Trivia

Wife of Indian megastar Amitabh Bachchan.

Mira Nair wanted to sign her for Mississippi Masala, but Jaya did not want to do a mother's role. Sharmila Tagore was then signed .

Mother of movie star Abhishek Bachchan

Daughter of Bengali writer Tarun Bhaduri.

Actress Tillotama Shome married her nephew Kunal Verma ( Rita and Rajeev's son).

Is currently involved in the Samaj Wadi politican Party in India.

Mother of Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan and daughter Shweta Nanda. Became a grandma in 1997, when Shweta gave birth a baby girl, Nain Naveyli Nanda. Shweta subsequently gave birth to a son, Agastye.

During 2004 Jaya became a Member of the Rajya Sabha, but following a complaint by the Congress Party, her status was reviewed and in March, 2006, the President of India decided that she can no longer be qualified to a member of the Rajya Sabha as this conflicts with her current status as a Chair of the Uttar Pradesh Film Development Council.

Her daughter-in-law is Aishwarya Rai, former beauty queen, and Bollywood actress.

She was pregnant with her daughter Shweta while shooting the movie Sholay (1975).

Sister-in-law of actor Rajeev Verma who is married to her younger sister, Rita Badhuri (not an actress).

Jaya is the Chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Film Development Council from July, 2004. (March 2006)

Sister Rita ( Married to actor Rajeev Verma) has 2 sons . Shiladitya Verma. He is a painter based in Bhopal. He is married to Poorvi Karanwar. The second son is Thathaghat Verma. He is a software engineer based in Mumbai. He is married to Darshika Mahajan.

She starred in Vinod Bachchan's shelved film "Samparan - The Real Submission". Directed by Aruna Raje. The film was about the uplifting of street kids. This was in 2004.

Jaya dubbed for actress Nandini Ghoshal for the film CHAR ADHYAY.

Urban legend of her being married to fellow FTII classmate Bhaskar Chowdhury in the late 1960's. Not to be confused with actor and Hollywood actor Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury.

Always mistaken as actress Rita Badhuri's sister because Jaya has a sister named "Rita".

Recipient of the 2007 Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award.

As per affidavits filed by her during her membership of the upper house of the Indian Parliament, the Rajya Sabha, her net worth is estimated to be US$ 200 million.

For her contributions to cinematic arts, the government of India bestowed upon her with its fourth highest civilian honour, Padma Shri, in 1992.