No Jaya, this beautiful woman was going to become the daughter-in-law of the Bachchan family, the unheard story of Amitabh Bachchan’s first girlfriend.

Today, the powerful acting and screen presence of ‘Great Hero of the Century’ and Shahenshah of Bollywood Amitabh Bachchan has millions of fans all over the world. As wonderful as Big B’s professional life has been, his personal life has also been discussed equally. From his ideal married life with Jaya Bachchan to the news of his affair with Rekha in the past, fans have always been interested in Big B’s love stories. But very few people know that before Jaya Bachchan came into his life, Amitabh Bachchan was completely in love with someone else and that woman had come very close to becoming the daughter-in-law of the Bachchan family. Before becoming Shahenshah, romance with ‘Maya’ had blossomed in Kolkata. Long before becoming Bollywood’s ‘Angry Young Man’ and ‘Shahenshah’, when Amitabh Bachchan was struggling hard to make his mark in the film industry, a very beautiful woman named ‘Maya’ had entered his life. At that time Maya was working as a respected employee in the famous airlines ‘British Airways’. This secret romance of Amitabh Bachchan and Maya flourished during their struggling days in Kolkata (then Calcutta) and Mumbai. Both were in a very serious relationship with each other. Amitabh had left Juhu’s bungalow due to fear of his mother Teji Bachchan. According to famous writer Hanif Zaveri, the relationship between Maya and Amitabh Bachchan was not a normal affair. Maya was deeply attached to this future superstar and stood by him in all his difficult times. When Amitabh shifted from Kolkata to Mumbai in search of work, he initially stayed in a luxurious bungalow in Juhu. This bungalow belonged to a very close friend of his mother Teji Bachchan. During those days of struggle, Maya often used to come to that bungalow to meet Amitabh. In such a situation, Big B was always afraid that his mother Teji Bachchan might get wind of this relationship. Because of this fear and privacy, Amitabh had taken a big decision to leave that bungalow. Father Harivansh Rai Bachchan also liked Maya, big revelation made in the book Hanif Zaveri has made many shocking claims about this incomplete love story in his famous book ‘AB: The Legend’ based on the biography of Amitabh Bachchan. According to reports and this book, Amitabh’s father and the country’s great poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan also liked Maya very much. The Bachchan family had mentally accepted Maya as their future daughter-in-law. People close to the family were confident that Maya would later become the wife of Amitabh Bachchan and the elder daughter-in-law of the Bachchan family. Circumstances changed as soon as she took the steps of success and Maya’s heart broke. In the early 1970s, when Amitabh Bachchan’s films started running at the box office and his career started touching the graph rapidly, gradually his personal equations also started changing. According to Hanif Zaveri, due to mutual differences, work commitments and changing priorities, there was a rift in this serious relationship and ultimately they broke up. It is said that Maya was completely heartbroken by this sudden breakup. Despite this, he never made statements in the media and thought it better to stay away from the glare of limelight forever. This is how Jaya Bachchan’s entry happened and history was created. After parting ways with Maya forever, actress Jaya Bhaduri (now Jaya Bachchan) entered Amitabh Bachchan’s life. While working together in films, the two grew close and fell in love. After this, this famous couple got married very simply in the year 1973. After marriage, the pair of Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan gave many classic and blockbuster films to Indian cinema like ‘Zanjeer’, ‘Sholay’, ‘Abhiman’, ‘Milli’, ‘Ek Nazar’ and ‘Silsila’. Today, from this successful marriage, he has two children – Abhishek Bachchan and Shweta Bachchan and his entire family is considered to be the most prestigious family of Indian cinema.