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Gulzar and Jaya Bachchan Reunite at Book Launch, Reminisce Their Iconic Cinematic Journey
- •Jaya Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan, and Gulzar recently attended the book launch event of Dr. P. Jagannath in Mumbai where the special bonding between Jaya and Gulzar was clearly visible.
- •Gulzar and Jaya Bachchan share a long-standing friendship that began during their early days in the Hindi film industry.
- •Gulzar wrote the dialogues and songs for the 1971 classic film Guddi, including the timeless school prayer Hamko Man Ki Shakti Dena.
- •In 1972, Gulzar directed Jaya Bachchan in the critically acclaimed and superhit film Koshish alongside Sanjeev Kumar.
- •Jaya Bachchan also starred in Gulzar's 1972 directorial venture Parichay alongside Jeetendra, which was another box office success.
Key Questions Answered
Gulzar cast Jaya Bachchan in his early directorial ventures, including the 1972 classics 'Koshish' and 'Parichay', both of which were box office superhits. She also starred in 'Guddi' (1971), directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, for which Gulzar wrote the dialogues and the famous school prayer song 'Hamko Man Ki Shakti Dena'.
In the 1972 film 'Koshish', directed by Gulzar, Jaya Bachchan played the character of Aarti Mathur, a woman who cannot hear or speak, starring opposite Sanjeev Kumar who played Hari.
Jaya Bachchan was born as Jaya Bhaduri on April 9, 1948, in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. She studied at Loreto Convent in Calcutta before attending the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, where she trained under Ritwik Ghatak and graduated as a gold medalist.
