B'day special: Rare pics of Jaya Bachchan, the actor-turned-politician

New Delhi: Today is Jaya Bachchan's 66th birthday.Many actors from Bollywood have tried their luck in politics and a few of them got elected to parliament as well. But not many of them had the patience and determination to cope with the rigors of politics and that's why most of them said goodbye to politics in a very short span of time.There have been exceptions as well. Some of these actors didn't give up and adjusted themselves to the roller-coaster journey of politics. Jaya Bachchan is definitely one of them.Born in a Bengali Hindu family, She started her career with a supporting role in Satyajit Ray's Bengali film, Mahanagar at the age of 15. After that she joined Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune and passed out with the gold medal.She carved a niche for herself after successfully playing the role of an obsessed schoolgirl in Guddi. Later on, she married Amitabh Bachchan who was a newcomer in the Bollywood at that time but went on to become the biggest superstar of Bollywood .She has given a number of hits including Bansi Birju (1972 Ek Nazar (1972), Zanjeer (1973), Abhimaan (1973), Chupke Chupke (1975) ,Sholay (1975), Silsila (1981) etc.Jaya Bachchan joined Samajwadi Party headed by Mulayam Singh on the advice of her close family friend and the then SP leader Amar Singh.Presently, she is serving her second term Samajwadi Party MP in Rajya Sabha .Let's have a look at some of the interesting pictures of Jaya Bachchan's Bollywood journey as well as her political life: