When Jaya Bachchan cried inconsolably after watching Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha’s love-making scenes: ‘Could see tears…’

In the world of glitz and glam, a leading actor’s name often gets linked with many actresses. Amitabh Bachchan was one such star, whose name was associated with many leading heroines in 90s such as Zeenat Aman, Parveen Babi, Smita Patil. But, one name who drew massive headlines was Rekha. While, Big B always remained tight-lipped on the rumours, Rekha on the other hand, had expressed her admiration in several interviews.

Why did Jaya Bachchan cry after watching Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha’s Muqaddar Ka Sikandar ?

Back in 1978, When one of Amitabh and Rekha’s last films Muqaddar Ka Sikandar released, the Umrao Jaan actress recalled an incident when she saw Jaya Bachchan crying while watching their intimate scene. In a throwback interview with Stardust, Rekha revealed how she saw tears shedding down from Jaya’s eyes after watching them together.

“Once, I was looking at the whole (Bachchan) family through the projection room when they came to see the trial show of Muqaddar Ka Sikandar. Jaya was sitting in the front row, and he (Amitabh) and his parents were in the row behind her. They couldn’t see her as clearly as I could. And during our love scenes, I could see tears pouring down her face.” Rekha said.

Following the trial show, Rekha revealed how rumours started to afloat about Amitabh Bachchan’s decision to not collaborate with her anymore. The veteran actor further said, “A week later, everybody in the industry was telling me that he had made it clear to his producers that he was not going to work with me.”

Jaya Bachchan decided to cut ties with Rekha?

Reports even claimed that Jaya Bachchan distanced himself from Rekha, and their friendship deteriorated for life. However, Rekha dismissed all the rumours and said in an interview with with Simi Garewal, “Didibhai (Jaya) is much more mature, much more together. I’ve yet to come across a woman who is so together. She’s got so much dignity, so much class. She’s got a lot of strength. I admire that woman. We had an association before the so-called rumours and the media messed up the whole image. We were living in the same building and we had a relationship. She was my Didibhai, she still is – no matter what happens, nobody can take that away. Thank God she realises that too.”

The film Silsila, released in 1981, was Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan’s last collaboration. Helmed by Yash Chopra, the film remains one of the most talked-about cinematic projects ever, largely due to the love triangle show on-screen between Rekha, Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan.

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