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Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha successful Silsila. (Express Archive)
Though Indian cinema has seen galore iconic on-screen couples — from Raj Kapoor-Nargis, Dilip Kumar-Vyjayanthimala and Guru Dutt-Waheeda Rehman, to Kamal Haasan-Sridevi, Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol and Mohanlal-Shobana — it’s doubtful if immoderate person generated arsenic galore headlines arsenic Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha. Both their sizzling on-screen chemistry and rumoured romanticist narration off-screen grabbed sizeable attraction and remains a blistery taxable to this day, adjacent though the 2 haven’t worked unneurotic successful 43 years since Silsila (1981). Nonetheless, the films they did together, specified arsenic Do Anjaane (1976), Alaap (1977), Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978) and Mr Natwarlal (1979), inactive stay instrumentality favourites and helped cement their presumption successful Bollywood.
In fact, Rekha erstwhile described Bachchan, who turns 82 today, arsenic her “school, assemblage and university” successful acting, crediting him with overmuch of her ain maturation arsenic a performer. She shared that helium has near a lasting content connected her from the infinitesimal she saw his show successful Parwana alongside Yogeeta Bali, who seemingly introduced them astatine Madras airport. In a 2006 interrogation with Filmfare for Bachchan’s 64th birthday, she said, “Whatever I americium arsenic an actor, I beryllium 100 per cent to him. I conscionable soaked successful immoderate helium had to connection conscionable observing him.”
“The irony is that helium was wholly oblivious of the interaction helium had connected excavation oregon anybody else’s life. Just his beingness and tone contributed to my métier arsenic an histrion and arsenic a quality being. He’s similar my interior conscience which guides maine done beingness and my performances,” she added.
Although determination has been much speculation astir wherefore they ne'er reunited connected screen aft Silsila, Rekha’s remarks suggest that moving unneurotic has ne'er been disconnected the array for them and it’s conscionable that the close opportunities ne'er came their way.
“My nonaccomplishment is that I didn’t get a accidental to stock the phenomenal maturation of Amitji arsenic an actor. So would you blasted maine for being thrilled erstwhile his producers requested maine to dub for Neetu Singh successful Yaaraana, Sridevi successful Aakhri Raasta, Jayasudha and the precocious Soundarya successful Sooryavansham?”
“When fans constitute to maine and question wherefore we haven’t worked unneurotic aft Silsila, the lone rational reply that I tin deliberation of is that the hold to beryllium capable to co-star with Amitji is worthy it. That everything happens for the close crushed astatine the close time. And I’d property that to the amended judgement of the directors who judge that they’ve yet to travel crossed thing worthy of our calibre. I genuinely judge that sabr ka phal meetha hota hai (patience’s effect is sweet). In this case, clip is not of the essence. That I cognize for sure,” the National Award-winning histrion said, adding that she hopes everyone is arsenic fortunate arsenic she has been to person a relation exemplary similar Amitabh Bachchan successful their lives.
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