The hottest on-screen couples of Bollywood
One of the main ingredients for a Bollywood blockbuster film is a good cast. If it's a love story, it helps when the hero and heroine share some kind of rapport on screen. Bollywood stars are treated like quazi-Gods in India – which is no surprise. They are role models and entertainers for millions of people around the world. Some stars share an on-screen chemistry with their co-stars, making them unique and popular. The question is – does onscreen chemistry mean that the same rings true off screen…or is it the other way around?
- AMITABH BACHCHAN - REKHA
The silent affair between the superstar and the sultry sex goddess still remains a hot topic among gossip mongers today. Earlier films of the duo include Mr Natwarlal (1979) and Suhaag (1979). The chemistry between Big B & Rekha was very evident on screen, with their real life love story beginning on the sets of Do Anjaane (1976) – their second film together. The real life love triangle of Amitabh-Jaya-Rekha was a regular occurrence in tabloids. The three even appeared in Silsila (1981) together. However, Bachan being a doting husband and father as well as being under severe media and family pressure, ended his torrid love affair with sex siren, Rekha. This famous love-triangle is still rife today and can be seen when any of the trio are in one place at the same time. Camera crews almost never fail to capture their reactions towards one another.
- AMITABH BACHCHAN - HEMA MALINI
Audiences fell in love with this duo again after Baghban (2003). They set the trend with elderly couples in love getting as much footage as the new generation of stars, and continued their on-screen magic in Veer-Zaara (2004). Also good friends off screen, the two have been paired in a number of films in the past, including Kasauti (1974), Sholay (1975) and Desh Premi (1982). Bachchan and Malini are also appearing in Ravi Chopra's forthcoming film, Babul (2006). Rumour has it that they have also been signed for another film that will reportedly be the Hindi version of Clint Eastwood's film, The Bridges of Madison County (1995).
- AAMIR KHAN – JUHI CHAWLA
Since their roles as Raj and Rushmi in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988), these two talented stars can be guaranteed a hit if either was in the film. Daulat ki Jung (1992) and Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1993) are some of their earlier films. The two were paired again in Ishq (1997), also starring Ajay Devgan and Kajol – another famous off screen couple
- SHAH RUKH KHAN – KAJOL
It's no surprise that the movies these two have appeared in have all been box office hits. Their exuberance and vigor match amazingly with each other and seem to be the perfect on-screen couple in the industry. They became the most sought-after pair in Bollywood after the record breaking success of Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995). Who can ever forget the song, "Tujhe dekha to ye jana sanam" with the two being reunited in the fields of India? Their earlier films include Baazigar (1993), Karan Arjun (1995) and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998) – a love triangle between Khan, Kajol and her newcomer cousin at the time, Rani Mukherjee. The last film that this dynamic duo appeared in was Karan Johar's Khabi Khushi Khabhi Gham (2001).
- SHAH RUKH KHAN – JUHI CHAWLA
Being good friends probably helps when you produce box office hits as these two have. But let's not forget the chemistry between them. This is evident in Darr (1993), Duplicate (1998), Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000) and Yes Boss (1997) to name but a few and are just some of the hits between the two. What more can you expect when you combine cute and bubbly with charming and suave? One of the recent films the two have appeared in, as in-laws, was Paheli (2005), also featuring Rani Mukherjee. The onscreen pairing continued off screen as well. The duo, along with Aziz Mirza, formed a production company – Dreamz Unlimited to produce their own films.
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