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Jaya Bachchan is an Indian film actor and politician born in Jabalpur in 1948. She began her work period in 1971 and has been educated at the University of Calcutta and the Film and Television Institute of India. Her notable works include the films Guddi, Abhimaan, Sholay, and Nauker. She is married to Amitabh Bachchan and is the mother of Abhishek Bachchan and Shweta Bachchan Nanda.
Bachchan serves as a member of the Rajya Sabha and is a member of the Samajwadi Party. She has received the Filmfare Award for Best Actress, the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress, and the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award. She resides in Mumbai and speaks Bangla. Her name in her native language is जया बच्चन.
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Jabalpur, India
Jaya Bachchan (née Bhaduri; born April 9, 1948) is an Indian actress and politician. Celebrated for her work in Hindi and Bengali films since her teenage debut in 1963, she has won eight Filmfare Awards and the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honour awarded by the Government of India. Regarded as one of the most celebrated actresses of Indian cinema, she was one of the highest paid…
Known for
- Sadabahar — Nini2024
- Angry Young Men — Self2024
- Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani — Dhanlakshmi Randhawa2023
- Zero — Self (Special Appearance)2018
- Ki & Ka — Self (Special Appearance)2016
- Sunglass2013
- Celluloid Man — Self2012
- Meherjaan — Meher2011
- Paa — Narrator2009
- Lovesongs2008
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Jabalpur
- Spouse
- Amitabh Bachchan
- Occupation
- film actor
- Position held
- member of Rajya Sabha
- Political party
- Samajwadi Party
- Languages spoken
- Bangla
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Notable work
- Kal Ho Naa Ho
- Image
- Jaya B Big B’s birthday.jpg
- Residence
- Mumbai
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- Jaya Bachchan
- date of birth
- 1948-04-09
- name in native language
- जया बच्चन
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Encyclopedic overview
Jaya Bachchan (née Bhaduri; born 9 April 1948) is an Indian actress and politician. She has served as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from the Samajwadi Party since 2004. Known for her work in Hindi films, she is noted for reinforcing a natural style of acting in both mainstream and "middle-of-the-road" cinema. Bachchan has received several accolades, including ten Filmfare Awards and the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian honour awarded by the Government of India.
Bachchan made her film debut as a teenager in Satyajit Ray's Mahanagar (1963), and her 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 performances in films like Uphaar (1971), Koshish (1972) and Kora Kagaz (1974). Throughout the decade, she formed a successful screen partnership with her husband Amitabh Bachchan, opposite whom she starred in films such as Zanjeer (1973), Abhimaan (1973), Chupke Chupke (1975) and Mili (1975), as well as the cult film Sholay (1975). She won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for Abhimaan, Kora Kagaz and Nauker (1979).
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