Jaya Bachchan

Jaya Bhaduri or Jaya Bachchan (9 April 1948) (Bengali (Bengali Language): ???? ??????? ?????, Hindi: ??? ?????), is an Indian actress. She is an alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Jaya is married to Amitabh Bachchan, a legend in Hindi cinema (Bollywood). Her son Abhishek Bachchan is an actor.

After appearing as a child actor in Satyajit Rays Mahanagar (1963), she made her first screen role as an adult in Guddi (1971) directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, and gave some of her famous performances in films such as Jawani Diwani (1972), Koshish, Anamika (Anamika (film)), Piya Ka Ghar and Bawarchi. She appeared alongside her husband Amitabh Bachchan in films such as Zanjeer (1973), Abhimaan (1973), Chupke Chupke (1975) and Sholay (1975). She restricted her film work in the coming years and after Silsila (Silsila (film)) in 1981, took a sabbatical for films, only to return with Govind Nihlanis Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1998).

During her career, she won three Filmfare Best Actress Awards, three Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Awards, and was awarded the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.