Jaya Bachchan

Jaya Bachchan

Born: April 9, 1948

Movies for Jaya Bachchan...

Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
Title: Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
Character: Dhanlakshmi Randhawa
Released: July 28, 2023
Type: Movie
Gym-freak brat Rocky falls in love with Rani, who comes from a well-educated Bengali family. Being from polar opposite worlds, the two decide to switch their families to adjust to each other's cultures and backgrounds and to know if their marriage will survive. Rocky and Rani are trapped in a world where they are united by love but divided by families and the ultimate question is will they fit in?
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Ki & Ka
Title: Ki & Ka
Character: Self (Special Appearance)
Released: April 1, 2016
Type: Movie
An unconventional woman, gains immense success in her professional life but things take a turn when she meets a guy, who wants to be a house husband.
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Sunglass
Title: Sunglass
Released: November 10, 2013
Type: Movie
A bilingual satirical comedy about the seven-year itch of a married couple, and how their life turns topsy-turvy with the entry of what seems to be an ordinary pair of antique sunglasses.
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Meherjaan
Title: Meherjaan
Character: Meher
Released: January 21, 2011
Type: Movie
During the war in 1971, Meher falls in love with a soldier from the enemy side. When her love is discovered, she is shamed and silenced by her family and society. Today 38 years after the war, Meher has a visitor she cannot turn down.
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Paa
Title: Paa
Character: Narrator
Released: December 4, 2009
Type: Movie
Auro suffers from a progeria like syndrome. Mentally he is 13 but physically he looks 5 times older. In spite of his condition, Auro is a very happy boy. He lives with his mother Vidya, who is a gynaecologist. Amol is young, progressive politician. He is a man with a mission. Auro is Amol's son. Paa is a 'rare' story about a father-son, son-father relationship.
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Drona
Title: Drona
Character: Queen Jayanti
Released: October 2, 2008
Type: Movie
Aditya is an orphaned and lonely young man. He soon learns that he belongs to a family of ancestral warriors who guard a mystic source of cosmic energy, and he must now take up his responsibilities.
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Lovesongs
Title: Lovesongs
Released: March 28, 2008
Type: Movie
Kolkata-based Rohan Mitra lives with his widowed maternal grandmother, Mridula Chatterjee. He is an aspiring advocate who will soon be taking up his first assignment with an established lawyer and is attracted to Tara. Through discussions with his grandmother, he finds out that his parents' relationship was far from harmonious - with his mother, Palaash, getting into arguments with her husband, Dev, and frequently asking Mridula to intervene, and even moving out several times - with Dev threatening to move the courts to take possession of Rohan.
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Laaga Chunari Mein Daag
Title: Laaga Chunari Mein Daag
Character: Shabitri Sahay
Released: October 12, 2007
Type: Movie
Badki and Chutki live a fun-filled life in Banaras, playing pranks, sneaking off to see a forbidden mujra, and soaking up all the excitement that goes on the ghats of the Ganga. Badki is aware that the family is in dire straits, but she and her mother protect Chutki at all costs. When things get worse, Badki decides to go to Mumbai and seek a living for the family.
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Title: Koffee with Karan
Character: Self
Released: November 19, 2004
Type: TV
Celebrity host Karan Johar gets up close and personal with various Bollywood personalities and discusses their major career milestones.
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Kal Ho Naa Ho
Title: Kal Ho Naa Ho
Character: Jennifer Kapur
Released: November 27, 2003
Type: Movie
An uptight MBA student falls for the charismatic new neighbor who charms her troubled family – but he has a secret that forces him to push her away.
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Title: Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai
Character: Herself
Released: March 22, 2002
Type: TV
Host Farooq Shaikh interviews many well-known Bollywood faces as well as television celebrities and gives a peek into their private and professional lives.
