When Jaya said she isn’t ‘chidchidi’ but can’t suffer stupidity | Bollywood
Jaya Bachchan has been in the film industry for six decades. She made her film debut in Satyajit Ray’s Mahanagar (1963) as a teenager and broke through Bollywood with her performance in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Guddi in 1971. The veteran actor, who turns 75 on April 9, has been married to Amitabh Bachchan since June 3, 1973. (Also read: Jaya Bachchan laughs, interacts with Shashi Tharoor at Swara Bhasker and Fahad Ahmad’s wedding reception) In an old interview, Jaya Bachchan had said that she is more of an impulsive person. Over the years, with her interactions with the media and photographers, Jaya is often perceived as short-tempered. She countered that view and said she is spontaneous and can’t plan the response she has to someone else’s actions. The veteran actor, who is also Member of Parliament from the Samajwadi Party, has been filmed on the red carpet and at film events, getting angry with the paparazzi or members of the press if they cross any personal boundaries with her family. On Karan Johar’s talk show Koffee …