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The actor’s father, the revered and renowned poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan made some surprising revelations about this ceremony in his book In the Afternoon of Time: An Autobiography by Harivansh Rai Bachchan read more
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Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan tied the knot on June 3, 1973. The actor’s father, the revered and renowned poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan made some surprising revelations about this ceremony in his book In the Afternoon of Time: An Autobiography by Harivansh Rai Bachchan.
This is what he had to say- ‘Jaya’s parents wanted the marriage to be conducted in the Bengali manner, to which we had no objection. The first stage was the var-puja, the veneration of the groom, which involved Jaya’s father coming to Mangal (Amitabh’s residence) with gifts and conducting a small ceremony; I then reciprocated by doing the same for the bride at Beach House. I noticed something quite unexpected at Beach House: nobody in the family, apart from Jaya, showed even the slightest trace of pleasure.’
He added, ‘The joy that was so confined by this constriction spilled out in a tingling of the spine and a tearful glimmering of the eye, especially in Teji’s case,” referring to Amitabh’s mother, Teji Bachchan. He added that even the neighbours were unaware about Amitabh’s wedding, revealing that the family had lied to them about the decoration in the house. “When the neighbours asked what the long decorative strings of light bulbs signified, we explained that Amitabh would be shooting a film here the next night.’
Amitabh Bachchan, has expressed concern over the floods in the financial capital Mumbai, which has impacted people’s daily lives by disrupting commuting modes and other things.
The Kalki 2898 AD actor shared a picture where he is holding an umbrella for wife Jaya Bachchan as they stroll in the rain and the veteran actress is holding a box of laddoos. Sharing the image he wrote, “T 5074 – …. and the rain it raineth every day .. even on set at work …”
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