Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his actress-politician wife Jaya Bachchan's first film together titled Bansi Birju has clocked 49 years of its release in Hindi cinema. Amitabh treated his fans on social media with a black-and-white picture of the film. The cine icon on late Saturday night posted a monochrome still from the film. In the image, Jaya is seen wrapped in Big B's arms.
"Our first film together .. Bansi Birju.. released Sept 1, 1970 .. that's 49 years ago," Big B wrote as the caption for the image, which currently has 349,000 likes on the photo-sharing website. Reacting to Big B's post, daughter Shweta Bachchan Nanda wrote, " Love you both" while granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda left a heart emoji in the actor's comment section.
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Directed by Prakash Verma, Bansi Birju is about the love story between Birju, a villager and his lady love Bansi who is a sex worker. Following Bansi Birju, Jaya, an FTII graduate and daughter of famous journalist Taroon Coomar Bhaduri, co-starred with Amitabh in Ek Nazar.
Amitabh and Jaya got married in June 1973. The two were seen in the film Zanjeer, which turned out to be a massive success. They were also seen in a slew of movies such as Abhimaan, Chupke Chupke, Mili and Sholay. Big B and Jaya share two children -- actor Abhishek Bachchan and Shweta Bachchan Nanda.
