Journalism of Courage
Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan are celebrating their 48th wedding anniversary today. On their special day, let's have a look back at interesting anecdotes that the couple shared about their love story in earlier interviews. (Photo: Express Archive)
Sharing his and Jaya's wedding photos, Big B shared on his Instagram account, "June 3 , 1973 .. thank you all for your greetings on our Anniversary ❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻." (Photo: Amitabh Bachchan/Instagram)
In the hit chat show of the 90s, Rendezvous with Simi Garewal, Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya talked about the time when they first met each other. (Photo: Express Archive)
When asked if she knew right away that she would marry Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya blushed and said, "I didn’t know I would marry this man. But I got frightened." (Photo: Express Archive)
Amitabh was surprised at his wife's reply and said, "You got frightened? Oh, this is the first time you said that". In the interview, he kept repeating the word 'frightened' with a bemused expression. (Photo: Express Archive)
Jaya then said, "He was the only one who could, out of the lot of people I had known, who could dictate things to me and I allowed him to do that." (Photo: Express Archive)
Jaya said, "When I met him first, I saw danger. But, I wanted to please him." (Photo: Express Archive)
Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya shared that they officially got introduced to each other on the sets of the movie Guddi. (Photo: Express Archive)
Amitabh and Jay Bachchan were an on-screen couple in several films. (Photo: Express Archive)
Amitabh and Jaya have two children, Abhishek Bachchan and Shweta Bachchan Nanda. (Photo: Express Archive)
