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{{Short description|Indian actress and politician (born 1948)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Jaya Bachchan
| image               = Jaya Bachchan 2024.jpg
| image_size          = 
| caption             = Bachchan in 2024
| office              = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]
| constituency        = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]]
| predecessor         = [[Lalit Suri]]
| term_start          = 5 July 2004
| nationality         = Indian
| citizenship         = 
| birth_name          = Jaya Bhaduri
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1948|04|09|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Jabalpur]], [[Central Provinces and Berar|Berar]], [[Dominion of India|India]] <br /> (now in [[Madhya Pradesh]], India)
| party               = [[Samajwadi Party]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Amitabh Bachchan]]|1973}}
| children            = {{ubl|[[Shweta Bachchan Nanda]] | [[Abhishek Bachchan]]}}
| relatives           = [[Bachchan family]]
| education           = [[Loreto College, Kolkata|Loreto College]]
| alma_mater          = [[Film and Television Institute of India|Film and Television Institute]]
| occupation          = {{hlist|Actress|politician}}
| awards              = [[Padma Shri]] (1992)
| signature           = Signature of Jaya Bachchan.svg
}}

'''Jaya Amitabh Bachchan'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=JAYA AMITABH BACHCHAN {{!}} ZaubaCorp |url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/JAYA-AMITABH-BACHCHAN-00059084 |access-date=2025-08-04 |website=www.zaubacorp.com}}</ref> ({{IPA|bn|d͡ʒɔja}};<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-06-15 |title=The Bengali connection |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-41139 |access-date=2025-11-15 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> ''née'' '''Bhaduri'''; born 9 April 1948) is an [[India]]n actress and politician. 
She is regarded as one of the greatest actresses of [[Hindi cinema]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Top heroines of Bollywood |work=[[India Today]] |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/cinema/100-years-of-indian-cinema/photo/top-actresses-of-bollywood-ever-367543-2012-05-01/26 |url-status=live |access-date=24 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128234730/https://www.indiatoday.in/cinema/100-years-of-indian-cinema/photo/top-actresses-of-bollywood-ever-367543-2012-05-01/26 |archive-date=28 November 2020}}</ref>  She is serving as member of the parliament in the [[Rajya Sabha]] from the [[Samajwadi Party]] since 2004.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-07-31 |title=Jaya Bachchan's Rajya Sabha nomination form with husband Amitabh Bachchan's name goes viral amidst controversy in Parliament |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/jaya-bachchans-rajya-sabha-nomination-form-with-husband-amitabh-bachchans-name-goes-viral-amidst-controversy-in-parliament/articleshow/112141641.cms |access-date=2025-07-24 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Having worked in [[Hindi cinema|Hindi films]] and [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali films]], she is noted for reinforcing a natural style of acting in both mainstream and arthouse cinema.<ref name="Gulzar, p. 457">[[#Gu|Gulzar, p. 457]]</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2000/12/22/stories/09220226.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020327170124/http://www.hindu.com/2000/12/22/stories/09220226.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 March 2002 |author=Somaaya, Bhaawana |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=22 December 2000 |access-date=19 September 2011 |title=His humility appears misplaced |quote=Probably the only actress to make a virtue out of simplicity, Jaya was the first whiff of realistic acting in an era when showbiz was bursting with mannequins}}</ref> A recipient of several accolades, she has won ten [[Filmfare Awards]], including a [[Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award|Lifetime Achievement Award]] and [[Padma Shri]], the fourth-highest civilian honour awarded by the [[Government of India]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |year=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015}}</ref>

Jaya Bachchan made her film debut as a teenager in [[Satyajit Ray]]'s ''[[Mahanagar]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Birthday Special: 10 Notable Films of Jaya Bachchan |url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/amp-stories/birthday-special-notable-films-of-jaya-bachchan-72804.amp |access-date=2025-07-24 |website=filmfare.com |language=en}}</ref>(1963), followed by her first screen role as an adult in the drama ''[[Guddi (1971 film)|Guddi]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jaya Bachchan Birthday: Lesser-Known Facts About The Legendary Actor |url=https://www.news18.com/movies/jaya-bachchan-birthday-lesser-known-facts-about-the-legendary-actor-ws-l-9290289.html |access-date=2025-07-24 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref> (1971), directed by [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]], in their first of several collaborations. She was noted for her performances in films like ''[[Uphaar]]'' (1971), ''[[Koshish]]'' (1972) and ''[[Kora Kagaz]]'' (1974). She starred alongside [[Amitabh Bachchan]] in several films, including ''[[Zanjeer (1973 film)|Zanjeer]]'' (1973), ''[[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Abhimaan]]'' (1973), ''[[Chupke Chupke (film)|Chupke Chupke]]'' (1975), ''[[Mili (1975 film)|Mili]]'' (1975) and the [[cult film]] ''[[Sholay]]'' (1975), which saw her playing the much-lauded role of a young widow. She won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress]] for ''Abhimaan'', ''Kora Kagaz'' and ''[[Nauker (1979 film)|Nauker]]'' (1979).

Following her marriage to actor [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and the birth of their children, she restricted her work in films, notably starring in [[Yash Chopra]]'s musical romantic drama ''[[Silsila (1981 film)|Silsila]]'' (1981). After a 17-year sabbatical, she returned to acting with [[Govind Nihalani]]'s independent drama ''[[Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa]]''<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-04-09 |title=When Jaya Bachchan saved Danny Denzongpa, Romesh Sharma from bullies: 'She may be small, but she's a Bengali tigress' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/when-jaya-bachchan-saved-danny-denzongpa-romesh-sharma-from-bullies-she-may-be-small-but-she-s-a-bengali-tigress-101649478701896.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413200347/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/when-jaya-bachchan-saved-danny-denzongpa-romesh-sharma-from-bullies-she-may-be-small-but-she-s-a-bengali-tigress-101649478701896.html |archive-date=2023-04-13 |access-date=2025-07-24 |work=Hindustan Times |language=en-us}}</ref>(1998). Bachchan won three [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress]] for playing emotionally-troubled mothers in the commercially successful dramas ''[[Fiza]]'' (2000), ''[[Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham]]'' (2001) and ''[[Kal Ho Naa Ho]]'' (2003). After another hiatus, she made her comeback with [[Karan Johar]]'s romantic comedy family-drama ''[[Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani]]'' (2023).

