Amitabh Bachchan And Rekha Love Story: The love story of Bollywood’s veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan and evergreen actress Rekha has been the most talked about love story of Hindi cinema. Both the veterans were once very close to each other. However, both have not done any film together for decades. Both have not been seen together even after the breakup.
Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha’s love story is still widely discussed. The relationship and pairing of both the actors was loved by the fans. Fans were crazy about this pair even on the big screen but this relationship did not last long.
The age difference between Rekha and Amitabh is 12 years
There is an age difference of 12 years between Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan. Despite such a big age gap, Amitabh and Rekha fell in love with each other.
The love story started on the sets of this film
It is said that Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan’s affair lasted for about five years. Both of them worked together in some films in the 70s. Rekha and Amitabh’s first film together was ‘Do Anjaane’. It is said that Rekha and Amitabh came very close to each other during this film released in the year 1976.
Regarding this film, Rekha had said in actress Simi Garewal’s TV show ‘Rendezvous’ that, “When I came to know that Amit ji has signed ‘Do Anjaane’, I was a little scared. Although in some matters, I was senior to him. But by then he had already got success with his film ‘Deewar’.”
After this incident, Rekha-Amitabh’s love story came into discussion
Amitabh and Rekha again worked together in the 1978 film ‘Ganga Ki Saugandh’. When the shooting of this film was going on in Jaipur in 1977, a man from the crowd who had come to watch the shooting made lewd comments on Rekha. When the man did not listen even after being explained, Big B beat him up. This incident is also mentioned in Rekha’s biography ‘Rekha – The Untold Story’ written by Yasir Usman.
Rekha-Amitabh never accepted their relationship
Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha’s love story is still talked about. Their love story is still very famous in the film circles. However, Rekha and Amitabh never made their relationship public. Neither of them ever expressed their love in front of the world nor accepted their relationship.
But in an interview, Rekha talked about her relationship with Amitabh without naming him. In 1984, the actress gave an interview to ‘Filmfare Magazine’. She denied having a relationship with Amitabh. The actress said, “Imagine, I could not tell that person how I was feeling. I could not feel what that person was going through.”
This is how Rekha-Amitabh’s relationship ended
Jaya and Rekha were once very good friends of each other. When Jaya got the news of Amitabh and Rekha’s relationship, she was deeply shocked. However, she wanted to save her marriage. According to media reports, once Jaya had invited Rekha to her house for dinner.
Amitabh was not at home that day. Rekha came to Jaya’s house and both of them had dinner together. Jaya also showed Rekha her house and treated her very well. However, when Rekha was leaving, Jaya just told her that ‘I will never leave Amit (Amitabh Bachchan)’. This statement of Jaya ended everything. After this, Amitabh and Rekha broke up.
