Jaya Bachchan
Actress and politician; Aarti in Koshish · 1948–
Jaya Bhaduri, now Jaya Bachchan, was born in Jabalpur on 9 April 1948. She appeared as a teenager in Satyajit Ray's Mahanagar (1963), trained at the Film and Television Institute in Pune, and made her Hindi debut in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Guddi (1971), which made her the face of a natural, unglamorous screen style.
In Gulzar's Koshish (1972) she plays Aarti, a deaf-mute woman married to Sanjeev Kumar's equally deaf Hari, in a performance given almost entirely in sign language. She came into it late: Moushumi Chatterjee was first cast, but left after three days over Gulzar's demands. She married Amitabh Bachchan in 1973. He turns up in one scene of Naram Garam (1981) and stars in, and produces, Major Saab (1998), where their son Abhishek worked as an uncredited assistant. She later became a long-serving Rajya Sabha member.
Films
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Ek Nazar (1972)
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Guddi (1971)
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Bawarchi (1972)
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Anamika (1973)
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Abhimaan (1973)
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Bansi Birju (1972)
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Chupke Chupke (1975)
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Fiza (2000)
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Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001)
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Koshish (1972)
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Nauker (1979)
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Naya Din Nai Raat (1974)
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Parichay (1972)
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Phagun (1973)
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Samadhi (1972)
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Silsila (1981)
Other known for
- Aap Ke Liye Hum
- Annadata (1972)
- Daughters of This Century (1995)
- Dekh Bhai Dekh
- Dhanyee Meye (1971)
- Doosri Sita (1974)
- Gaai Aur Gori (1973)
- Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1998)
- Jai Jawan Jai Makan (1971)
- Mahanagar (1963)
- Middle Cinema Films
- Mili (1975)
- Piya Ka Ghar (1972)
- Sholay (1975)
- Uma
- Upaharam (1972)
- Uphaar (1971)
- Zanjeer (1973)