Every Bollywood aficionado knows the famous story of how Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bhaduri married under rather unusual circumstances—marriage became their ticket to a long-awaited foreign holiday. After the success of their 1973 blockbuster Zanjeer, the film’s producer had promised the couple a trip to London. The film went on to become a career-defining moment for Amitabh Bachchan and the most profitable release of its time, making the promised trip all the more special. However, just before they could leave, Amitabh’s parents expressed their discomfort with the two travelling together without being married. The solution was swift and simple: the couple tied the knot in an intimate ceremony on June 3, 1973, allowing them to embark on their London getaway without any raised eyebrows. Decades later, the marriage remains strong. In a recent conversation with Barkha Dutt for Mojo Story, Jaya Bachchan reflected candidly on her relationship, admitting that she and Amitabh are “very different from each other.” Joking about their contrasting temperaments, she quipped, “Can you imagine if I had married someone like me? …