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Have you heard? Big B reveals how his father intervened when Jaya Bachchan called him 'Lambuji'
Updated On: 03 November, 2026 07:49 AM IST | Mumbai | The Hitlist Team
Amitabh Bachchan shared an amusing anecdote about Jaya Bachchan calling him 'Lambuji' for years. The veteran actor recalled how his late father, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, eventually intervened and asked Jaya to address him by his name or another term

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Even Amitabh Bachchan’s love life has its share of amusing anecdotes! The veteran actor recalled how his late father, poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan, once asked Jaya Bachchan to stop calling him ‘Lambuji’. Recalling the family intervention, Big B said, “For many years, she used to call me Lambuji. Later, she was asked not to address me that way. Babuji said, ‘Look, don’t call him that. Either use his name or call him something else’.”
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