Jaya Bachchan (Amitabh Bachchan Wife): Bio, Age, Height, Education, Family, Career, Net Worth, & More

People knew Jaya Bachchan as the beautiful, classy woman-next-door actress. If you have seen her movies like ‘Guddi’, ‘Upahar’, ‘Abhimaan’, ‘Silsila ’, then you might know that she was quite a beauty back in her day, and her acting was mesmerizing, as was her beauty. This blog will cover details about Jaya Bachchan age, net worth, personal life, husband, and much more. 

Jaya Bachchan Biography

Jaya Bachchan is an Indian actress and politician who is a current member of the Parliament. She was active in Bollywood from 1971 to 2023.

Jaya Bachchan Age, Height & Physical Appearance

Born on 9 April 1948, Jaya Bachchan age is 77 years as of June 2025. Her birth sign is Aries. With a height of 5ft 2 inches, she weighs around 64 Kg. She has beautiful black eyes, and her hair is the colour of salt and pepper, which is quite common amongst women of her age.

Early Life & Family Background

Jaya was born in Jabalpur into a Bengali family. She is the daughter of Tarun Kumar Bhaduri, a renowned author, poet, and journalist. Her mother is Indira, and the latter grew up with two sisters named Rita and Nita. Interestingly, Nita’s son Kunal married the well-known actress Tilotama Shome. As a child, Jaya grew up in a loving home and shared a beautiful bond with both her sisters.

Educational Qualification

In terms of her education, Jaya has attended the St. Joseph’s Convent School in Bhopal and has gone on to complete her higher studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, which is located in Pune.

Personal Life

As long as we can remember, Jaya has been with Amitabh since 1973, and no one has ever raised any controversies about her past relationships or anything like that.

Jaya Bachchan Husband: Amitabh Bachchan

Jaya Bachchan age was 25 years when she married Amitabh Bachchan in 1973, when she was just a rising starlet. Amitabh, on the other hand, was a superstar and had carried the name ‘angry young man’ because of his character in ‘Abhimaan,’ but he was just as dashing as he is today, even at 82. As an actor, he has lived up to his name, and people therefore consider him the Big B of Bollywood. He has acted in over 200 films and even had his show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati,’ where he was the host of the show.

The couple married over four decades ago and has faced many ups and downs together. He and Jaya have two children, Shweta and Abhishek. During the filming of Silsila, rumors spread that he was having an off-screen affair with his co-star Rekha, and this controversy has persisted for several years up to the present. This has sparked a lot of widespread rumors, and in several interviews, Rekha has mentioned and spoken about her relationship with him quite candidly, and calls him ‘Amit Ji’.

Jaya Bachchan Son: Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan is the son of Jaya and is an Indian actor who has acted in several Movies and TV series in the past. Known as Junior Bachchan, Abhishek has managed to make a name for himself in Bollywood and is one of the leading actors in Bollywood. He is currently married to Aishwarya Rai, and they have a daughter together named Aradhya.

Jaya Bachchan Daughter: Shweta Bachchan

Shweta Bachchan is the elder daughter of Jaya and Amitabh and is a professional author and columnist working for Vogue India and Daily News and Analysis. She is the member who likes to stay away from Bollywood and has made a name for herself outside of B-Town. She is married to entrepreneur Nikhil Nanda, and they have two children, Navya Naveli Nanda and Agastya Nanda.

Professional Career

Although Jaya had debuted in Bollywood with ‘Guddi’, it might interest you to know that her first-ever acting debut came with the Bengali film ‘Mahanagar’ when she was merely 14 years old. She went on to act in a few more Bengali films before moving onto Bollywood, and subsequently acted in movies like Guddi, where she played the role of a petite school girl obsessed with a superstar. Not surprisingly, the movie turned out to be a commercial success, and she gained popularity and recognition for her easygoing roles. Some of her most notable works include Upahar, Piya Ka Ghar, Parichay, Bawarchi, Silsila, Abhimaan, and the cult-classic film Sholay.

With films like these, she had established herself as a superstar actress of the 90s. Since she had given birth to her daughter, Shweta, around the time of Sholay, she decided to give her career a break. However, after a 17-year hiatus, she decided to return to acting and started off with Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa, and for her performance, she won her second Filmfare Special Award. In her next movie, called ‘Fiza,’ Jaya was placed opposite Karisma Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan. 

As the 2000s passed, she appeared in a supporting role in movies like Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Laga Chunari Mein Daag, and Drona. Once again, there was a long break, and she appeared in a 2011 Bangladeshi movie called ‘Meherjaan’ before appearing in Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani in 2023. 

Jaya Bachchan Movies

Political career

She got into politics for the first time in 2004 when she was elected as a member of the Parliament from the Samajwadi Party. She was representing her state, Uttar Pradesh, till 2006, as she had been disqualified from holding office on a profitable basis.

However, she turned things around and won re-election in the same year, and again in 2012. In 2018, she secured a fourth term for the position she held. This goes on to highlight that she is quite an impressive political party leader. She is on her way to being elected for the 5th time in the Rajya Sabha.

It might interest you to know that she has also campaigned for AITC in the 2021 elections in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Jaya has participated in a total of 292 debates with 451 questions asked on matters including the environment, the forests, climate change, labor and employment, technology, and much more.

Prominent Other Awards Won

• Jaya won a Special Award at the Bengal Film Journalists Association Awards for her performance in Guddi
• She won the Special Editor’s Award at Anandalok.
• She won the prestigious Zine Cine Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the movie ‘Fiza.’
• She was honored with the Yash Bharti award. 
• She has won the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar award for her dedication to Indian arts and cinema.

Controversies 

Over the years, Jaya has lashed out at the paparazzi on several occasions. Because of this, people often call her the ‘controversy queen’ of Bollywood. It is not surprising that many of her videos, lashing out and snapping at people, have turned viral on social media. 

She snaps at them for clicking irrelevant pictures and has even lashed out at older people for wanting to click a picture with her. Netizens and paparazzi have termed her rude and quite ill-mannered. This has made her seem like a rather fierce woman in Bollywood, but she has still managed to gain a lot of popularity for being such an outspoken person.

Social Media Controversies

On numerous occasions, Jaya has lashed out at the fact that social media does cause anxiety and mental health issues. She had responded to her granddaughter’s podcast ‘What The Hell Navya’, and Bachchan had mixed reactions on the effect of social media and its impact on mental health. 

She had once made a comment on Maharashtra’s official language and had mentioned that she was from Uttar Pradesh, so Hindi should be the official language to speak. Some saw this as an anti-Marathi comment, and her husband, Amitabh, had to apologize on her behalf.

Paparazzi controversies

She has always had a love-hate relationship with the paparazzi, and on several occasions, she has lashed out at them. One particular incident included the pap’s informally calling Aishwarya ‘Aish’, and Jaya took offense to this and retorted who Aish is, and if she was their school friend. 

Social Media Presence

While Jaya Bachchan is not quite active on social media, you can have a glimpse of her on her husband’s social handle.

Jaya Bachchan Net Worth

Over the years, Jaya Bachchan net worth is estimated to be approximately INR 1500 crores in combination with her husband, Amitabh Bachchan. She has earned her income from acting in movies and cinema, but also by being a member of the Parliament in the Rajya Sabha. Along with her husband, Jaya has several properties worth several crores. Her jewelry is worth INR 41 crores, and her car has a net worth of nearly INR 10 lakhs.

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