From Zanjeer to Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, how Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchans collective experience of working in Hindi Cinema is over 80 years with the former still on a film signing spree They have contributed some great moments to Hindi Cinema On Jaya Bachchans birthday itrsquos time to look at some life lessons that the actors have imparted through their films since 1973Zanjeer 1973 Opposites Do AttractlsquoZanjeerrsquo is the film that made Amitabh Bachchan a force to reckon with He had years of commercial failures behind him This time Prakash Mehra gave the actor a role that commanded grief and fury at the same time A young and dynamic Bachchan let his brooding aura do all the talking Jaya Bachchan was a chatterbox meanwhile They started on an awful note and predictably fell in love Opposites do attract even if yoursquore the angry young manAbhimaan 1973 Respect everyonersquos success and accept yoursHrishikesh Mukherjee was the master of telling endearing and affectionate stories in the most gentle way possible Itrsquos hard to recall any of his films where any character has raised his voice Maybe Amitabh Bachchan in Anand and that too because he wanted his patient to take his illness seriously and not as a joke In Abhimaan once again Bachchan lets his eyes emote his turmoil He falls in love with a singer and marries her Soon her fame and popularity overpower his And soon his Abhimaan Ego steps in Life lesson here Respect everyonersquos success and accept yoursMili 1975 Live Love LaughYes this is the name of Deepika Padukonersquos foundation and this is also the charming message lsquoMilirsquo has for the viewers The Bachchans teamed up once again for Hrishikesh Mukherjeersquos drama about a girl with a terminal illness The plot was reminiscent of lsquoAnandrsquo and the treatment was just as solid Even if you know your end is near live love and laughChupke Chupke 1975 Donrsquot try this at homeHrishikesh Mukherjeersquos cinema had no villains they just had goodhearted people who could make unwise decisions sometimes crooked The very plot of lsquoChupke Chupkersquo is about deceit and mistaken identity and the filmmaker fuels the story further with his pure gaze Bachchan here played Professor Sukumar Sinha who falls for the charm of Vasudha Kumar The film is a masterclass in how to confess your love and how to lie Statutory Warning Donrsquot try this at homeSholay 1975 Not All Stories Have A Happy EndinglsquoSholayrsquo is one of the most remembered and revered masala blockbusters of all time The grandeur suggests Ramesh Sippy was aiming to make a film that refuses to imagine small Sippyrsquos classic is the tale of two friends Jai and Veeru Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan who are hired by a former police officer Thakur Sanjeev Kumar to nab a bandit Gabbar Amjad Khan Bachchan begins to get attracted to Thakurrsquos widowed daughterinlaw Jaya Bachchan She falls in love with him too But fate had other plans and Bachchan dies battling Gabbarrsquos goons Itrsquos an iconic and moving climax that brings the harsh truth of cinema right in front of us that not all stories have a happy endingSilsila 1981 Love HurtsYash Choprarsquos love saga is the story of four people Amitabh Bachchan Rekha Shashi Kapoor Jaya Bachchan and how love separates and unites them in the strangest and the most challenging circumstances An old romance thatrsquos shortlived is rekindled and gives us a polarising take on infidelity The casting coup that Chopra pulled off aside Silsila proves how love hurts and could continue to do soKabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham 2001The tagline of Karan Joharrsquos sprawling family saga says Itrsquos all about loving your family What greater life lesson can a film impart Amitabh Bachchan throws his elder son Rahul Shah Rukh Khan out of the house and nearly disowns him for one decision he makes in love Itrsquos only after 2 decades he realises what he lost Obviously it was a happy ending otherwise how would Johar justify the title and the tagline