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Karan Johar: Jaya Bachchan is kindest, warmest, largest-hearted person I know

Veteran actress Jaya Bachchan has a bad rap that she hates being followed by cameras and clicked when she is in public. Videos of her annoyed exchanges with photographers have often been shared on social media and made into funny memes. However, Karan Johar, who cast the actress in the film `Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani`, says that this couldn’t be further from the truth. In the film, Bachchan is seen as the authoritarian matriarch of a rich business family, who isn’t easily pleased. Karan explains her role of Dhanlakshmi Randhawa is not an extension of her real-life personality. “I want to put this on record, Aunty J as I call her, is far from what you think she is. She is the kindest, warmest, largest-hearted person I know. My crew, if you ask them who is the favourite person on set, they would say Jaya Bachchan. She is the only person who remembered the 14 AD’s names, knew what they did, where they lived, and how many siblings they had, she cared enough …