Jaya Bachchan's Journey From Cinema To Parliament

Brut India

She was an accidental actor before she fell in love with her job. She took a break at the peak of her career. But her trajectory took an unusual turn when she took to politics. Today, she turns 73.

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00:00You did such a drama, showed such acting and got Meena Kumari fired?

00:06Do not hijack my democracy and my democratic right from me.

00:25Will you decide who is cultural and who is not?

01:30Who is cultural and who is not?

02:00You

02:30I don't know why I'm doing this, but I'm going to do it anyway, so I'm going to do it anyway.

03:00What is it that you want to tell me, Tulika?

03:29I

03:58know it's a little harsh, but I think these kind of people need to be brought out in public

04:05and lynched.

04:24Single woman fighting against all atrocities, head broken, leg broken, but they have not

04:33been able to break her heart and her brain and her determination to move ahead and make

04:41Bengal one of the best in the world.

05:05I was really embarrassed and ashamed that yesterday, one of our members in the Lok Sabha

05:11spoke who is from the industry against, I'm not taking a name, against the film industry.

05:17It's a shame.

05:18Thank you, ma'am.

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