== Early life and family ==
Jaya Bachchan was born as Jaya Bhaduri into a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] family on 9 April 1948 in [[Jabalpur]], in the [[Central Provinces and Berar]] of the [[Dominion of India]] (now in [[Madhya Pradesh]], India).<ref>{{cite web |title=Interesting facts about Jaya Bachchan and photos from her younger days |url=https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/bollywood-news/photo/jaya-bachchan-birthday-trivia-did-you-know-that-she-was-a-gold-medallist-from-ftii-5074/1 |website=Mid Day |date=9 April 2022 |access-date=28 September 2022}}</ref> She is the daughter of Tarun Kumar Bhaduri, a journalist, author, and poet, and his wife, Indira. She has two sisters, Rita and Nita. Nita's son Kunal Ross is married to actress [[Tillotama Shome]].

Bachchan was educated at Loreto Convent School, Shillong; [[St Joseph's Convent School, Bhopal|St. Joseph's Convent School, Bhopal]]; and at [[Loreto College, Kolkata]]. She was awarded the Best All-India N.C.C. Cadet Award during Republic Day celebrations of 1966.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Anuraag |title=Bhopal diary |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/Oct/10/bhopal-diary-1669384.html |work=The New Indian Express |date=10 October 2017 |language=en}}</ref> She then graduated with a gold medal at [[Film and Television Institute of India]], [[Pune]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-07-08 |title=Education qualifications of the Bachchan family members |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/parenting/moments/education-qualifications-of-the-bachchan-family-members/photostory/108340793.cms?picid=108340798 |access-date=2025-07-24 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Smt. Jaya Bachchan – National Portal of India |url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/smt-jaya-bachchan |website=india.gov.in |access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref>

[[File:Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan still5.jpg|thumb|Jaya Bachchan with her husband [[Amitabh Bachchan]] in 2002]]
Jaya married actor [[Amitabh Bachchan]], on 3 June 1973.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Robinson |first=Simon |title=India's Most Influential |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1652689_1652372_1652359,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130828025414/http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1652689_1652372_1652359,00.html |archive-date=28 August 2013 |access-date=13 November 2011 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=15 August 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The couple has two children: [[Shweta Bachchan Nanda|Shweta Bachchan]] and [[Abhishek Bachchan]], who is also an actor. Shweta is married to industrialist [[Nikhil Nanda]], grandson of [[Raj Kapoor]], and has two children, Navya Naveli Nanda and Agastya Nanda,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/13296381.cms |title=Nikhil Nanda: The business of life |date=18 May 2002 |work=The Times of India |first1=Sanghita |last1=Singh}}</ref> while Abhishek is married to [[Miss World 1994]] and actress [[Aishwarya Rai]] with whom he has a daughter, Aaradhya Bachchan.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sindhtoday.net/entertainment/78878.htm |title=Interesting Facts and Figures : Jaya Bhaduri Bachchan |date=25 March 2009 |work=Sindh Today |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915145905/http://www.sindhtoday.net/entertainment/78878.htm |archive-date=15 September 2013}}</ref>

== Acting career ==
Bachchan first starred in [[Satyajit Ray]]'s Bengali film, ''[[Mahanagar]]'' (1963) at the age of 14, with [[Anil Chatterjee]] and [[Madhabi Mukherjee]]. She then appeared in two more Bengali films: a 13-minute short ''Suman'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Excerpt: When Jaya Bhaduri Won Over Acting Guru Roshan Taneja |url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/celebrities/book-excerpt-roshan-taneja-memoir-moments-of-truth-my-life-with-acting |access-date=16 November 2020 |work=TheQuint |date=10 November 2017 |language=en}}</ref> and the comedy ''[[Dhanyee Meye]]'' (1971), where she played the role of [[Uttam Kumar]]'s sister-in-law.<ref name=da>[[#Da|Dawar, p. 56]]</ref>

Inspired by her experience with Ray, she joined the [[Film and Television Institute of India]] (FTII), [[Pune]] and graduated with a gold medal.<ref>[[#Gu|Gulzar, p. 526]]</ref> [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]] cast her in [[Guddi (1971 film)|''Guddi'']] (1971), to play the eponymous role of a petite school-girl obsessed with film star [[Dharmendra]].<ref name=ba>[[#Ba|Banerjee, p. 93]]</ref> ''Guddi'' was a commercial success,<ref name=da /> and created the [[Girl next door|girl-next-door]] image for her, which she was often associated with through the rest of her career. While she did venture out to play glamorous roles as in ''[[Jawani Diwani]]'', (1972)<ref name="Gulzar, p. 457" /> and a semi-negative character of an amnesia-faking heroine in ''[[Anamika (1973 film)|Anamika]]'' (1973), she was most recognised for her roles epitomising middle-class sensibility, which she played amiably in films of "middle-cinema" directors such as [[Gulzar]], [[Basu Chatterjee]] and Mukherjee.<ref>[[#Gu|Gulzar, p. 91]]</ref> These films include ''[[Uphaar]]'' (1971), ''[[Piya Ka Ghar]]'' (1972), ''[[Parichay (film)|Parichay]]'' (1972), ''[[Koshish]]'' (1972) and ''[[Bawarchi]]'' (1972).<ref name="ba" /><ref>[[#Gu|Gulzar, p. 396]]</ref> They also made her a superstar.<ref name="da" />

In Gulzar's ''Koshish'', Bhaduri and [[Sanjeev Kumar]] played a deaf couple who struggle through their difficulties as disabled people. She described the film as "a learning experience" which motivated her to do social work in future.<ref>{{cite news |date=23 August 1998 |newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |title=I will not allow anyone to dictate terms to me |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98aug23/sunday/head.htm |access-date=19 September 2011 |author=Maheshwari, Belu}}</ref>

