Amitabh Bachchan drops pic with wife Jaya as their first film Bansi Aur Birju turns 49

Amitabh Bachchan often takes trip down memory lane and shares some of the most cherished moments of his life. Most recently, the megastar shared a beautiful black-and-white picture with his wife Jaya Bachchan to mark the 49th anniversary of their first film together. The iconic couple shared the screen space for the first time in the film Bansi Aur Birju, which was released on September 1, 1970.

In the black and white image which was shared on the photo-sharing application, the two actors can be seen hugging each other. Alongside he wrote in the caption, “… our first film together .. ‘Bansi aur Birju ‘ .. released Sept 1, 1970 .. that’s 49 years ago !!!”

Speaking about the movie, it released in the year 1972 and was directed by Prakash Verma. The film revolved around the story of Bansi and Birju who get married in their village. But the drama unfolds when the villagers find out that Bansi is a prostitute.

Meanwhile, Sr Bachchan has been entertaining audiences with his hosting prowress in the popular quiz-reality show Kaun Banega Crorepati 13. The show recently featured cricket legends Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag as the special guests. During the show, Sourav Ganguly requested Amitabh to switch roles and sit on the hotseat and answer some of the questions. During the question-answer round based on pictures and while doing so they shared fun and interesting anecdotes making the segment interactive.

On the work front, Big B was last seen in the film Chehre co-starring Emraan Hashmi, Annu Kapoor, Krystle D’Souza, Rhea Chakraborty, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Raghubir Yadav and Siddhanth Kapoor. The film is produced by Anand Pandit and directed by Rumy Jaffry.

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