Jaya Bachchan is the owner of 1578 crores: She did not want to become an actress, after seeing Amitabh Bachchan in college, friends used to tease her by calling her Lambu.

Veteran actress Jaya Bachchan, famous for her acting in films and her outspoken style in real life, has turned 76 years old. Jaya was honored with the Padma Shri Award in 1992. Jaya Bachchan, who entered films at the age of 15, never wanted to become an actress. Jaya wanted to join the army since childhood.

In those days, women were given only the job of nurse in army recruitment, but Jaya did not want to become a nurse. He had to be a part of the army force. Jaya herself narrated this story in granddaughter Navya Naveli's podcast.

She says that at that time women were considered better at providing care. In 2004, Jaya entered politics and was also successful. Jaya has been active in politics for the last 20 years. Four-time Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan and her husband Amitabh Bachchan own a total of Rs 1578 crore.

On the occasion of her birthday, let us know some interesting stories from Jaya's life…

Jaya had made Amitabh 'Shahenshah'

'Relationally, I look like your father, my name is Shahenshah.' All of you must have heard this dialogue at some point or the other. This dialogue is from the film 'Shahenshah' released in 1988. 'Shahenshah' is one of Amitabh's hit films.

However, very few people would know that Jaya Bachchan has a big role in the success of this film. Actually, the story of the film 'Shahenshah' was written by Jaya Bachchan herself. This film gave a new identity to Amitabh. Even today his fans love to call him by this name.

Jaya's course was not over yet when filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee reached FTII and appealed to let Jaya work in the film. After completing the course, she worked as a lead actress in her first film 'Guddi'.

Jaya fell in love with Amitabh at first sight

This story is from those days when Hrishikesh Mukherjee went to FTII to cast Jaya in his film. Big B also went there with Rishikesh. This was the time when Jaya saw Amitabh for the first time.

Big B fell in love with Jaya at first sight. Big B saw Jaya for the first time in some photographs which he had taken for a film. People believe that both of them started liking each other during the shooting of the film Zanjeer.

Seeing Amitabh, Jaya Bachchan's friends used to tease Jaya by calling her lambu-lambu, but Jaya took them seriously. At that time, the image of Amitabh Bachchan in his mind was that of the cultured son of Harivansh Rai Bachchan.

Very few people would know that Jaya Bachchan was pregnant during the shooting of the film Sholay, in the film she played the character of Radha and her opposite was Amitabh Bachchan.

Jaya was born on 9 April 1948 in a Bengali Brahmin family. His father Tarun Kumar Bhaduri was a well-known poet, litterateur and journalist. No one would have thought that Jaya would start working in films at the age of 15.

Actually, once she had gone with her father to watch the shooting of a film. Meanwhile, filmmaker Satyajit Ray was looking for a 14-15 year old girl for his film Mahanagar. Then his eyes fell on Jaya and he cast Jaya in the film. In this way, Jaya started her cine career with the film 'Mahanagar' released in 1963.

Jaya has been a part of politics for 20 years

Jaya Bachchan has been a member of Samajwadi Party since 2004. Jaya became a Rajya Sabha member in 2006. From then till today he has contested elections 4 times and won.

Jaya was ready for the film after listening to the climax of 'Silsila'

Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan and Rekha starrer film 'Silsila' was released in 1981, but initially Jaya did not want to work in this film. The reason for this was the news of Rekha and Amitabh's affair. Director Yash Chopra had earlier cast Smita Patil and Parveen Babi in the film, but later decided to cast Jaya and Rekha.

He also talked to Big B for this. On this he told Yash Chopra that he should convince both of them to work in the film, he has no objection.

When Yash told the climax of the film that in the end Amit Malhotra (Amitabh Bachchan) ends his extra marital affair with Chandni (Rekha) and returns to his wife Shobha Malhotra (Jaya), then so much On hearing this, Jaya agreed to work in the film.

Moushumi Chatterjee was irritated at being compared with Jaya Bachchan

Veteran actress Moushumi Chatterjee was recently seen taking a dig at Jaya Bachchan during an event. She got a little angry after seeing the paparazzi present at the event. On this someone compared her with Jaya Bachchan. Just then Moushumi Chatterjee took a jibe at Jaya Bachchan and said – I am much better than Jaya Bachchan. Remember. If it were not for you guys, where would we be?

After shooting the film for three days for the film 'Koshish', Moushumi Chatterjee was replaced by Jaya Bachchan.

Some time ago, during an interview, Moushumi Chatterjee had shared an anecdote. He had told how Jaya Bachchan had replaced him in the film 'Koshish' directed by Gulzar. Moushumi Chatterjee shared- I shot the film for three days. I could see what manipulations were done in those three days. During that time, Jaya Bachchan's secretary used to stay in the office from morning till night.

Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan with son Abhishek and daughter Shweta Bachchan.

Moushumi told that suddenly Gulzar ji told me – You have to shoot from tomorrow till late night. I had a child at that time. So I said- I can't, I have a child at home. I can shoot only in one shift. Hearing this, she then said in front of everyone – You know there are many actresses in line to take that place. I said angrily – Then take them only.

Old picture of Jaya Bachchan and Rekha.

Many of Big B's films were flops, but Jaya always had courage.

Jaya worked with Amitabh Bachchan in the 1973 film 'Anamika'. After this both were seen in the film Zanjeer. It was said that before Zanjeer, 12 films of Big B had flopped, after which no actress wanted to work with him. Then Jaya decided to work with him. On this, Amitabh Bachchan told him that if the film was a hit, he would take him to London for a tour.

Jaya Bachchan has been the producer of the film 'Dekh Bhai Dekh'.

When Amitabh Bachchan's father Harivansh Rai Bachchan came to know about going to London, he got angry. Harivansh Rai told him that if he wanted to take Jaya to London, then he should take her as his wife. Following this order of his father, Amitabh Bachchan married Jaya Bhaduri on 3 June 1973.

The sarees received as gifts did not suit me, so they wore them in films.

Jaya had once told- Amitabh often gave me expensive heavy Kanjeevaram sarees as gifts. The interesting thing was, most of those sarees were white with purple border, which did not suit me at all. Still, I used to wear those sarees, so that Amit ji does not feel bad. I have also worn a similar saree in the song 'Teri Bindiya Re' from the film Abhiman.

Hema Malini and Jaya Bachchan were seen together in the film 'Sholay'.

Jaya doesn't like people who talk to their partners by calling them 'tum and tu'.

Jaya said in granddaughter Navya Naveli's podcast – One thing that I find very bad is when people call their partners as Tum and Tu. Did you hear me say that to your Nana? I think it is very important to respect your partner. Your generation does not follow all these things. Unless you respect someone, love cannot happen.

Amitabh had to apologize on Jaya's insistence

This incident is from 2008, when Priyanka was talking in Hindi during the promotion of the film 'Drona'. Then Jaya had said, we are people of UP, that is why we talk in Hindi, people of Maharashtra, please forgive us. Raj Thackeray criticized her statement and said that if she did not apologize, all Bachchan's films would be banned.

When Jaya did not apologize, the theater started being vandalized after the release of Amitabh's film 'The Last Lear'. Ultimately Amitabh Bachchan had apologized on behalf of Jaya.

Jaya used to pray for Big B's safety

A major accident happened with Big B on the sets of the film 'Coolie'. In this accident, he suffered a deep stomach injury, due to which he had to be hospitalized for 2 months. The whole country was praying for his safety. At the same time, Jaya also did not leave any temple where she did not go and worship in the hope of her husband's speedy recovery.

During this time, Jaya also used to visit the pandal of Mumbai's famous don Varadarajan. Varadarajan was a religious type of person. He always used to organize pandals on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, where many actresses used to come. Jaya also used to go there to pray for her husband's safety.

Jaya has jewelery worth Rs 40.97 crore

Film actress Jaya Bachchan, famous for her outspoken style and statements in Parliament, and her husband Amitabh Bachchan are the owners of a total of Rs 1578 crore. This includes movable and immovable property. Jaya has movable assets worth Rs 89.69 crore and immovable assets worth Rs 159.65 crore. Her husband Amitabh has movable assets worth Rs 759.41 crore and immovable assets worth Rs 570.12 crore. Jaya has jewelery worth Rs 40.97 crore and her husband has jewelery worth Rs 54.77 crore.

Amitabh Bachchan has his own private jet.

Loan of 88.12 crores on Jaya

Jaya also has liabilities of Rs 88.12 crore and Amitabh has liabilities of Rs 17.06 crore. Jaya has a Maruti Ciaz car of 2020 model, while Amitabh has a fleet of 15 luxury cars.

Jaya Bachchan has luxury cars worth Rs 9 crore 82 lakh 385. Whereas Amitabh has cars worth Rs 17.66 crore. Both of them also have a Range Rover, Ciaz, Lexus, Mahindra Thar worth around Rs 5 crore and a tractor for farming.

Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan together.

Big B has 5 bungalows in Mumbai

Amitabh Bachchan has 5 bungalows in Mumbai. The first 'Jalsa', which is spread over about 10 thousand square feet, he lives in with his family. The second bungalow is 'Prateeksha', where he lived with his parents before shifting to 'Jalsa'. The third bungalow is 'Janak', where his office is and the fourth bungalow is 'Vats'. Apart from all this, in 2013 also he had bought a bungalow worth about Rs 60 crores, just behind 'Jalsa'.