Jaya Bachchan was in the news again for her insistence that Raya Sabha members stop addressing her as 'Jaya Amitabh Bachchan'. Last year she sparked off a social media debate when she stated her preferences and reignited the buzz once again when she reminded presiding chairman Birendra Prasad Vaishya, "For so many years, you used to call me Jaya ji only. Anyway, it doesn't matter."
While this subject has gained traction over the past few days, it has been an ongoing debate for several decades, it seems. Long before she could address the matter in the Rajya Sabha, Jaya, made the bold decision to keep her maiden name 'Jaya Bhaduri' even after she married Amitabh Bachchan in 1973.
