Overview

• Pooja Samant recalled Amitabh saying he was grateful to Jaya for giving up her career to raise their children and instill strong values.
• He said Jaya would place written notes in his tiffin with messages such as requests to come home early or attend their son’s school.
• Coverage notes Jaya largely stepped back from acting after daughter Shweta’s 1974 birth and son Abhishek’s in 1976, with rare returns like Silsila in 1981.
• Reports add that both have said the decision to leave films was Jaya’s choice and not something Amitabh asked of her.
• The renewed pieces reappraise Jaya’s artistic stature and present her decision as allowing Amitabh to concentrate on a surging career.