As actor-couple Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan completed 50 years of marriage, their daughter Shweta Bachchan penned a note. Taking to her Instagram late on Friday night, Shweta also shared a throwback photo in which Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan looked at each other.
In the old black and white picture, seemingly clicked on the sets of one of their films, Jaya is seen in a saree as she smiles at Amitabh. He is seen in a printed shirt and pants. Sharing the photo, Shweta Bachchan captioned the post, “Happy 50th parents – now you’re ‘Golden’ once on being asked what the secret to a long marriage is, my mother answered – love, and I think my fathers was – the wife is always right. That’s the long & short of it !!”
Reacting to the post, Zoya Akhtar wrote, “How beautiful are they????” Shweta replied, “@zoieakhtar thank you for sending me this picture xx.” Maheep Kapoor said, “Happy 50th to your parents.” Bhavana Pandey commented, “Happy 50th to your parents !!! Lots of love.” Chunky Panday’s comment read, “Happy Happy Golden Anniversary.”
Shweta’s daughter Navya Nanda reacted to the post with crying face and red heart emojis. Taking to her Instagram Stories, she also posted a candid photo of Amitabh and Jaya from the sets of their 2001 film Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. She wrote, “50 years” along with red heart emoji. Navya also added the song Teri Bindiya Re from Abhimaan as the background music.
Taking to his blog on Friday night, Amitabh Bachchan wrote a brief note. “June 3 dawns in a few .. and the years be counted as 50 .. love respect and gratitude for the wishes, that have come and perhaps shall come .. (folded hand emoji).”
Fans will see Amitabh in Project K, which also stars Deepika Padukone and Prabhas. Helmed by Nag Ashwin, Project K is a bilingual film shot simultaneously in two languages–Hindi and Telugu, across various locations. He will also be seen in Ribhu Dasgupta’s next courtroom drama film Section 84.
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