Rekha recalls of her close bond with Jaya Bachchan amid their hey days
Rekha recalls of her close bond with Jaya Bachchan amid their hey days
Veteran actresses Rekha recently recalled of her close bond with Jaya Bachchan amid their hey days. to . Several reports revealed that when Rekha moved into Jaya Bachchan’s building when she was 18 years, Jaya would advice herabout her career and life. Jaya was already an established actress back then and was going to enter marital bliss with Amitabh Bachchan.
Rekha reportedly soon became good friends with Jaya and Amitabh and would also accompany them on drives around the city. Recalling their earlier days as friends, actor Mehmood’s official biography written by Hanif Zaveri reads, “Amitabh and Anwar (Mehmood’s brother) were close friends. Anwar told me that he had often taken Amitabh and Jaya on long drives. The two would sit in the front seat of the car along with him while Rekha would sit in the back seat and they would talk through the journey.’ This is also recorded in Mehmood’s official biography, Mehmood: A Man of Many Moods.”
Amitabh Bachchan went on to emerge as a global superstar and worked with many professional actresses, including Rekha and Jaya.
Later, Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha went on to star together in several films like
Mr Natwarlal, Do Anjaane and Muqaddar Ka Sikandar and Silsila was their last film together. As for Jaya and Amitabh, they were seen together in Zanjeer, Abhimaan, Chupke Chupke and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.
Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan had first met on the set of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s 1971 film Guddi. They then got married on June 3, 1973, and are still going strong. The celebrated couple Amitabh are parents to entrepreneur and author Shweta Bachchan and actor Abhishek Bachchan. They are also grandparents to Agstya Nanda, Navya Nanda and Aaradhya Bachchan.
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