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Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe
Title: Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe
Character: Mansi Devi (as Jaya Bachchan)
Released: January 11, 2002
Type: Movie
Dress designer, Aman Puri (Aftab Shivdasani) is the only son of the Puri family. His dad (Anupam Kher) wants him to marry, but Aman insists that he will not marry unless he meets the girl of his dreams. He does meet her, in the form and person of Esha Singh (Esha Deol), but she will not have anything to do with him. When Aman persists, his dad decides to go and talk with Esha's mom, Mansi Devi (Jaya Bhaduri), who indicates that she is open to Esha's marriage with Aman. She talks to Esha and convinces her Aman is suitable for her, to which Esha agrees. Delighted Aman gets ready for the marriage, when Dushant (Sanjay Kapoor) disrupts their lives by claiming that the entire marriage is a hoax, people are not what they seem, Mansi Devi is his mother; and Esha is a married woman; and Dushant is her husband.
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Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Title: Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Character: Nandini Chandran Raichand
Released: December 14, 2001
Type: Movie
Years after his father disowns his adopted brother for marrying a woman of lower social standing, a young man goes on a mission to reunite his family.
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Daughters of This Century
Title: Daughters of This Century
Character: Abhagi
Released: March 14, 2001
Type: Movie
This film is based on five shot stories of Rabindranath Tagore's Jibito O Mrito, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Abhagir Swarga, Gour Kishore Ghosh's Aei Daha, Prafulla Roy's Satgharia and Dibyendu Palit's Kaanch.
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Fiza
Title: Fiza
Character: Nishatbi Ikramullah
Released: September 8, 2000
Type: Movie
In 1993 Fiza's brother disappears during the riots in Mumbai. In 1999 Fiza is tired of waiting and goes looking for him.
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Mother Of 1084
Title: Mother Of 1084
Character: Sujata Chatterjee
Released: March 20, 1998
Type: Movie
Dibyanath Chatterji, his bank-employed wife, Sujata, and only child, a son, Brati, live a middle-class existence in Calcutta, West Bengal, India, circa early 1970s. Sujata is a quiet, devout Hindu, religious, and compassionate woman, and Brati has finished his school and is now attending college. His parents are proud of him, and keep track of his progress. Then their world is shattered during the early hours, when they are informed by the police that Brati has been killed.
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Char Adhyay
Title: Char Adhyay
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Set in the Bengali Renaissance of the 1930s and 1940s. A group of young intellectuals get embroiled in the struggle for Indian independence, sometimes at the expense of their personal lives.
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Follow That Star - Amitabh Bachchan
Title: Follow That Star - Amitabh Bachchan
Released: July 13, 1989
Type: Movie
Documentary on mega star Amitabh Bachchan by Nasreen Munni Kabir with interviews by Ramesh Sippy, Prakash Mehra, Manmohan Desai, Mukul Anand and Javed Akhtar
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Yeh Vaada Raha
Title: Yeh Vaada Raha
Character: Sunita Sikkan
Released: April 9, 1982
Type: Movie
Vikram and Sunita love each other but Vikram's mother disapproves Sunita as her future daughter in law because of Sunita's poor background. Vikram and Sunita decide to marry without the will of Vikram's mother BUT on their way to temple, they come across with a serious accident. Vikram gets minor injuries but Sunita's face is completely lost due to piercing of wind screen's shattered pieces in her face. When Vikram comes to conscious, he asks his mother where Sunita is and she replies Sunita is dead. On the other hand she tells Sunita that she has completely lost her face and she should go out of Vikram's life. Sunita agrees. The doctor sends Sunita to Bombay and refers her to Dr. Mehra. Now will Vikram and Sunita be again united?
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Silsila
Title: Silsila
Character: Shobha Malhotra
Released: July 29, 1981
Type: Movie
When his brother's tragic death leaves his pregnant fiancée devastated, playwright Amit selflessly marries her to protect her from societal contempt. An encounter with his former lover, now married to someone else, takes an unexpected turn when their love proves to be stronger than marital vows.