She first acted with [[Amitabh Bachchan]] in ''[[Bansi Birju]]'' (1972), followed by [[B. R. Ishara]]'s ''[[Ek Nazar]]'' also in the same year.<ref name=da /> When Amitabh had faced a string of flops and most lead heroines refused to work with him in the [[Salim–Javed]] scripted ''[[Zanjeer (1973 film)|Zanjeer]]'' (1973), she agreed to step in. The film turned out to be a big hit creating Bachchan's angry-young-man image.<ref name="gr">{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070422/asp/7days/story_7680318.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024095912/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070422/asp/7days/story_7680318.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 October 2012 |title=Another time, another wedding |date=22 April 2007 |work=The Telegraph}}</ref> All their successive films as a pair were huge hits – ''[[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Abhimaan]]'' (1973), ''[[Chupke Chupke (film)|Chupke Chupke]]'' (1975), ''[[Mili (1975 film)|Mili]]'' (1975) and ''[[Sholay]]'' (1975).

Her daughter [[Shweta Bachchan Nanda|Shweta]] was born around the time Jaya and Amitabh were working on ''Sholay''. Following this, she retired from films and focused on raising her children, making an exception for [[Yash Chopra]]'s ''[[Silsila (1981 film)|Silsila]]'' (1981), once again opposite her husband. During the late 1980s, she wrote the story for ''[[Shahenshah (1988 film)|Shahenshah]]'' (1988), which starred her husband in the lead.

=== Comeback and intermittent work (1998–present) ===
[[File:Jaya Bachchan48.jpg|thumb|Bachchan at an event|left]]
After a gap of 17 years, she returned to acting with [[Govind Nihalani]]'s ''[[Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa]]'' (1998), a film about the [[Naxalite]] movement. Her performance in the film earned critical acclaim, and earned her a second [[Filmfare Special Award]].

In 2000, she starred alongside [[Karisma Kapoor]] and [[Hrithik Roshan]] in the crime drama ''[[Fiza]]'' as a mother longing for her son's return who goes missing during the 1993 [[Bombay riots]]. The film received critical acclaim upon release, with particular praise directed towards Bachchan's performance. Sanjeev Bariana of ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'' opined that "Bachchan delivers a commendable performance, displaying mixed emotions through trying times delicately.", while ''[[Screen India|Screen]]'' film critic Chaya Unnikrishnan noted that "Bachchan looks every bit a Muslim woman and etches out her character superbly."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bariana, Sanjeev |date=9 September 2000 |title="Fiza" with a nip |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000910/cth1.htm |access-date=27 December 2011 |website=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Unnikrishnan |first=Chaya |date=29 September 2000 |title=Fiza: A promising start and a slow finish |url=http://www.expressindia.com/screen/20000929/freview.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010220030335/http://www.expressindia.com/screen/20000929/freview.htm |archive-date=20 February 2001 |access-date=24 April 2015 |magazine=[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]]}}</ref> Moreover, it emerged as a commercial success at the box-office, grossing {{INRConvert|322|m|year=2000|mode=historical}} worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fiza – Movie – Box Office India |url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=721 |access-date=2 January 2024 |publisher=Box Office India}}</ref> ''Fiza'' earned Bachchan her first [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress]].

She then starred in [[Karan Johar]]'s ensemble family drama ''[[Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham]]'' (2001) with her husband and in [[Nikhil Advani]]'s romantic [[comedy drama]] ''[[Kal Ho Naa Ho]]'' (2003), playing [[Preity Zinta]]'s mother, Jennifer Kapur, both of which also earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.<ref name="bollywoodhungama.awards">{{cite news |work=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |title=Jaya Bachchan – Awards |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/awards/8466/index.html |access-date=29 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110922041736/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/awards/8466/index.html |archive-date=22 September 2011}}</ref> She starred with her son [[Abhishek Bachchan|Abhishek]] in ''[[Laaga Chunari Mein Daag]]'' (2007) and ''[[Drona (2008 film)|Drona]]'' (2008).

Bachchan's speech during the musical launch of ''Drona'' in 2008 was criticised by some sections of politicians in [[Maharashtra]]. In response to the film's director, [[Goldie Behl]], making his introductory speech in English, she said in [[Hindi]], "Hum [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]] ke log hain, isliye [[Hindi]] mein baat karenge, Maharashtra ke log maaf kijiye". (Translation: "We are people from UP, so we will speak in Hindi. People of Maharashtra, please forgive us.") Subsequently, she encouraged actress [[Priyanka Chopra]] to speak in Hindi.<ref>{{cite web |date=8 September 2008 |title=Jaya Bachchan's controversial clip |url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/sep/08video1.htm |access-date=28 July 2010 |publisher=Rediff}}</ref> [[Maharashtra Navnirman Sena]] (MNS) president [[Raj Thackeray]] commented that she had no business referring to all the people of Maharashtra in her statement. He threatened to ban all of her films unless she apologised in a public forum for hurting the sentiments of Maharashtrians. MNS workers began to attack theatres screening ''[[The Last Lear]]'', which starred her husband. [[Shiv Sena (1966–2022)|Shiv Sena]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] Sanjay Raut also criticised her statement, "After making all your success and fortune in Mumbai, if you feel like saying that we are from UP, it's miserable". Amitabh tendered an apology for her statement on her behalf.<ref>{{cite web |date=11 September 2008 |title=Raj Thackeray: I accept Amitabh's apology |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/sep/11raj.htm |access-date=11 September 2008 |publisher=Rediff}}</ref>

