Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan are among the most iconic couples in the Hindi film industry. The height difference between the two stars has often been a talking point. Recently, during an episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati, which featured Ranbir Kapoor , Ravi Dubey and Sai Pallavi as guests to promote their upcoming film Ramayana, Amitabh shared a funny anecdote about how Jaya would tease him by calling him ‘lambu ji (Mr Tall)’. However, his father, poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan, did not approve of the nickname and soon put a stop to it.
Amitabh revealed that he stood at 6 feet 2 inches, while Jaya was approximately 5 feet 3 or 4 inches tall. The first instalment is scheduled to release worldwide in theatres on November 5, 2026. However, his father eventually asked her not to address him that way and suggested that she either use his name or call him by another name. Jaya then began addressing him by his name. Later, she was asked not to address me that way. Either use his name or call him something else. After that, she started calling me by my name. Ranbir admitted that he had often imagined himself and Alia as a taller and shorter version of Amitabh and Jaya. Amitabh was amused by the comparison and remarked that there was a considerable difference in their heights. Ranbir then turned the conversation towards Amitabh and Jaya, asking how much taller the actor was than his wife. Ranbir then joked that his own height was somewhere around Jaya’s. The film is being made as a two-part adaptation of the epic.
Sharing the anecdote about Jaya, Amitabh said that she had called him ‘lambu ji’ for several years. He said, “For many years, she used to call me lambu ji. Babuji said, ‘Look, don’t call him that. He said, “I would always picture it in my mind that I would be a little tall like Amit ji, and Alia would be a little short like Jaya aunty, so the height differences would look nice in those photographs… I always used to think about this.