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Nauker
Title: Nauker
Released: December 7, 1979
Type: Movie
Widower Amar is well-off financially and lives in a house with his daughter and servant Dayal. His sister and brother-in-law want him to marry again so that his daughter can have the love and care of a woman. Amar reluctantly agrees. Together they set out to check out two sisters, Shobha, and Sheela. Amar goes as Dayal, and Dayal goes as Amar, as Amar is not sure if a step-mother will be able to bestow care and love as a real mother. They arrive at the household of Durga, Shanti Swarup, Renu, Sheela, and their servant Geeta. They begin to settle down, Dayal in a spacious room, and Amar in the servant's quarters, which consists of an untidy room with no electricity. It is not long before Amar finds out that he is attracted to Geeta, and not to the two sisters, but in his present state, he cannot reveal himself and openly propose marriage. In the meantime, Durga starts getting suspicious about Amar and starts wondering if Amar is actually a servant or a crook.
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Sholay
Title: Sholay
Character: Radha
Released: August 15, 1975
Type: Movie
After his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture the bandit.
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Chupke Chupke
Title: Chupke Chupke
Character: Vasudha
Released: April 11, 1975
Type: Movie
Mischievous botany professor Parimal Tripathi plays a little trick on his brother-in-law Raghav. Jealous of the high esteem in which his own wife, Sulekha, holds the other man, Parimal decides to impersonate Raghav's new driver. Laying the groundwork for a series of hilarious misunderstandings, the disguised professor throws doubt on his wife's fidelity and gets his best buddy, Sukumar, to help out by impersonating Parimal.
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Himalay Se Ooncha
Title: Himalay Se Ooncha
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
After losing his two younger brothers on a mountain climbing expedition, Vijay swears to his sorrowing mother that he will never undertake any expedition again. When he hears of a plane crash deep in the mountains of the Himalays, he initially refuses to even consider going there to look for the survivors, but the tears of a mother, Geeta, whose two children were abroad that plane, moves him and his mother, and he agrees to look for the children, little knowing that others are on the way to the crash site, with different motives.
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Mili
Title: Mili
Character: Mili
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
Shekhar Dayal (Amitabh Bachhan) has moved into a new neighborhood, and is unhappy with the new surroundings. He resents the noise children make while playing, as he prefers quiet and solitude. His reclusion is shattered when his neighbor, Mili, comes into his life. At first he hates the intrusion, but then grows fond, and ultimately falls in love with her. When the time comes for him to propose to this sunny, cheerful, and positive young lady, he learns that she has only a few more months to live..
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Naya Din Nai Raat
Title: Naya Din Nai Raat
Released: May 7, 1974
Type: Movie
Sushma believes that she is too young to get married, but her father, Lalla Banarsilal insists, and she runs away. Her adventures take her to a lonely wealthy widower with a cute daughter named Guddi; a drunken lout in a brothel; Dr. Kruparam, a psychiatrist, who admits her in his mental hospital; a dreaded bandit who has killed his tormentor, cut him into pieces and fed them to birds, and who still on a killing spree; Pandit Gorakhnath who lives a double life - as a priest and as a smuggler; a leper Dhanraj, who once was a very wealthy man, but is now shunned by everyone; a transvestite stage actor; and a hunter who saves Sushma's life by shooting dead a man-eating lion. As things spiral out of control for Sushma, there is yet one more male she has to meet, and it is this meeting that will change her life even more.
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Kora Kagaz
Title: Kora Kagaz
Character: Archana Gupta
Released: May 4, 1974
Type: Movie
A chance encounter while traveling by BEST bus service in Bombay gets two young people to meet. One of which is Professor Sukesh Dutt, and the other is Archana Gupta. They meet again, and are formally introduced to each other. Both are attracted to each other, and get married. But Archana's mother does not approve of Sukesh, due to his modest income. She makes up stories about their affluence, which offend Sukesh when he finds out. As a result, there is acrimony between Archana and Sukesh, and both separate. Archana goes to live with her parents, while Sukesh relocates. Archana's family would like her to forget Sukesh, and re-marry. But Archana finds that she still has feelings for Sukesh. But does Sukesh have the same feelings for Archana?