In 2011, she appeared in the Bangladeshi film ''[[Meherjaan]]'' starring [[Victor Banerjee]] and [[Humayun Faridi]]. The film is based on a Bangladesh-Pakistan love story in the backdrop of the [[1971 Bangladesh atrocities]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pakbangla-love-flick-starring-jaya-bachchan-ready-for-release/739983/ |title=Pak-Bangla love flick starring Jaya Bachchan ready for release |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=20 January 2011 |access-date=6 June 2011}}</ref> In 2023, she starred alongside Dharmendra and [[Shabana Azmi]] in Karan Johar's romantic comedy family drama ''[[Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani]]'', which emerged as the [[List of Hindi films of 2023|third highest-grossing Hindi film]] of the year.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani full cast out. Meet Ranveer, Alia, Dharmendra, Jaya, Shabana |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/rocky-aur-rani-ki-prem-kahani-full-cast-out-meet-ranveer-alia-dharmendra-jaya-shabana-1824534-2021-07-06 |date=6 July 2021 |access-date=20 August 2021 |work=India Today |archive-date=20 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820045232/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/rocky-aur-rani-ki-prem-kahani-full-cast-out-meet-ranveer-alia-dharmendra-jaya-shabana-1824534-2021-07-06 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Taran Adarsh]] of ''[[Bollywood Hungama]]'' noted, "Bachchan is electrifying. Her commanding presence, authoritative attitude and cold stares – this is a stand-out act that's sure to be talked about by moviegoers."<ref>{{cite web |title=Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani Movie Review |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/rocky-aur-rani-ki-prem-kahani/critic-review/rocky-aur-rani-ki-prem-kahani-movie-review/rocky-aur-rani-kii-prem-kahaani-is-a-well-packaged-entertainer/ |website=Bollywood Hungama |date=27 July 2023 |access-date=27 July 2023 |archive-date=27 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727051741/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/amp/movie/rocky-aur-rani-ki-prem-kahani/critic-review/rocky-aur-rani-ki-prem-kahani-movie-review/rocky-aur-rani-kii-prem-kahaani-is-a-well-packaged-entertainer/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Her performance in the film earned her a fourth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

== Artistry and legacy ==
[[File:Jaya B Big B's birthday.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Bachchan at an event in 2016]]

One of the highest paid actress of the 1970s, in 2022, she was placed in ''[[Outlook India]]''{{'}}s "75 Best Bollywood Actresses" list.<ref>{{Cite web |title=75 Bollywood Actresses Who Ruled The Silver Screen With Grace, Beauty And Talent |work=Outlook India |access-date=16 August 2022 |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/75-bollywood-actresses-who-ruled-the-silver-screen-with-grace-beauty-and-talent-news-216694/amp |archive-date=16 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816142138/https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/75-bollywood-actresses-who-ruled-the-silver-screen-with-grace-beauty-and-talent-news-216694/amp |url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Filmfare]]'' included Bachchan's performances in ''Abhimaan'' in its Bollywood's "80 Iconic Performances" list.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://tanqeed.com/filmfare-top-80-iconic-performances-old-article-2010/ |title=80 Iconic Performances |journal=Filmfare Via Tanqeed.com |date=4 June 2010 |access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref>

Writing for ''[[Times of India]]'', Subhash K. Jha termed her an "exceptional talent" and noted, "During her brief innings of superstardom she was a far bigger star than her husband."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Jaya Bachchan is one-of-a-kind and an exceptional talent – Throwback |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/jaya-bachchan-is-one-of-a-kind-and-an-exceptional-talent-throwback/articleshow/99352912.cms |url-status=live |access-date=29 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409053239/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/jaya-bachchan-is-one-of-a-kind-and-an-exceptional-talent-throwback/articleshow/99352912.cms |archive-date=9 April 2023}}</ref> Samriddhi Patwa of ''Filmfare'' noted, "The Bengali actress who had long hair, a sweet smile, and significant roles conquered the silver screen."<ref>{{Cite news |title=10 notable performances by Jaya Bachchan |work=Filmfare |url=https://m.filmfare.com/features/birthday-special-10-notable-performances-by-jaya-bachchan-57816.amp |url-status=live |access-date=11 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128234730/https://m.filmfare.com/features/birthday-special-10-notable-performances-by-jaya-bachchan-57816.amp |archive-date=28 November 2020}}</ref> Dinesh Raheja of ''[[Rediff.com]]'' termed her an "outspoken actress" and noted, "Diminutive she may be, but Jaya Bhaduri has managed to cast a long shadow over the world of Hindi films."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Jaya Bachchan: Bollywood's deglamorised star |work=Rediff.com |url=https://m.rediff.com/movies/2002/jul/18dinesh.htm |url-status=live |access-date=29 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128234730/https://m.rediff.com/movies/2002/jul/18dinesh.htm |archive-date=28 November 2020}}</ref> ''[[Indian Express]]'' said that her filmography is "full of gems" and added, "The Bengali beauty ruled the silver screen with meaningful roles."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Jaya Bachchan, a legacy of endearing characters |work=The Indian Express |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/birthday-special-jaya-bachchan-amitabh-bachchan-8546693/lite/ |url-status=live |access-date=10 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128234730/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/birthday-special-jaya-bachchan-amitabh-bachchan-8546693/lite/ |archive-date=28 November 2020}}</ref> Kanika Katyal of ''[[Firstpost]]'' noted, "Full of vigour and idealism, Jaya found herself at home in the "middle cinema" of the 1970s", and added, "Each time she emoted, the camera was firmly in her grip."<ref>{{Cite news |title=How Jaya Bachchan, face of middle cinema in India, carved a niche with her girl-next-door charm |work=Firstpost |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/how-jaya-bachchan-face-of-middle-cinema-in-india-carved-a-niche-with-her-girl-next-door-charm-8318321.html/amp |url-status=live |access-date=12 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128234730/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/how-jaya-bachchan-face-of-middle-cinema-in-india-carved-a-niche-with-her-girl-next-door-charm-8318321.html/amp |archive-date=28 November 2020}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Bachchan was first elected in 2004 as the Member of Parliament from the [[Samajwadi Party]], representing [[Uttar Pradesh]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] till March 2006.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jaya Bachchan loses Rajya Sabha seat |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Jaya-Bachchan-loses-Rajya-Sabha-seat/articleshow/1440067.cms |access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref> She was disqualified in 2006 for holding an office of profit.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 March 2006 |title=Jaya Bachchan disqualified from RS |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/jaya-bachchan-disqualified-from-rs/articleshow/1452761.cms |access-date=8 June 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Joy, DHNS |first=Shemin |title=Jaya Bachchan was first victim of office of profit saga |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/jaya-bachchan-first-victim-office-2070393 |access-date=8 June 2024 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref> Subsequently, she got a second term from June 2006<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaya Bachchan back in Rajya Sabha |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/jun/08profit.htm |access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref> till July 2010 and in February 2010 she stated her intent to complete her term.<ref>{{cite news |title=I'm too upfront for politics: Jaya Bachchan |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=3 February 2010 |agency=Indo-Asian News Service |access-date=29 June 2010 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Im-too-upfront-for-politics-Jaya-Bachchan/articleshow/5531466.cms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602093730/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Im-too-upfront-for-politics-Jaya-Bachchan/articleshow/5531466.cms |archive-date=2 June 2010}}</ref>{{Clarify|date=December 2012|reason=Why would she have to state such intent? Why wouldn't she serve out her term?}} She was re-elected in 2012 for the third term and again in 2018 for her fourth term in the [[Rajya Sabha]] from [[Samajwadi Party]]. Also, she campaigned for [[All India Trinamool Congress]] during [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].

