Actor and politician Jaya Bachchan turns 62.
Born in 1948, she began her film career with a bit role in maestro Satyajit Ray’s Mahanagar when she was just 15 but became a nationally renowned actress after her entry in the Hindi film industry and her first major hit was Guddi. With her bubbly performance in Guddi, and intense performance in films like Koshish, Abhimaan and Kora Kagaz she had established herself as a complete performer in the industry.
Wife of superstar Amitabh Bachchan and mother and mother-in-law of actors Abhisek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, Jaya has herself been an actor of high repute.
She married superstar Amitabh Bachchcan on June 3, 1973. Her daughter Shweta was born while Jaya and Amitabh were working on the film Sholay. Following this she retired from films and focused on raising her children. Her last film as a lead actress was Silsila (1981).
During the late 1980s, she wrote the story for the film Shahenshah which starred her husband in the lead. After a gap of film appearances for 18 years, She returned to acting with Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1998), a film that sensitively portrays the Naxalite movement, and has since played mother roles, which she has been praised for. Later, she worked in film like Fiza, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Kal Ho Naa Ho and Laaga Chunari Mein Daag. In 1992, she was honoured with the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India. In the recent years, she also entered politics and was elected in the Upper House of Parliament as a Samajwadi Party candidate in 2004 but was the first casualty of the ‘Office of Profit’ controversy and had to resign in May 2006. She however was reelected in July 2006.
Here are my top ten songs of Jaya Bachchan
Hum Ko Manki Shakti Dena from Guddi
Piya Bina Piya Bina from Abhimaan
Tere Mere Milan from Abhimaan
Chupke Chupke Chal Ri from Chupke Chupke
Sar Se Sarke from Silsila
Meri Bheegi Bheegi Si from Anamika
Tum Bin Jeevan Kaisa Jeevan from Bawarchi
Bahon Mein Chale Aao from Anamika
Beeti Na Bitaayi Raina from Parichay
Nahin Nahin Abhi Nahin from Jawani Diwani
Please post your Jaya Bachchan favorites.
ReplyDeleteNadiya kinare heraye aayi kangana
ReplyDeleteBol re papihara
A very sweet song from Mili -
ReplyDeleteMaine kaha phoolon se
@Minnie - You are welcome.. I am just trying to keep the tradition alive, not sure whether i can do as good a job as you do.
ReplyDeleteAnother song is Mera jeevan Kora Kagaz kora hi reh gaya
ReplyDeleteYes mera jeevan kora kagaz is good. She was damn good in those naughty roles of jawaani diwani and those numbers she did with randhir kapoor.
ReplyDeletehas anyone else noticed if there is a strong resemblance between her and vidya balan's voice or is it just me..
ReplyDeleteNo I don't think there is any resemblance to her voice and Vidya Balan's voice. So maybe it is just you.
ReplyDeleteWell, I was referring to how Jaya Bahduri spoke during her younger years / movies.
ReplyDeletethere is a similar nasal twang or some kind of nasality in speech
Maybe a little bit, but both had an unaffected Hindi - so that could be the similarity
ReplyDeleteYes there is a certain clarity and unpretentiousness the way they speak and this also comes across free spirited. But then that was the case with kajol or even madhuri.
ReplyDeleteHowever , between jaya and vidya I mean they sound very similar and you could not differentiate if you did not see them speaking. or may be its just that I have a poor speech perception or too much into speech physiology.
I think Jaya bahaduri had a lot of lata songs esp the high pitch ones and these were and may still be very popular radio numbers with an excellent recall value. Even now when you hear these numbers , instantly you are transported to dusty indian roads with these tunes playing in a paan shop in the dead of night.
ReplyDeleteThere is this
Bole Re Papi Hara
Chupke Chupke Chal Di
I guess these songs were posted up here. my bad !
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