When Rekha opened up about Jaya Bachchan's reaction to her & Amitabh Bachchan's love scenes: 'I could see tears pouring...'

Veteran actors Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan became an instant popular onscreen couple because of their amazing chemistry Mr Natwarlal, Do Anjaane, Silsila and Muqaddar Ka Sikandar.

While reports of their romantic affair grabbed many headlines in 70s and 80s, in one of the controversial interviews with Stardust in 1978, Rekha spoke about Jaya Bachchan’s reaction to her and Amitabh Bachchan’s love scenes in Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, which Prakash Mehra directed.

“Once, I was looking at the whole (Bachchan) family through the projection room when they came to see the trial show of Muqaddar Ka Sikandar . Jaya was sitting in the front row and he (Amitabh) and his parents were in the row behind her. They couldn’t see her as clearly as I could. And during our love scenes, I could see tears pouring down her face,” she had reportedly said.

Interestingly, Jaya Bachchan replaced Parveen Babi in Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha starrer  Silsila. Talking to ANI, Ranjeet revealed, “She (Parveen Babi) was my dear friend… she was all alone. She was a beautiful lady. Always smiling and we used to call her ‘fawada‘ because of her teeth… Once she was very upset and she was crying. I asked her ‘Kya hua Parveen? (What happened Parveen?)’ We were in Kashmir. I don’t mind quoting because it’s a fact. A film was made, Silsila, and Parveen Babi was the original heroine but she was asked to leave. And because of a gimmick controversy, they cast Rekha and Jaya Bhaduri in the film otherwise it was Parveen and Rekha.”

On the professional front, Amitabh Bachchan will be next seen in Kalki 2898 AD. The film also stars Prabhas, Deepika Padukone, Disha Patani and Kamal Haasan in prominent roles. Directed by Nag Ashwin, the film is set to release on 27 June,