=== Parliamentary Committee assignments ===
* 13 September 2021 onwards: Member, [[Committee on External Affairs]]<ref name="Committee on External Affairs">{{cite web |title=Committee on External Affairs : Loksabha |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Committee/CommitteeInformation.aspx?comm_code=11&tab=2 |website=loksabhaph.nic.in |access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref>

=== Positions held ===
Jaya Bachchan has been elected 5 times as [[Rajya Sabha]] MP.

As per the Election affidavit of 2018 ([[Rajya Sabha]]), Jaya Bachchan has assets worth [[₹]]1,001.63 [[crore]]s and liabilities worth [[₹]]105.64 [[crore]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://myneta.info/rajsab09aff/candidate.php?candidate_id=764 |title=Jaya Amitabh Bachchan (SP), Uttar Pradesh 2018 |work=Myneta.info |access-date=14 October 2022}}</ref>

===Rajya Sabha===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Position
! colspan="2" |Party
! <small>Constituency</small>
! From
! To
! Tenure
|-
| [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]<br><small>(1st Term)</small>
| {{Party name with color|Samajwadi Party|rowspan=5}}
| rowspan="5"|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
| <small>5 July</small><br>2004
| <small>14 July</small><br>2004
| '''{{ayd|2004|7|5|2004|7|14}}'''
|-
| [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]<br><small>(2nd Term)</small>
| <small>12 June</small><br>2006
| <small>4 July</small><br>2010
| '''{{ayd|2006|6|12|2010|7|4}}'''
|-
| [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]<br><small>(3rd Term)</small>
| <small>3 April</small><br>2012
| <small>2 April</small><br>2018
| '''{{ayd|2012|4|3|2018|4|2}}'''
|-
| [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]<br><small>(4th Term)</small>
| <small>3 April</small><br>2018
| <small>2 April</small><br>2024
| '''{{ayd|2018|4|3|2024|4|2}}'''
|-
| [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]<br><small>(5th Term)</small>
| <small>3 April</small><br>2024
| <small>2 April</small><br>2030
| '''{{ayd|2024|4|3|2030|4|2}}'''
|}

