Amitabh Bachchan-Jaya's 44 years of marriage: Big B thanks fan; know interesting facts about unfolding love saga

“Shenshah” of Bollywood on Saturday took to Twitter to thank fans and followers for wishes on his 44 wedding anniversary. Big B shared this loving picture and wrote, "T 2443 - June 3, 1973 .. 44 years of marriage .. thank you all for the wishes you send .. grateful and filled with love .. !!

It was 44 years ago when Amitabh's angry young man image took the nation by storm in ‘Zanjeer’. The two actors have starred in several films together like 'Chupke Chupke', 'Abhimaan', 'Silsila' and 'Sholay', among others.

They are proud parents to Shweta and Abhishek, who married Aishwarya Rai in 2007, and grandparents to the adorable Aaradhya Bachchan.

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) June 2, 2017

Some interesting Facts:

- Amitabh and Jaya first met at FTII Pune in early 1970s. 

- It was on the sets of movie 'Ek Nazar' where Amitabh fell in love with Jaya and decided to carry forward his relationship life long.

- The couple being deeply in love with each other got married on June 3, 1973 and left for their dream trip of London the same day.

- Jaya had already made her niche in the Bollywood, while Amitabh was a struggling actor when they met each other for the firt time. 

- Amitabh's rumoured love affair with actress Rekha proved to be a major hurdle but Jaya's love won the relationship battle and Amitabh and Rekha parted ways.

Amitabh Bachchan is currently filming 102 Not Out with Rishi Kapoor. He will be next seen in Thugs Of Hindostan, co-starring Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif and Fatima Sana Shaikh.

#throwbackthursday taken in the mid 80's ( 1985 if memory serves). I call it Big B and the Bachchan bunch. Dad was hospitalised with Mysthenia Gravis and my sister, cousins and I had gone to visit him. Being too young to understand what all was going on our parents always made it out to be like an outing so that we would not be disturbed by the hospital and its workings. When I used to visit my father after his accident on the sets of "Coolie" in 1982, seeing him connected to many drips and machines, he used to tell me they were kites that he had got for me. I was 6 yrs old. My father was fighting for his life and all I thought about was... why isn't he allowing me to play with these kites??? The innocence of childhood I guess.

A post shared by Abhishek Bachchan (@bachchan) on May 31, 2017 at 8:47pm PDT

Happy birthday Ma. No matter what one writes, it'll never be enough to be able to express what you mean to me. I Love you!

A post shared by Abhishek Bachchan (@bachchan) on Apr 8, 2017 at 11:03pm PDT

#throwbackthursday yes. Yes. Yes. I too was a small kid once upon a time. Evidently, didn't like being photographed much. 😬

A post shared by Abhishek Bachchan (@bachchan) on Nov 24, 2016 at 1:06am PST