Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan’s name is also included in the list of power couples of Bollywood. The way both of them have won accolades for their pairing in films, they also win accolades in real life. But there was a time when due to some news, his celebrity-playing world seemed to be in ruins. These were the news of Amitabh Bachchan’s extra marital affair and that too with famous actress Rekha.
Amitabh and Rekha’s affair
Actually, there was a time when the pair of Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan were seen together in every other film. The pair of these two got a lot of love from the audience, due to which film makers also used to make films with their pair. For this reason, the news of their affair also started spreading rapidly in the market. The heat of which even reached Amitabh’s house. After which Jaya Bachchan called Rekha for lunch at her house and talked to her.
Jaya invited Rekha for lunch
Recently, famous writer and film historian Hanif Javeri has talked about this in my friend’s podcast. He told that, when the news of Rekha and Amitabh’s affair came, Jaya Bachchan had once called Rekha for lunch at her house. Amitabh was not at home at that time, he had gone to a set for the shooting of a film. Then Jaya said to Rekha, ‘Look, Amitabh was mine, is mine and will always be mine.’
Amitabh and Rekha parted ways
It was only after this conversation between Jaya Bachchan and Rekha that there was distance between Rekha and Amitabh. The conversation between both of them stopped completely. The distance between these two was seen not only in personal but also in professional life. Rekha and Amitabh were never seen in any film after this. Rekha, Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan did the film ‘Silsila’ together. This film was also based on the story of extra marital affair, hence people had linked it to the real life of Amitabh and Jaya.
