Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan at an award show in Mumbai (Image courtesy: SrBachchan)
Highlights
- "44 years of marriage, thank you all for the wishes," Big B tweeted
- "It's been 44 years since," he wrote in his blog
- Big B and Jaya Bachchan are parents to Shweta and Abhishek
New Delhi:
On June 3, 1973, superstar
Amitabh Bachchan married Jaya Bachchan. They were co-stars of films like
Bansi Birju and
Ek Nazar. On the occasion of their 44th wedding anniversary, Big B shared a picture of himself with Jaya Bachchan on Twitter and wrote, "June 3, 1973 .. 44 years of marriage .. thank you all for the wishes you send .. grateful and filled with love .. !!" The couple is parents to two children - daughter Shweta and son Abhishek Bachchan. In his
blog, the 74-year-old actor writes about the day when he got married to Jaya Bachchan. "...On the 3rd of June 1973, a few drops of rain began to fall .. our neighbour ran out of their house and excitedly screamed to us .. 'hurry to the wedding, its raining, a good omen.' Its been 44 years since."
Here's what Amitabh Bachchan shared on Twitter.
After marriage, Big B and Jaya Bachchan continued to work together in the industry. They co-starred in films like
Zanjeer, Abhimaan, Chupke Chupke, Sholay, Silsila and
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.
Meanwhile, on parents 44th anniversary, Abhishek posted a beautiful picture of Big and Jaya Bachchan with the caption that reads, "Happy Anniversary Ma & Pa. Shine on."
Their daughter Shweta is married to a New Delhi-based industrialist Nikhil Nanda while Abhishek, star of films such as
Refugee, Dostana and
Guru is married to actress Aishwarya Rai.
On Thursday,
Abhishek posted a throwback picture of the Bachchans when Big B was admitted to the hospital in 1985 and his sister and cousins visited the superstar.
Meanwhile, Big B announced that he is all set to host the ninth season of reality show
Kaun Banega Crorepati. "
KBC has gracefully agreed to reappear and in doing so has coerced me into recording the registration questions for the contest to be on air by August-September! This year!" he wrote in his
blog.
Amitabh Bachchan is currently filming
102 Not Out with Rishi Kapoor. He will be next seen in
Thugs Of Hindostan, co-starring Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif and Fatima Sana Shaikh.