== Filmography ==
=== Films ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of film credits
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Refh}}
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Mahanagar]]''
| Bani Mazumdar
| [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]] film
|
|-
| rowspan="6" | 1971
| ''[[Guddi (1971 film)|Guddi]]''
| Kusum (Guddi)
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/may/02dinesh.htm |title=Rediff Movies: Classics Revisited – Guddi (1971) |work=Rediff.com |access-date=24 December 2018}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Uphaar]]''
| Mrinmayee (Minoo)
|
|
|-
| ''[[Jai Jawan Jai Makan]]''
|
|
|
|-
| ''[[Dhanyee Meye]]''
| Mansa
| Bengali film
|<ref>{{Cite news |title=Dhanyee Meye (1971) Bengali film |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/rakhsha-bandhan-special-5-bengali-films-on-the-incredibly-strong-brother-sister-bond/dhanyee-meye-1971/photostory/65532686.cms |access-date=23 October 2022 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
|-
| Atattor Din Porey
|
| Bengali film
|
|-
| Janani
|
| Bengali film
|
|-
| rowspan="10" | 1972
| ''[[Jawani Diwani]]''
| Neeta Thakur
|
|
|-
| ''[[Bawarchi]]''
| Krishna Harinath Sharma
|
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/bawarchi-1972/article5451711.ece |title=Bawarchi (1972) |first=SURESH |last=KOHLI |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=12 December 2013}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Parichay (film)|Parichay]]''
| Rama Roy
|
|
|-
| ''[[Bansi Birju]]''
| Bansi
|
|
|-
| ''[[Piya Ka Ghar]]''
| Malti Shankar
|
|
|-
| ''[[Annadata (1972 film)|Annadata]]''
| Aarti
|
|
|-
| ''[[Ek Nazar]]''
| Shabnam
|
|
|-
| ''[[Samadhi (1972 film)|Samadhi]]''
| Rekha
|
|
|-
| ''[[Koshish]]''
| Aarti Mathur
|
|
|-
| ''[[Shor (film)|Shor]]''
| Rani (Raat Ki Rani)
|
|
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1973
| ''[[Gaai Aur Gori]]''
| Vijaya
|
|<ref>{{cite news |last=Sharma |first=Devesh |title=Filmfare recommends: Bollywood movies where pets were the real heroes |work=Filmfare |url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/filmfare-recommends-bollywood-movies-where-pets-were-the-real-heroes-39984.html |access-date=29 September 2020}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Anamika (1973 film)|Anamika]]''
| Anamika/Kanchan/Archana
|
|
|-
| ''[[Phagun (1973 film)|Phagun]]''
| Santosh (Toshi)
|
|
|-
| ''[[Zanjeer (1973 film)|Zanjeer]]''
| Mala
|
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Revisiting Prakash Mehra's Zanjeer: The film that made Amitabh Bachchan |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/revisiting-prakash-mehra-zanjeer-the-film-that-made-amitabh-bachchan-4714064/ |work=The Indian Express |access-date=20 June 2017}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Abhimaan]]''
| Uma Kumar
|
|<ref>{{cite news |access-date=24 March 2023 |title=Abhimaan: A Bollywood marital drama that's relevant even after 50 years |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-64813501 |newspaper=BBC News |date=16 March 2023}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1974
| ''[[Dil Diwana]]''
| Neeta
|
|
|-
| ''[[Kora Kagaz]]''
| Archana Gupta
|
|
|-
| ''[[Naya Din Nai Raat]]''
| Sushma
|
|
|-
| ''[[Doosri Sita]]''
| Seeta Wagle
|
|
|-
| Sadhu Judhisthirer Korcha
|
| Bengali film
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1975
| ''[[Mili (1975 film)|Mili]]''
| Mili Khanna
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Rajesh Khanna's Anand and Jaya Bachchan's Mili are exactly the same movie. Here's how |access-date=21 February 2023 |website=The Indian Express |date=2 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014045426/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/jaya-bachchan-mili-rajesh-khanna-anand-exactly-the-same-movie-heres-how-8182596/ |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/jaya-bachchan-mili-rajesh-khanna-anand-exactly-the-same-movie-heres-how-8182596/ |archive-date=14 October 2022}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Chupke Chupke (film)|Chupke Chupke]]''
| Vasudha Kumar
|
|
|-
| ''[[Sholay]]''
| Radha Singh
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |year=2002 |title=Top 10 Indian Films |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/imagineasia/guide/poll/india |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515101729/http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/imagineasia/guide/poll/india/ |archive-date=15 May 2011 |access-date=14 June 2012 |work=British Film Institute}}</ref>
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Abhi To Jee Lein]]''
| Jaya
| Delayed
|
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Ek Baap Chhe Bete]]''
| Asha
|Cameo 
|
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Nauker (1979 film)|Nauker]]''
| Geeta
|
|
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Silsila (1981 film)|Silsila]]''
| Shobha Malhotra
|
|<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.22939/page/n495/mode/2up?q=Silsila&view=theater |title=The making of Silsila |date=16 August 1981 |magazine=Sunday |pages=44–45 |volume=9 |issue=9 |access-date=26 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1995
| ''Akka''
|
| Marathi film
|
|-
|''[[Daughters of This Century]]''
|Abhagi
|
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa]]''
| Sujata Chatterjee
|
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Fiza]]''
| Nishatbi Ikramullah
|
|<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Hindustan Times |author=Chakravorty, Vinayak |title=Fiza |access-date=26 October 2011 |url=http://www.go4i.com/cinema/reviews/bollywood/reviewsfiza.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001017115141/http://www.go4i.com/cinema/reviews/bollywood/reviewsfiza.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 October 2000 }}</ref>
|-
|2001
| ''[[Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham]]''
| Nandini Raichand
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Excerpts from the making of K3G! |url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/dec/08k3g.htm |work=Rediff.com |access-date=2 May 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124717/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/dec/08k3g.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| ''[[Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe]]''
| Mansi Devi
|
|
|-
| ''[[Desh (film)|Desh]]''
| Suprabha Chowdhury
| Bengali film
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Kal Ho Naa Ho]]''
| Jennifer Kapur
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Romano |first=Aja |date=28 November 2018 |title=Celebrating 15 years of Kal Ho Naa Ho, the classic romance that brought Bollywood to America |url=https://www.vox.com/2018/11/28/18112712/kal-ho-naa-ho-khnh-shah-rukh-khan-cultural-influence |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129130657/https://www.vox.com/2018/11/28/18112712/kal-ho-naa-ho-khnh-shah-rukh-khan-cultural-influence |archive-date=29 November 2018 |access-date=28 November 2018 |website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Laaga Chunari Mein Daag]]''
| Savitri Sahay
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2008
| ''Love Songs : Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow''
| Mridula Chatterjee
|
|
|-
| ''[[Drona (2008 film)|Drona]]''
| Queen Jayanti
|
|<ref>{{cite web |author=Screen Weekly News Network |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2008/09/22/4317/index.html |title=Unleashing visual effects in Drona |website=Bollywood Hungama |date=22 September 2008 |access-date=9 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228050910/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2008/09/22/4317/index.html |archive-date=28 February 2009 }}</ref>
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Paa (film)|Paa]]''
| Narrator
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2010
| ''[[Aap Ke Liye Hum]]''
| Adoptive mother
|
|
|-
| ''[[Aahat – Ek Ajib Kahani]]''
| Jaya
| Delayed release
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Meherjaan]]''
| Meher
| [[Cinema of Bangladesh|Bangladeshi]] film
|
|-
| 2012
| ''Ganga Devi''
|
| [[Bhojpuri cinema|Bhojpuri]] film
|<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bhojpuri/movies/news/happy-birthday-amitabh-bachchan-bhojpuri-movies-of-the-bollywood-star/photostory/86934081.cms |title=Happy birthday, Amitabh Bachchan; Bhojpuri movies of the Bollywood star |author=Farhan Syed |work=The Times of India|date=11 October 2021 }}</ref>
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Sunglass (film)|Sunglass]]''
| Chitra's mother
| Bilingual film
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Ki & Ka]]''
| Herself 
| Cameo
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani]]''
| Dhanalakshmi Randhawa
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani Box Office Collections |website=Bollywood Hungama |date=28 July 2023 |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/rocky-aur-rani-ki-prem-kahani/box-office/ |access-date=11 August 2023}}</ref>
|}

