When Rekha's brief chat with Big B made Jaya cry

The 1970s- 80s were a clip erstwhile Bollywood wasn’t conscionable astir films and songs—it was besides astir drama, glamour, and unforgettable moments. One specified infinitesimal happened astatine the expansive wedding of Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh connected 22 January 1980. The mates was moving from reel-life romance to real-life marriage, and their wedding was packed with large stars. Among the guests were Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan.

But it wasn’t conscionable the bride and groom who made headlines that night. It was Rekha’s astonishment introduction that grabbed each the attention.Rekha walks successful and turns headsRekha, who was already a celebrated histrion by then, walked into the wedding wearing a stunning achromatic saree, a agleam reddish bindi, and sindoor successful her hair. Cameras that were focused connected the mates rapidly turned towards Rekha. Her introduction caused a disturbance and became 1 of the astir talked-about moments successful Bollywood history.As described successful Cine Blitz, Rekha walked consecutive to the centre of the plot astatine RK Studios, wherever the reception was held. She stood there, her eyes moving present and past towards Amitabh Bachchan, who was speaking with manager Manmohan Desai. After a while, she went up to Amitabh and spoke to him.“Everyone wanted to know: had Rekha married?”As per Indian Express, writer Yasser Usman, successful his publication ‘Rekha: The Untold Story’, described the country successful detail. “Dressed successful a magnificent achromatic sari, Rekha had a agleam reddish bindi connected her forehead. But what caught everyone’s oculus was the generous dabbing of sindoor successful her hair. The cameras instantly pivoted distant from Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, and frenetically photographed Rekha’s funny caller look. The dull drone of everyone murmuring and whispering filled the evening air; everyone wanted to know: had Rekha married?”Rekha and Amitabh’s little chatAfter congratulating the couple, Rekha had a abbreviated chat with Amitabh.

It was lone a ceremonial exchange, but the timing and mounting made it intolerable to ignore. As per Cine Blitz, she “stood ‘bang successful the middle’ of the garden” earlier walking implicit to Amitabh. Though thing antithetic was said betwixt the two, their gathering became the item of the night.‘Tears rotation down’While Rekha’s sindoor look caught everyone’s eye, it was Jaya Bachchan’s affectional absorption that added to the play of the evening.

According to a Stardust mag report, “Jaya tried to support a stoic beforehand for a agelong time, but yet she had to crook her caput and fto the tears rotation down.”Rekha explained the existent reasonLater on, Rekha gave an interrogation to Hindustan Times to wide up the rumours. She explained that she had travel consecutive from a movie sprout and simply forgot to region the sindoor and mangalsutra. The ‘Umrao Jaan’ histrion besides told that she wasn’t bothered by the gossip adding, “I deliberation it looks alternatively bully connected me. Sindoor suits me.”