In April 1948 Jabalpur-based, Bengali-speaking Indira and Tarun Kumar Bhaduri were blessed with a child they named Jaya, and enrolled in the St. Joseph's Convent School in Bhopal. Her acting career started when she was 15 in a Bengali film Mahanagar. She became an actress in her own right in Bollywood after the release of Guddi. She went on to star...
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.
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Jaya dubbed for actress Nandini Ghoshal for the film CHAR ADHYAY.
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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.
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Actress Tillotama Shome married her nephew Kunal Verma ( Rita and Rajeev's son).
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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.
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Jaya is the Chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Film Development Council from July, 2004. [March 2006]
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Sister-in-law of actor Rajeev Verma who is married to her younger sister, Rita Badhuri (not an actress).
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She was pregnant with her daughter Shweta while shooting the movie Sholay (1975).
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Her daughter-in-law is Aishwarya Rai, former beauty queen, and Bollywood actress.
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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.
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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.
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Is currently involved in the Samaj Wadi politican Party in India.
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