=== Other roles ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of other roles
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Refh}}
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Shahenshah (1988 film)|Shahenshah]]''
| Writer (Story)
|
|<ref>{{cite news |first=Simran |last=Bhargava |title=Amitabh Bachchan makes spectacular come-back with Shahenshah |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19880315-amitabh-bachchan-makes-spectacular-come-back-with-shahenshah-797041-1988-03-15 |access-date=17 August 2020 |work=India Today |date=15 March 1988 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 1993–1994
| ''[[Dekh Bhai Dekh]]''
| Producer
| Under [[Amitabh Bachchan Corporation]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/the-cast-of-dekh-bhai-dekh-where-are-they-now-5687528/ |work=The Indian Express |title=The actors of Dekh Bhai Dekh: Where are they now? |date=26 December 2019 |access-date=26 December 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Antarmahal]]''
| Producer
| Bengali film
|<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/20051114-film-review-antarmahal-starring-soha-ali-khan-abhishek-bachchan-786652-2005-11-14 |title=Film review: 'Antarmahal' starring Jackie Shroff, Soha Ali Khan, Abhishek Bachchan |work=India Today |date=14 November 2005 |access-date=26 October 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Angry Young Men (mini series)|Angry Young Men]]''
| Herself
| Documentary
|
|}

== Accolades ==
=== Civilian Award ===
* '''[[List of Padma Shri award recipients (1990–1999)|1992]]''' – [[Padma Shri]] – India's fourth highest civilian honour by the [[Government of India]].<ref name="Padma Awards" />

=== Major film awards ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of major film awards and nominations received by Jaya Bachchan
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Work
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Refh}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[19th Filmfare Awards|1972]]
| rowspan="16" scope="row" | [[Filmfare Awards]]
| [[Filmfare Special Award|Special Award]]
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Uphaar]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref name="bollywoodhungama.awards" />
|-
| rowspan="8" | [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|rowspan="3" {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref name="bollywoodhungama.awards" />
|-
| ''[[Guddi (1971 film)|Guddi]]''
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref name="bollywoodhungama.awards" />
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[21st Filmfare Awards|1974]]
| ''[[Koshish]]''
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref name="bollywoodhungama.awards" />
|-
| ''[[Abhimaan (1973 film)|Abhimaan]]''
| rowspan="2"{{won}}
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref name="bollywoodhungama.awards" />
|-
| [[22nd Filmfare Awards|1975]]
| ''[[Kora Kagaz]]''
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref name="bollywoodhungama.awards" />
|-
| [[23rd Filmfare Awards|1976]]
| ''[[Mili (1975 film)|Mili]]''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref name="bollywoodhungama.awards" />
|-
| [[27th Filmfare Awards|1980]]
| ''[[Nauker (1979 film)|Nauker]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref name="bollywoodhungama.awards" />
|-
| [[29th Filmfare Awards|1982]]
| ''[[Silsila (1981 film)|Silsila]]''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref name="bollywoodhungama.awards" />
|-
| [[43rd Filmfare Awards|1998]]
| Special Award
| ''[[Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa]]''
| rowspan="4"{{won}}
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref name="bollywoodhungama.awards" />
|-
| [[46th Filmfare Awards|2001]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| ''[[Fiza]]''
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref name="bollywoodhungama.awards" />
|-
| [[47th Filmfare Awards|2002]]
| ''[[Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham]]''
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref name="bollywoodhungama.awards" />
|-
| [[49th Filmfare Awards|2004]]
| ''[[Kal Ho Naa Ho]]''
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref name="bollywoodhungama.awards" />
|-
| [[52nd Filmfare Awards|2007]]
| [[Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award|Lifetime Achievement Award]]
| {{N/A}}
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref name="bollywoodhungama.awards" />
|-
| [[69th Filmfare Awards|2024]]
| Best Supporting Actress
| ''[[Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani]]''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref name="bollywoodhungama.awards" />
|-
| [[70th Filmfare Awards|2025]]
| Special Award
| {{N/A}}
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center;" | <ref>{{cite news |title=Winners of the 70th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2025 With Gujarat Tourism: Full List Out |url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/winners-of-the-70th-hyundai-filmfare-awards-2025-with-gujarat-tourism-full-list-out-78383.html |publisher=Filmfare |date=12 October 2025 |access-date=12 October 2025 }}</ref>
|-
| [[2nd IIFA Awards|2001]]
| rowspan="4" scope="row" | [[International Indian Film Academy Awards]]
| rowspan="4" | [[IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| ''Fiza''
| rowspan="3"{{won}}
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref name="bollywoodhungama.awards" />
|-
| [[3rd IIFA Awards|2002]]
| ''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham''
|<ref name="bollywoodhungama.awards" />
|-
| [[24th IIFA Awards|2004]]
| ''Kal Ho Naa Ho''
|<ref name="bollywoodhungama.awards" />
|-
|[[24th IIFA Awards|2024]]
|''Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani''
| {{nom}}
|<ref name="bollywoodhungama.awards" />
|-
|2001
| rowspan="3" |[[Zee Cine Awards]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role&nbsp;– Female|Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Female]]
|''Fiza''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zee Cine Awards 2001 Winners |url=https://www.awardsandshows.com/features/zee-cine-awards-2001-465.html}}</ref>
|-
|2004
|''Kal Ho Naa Ho''
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zee Cine Awards 2004 Winners |url=https://www.awardsandshows.com/features/zee-cine-awards-2004-468.html}}</ref>
|-
|2024
|''Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani''
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 – Zee Cine Awards |url=https://zeecineawards.com/2024-2/ |access-date=2025-07-01 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|2004
|[[Screen Awards]]
|[[Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| rowspan="2" |''Kal Ho Naa Ho''
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Star Screen Award Winners 2004 – Tenth (10th) Star Screen Awards |url=https://www.awardsandshows.com/features/star-screen-awards-2004-131.html |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=www.awardsandshows.com}}</ref>
|-
|2004
|[[Producers Guild Film Awards]]
|[[Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]
| {{won}}
| style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Winner - Producers Guild of India |url=https://producersguildindia.com/Home/Winner|access-date=2025-07-01 |website=producersguildindia.com}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2001
| rowspan="2" |[[Bollywood Movie Awards]]
|Best Actress (Critics)
| rowspan="3" |''Fiza''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Computer |first=Dream |title=Awards, Bollywood Famous Awards |url=https://www.mazaindia.com/award/bollywood-movie-award |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=www.mazaindia.com}}</ref>
|-
|Best Supporting Actress
| {{nom}}
|-
|2001
| rowspan="4" |[[Sansui Viewers' Choice Movie Awards]]
| rowspan="4" |Best Supporting Actress
| {{nom}}
| style="text-align: center;" |
|-
|2002
|''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham''
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=dharma-production.com |url=http://www3.dharma-production.com/MAwards/MAwardsDetails.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709020144/http://www.dharma-production.com/MAwards/MAwardsDetails.aspx |archive-date=9 July 2011 |access-date=6 June 2011 |publisher=dharma-production.com}}</ref>
|-
|2003
|''[[Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe]]''
| {{nom}}
|
|-
|2004
|''Kal Ho Naa Ho''
| {{nom}}
|
|}

