Jaya Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan
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Bollywood’s legendary couple Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan are celebrating their 47th marriage anniversary today. They still have the zest of a newlywed and they are the ultimate power couple of Bollywood. After all these years, even today Big B does not leave a chance to flaunt his lady love to the world and yet again he has poured his heart out in a post revealing an interesting story behind their marriage.

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On his marriage anniversary, Amitabh Bachchan took to his Instagram handle to share a collage of pictures from the day of his marriage that took place on June 3 in 1973. The couple looked absolutely gorgeous as Jaya wore a red wedding outfit and Big B looked dapper in a white and pink sherwani.

The caption was quite a heart-melting story of how they got married. Big B wrote, “47 years .. today .. June 3, 1973 .. !! Had decided if Zanjeer would succeed, we would along with a few friends go to London for the first time.. My Father asked who are you going with?When I told him who, he said you must marry her before you go .. else you don’t go. So .. I obeyed .. !! (sic).”

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Now isn’t that a lovely story straight out of a Hindi film?

The most loved couple of Bollywood has starred together in iconic movies like ‘Silsila’, ‘Abhiman’, ‘Mili’, ‘Chupke Chupke’ and many more. They have two lovely children, Abhishek Bachchan and Shweta Bachchan Nanda.

Abhishek is married to actress Aishwarya Rai and they have a gorgeous daughter Aaradhya. While Shweta married, businessman Nikhil Nanda and they have two kids, Navya Naveli and Agastya. Jaya, who had left the Bollywood at the peak of her career, is an actor-turned-politician now.

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