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Phagun
Title: Phagun
Character: Santosh 'Toshi'
Released: October 12, 1973
Type: Movie
Shanta Dhamle lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay along with her dad, Shamrao, and mom, Ansuya. She incurs their displeasure when she falls in love and gets married to a poor and overly sensitive writer, Gopal, who moves in with them, and continues to suffer verbal abuse at Shamrao's hands. On the occasion of Holi, while his book 'Agla Kadam' is being published and marketed, he puts some color on a pregnant Shanta's expensive Saree, which upsets her, she humiliates him, and he walks out. He starts writing under the pen name of Santosh, and when Shanta finds out, he changes his name to Vivek, and again to Chitrangh, and does not communicate with her. Four years later, a day before Holi, he has accumulated enough wealth, hundreds of expensive and colorful Sarees, a doll for his daughter,
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Abhimaan
Title: Abhimaan
Character: Uma Kumar
Released: July 27, 1973
Type: Movie
Subeer Kumar (Amitabh) is well on his way to becoming India's top pop singer. He has no intention of getting married, but when he goes to visit his Durga Mausi (Mausi=mother's sister), he falls in love with religious, simple Uma, by whose voice he's enchanted. He marries her and returns to Bombay where he announces that he will never sing without Uma again. However, Subeer encourages Uma to sing alone and when her popularity is soon greater than his own, the seed of jealousy begins to grow... The major difference between Uma and Subeer is that she sings for herself, whereas he sings for the public. It is the difference between geet and sangeet. This is the root of the thing that later causes problems, and based on which the movie is named.
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Anamika
Title: Anamika
Character: Anamika/Kanchan/Archana
Released: May 18, 1973
Type: Movie
A self proclaimed misogynistic writer rescues an injured woman who suffers from amnesia but claims to be his wife. In the process of finding out her real identity, he falls in love with her.
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Zanjeer
Title: Zanjeer
Character: Mala
Released: May 11, 1973
Type: Movie
A tough and honest police officer clashes with a crime boss who, unbeknownst to him, happens to be his parents' murderer.
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Shor
Title: Shor
Character: Raat Ki Rani / Rani
Released: December 18, 1972
Type: Movie
Shankar (Manoj Kumar), his lovely wife Geeta (Nanda) and Deepak (Master Satyajeet) are a poor but happy family. Tragedy strikes one day, when Deepak wonders over to the railway tracks. When Geeta rushes in to warn and rescue him, she is run over by the train and is instantly killed. Deepak loses his vocal chords and cannot speak. Shankar takes Deepak to see a doctor (Raj Mehra), who examines Deepak, and tells Shankar that Deepak can recover his voice after a surgerical operation, which may cost around 1000 to 1500 rupees. Shankar is unable to afford this but is determined to find the money to cure his son. Shankar's mom (Kamini Kaushal), sister (Naaz), Khan Badshan (Prem Nath), Rani alias Raat ki Rani (Jaya Bhaduri) offer support. And Shankar takes part in a grueling tournament that puts his very life at risk.
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Parichay
Title: Parichay
Character: Rama
Released: October 18, 1972
Type: Movie
An unemployed young man (Jeetendra) takes a job to tutor unruly grandkids of Rai Sahab (Pran) and brings out respect, appreciation and hard work hidden deep inside them.
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Bansi Birju
Title: Bansi Birju
Character: Bansi
Released: September 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Bansi and Birju get married in their village. But the villager's find out that Bansi is a prostitute.
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Ek Nazar
Title: Ek Nazar
Character: Shabnam
Released: July 28, 1972
Type: Movie
One Glance. Romance between a poet, son of the public prosecutor, and a nautch girl accused of murdering her mother.
