Teji Bachchan
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Teji Bachchan (Punjabi: ਤੇਜੀ ਬਚੱਨ (Gurmukhi), تیجی بچن (Shahmukhi); Hindi: तेजी बच्चन) (12 August 1914 - 21 December 2007) was social activist who became a confidant of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi;[1] as well as being the wife of Hindi literary poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and mother of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan.
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[edit] Biography
Born into a Khatri Sikh Punjabi family[2] of army officers as Teji Suri in Lyallpur, British India, (now known as Faisalabad, Pakistan), she was the daughter of Sardar Khajaan Singh, a barrister at Lyalpur.
She met Harivansh Rai Bachchan Srivastava an English teacher at the Allahabad University & she was teaching Psychology at Khoob Chand Degree College, Lahore now in Pakistan. The couple got married in Allahbad in 1941.
Bachchan was a home maker and lover of stage. During his lifetime, Harivansh Rai remained completely engrossed in his muse, leaving his Bachchan to handle all family matters. Even in social engagements, Bachchan senior always willingly played second fiddle to his gregarious wife.[1]
The Bachchans had two sons Amitabh and Ajitabh. Amitabh Bachchan is Bollywood actor [3] and Amitabh's wife Jaya Bachchan is also film actress and Member of Parliament. Her grandson Abhishek Bachchan is also an actor. Aishwarya Rai is her granddaughter-in-law. Amitabh' daughter Shweta Bachchan- Nanda is married to Nikhil Nanda (Escorts Group). and great-grandchildren (recently third one was born on November 16)
The Bachchans were a part of India’s literary circuit and high society.[4] The couple sang at events.[5]
Teji Bachchan played Lady Macbeth in her husband’s Hindi adaptation of Macbeth. They also played a cameo appearance in Yash Chopra’s Kabhi Kabhie.
She was also appointed as one of the Directors of the Film Finance Corporation in 1973. The Film Finance Corporation of India (and its successor National Film Development Corporation of India), a Government of India undertaking's main objective was to finance the production of purposeful films of good quality with a view to improving the general standards of the medium. .[6]
Teji Bachchan was in the Lilavati Hospital for almost the whole of 2007 and she was shifted to the ICU in November 2007 after her condition became worse.[7] She died at the age of 93 on 21 December 2007 after prolonged illness.[8]
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- ^ a b "Teji Bachchan: Indira's friend". Sify. http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=14579455. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ^ India, Frontier (January 13, 2011). "Amitabh Bachchan reminisenses his mothers lohri festival stories". in.com. p. 1. http://www.in.com/news/entertainment-news/fullstory-amitabh-bachchan-reminisenses-his-mothers-lohri-festival-stories-17078997-6bb96a8fe84ccb55a201702d925af7a339fb6c0d-rhp.html. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000821/bio
- ^ "The poets poem". Express India. http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/the-poets-poem/253088/. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ^ "Nation". The Tribune. 2003-01-20. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030120/nation.htm. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ^ Brief encounters with Mrs Teji Bachchan
- ^ "Amitabh's mother Teji Bachchan hospitalised". Express India. http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=70254. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ^ "Teji Bachchan passes away". Indiatimes. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2640410.cms. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
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