Jaya Bachchan had become a big star before Amitabh Bachchan, debuted at the age of 15
Uma Shankar April 09, 2026 09:24 AM
Jaya Bachchan had become a big star before Amitabh Bachchan, debuted at the age of 15

Jaya Bachchan Birthday: There are many artists in the film world who started their career as child artists at a very young age. Then he went ahead and earned a lot of name and did many films. Jaya Bachchan is also one such star. When he did his first film, he was only 15 years old. Later, she became the lead star of films and then also entered politics. Apart from being an actress, she is also an MP.

He was born on 9 April 1948 in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Today is his 78th birthday. On this occasion, let us take a look at his film journey. He started his career with the Bengali film 'Mahanagar' directed by Satyajit Ray. This film came in the year 1963. At that time Jaya was only 15 years old. She was seen as a child artist in this film.

Acting studies from FTII

Jaya Bachchan has studied acting from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. He did diploma in acting from here. Before taking admission in this institute, Jaya Bachchan had worked in three Bengali films. In the year 1971, he debuted in Bollywood through 'Guddi'. Jaya had already earned name in Bengali cinema and this film had made her famous in Hindi cinema also. She had become a star. Although, Amitabh Got stardom after him.

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'Zanjeer' made Amitabh Bachchan a star

Talking about Amitabh Bachchan, he made his debut in the year 1969 with the film 'Saat Hindustani'. After that he did many films, but his real success came from 'Zanjeer' in 1973. Jaya saw Amitabh for the first time in 1970 at FTII. However, professionally both of them met on the sets of 'Guddi'. Amitabh was also working in this film, but after 10 days of shooting, he was replaced by Dharmendra. In the year 1972, a film named 'Ek Nazar' starring Amitabh and Jaya was released. It is said that both of them fell in love on the sets of this film and then after the release of 'Zanjeer', both of them got married on June 3, 1973.

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