Jaya Bachchan and Amitabh Bachchan's wedding in 1973 was extremely private. However, it was Jaya's father, who was not at all happy with her daughter marrying the superstar of the era.
Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan's love story was simple. For the former, it was love at first sight. The couple got married on June 3, 1973, in Mumbai. While the couple's wedding photos went viral, not many knew about their private wedding ceremony, and even the neighbours were unaware of it. However, it was Harivansh Rai Bachchan, who had once opened up about the details of Amitabh's wedding, and shared how Jaya Bachchan's father was unhappy with their daughter's decision.
It seems like the Bachchans love keeping their weddings private affairs. Once, the late poet, Harivansh Rai Bachchan shared details about his son, Amitabh Bachchan's wedding in his autobiography titled, Afternoon Of Time. According to a report by Rediff, Harivansh Rai Bachchan revealed that the wedding was an intimate affair with only a handful of people in attendance.
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Harivansh Rai Bachchan also revealed that his son Amitabh's baraat had only five people, two of whom were the poet himself and political leader, Sanjay Gandhi. The wedding was held at Amitabh and Jaya's friend's home on the top floor of the Skylark building in Malabar Hills. However, Jaya Bachchan's family wasn't happy with it.
The famous poet, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, wrote in his book that Jaya's family wanted a marriage according to Bengali tradition, to which the Bachchans never objected. He revealed that the first ritual was the var puja, wherein Jaya Bachchan's father visited Amitabh's home with gifts and conducted a small ceremony. He then reciprocated the same at the bride's beach house. However, to Harivansh Rai Bachchan's surprise, no one showed any trace of pleasure.
In the same autobiography, Harivansh Rai Bachchan revealed that Amitabh's haldi was a hush-hush affair. He revealed that even the neighbours were unaware of Amitabh's wedding, and the family had lied that the decorations were done, and the superstar had a shoot the next day. He wrote:
“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."
Harivansh Rai Bachchan further wrote in his autobiography that once the ceremony was over, he greeted his daughter-in-law, Jaya's father and congratulated him on having a son-in-law like Amitabh Bachchan. And while he was expecting similar words, Jaya's father, Taroon Kumar Bhaduri, exclaimed, "My Family is utterly ruined". The excerpt from the book can be read as:
“Before we left, I embraced the father of my new daughter-in-law and congratulated him on getting a son-in-law like Amit, expecting him to say the same in respect of Jaya. But he said, ‘My family is utterly ruined.'”
For the uninitiated, Jaya Bachchan and Amitabh Bachchan have been together for the past 51 years. They are parents to Shweta Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan, and are even proud grandparents of Aaradhya Bachchan, Navya Nanda, and Agastya Nanda.
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