with film star Dharmendra.[8] Guddi was a commercial success,[6] and created the girl-next-door 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)[2] 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.[9] These films include Uphaar (1971), Piya Ka Ghar (1972), Parichay (1972), Koshish (1972) and Bawarchi (1972).[8][10] They also made her a star.[6]

In Gulzar's Koshish (1973), Bhaduri and Sanjeev Kumar played a deaf couple who struggle through their difficulties as handicapped people. She described the film as "a learning experience" which motivated her to do social work in future.[11]

She first acted with Amitabh Bachchan in Bansi Birju (1972), followed by B.R. Ishara's Ek Nazar also in the same year.[6] When Amitabh had faced a string of flops and most lead heroines refused to work with him in the Salim–Javed 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.[12] All their successive films as a pair were huge hits - Abhimaan (1973), Chupke Chupke (1975), Mili (1975) and Sholay (1975).

Jaya Bachchan with her husband Amitabh Bachchan in 2002

Her daughter Shweta 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's Silsila (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'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's ensemble family melodrama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... (2001) with her husband. She then starred in Johar's romantic comedy-drama, Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) playing Preity Zinta's mother, Jennifer Kapur, both of which also earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.[13] She starred with her son Abhishek in Laaga Chunari Mein Daag (2007) and Drona (2008).

In 2011, she appeared in the Bangladeshi film Meherjaan starring with Victor Banerjee and Humayun Faridi. The film is based on a Bangladesh-Pakistan love story in the backdrop of the 1971 Bangladesh atrocities.[14]

Political career[]

Bachchan was first elected in 2004 as the Member of Parliament from the Samajwadi Party, representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha till March 2006.[15] She got a second term from June 2006[16] till July 2010 and in February 2010 she stated her intent to complete her term.[17][clarification needed] She was re-elected in 2012 for the third term and again in 2018 for her fourth term in the Rajya Sabha from Samajwadi Party. Also, she campaigned for All India Trinamool Congress during 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.

Personal life[]

Early years and family[]

See also: Bachchan family

Bhaduri is daughter of Taroon Kumar Bhaduri, a journalist, author, and poet and his wife, Indira.

On 3 June 1973, she married Amitabh Bachchan. The couple have two children: Shweta Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan, who is also an actor. Shweta is married to industrialist Nikhil Nanda, grandson of the Kapoor family in Delhi, and has two children, Navya Naveli and Agastya Nanda,[18] while Abhishek Bachchan is married to actress Aishwarya Rai, and has a daughter, Aaradhya Bachchan.[19]

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. 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 mein baat karenge, Maharashtra ke log maaf kijiye". (Translation: "We are people from UP, so we will speak in Hindi. People of Maharashtra, please excuse us.") Subsequently, she encouraged actress Priyanka Chopra to speak in Hindi.[20]

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray 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, which starred her husband. Shiv Sena 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.[21]

Awards and recognitions[]

Civilian Awards[]

  • 1992 – Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award from the Government of India.
    Jaya with her husband, Amitabh Bachchan

Filmfare Awards[]

Won

Nominated

  • 1972 – Best Actress – Guddi
  • 1972 – Best Actress – Uphaar
  • 1974 – Best Actress – Koshish
  • 1976 – Best Actress – Mili
  • 1982 – Best Actress – Silsila

International Indian Film Academy Awards[]

Won

  • 2001 – Best Supporting Actress – Fiza
  • 2002 – Best Supporting Actress – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...
  • 2004 – Best Supporting Actress – Kal Ho Naa Ho

Other film awards[]

Won

Honours and recognitions[]

  • 1994 – Yash Bharti Award, Uttar Pradesh's highest award from the Government of Uttar Pradesh[25]
  • 2000 – Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image Award for her "abiding contribution to Cinema"[26]
  • 2004 – Lifetime Achievement Award at the Sansui Awards[27]
  • 2010 – Lifetime Achievement Award at the "Tongues On Fire" Film Festival in London[28][29]
  • 2012 – Lifetime Achievement Award at Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF)[30]
  • 2013 – Master Deenanath Mangeshkar (Vishesh Puraskar) Award for her dedicated services to Indian theatre and cinema[31][32]

Filmography[]

Year Film Notes
1963 Bengali film
1971 Guddi Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
Dhanyee Meye Bengali film
Uphaar Filmfare Special Award

Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress

Janani Bengali film
1972 Jawani Diwani
Bawarchi
Parichay
Bansi Birju
Piya Ka Ghar
Annadata
Ek Nazar
Samadhi
Koshish Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
Shor
Jai Jawan Jai Makan
1973 Gaai Aur Gori
Anamika
Phagun
Zanjeer
Abhimaan Filmfare Award for Best Actress (tied with Dimple Kapadia for Bobby)
1974 Aahat - Ek Ajib Kahani The film was released in 2010
Dil Diwana
Kora Kagaz Filmfare Award for Best Actress
Naya Din Nai Raat
Doosri Sita
1975 Mili Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
Chupke Chupke
Sholay
1977 Abhi To Jee Lein Unreleased
1978 Ek Baap Chhe Bete
1979 Nauker Filmfare Award for Best Actress
1981 Silsila Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
1995 Akka Marathi film
1998 Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa Filmfare Special Award
2000 Fiza Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
2001 Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
2002 Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe
Desh Bengali film
2003 Kal Ho Naa Ho Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
2007 Laaga Chunari Mein Daag
2008 Lovesongs:Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
Drona
2010 Aap Ke Liye Hum
2011 Meherjaan Bengali language Bangladeshi film
2013 Sunglass Bilingual film
2016 Ki & Ka Guest appearance
2022 Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani

Notes[]

  • Banerjee, Shampa; Anil Srivastava (1988). One Hundred Indian Feature Films: An Annotated Filmography. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-8240-9483-2.
  • Gulzar, S.G.; Govind Nihalani, Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. Popular Prakashan, Encyclopædia Britannica (India). ISBN 81-7991-066-0.
  • Dawar, Ramesh (2006). Bollywood Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow. Star Publications. ISBN 1-905863-01-2.
  • Peter John, Ali. "Jaya is aback, Jaya Hey!". Screen India. Express India. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2011.

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