The couple got married June 3, 1973 and feature two children - son Abhishek and daughter Shweta. "39 years! And just made it to the blog in time to jot down. A minute more and all of the headers would have needed to undergo change.
Greetings was exchanged, family has gathered round with wishes...and dear occupy a few of the space within the house...Now .. a time to reminisce, to return and relive those moments, to keep in mind all that transpired," the 69-year-old posted on blog bigb.bigadda.com.
Amitabh says he and Jaya had planned a vacation in London to celebrate "Zanjeer" success, but his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan wanted them to get married before happening the vacation.
" 'Zanjeer' had just released. And Jaya and that i and some dear friends had decided that if the film did well we'd all visit London for a vacation. After a couple of anxious days at the result of the box office, it was time to place our decision 'in line'.
"So I told my parents, who I had now invited to return and live with me, as is the culture in our land, about our decision. And my Father came down heavily on me - 'If you might be planning a vacation with this girl, you are going to have to marry her and go, else your decision is denied.'
"I was an obedient child! I got married the very next day in a quickly organized wedding with family and a few dear friends, with none fanfare, and left for the vacation that very night," he further posted. Big B says that his marriage was not a lengthy affair.
"Marriages and weddings entail large amount of formality and protocol and decorum and priests and pundits and maulvis. They last for days with great fanfare.
Ours was an effortless Bengali pundit wedding, exchange of flowered garlands, the mangal sutra, the sindoor and it was all over the place before the ladies from Jaya's side could stop their finger in mouth screams of 'odododooooo' … or words to that effect," he added.
