Rekha came into Amitabh's life long after he was married to Jaya. Rekha and Amitabh's first hit as a couple - Do Anjane - came after Shweta and Abhishek both were born.
Rumours about them started when Rekha came back from England with a glamorous image and acted in Mukkaadar ka Sikandar.....Abhishek must have been 3-4 years old by then.
Rumours continued to do rounds till next five years, while he was giving one hit after the other, and Jaya was busy with kids and her in laws at home, making occassional appearances in films. Both Amitabh and Jaya strongly denied the rumours, so much so that Amitabh's press relations became extremely bad. It finally limped to a stop after Amitabh's near fatal accident in 82-83. It is said Rekha kept feeding the rumour mill even long after he stopped pairing up with her. Specualtions of what really happened has been rife till date.
On the Simi Garewal show, Jaya Bhaduri had in fact become extremely agitated, saying if a husband strays, wife is the first one to sense, and she had even scolded Amitabh for taking crap for so long...😆
His whole family has vouched for him being a great son ( he did set very high standards in taking care of his parents), great father.....was he a great husband? Only Amitabh and Jaya can answer. But Rekha was the second woman, and would have destroyed his parents, his wife's and his kids life had she succeded in keeping him.
extremely well said Minnie. and to answer the question about rekha's marriage..........she had married some poor fellow by the name of mukesh. i think he was a business man but not too sure.
he ended up committing suicide while was married to her.....and she didn;t even go to his funeral. a lot of speculation as to why she didnt attend....family issues with mukesh's family is one....but again dont know for sure.
i just think no matter how many issues you have with your spouse's family you should attend the funeral at least! its not like they were divorced or anything....they were still married.
i also read her interview a few years back where she claimed that her and amitabh still meet time to time (meet in what sense i have no idea.) but it looks like she likes to keep adding to the rumours.
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