It's
been
40
years
since
Amitabh
Bachchan
married
his
Zanjeer
co-star
Jaya.
The
megastar
looks
back
at
the
"lifetime" and
says
god
has
been
kind
to
give
him
the
family
that
he
has.
Amitabh
and
Jaya
are
celebrating
their
anniversary
today,
Monday,
June
3rd.
"40
years!
40
years
of
marriage
on
the
3rd
of
June
2013!
Jaya
and
I
in
marriage
for
40
years!
A
lifetime
almost," the
70-year-old
posted
on
his
blog
srbachchan.tumblr.com.
The
duo
has
worked
together
in
movies
like
Abhimaan,
Chupke
Chupke,
Sholay
and
Zanjeer.
They
had
a
small
wedding
affair
back
then
with
only
close
friends
and
family
in
attendance.
It
"seems
like
just
the
other
evening",
Big
B
posted
on
his
blog,
adding,
"I
had
driven
with
my
parents
to
a
friends
place
on
Malabar
Hill,
in
the
southern
region
of
the
city,
and
to
a
very
quick,
no
fuss,
no
'taam
jhaam',
family
and
a
few
friends,
and
a
few
close
media,
wedding."
"A
wedding
that
had
the
fulfillment
of
a
promise,
that
if
Zanjeer
succeeded
we
would
get
married!
Here
we
are
now,
two
children
and
three
grand
children,
son-in-law,
daughter-in-law,
relatives
and
'samdhis'
in
our
family
fold.
God
has
been
very
kind," he
added.
Amitabh
and
Jaya
have
two
children
-
Shweta
and
Abhishek.
Shweta
is
the
elder,
and
is
married
to
businessman
Nikhil
Nanda.
She
got
married
in
1997
and
is
now
based
in
Delhi.
They
have
two
children
-
Agastya
and
Navya
Naveli.
Abhishek,
a
Bollywood
actor,
is
married
to
former
beauty
queen-turned-actress
Aishwarya
Rai.
They
have
a
daughter
named
Aaradhya.
Big
B
received
several
anniversary
wishes
online,
and
he
took
to
Twitter
to
thank
everyone.
"To
all
those
that
wish
us
a
happy
anniversary...
our
gratitude
and
love
and
blessings
and
joy!
Thank
you," posted
the
79-year-old.
IANS