Actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan have been married for 52 years and since they are one of the most famous couples in the country, a lot has been written about their relationship. In a recent KBC episode, Amitabh shared an anecdote from the early days of their marriage, when Jaya stormed out of a screening after she watched him perform. Amitabh was joined by Farhan Akhtar and Javed Akhtar on the special episode, and here, Farhan asked him if there was something that Jaya didn't like about him. “She has a lot of complaints with me, and I can't count all of them. If she watches me commit a single mistake on screen, she will point it out that very second. She won't look at the story, my acting, or anything," he said. Amitabh recalled an anecdote from the early 1980s, when he worked in a film called Laawaris. He recalled, "It had a song called 'Mere Angne Mein'. I don't know why I thought that if I am talking about different wives, I should portray the wives myself. So I played all of the types of wives that I mentioned. Then we had a trial screening for the film, and the song came on. Without skipping a beat, she got up and left. She told me, 'How can you ever do something like this?' Bohot daanta mujhe (she scolded me a lot).” ALSO READ: ‘They’re telling me I don’t know how to act’: Amitabh Bachchan got emotional talking to Jaya Bachchan after he couldn’t finish Lakshya scene The actor then shared his experience of performing this song for a live audience and his process of inviting members of the audience on stage for each verse. “I would choose a woman from the crowd to join me for all the different verses. We used to dance and sing, and sometimes some of them would even kiss me on the cheek. When the verse about the short-heighted wife would come, I would tell the crowd that 'Ham nahi bulayege aapko' (I won't call anyone on the stage) because I already have a short wife.' So I used to call Jaya, pick her up in my arms, and then perform. She would be holding the mic, and I always thought she would say something, but she was only concerned with wiping the lipstick off my cheek.” said Amitabh. Jaya Bachchan has always maintained an air of discipline around her, and the actor calls out people when things get out of hand. While appearing on daughter Shweta Bachchan’s YouTube podcast in 2024, she said that manners are very important to have in any kind of relationship. "Ek cheez jo mujhe bahut buri lagti hai jab log ‘tu’ aur ‘tum’ karke baat karte hai… chahiye kisse se bhi ho… Aapne kabhi mujhe nana ko tum se baat karte huye suna hai? (One thing that really upsets me is when people address others with ‘tu’, ‘tum’, or whatever it may be. Have you ever heard me using ‘tum’ for your grandfather?” she said.
