During the 70s, Jaya Bachchan was one of the most popular actresses. She worked with several top stars of that time and was a part of big hits. One of Jaya's popular movies is Koshish.
But did you know Moushumi Chatterjee was the first choice for Gulzar's movie? Chatterjee recently revealed the same in an interview. Moushumi Chatterjee told Lehren Retron, ‘I shot for three days and I could see what manipulations were done in those three days. I could see Jaya Bachchan’s secretary.
She used to be in the office from morning till night. And suddenly Gulzar da, whom I knew from the time of ‘Geetanjali’ and who used to teach Urdu to my mother-in-law, said that you have to shoot till a little late at night from tomorrow. Moushumi revealed how Jaya Bachchan's secretary was also on the sets during Koshish's shoot.
Jaya also replaced Parveen Babi in a movie, which also features Amitabh Bachchan. Yash Chopra's Silsila was first offered to Parveen Babi, but Jaya replaced her. Actor Ranjit told ANI, A film was made, ‘Silsila’ and Parveen Babi was the original heroine, but she was asked to leave the film.
.. They took Rekha and Jaya Bhaduri.
Parveen Babi was quite upset and cried a lot after Jaya replaced her in Silsila. Ranjit revealed that they were in Kashmir and Babi was deeply hurt that she got replaced. Once Jaya Bachchan ignored Sonali Bendre at an event, and the videos went viral on social media.
The veteran actress was slammed by people for the same. Sonali Bendre later clarified to iDiva, You stopped at the first place when you stood; someone said they wanted your solo..
. so it seems as if I came and she left..
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Jaya Bachchan replaced THIS actress in a movie with Amitabh Bachchan, leaving her in tears; once ignored...

In the past, Jaya Bachchan replaced two top actresses in big movies. One of them cried a lot. Read to know more about the same.