In the Bollywood industry, it is very rare to find an actor who manages to write his/her arsenal so effortlessly that it gets recited by the audience for years without getting bored. And one of the finest actors of the industry, Jaya Bachchan managed to do that. Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan is one of the most celebrated and heart-taking actresses of the late 70s who managed to rule the industry for quite a long time. The foray of the actress Bollywood was with quite a brilliant performance. From dialogue delivery to comic timing, every skill of the actress is top-notch. As an appreciation for the actress, here we bring you the top 10 must-watch movies of Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan.
1. Abhimaan: The Hindi musical drama featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bhaduri in lead is about a story of a singer who forces his wife to enter the show business and turn into a singer but his pride gets wounded after she outshines him. Jaya Bachchan won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for Abhimaan.
2. Koshish: Helmed by Gulzar, Koshish is considered one most amazing masterpieces of the industry. Starring Jaya and Sanjeev Kumar in lead is the portrayal of a deaf and dumb couple who fights every odd to make their place in the perfect society.
3. Guddi: Guddi is the turning point of Jaya Bachchan’s life. Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, the movie captures Jaya playing the role of a 14-year-old girl who falls in love blindly with a movie star played by Dharmendra. Jaya was nominated for the Best Actress award and the movie was a big hit at the box office.
4. Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham: K3G marked the comeback of Jaya Bachchan after a long sabbatical. In the movie, she played the role of an ideal mother who gets separated from her older son because of his fight with his father.
5. Silsila: Silsila was one of the most romantic and much-talked-about movies by Yash Chopra, the film starred Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Rekha, Sanjeev Kumar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Shashi Kapoor. Yash Chopra was reportedly inspired by the real-life love triangle of Amitabh-Jaya-Rekha and decided to bring this story from real to reel.
6. Sholay: Sholay is through and through Dharmendra and Big B’s movie but Jaya’s role in the movie managed to wow the audience. In the movie she played the role of a widow of Thakur’s son who later falls in love with Jay.
7. Anamika: Anamika was directed by Raghunath Jalani and this film was a mixture of romance and suspense. Jaya played the title role of Anamika, a young girl with negative traits. After this flick, Jaya was well-recognised for doing roles that brought out her acting skills.
8. Bawarchi: Bawarchi is the story about a household servant to manages to get a dysfunctional family together and later woos the daughter of the family played by Jaya Bachchan. The movie is fun to watch and perfect solution for the bore time.
9. Mili: Mili starred Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan and Ashok Kumar in primary roles. Jaya played the character of Mili Khanna, who suffers from pernicious anaemia, a disease considered incurable at the time. Jaya received a Filmfare Award nomination for Best Actress for Mili. The film was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
10. Chupke Chupke: Chupke Chupke was a remake of the Bengali film Chhadmabeshi, it was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The film starred Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Om Prakash, Usha Kiran, David Abraham Cheulkar, Asrani and Keshto Mukherjee. The music was composed by S.D. Burman. This film is highly remembered for Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan’s comic act which came in the same year when the all-time blockbuster Sholay was released.
