Amitabh Bachchan's Dad Refused to Let Him, Jaya Bachchan To Go To London Before Wedding: 'You Will Not...'

Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan’s love story is the perfect example of ‘chatt mangni, patt vyaah’. Amitabh and Jaya got married in 1973. While they were dating at the time, one of the reasons they got married so quickly was the couple’s schedule trip to London. For the unversed, Amitabh and Jaya made a pact with the team of Zanjeer that if the film succeeds, they would travel to London and celebrate. However, Amitabh Bachchan’s father Harivansh Rai Bachchan was not on board with them travelling for a holiday before they got married.

Speaking with Komal Nahta in an old interview, Big B revealed that he had informed his father about their travel plans and he refused to permit them to travel before their marriage. As a result, Amitabh and his family quickly organised an intimate wedding ceremony next day and got married to Jaya.

“We were very conscious about not missing our flight. We were working on a film called Zanjeer. We felt that if the film succeeds, we’ll go on a holiday. There was a whole group with us. I had never been out of the country, neither had she. We said we’ll go to London. I went to tell my father that we are going to go to London if the film succeeds,” Amitabh recalled.

“He said okay. He asked, ‘Kaun kaun jaa raha hai tumhare saath?’ I said, ‘We have a group.’ He asked, ‘Who all are there in the group?’ I said, ‘There is this person, there is that person and there is Jaya.’ He said, ‘Jaya is also there? Okay, and you and Jaya want to go to London alone? You will not go without getting married.’ I said, ‘Okay, let’s have the wedding tomorrow,'” Big B added.

“So quickly we got everything organised and next day we got married and Pandit ji ko paisa thamaya and bola ‘Jaldi kardo, flight ka time ho raha hai’,” he said. Speaking about the grand wedding ceremonies, Amitabh said, “I see all these weddings today, all kinds of preparations… Two people want to get married, just get married.”

Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan have been married for 51 years now. They have two children, daughter Shweta Bachchan and son, Abhishek Bachchan.