
Amitabh Bachchan – Rekha: Forbidden love
The angry young man worked with almost every actress of his generation from Sharmila Tagore to Smita Patil but was declared the best couple with the diva, Rekha. After working in a spate of films, rumour-mills went rife that they were seeing each other. Yash Chopra’s film Silsila was almost a real life representation for the Big B where he had an affair with Rekha and was married to Jaya Bhaduri. Even the song Rang Barse turned out to be quite controversial.
Amitabh Bachchan’s life went into personal crisis post Silsila and he had to face a lot of turmoil with respect to this liaison. The couple never worked together after Silsila .
Interestingly however they both were associated with a common film Sooryavansham . While Amitabh played the male lead, Rekha did the Hindi dubbing for the South Indian actress who was paired opposite Amitabh.
Films together
Do Anjaane (1976)
Alaap (1977)
Khoon Pasina (1977)
Ganga Ki Saugand (1978)
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978)
Suhaag (1979)
Mr. Natwarlal (1979)
Ram Balram (1980)
Chashme Buddoor (1981)
Silsila (1981)
Song of the couple
Salaam-e-Ishq Meri Jaan – Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
Love Trivia
Even today when Amitabh Bachchan receives an award or is called up on the stage at any award function, all cameras turn towards Rekha.




