Teji Bachchan

Teji was Born into a Punjabi Sikh khatri family in Lyallpur, Punjab Province, British India (present-day Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan).[3] She met Harivansh, then an English professor, at the Allahabad University while she was teaching psychology at Khoob Chand Degree College, Lahore. The couple got married in Allahabad in 1941. Bachchan became a home maker and lover of stage. During his lifetime, Harivansh remained completely engrossed in his work, leaving his wife to handle all family matters. Even in social engagements, the poet willingly played a minor role to his sociable wife.[4] The Bachchans had two sons: Amitabh Bachchan and Ajitabh Bachchan.

The Bachchans were a part of India's literary circuit and high society.[5] The couple sang at events.[6]

Teji played Lady Macbeth in her husband's Hindi adaptation of Macbeth. They also played a cameo appearance in Yash Chopra's 1976 film, Kabhi Kabhie.

She was also appointed as one of the Directors of the Film Finance Corporation in 1973. The Film Finance Corporation of India (and its successor National Film Development Corporation of India), a Government of India undertaking's main objective was to finance the production of purposeful films of good quality with a view to improving the general standards of the medium.[7]

Teji Bachchan was in the Lilavati Hospital for almost the whole of 2007 and she was shifted to the ICU in November 2007 after her condition became worse.[8] She died at the age of 93 on 21 December 2007 after prolonged illness.[9]