=== Other film awards ===
'''Won'''
* 1972 – [[Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards|Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award]] for Special Award (Hindi Film) – ''[[Guddi (1971 film)|Guddi]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/197235.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422071853/http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/197235.htm |url-status=dead |title=STL.News {{pipe}} Breaking News {{pipe}} Latest News {{pipe}} St Louis News {{pipe}} News Videos |archive-date=22 April 2008 |website=STL.News |access-date=17 December 2019}}</ref>
* 1999 – [[Anandalok Puraskar|Anandalok Award]] for Special Editors' Award
* 2001 – [[BFJA Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Hindi)|Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for Best Supporting Actress]] – ''[[Fiza]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bfjaawards.com/awards/winlist/winlist01.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402144306/http://www.bfjaawards.com/awards/winlist/winlist01.htm |url-status=dead |title=STL.News {{pipe}} Breaking News {{pipe}} Latest News {{pipe}} St Louis News {{pipe}} News Videos |archive-date=2 April 2015 |website=STL.News |access-date=17 December 2019}}</ref>

=== Honours and recognitions ===
* 1994 – [[Yash Bharati|Yash Bharti Award]], Uttar Pradesh's highest award from the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} 
* 2000 – [[Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image]] Award for her "abiding contribution to Cinema"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mumbaifilmfest.com/archives_2000.php |title=Archives 2000 |publisher=[[Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image]] |access-date=8 October 2011}}</ref>
* 2004 – Lifetime Achievement Award at the Sansui Viewers' Choice Movie Awards<ref>{{Cite news |title=Mid Day Photogallery |url=http://www.mid-day.com/Virtual_gallery/gallery_slideshow.asp?currentPage=10&GalleryID=66 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040515034924/http://www.mid-day.com/Virtual_gallery/gallery_slideshow.asp?currentPage=10&GalleryID=66 |url-status=dead |work=Mid Day |archive-date=15 May 2004 |access-date=17 December 2019}}</ref>
* 2010 – Lifetime Achievement Award at the "Tongues On Fire" Film Festival in London<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spicezee.zeenews.com/articles/story54326.htm |title=zeenews.com |publisher=Spicezee.zeenews.com |access-date=6 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109095836/http://spicezee.zeenews.com/articles/story54326.htm |archive-date=9 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jaya Bachchan to receive 'Lifetime Achievement Award' in London |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Jaya-Bachchan-to-receive-lsquoLifetime-Achievement-Awardrsquo-in-London/article16815618.ece |access-date=7 April 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=19 February 2010 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
* 2012 – Lifetime Achievement Award at [[Jaipur]] International Film Festival (JIFF)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Lifetime-achievement-award-for-Jaya-Bachchan/articleshow/11629513.cms |title=Lifetime achievement award for Jaya Bachchan |date=25 January 2012 |access-date=29 January 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930135422/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-01-25/news-interviews/30662586_1_lifetime-achievement-award-jaya-bachchan-jaipur-international-film-festival |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |archive-date=30 September 2013}}</ref>
* 2013 – Master [[Deenanath Mangeshkar]] (Vishesh Puraskar) Award for her dedicated services to Indian theatre and cinema<ref name="Deenanath Mangeshkar">{{cite news |title=Jaya Bachchan to be presented Deenanath Mangeshkar Award |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/jaya-bachchan-to-be-presented-deenanath-mangeshkar-award/ |access-date=31 January 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=9 April 2013 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Lata Mangeshkar to present Deenanath Mangeshkar Award to Jaya Bachchan |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/lata-mangeshkar-to-present-deenanath-mangeshkar-award-to-jaya-bachchan/story-acv3cxQ1ih29pYDjjDD1AM.html |access-date=31 January 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |date=9 April 2013 |language=en}}</ref>

== Sources ==
* {{Cite book |last=Banerjee |first=Shampa |author2=Anil Srivastava |title=One Hundred Indian Feature Films: An Annotated Filmography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zX4GY37rG8kC&q=Jaya+Bhaduri&pg=PA93 |year=1988 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=0-8240-9483-2 |ref=Ba}}
* {{Cite book |last=[[Gulzar]] |first=S.G. |author2=[[Govind Nihalani]], Saibal Chatterjee |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema |year=2003 |publisher=Popular Prakashan, Encyclopædia Britannica (India) |isbn=81-7991-066-0 |ref=Gu}}
* {{Cite book |last=Dawar |first=Ramesh |title=Bollywood Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TO6Fmi8FraUC&q=Jawani+Diwani&pg=RA1-PA22 |year=2006 |publisher=Star Publications |isbn=1-905863-01-2 |ref=Ja}}
* {{cite web |title=Jaya is aback, Jaya Hey! |url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/nov19/film4.htm |work=Screen India |publisher=[[Express India]] |author=Peter John, Ali |access-date=14 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528224215/http://www.screenindia.com/old/nov19/film4.htm |archive-date=28 May 2010 |url-status=dead |ref=none}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-11-05 |title=Orry reveals Jaya Bachchan "loved" his reel recreating her and Sonali Bendre's viral pap moment: Navya and Agastya Nanda sent me her reaction video (Exclusive) |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/orry-recreates-iconic-jaya-bachchan-sonali-bendre-moment-wins-hearts-online/articleshow/114974476.cms |access-date=2024-11-07 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== External links ==
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* [https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrity/jaya-bachchan/ Jaya Bachchan] at [[Bollywood Hungama]]

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