Abhishek and Aishwarya Bachchan at the funeral of Teji Bachchan. Photo Credit: Sawf News22 December 2007 (Sawf News) - The dolorous Bachchans bid farewell to Amitabh Bachchan's mother, Teji Bachchan, at the Juhu Cremation Ground Saturday, December 22. The funeral pyre was lit by Amitabh Bachchan.
Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Amar Singh and Vivek Oberoi at the funeral of Teji Bachchan. Photo Credit: Sawf NewsSeveral dignitaries,including former Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, actor Vivek Oberoi, industrialist Anil Ambani, Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and film director Pehlaj Nihlani were in attendance.
Aishwarya Rai at the funeral of Teji Bachchan. Photo Credit: Sawf NewsThe funeral procession started at 10 a.m. from Bachchan`s Juhu bungalow ‘Pratiksha’ and reached the Ruia Park Cremation ground after nearly an hour. Tejii Bachchan passed away on Friday after a prolonged illness. Ninety three year old Teji had been undergoing treatment at the Lilavati Hospital for almost a year.
On November 7, She was shifted to the intensive care unit of the hospital. Her condition turned critical thereafter.
Aishwarya Rai at the funeral of Teji Bachchan. Photo Credit: Sawf NewsA Sikh hailing from Karachi, she was the second wife of the late Hindi poet, Harivansh Rai Bachchan. She is survived by her two sons-Amitabh and Ajitabh.
Teji was an amateur actor as well as a singer. Harivansh Rai, himself a renowned Hindi poet, died in 2003 at the age of 96. She married Harivansh Rai Bachchan in 1941, five years after the death of his first wife. She was also close to the Nehru-Gandhi family in the late 1950s.
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