Jaya Bachchan Movies
An onscreen presence in her native India from the early 2000s, Jaya Bachchan achieved stardom and lead status with Pradeep Sarkar's Laaga Chunari Mein Daag -- Journey of a Woman (2007). In that film, she plays one of two sisters who migrate from the rural home of their family to a new life in the big city, but run headfirst into a series of complications and personal crises. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide- 2007
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Pradeep Sarkar's Bollywood drama Laaga Chunari Mein Daag concerns two sisters who learn that life is not nearly as simple in the big city as it was when they grew up in a loving family in their rural home. Soon both of them make compromises that lead to a loss of innocence. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jaya Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee, (more)
When forbidden love tears a tightly knit Indian family apart, a mother's heartbreak prompts her son to reunite the shattered clan in this family drama from filmmaker Karan Johar. Business tycoon Yashovardhan Raichand (Amitabh Bachchan) has everything a man could ever want: a loving family, a thriving empire, and a beautiful wife. When Yashovardhan's son Rahul (Shah Rukh Khan) discovers that he is adopted, he expresses his gratitude through unwavering devotion and unending loyalty until the day that he falls in love with a boisterous young outcast named Anjali (Kajol). Disowned by his father and left to his own devices, Rahul gathers Anjali and her young sister, Pooja (Kareena Kapoor), and sets his sights on London. As the grief of Rahul's mother becomes too much to bear, Rahul's brother Rohan sets out to find his brother and reunite their fragmented family. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, (more)
