Throwback: When Yash Chopra Said, “Rekha Is Amitabh Bachchan’s Girlfriend”
Throwback: When Yash Chopra Said, “Rekha Is Amitabh Bachchan’s Girlfriend”
Yash Chopra made a startling revelation about Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha, leaving everyone stunned.
When Yash Chopra Confirmed The Most Controversial Rumour About Amitabh Bachchan’s Life In An Interview, “Jaya Is His Wife & Rekha Is His Girlfriend”
When Yash Chopra Confirmed About Amitabh Bachchan & Rekha’s Affair In An Interview
No doubt of the fact Yash Chopra was a visionary. He did everything very passionately and struck a chord with the audience. On one occasion, he pulled a casting coup of sorts with Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, and Rekha amid the shoot for his “Silsila”.that sent shock waves. It was about the
hush-hush past of Amitabh and Rekha’s hush-hush which was scandalous enough not to be touched again once it settled down.
Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan’s affair ignited following their screen space together again in Silsila. Interestingly, it wasn’t Rekha and Jaya Bachchan who was cast for the film initially. The film kicked-off with Smita Patil and Parveen Babi, who were later replaced with the two important women from Bachchan’s life.
Yash Chopra wanted this cast for Sisila, and he expressed the same to Amitabh Bachchan who in turn agreed. The film did not go down well with the audience and tanked. In a very later part of his life, Yash Chopra in a media interaction confirmed that Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan, indeed, were a couple made for each other.
In 2010, over conversation with BBC Yash Chopra started talking about Silsila. He always on tenterhooks and scared (amid Silsila) because it was real life coming into reel life. Jaya is his wife and Rekha is his girlfriend – the same story is going on (in real life). Anything could have happened because they are working together.”
Yash Chopra, even continued supporting his revelation saying, “When a man and woman are doing romantic scenes it’s not possible they won’t get in a relationship. In the the past, it wasn’t so open, but today it is. No one cared in the past.
This admission and declaration coming from Yash Chopra shocked the interviewer as she was later quoted by Eastern Eye, “It’s a rumour we have grown up with, but no one has ever confirmed it.” The interview by Yash Chopra on Amitabh Bachchan’s scandalous love life was aired on BBC Asian Network. It was rumoured that the Silsila actor made some frantic calls and was upset and angry over the interview.
But the Network denied the same and was quoted as, “Following the interview with Yash Chopra on the BBC Asian Network’s Sonia Deol Show on Wednesday 11 August, we have had no contact or correspondence from Amitabh Bachchan’s representatives.”
Later, in an interview, Yash Chopra’s wife Pamela Chopra while talking to a leading news paper explained why Silsila tanked and she held her husband Yash Chopra responsible for it. She went on to add that marriage is a very, very sacred institution in India, and when the director created sympathy for the two lovers who were willing to go outside their marriage and continue their love affair, he didn’t carry the audience with him.
News input KV Raman