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Jawani Diwani
Title: Jawani Diwani
Character: Neeta Thakur
Released: July 14, 1972
Type: Movie
Madhu marries Ravi Anand, the son of a mere employee in her Thakur brother's household, and this results in her brother breaking all relations with her. Madhu moves in with Ravi, and his younger brother, Vijay. Years later, she gives birth to a son, and attempts to reconcile with her brother, to no avail. Then Vijay meets Neeta and both fall in love. Little does Vijay know that Neeta is none other Thakur's daughter, who has already been promised to Benny Sinha.
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Bawarchi
Title: Bawarchi
Character: Krishna
Released: April 7, 1972
Type: Movie
Squabbling Sharma family has a dubious reputation of not having any cook last there for more than a few months. Word spreads out about this family to such an extent that no person wants to be employed as a cook in this household, ironically named Shanti Nivas. Then one day a young man named Raghu offers to work as a cook, and he is hired. Raghu quickly gets a grip on his job and on each of the family members, and soon the squabbles and arguments come to an end. And then the Sharmas find the family jewels and Raghu missing
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Koshish
Title: Koshish
Character: Aarti Mathur
Released: April 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A romantic drama which tells the story of a 20 year relationship between Hari and Aarti - a deaf-mute couple who try to live their lives to the fullest despite their handicaps.
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Piya Ka Ghar
Title: Piya Ka Ghar
Character: Malti Shankar
Released: February 23, 1972
Type: Movie
A woman from a rural family enters into an arranged marriage with a man from the city. While she is instantly taken with her husband, she is shocked to discover that the holy man who arranged the wedding had neglected to mention the crammed living conditions of her new family and soon the lack of privacy disrupts the marriage bliss of the newly-wed couple.
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Samadhi
Title: Samadhi
Released: January 7, 1972
Type: Movie
Lakah Singh gives his life of a Dacoit and lives a happy life with his wife Champa when his son Jaswant becomes three years old, Champa becomes ill with cancer and circumstances force him to be again a Dacoit.
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Annadata
Title: Annadata
Character: Aarti
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
After the passing away of her father, a local physician, Aarti takes it upon herself to dispense medicine, as well as sew clothes, and looks after a child named Kundan who has lost his legs to paralysis. She has a admirer in Arun, who secretly loves her, would like to marry her, but knows that he is poor and will be unable to afford a family, as he is a mere painter. Then an elderly man enters Aarti's life, he is ill, she offers to look after him until he gets better and leaves, but he does not leave, as he has nowhere to go, and she allows him to stay. Then good luck smiles on them as Arun sells one of his paintings, and he is able to get artificial legs for the child. What Arun and Aarti do not know is that the elderly male is really a very wealthy man named Ambarprasad, who had run away from his home when he was accused of having sex with his protégé, a young woman, who he had brought up. The question is what is Ambarprasad up to now?
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Atattar Din Parey
Title: Atattar Din Parey
Released: October 29, 1971
Type: Movie
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Janani
Title: Janani
Released: July 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Janani is the struggle that a widow goes through to bring up her three children after the sudden death of her husband.
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Dhanyee Meye
Title: Dhanyee Meye
Character: Mansa
Released: May 10, 1971
Type: Movie
A romantic comedy with football at its center.
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Guddi
Title: Guddi
Character: Guddi
Released: February 5, 1971
Type: Movie
A teenage girl will not accept her family's attempt to arrange a marriage for her, as her heart is currently too full of love for the movies and heartthrob actor "Dharmendra."
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Uphaar
Title: Uphaar
Character: Minoo
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Anoop studies law in Calcutta, while his widowed mom in a small town in West Bengal. He has a sister, Sudha, who is married to Anil and lives in Calcutta. Since Anoop is of marriageable age, his mom has seen a girl for him, whose name is Vidya, and is the daughter of Shankarlal. When Anoop returns home, she asks him for his approval, but he says he wants to see the girl first. He goes to see Vidya, and also gets to meet another belle by the name of Minoo. He returns home, tells his mom that he cannot marry Vidya, but will marry only Minoo.
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The Big City
Title: The Big City
Character: Bani Mazumdar
Released: September 27, 1963
Type: Movie
Life at home changes when a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson.