Fact Check: Jaya Bachchan’s Mother Is Alive
India-West News Desk
MUMBAI – The recent reports on social media and picked up and reported on as real by well known media publications that Jaya Bachchan’s mother Indira Bhaduri is dead, is completely false, the family said in a statement.
It was also reported that Abhishek Bachchan had rushed to Bhopal where his grandmother lives after hearing the news.
The family pleaded with the public not to spread the news and told the media that the emotional toll of the news had been hard on the family.
Jaya Bachchan’s mother Indira Bhaduri, 94, lives in Bhopal and had to be admitted to the hospital for some medical ailments.
Jaya Bachchan, was born in a Bengali family to journalist Tarun Kumar Bhaduri and Indira Bhaduri. Her father passed away in 1976.