While her husband Amitabh Bachchan is all praise for film Happy New Year, Jaya Bachchan did not hesitate to voice her honest opinion about their son Abhishek Bachchan’s film and described it the "most nonsensical film."

According to NDTV.com the 66-year-old actor who snubbed the film at the Mumbai Literature Festival said: “HNY is the most nonsensical film I’ve seen in recent years. I said that to the film’s lead actor as well. I watched it only because Abhishek was part of it. I told him he’s a great actor if he can act stupid in front of the camera like that."

Known for her roles in Abhimaan, Sholay and Milli, Jaya Bachchan has been out of the cinema scene for quite some time now.

"I can’t be part of what is being done in films these days and hence I don’t do films anymore,” she said.

Speaking at a session titled “The failure of literature in informing current cinema”, the acclaimed actor said: “Unfortunately cinema today is about business, not art. We call good films ‘art house cinema’. What does that even mean? All cinema is art.”

In Farah Khan's Happy New Year, Abhishek plays Nandu Bhide, a 'loser' who enters a dance championship in Dubai with the intention to rob a bank. The film also stars Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone and has managed to collect over Rs300 crore worldwide since it released on October 24.