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* Aaradhya Bachchan – Abhishek and Aishwarya’s daughter<ref>{{cite news |title=Abhishek Bachchan reveals Aishwarya Rai teaches Aaradhya at home: ‘She already has the world’s best teacher’ |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/abhishek-bachchan-reveals-aishwarya-rai-teaches-aaradhya-at-home-she-already-has-the-world-s-best-teacher-101649910333332.html |access-date=10 May 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=14 April 2022 |language=en |archive-date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510132327/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/abhishek-bachchan-reveals-aishwarya-rai-teaches-aaradhya-at-home-she-already-has-the-world-s-best-teacher-101649910333332.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
* Aaradhya Bachchan – Abhishek and Aishwarya’s daughter<ref>{{cite news |title=Abhishek Bachchan reveals Aishwarya Rai teaches Aaradhya at home: ‘She already has the world’s best teacher’ |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/abhishek-bachchan-reveals-aishwarya-rai-teaches-aaradhya-at-home-she-already-has-the-world-s-best-teacher-101649910333332.html |access-date=10 May 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=14 April 2022 |language=en |archive-date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510132327/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/abhishek-bachchan-reveals-aishwarya-rai-teaches-aaradhya-at-home-she-already-has-the-world-s-best-teacher-101649910333332.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Indian film family
| Bachchan family | |
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| Current region | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Place of origin | Babupatti, Raniganj tehsil, Pratapgarh district, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| Members | Harivansh Rai Bachchan Teji Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan Abhishek Bachchan Shweta Bachchan Nanda |
| Connected members | Jaya Bachchan Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Nikhil Nanda Kunal Kapoor |
| Connected families | Kapoor family |
| Traditions | Hinduism |
| Estate(s) | Jalsa Bungalow Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
The Bachchan family is a prominent Indian show business family, associated with and involved in the Hindi film industry and Indian politics.
Notable members of the family include actor and former politician Amitabh Bachchan, his nephew, Bhuvanesh Tripathi, his wife, actress and Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan; his parents, poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and social activist Teji Bachchan; their daughter, author Shweta Bachchan Nanda; their son, actor Abhishek Bachchan; and Abhishek’s wife, actress Aishwarya Rai. In 2007, Time listed Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai on its list of most influential Indians.[1]
The Bachchan family are Indian Awadhi Hindu Chitraguptavanshi Kayasthas fluent in several Hindustani languages (Awadhi, Hindi, Urdu) as well as Persian.[2] The family also has Punjabi ethnic roots through patriarch Amitabh’s mother Teji Bachchan (née Suri) from Lyallpur (in present-day Pakistan) and Bengali ethnic roots through Amitabh’s wife, Jaya (née Bhaduri). The Bachchan family also is connected to the Mangalore region of South India through Amitabh’s daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who hails from the Tulu speaking Bunt community.
The family has two houses, Jalsa and Pratiksha, in Mumbai and resides in Jalsa.[3]
Members of the Bachchan family
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- Harivansh Rai Bachchan – Hindi poet, father of Amitabh and Ajitabh.[4]
- Shyama Bachchan – A social activist, first wife of Harivansh Rai Bachchan.
- Teji Bachchan – Second wife of Harivansh Rai Bachchan, mother of Amitabh and Ajitabh.[5]
- Amitabh Bachchan – Indian actor, Harivansh and Teji’s elder son.[6]
- Jaya Bachchan – Indian actress, wife of Amitabh.[7] Daughter of Tarun Kumar Bhaduri and Indira Bhaduri.
- Ajitabh Bachchan – Indian businessman, Harivansh and Teji’s younger son.[8]
- Ramola Bachchan – An entrepreneur, wife of Ajitabh.
- Shweta Bachchan Nanda – A columnist and author, Amitabh and Jaya’s daughter, wife of Nikhil Nanda, a businessman, and grandson of Raj Kapoor.
- Abhishek Bachchan – Indian actor, Amitabh and Jaya’s son, married to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – Indian actress, wife of Abhishek Bachchan.
- Nilima Bachchan – An aeronautical engineer, Ajitabh and Ramola’s daughter.
- Namrita Bachchan – A painter and graphic designer, Ajitabh and Ramola’s daughter
- Naina Bachchan – An investment banker, Ajitabh and Ramola’s daughter, wife of Kunal Kapoor,[9] an Indian film actor.[10]
- Bhim Bachchan – An investment banker, Ajitabh and Ramola’s son
- Navya Naveli Nanda – An entrepreneur, Nikhil and Shweta’s daughter
- Agastya Nanda – Indian actor, Nikhil and Shweta’s son
- Aaradhya Bachchan – Abhishek and Aishwarya’s daughter[11]
