Flashback Friday: When Rekha & Jaya Bachchan shared a warm hug after Amitabh Bachchan won Best Actor award - watch video

The Star Screen Awards ceremony witnessed a historic moment in 2015, which left fans and audience shocked and amazed. When Amitabh Bachchan’s name was announced as the Best Actor for his performance in Piku both Big B and Jaya Bachchan stood to acknowledge the accolade. While the legendary actor walked on the stage to receive the trophy, Rekha, who was sitting a distance ran and came to Jaya and gave her a warm hug. This moment left the audience in awe and amaze due the dynamics between the trio.

In 2004, during an interview when asked Simi Garewal asked Rekha if she was ever in love with Amitabh Bachchan , she replied, “Absolutely. Duh, that’s a dumb question. I have yet to come across a single man, woman, child who can help but fall completely, passionately, insanely, desperately, hopelessly in love with him. So why should I be singled out? What do I deny? I’m not in love with him? Of course I am. Duniya bhar ka love aap le lijiyega and add some more – I feel that for that person. Bottomline.”

Speaking about the same, when Simi was asked whether it was tough for her to ask this question to Rekha, she told Indian Express, “It was easy asking her the question about Amitabh. If I can ask Jayalalithaa if she had ever loved MGR, asking Rekha about Amitabh was much easier. A lot of people ask me how I got her to open up. I don’t know if I did anything special. I don’t want to analyse it. I just chatted as good friends. Rekha and I go back a long way.”

For the unversed, Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan shared screen space in films like Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Mr Natwarlal, Suhaag, Ganga Ki Saugandh and others. They were last seen in Yash Chopra’s Silsila, which also featured Jaya Bachchan in a key role.