Had Amitabh Bachchan not married actress Jaya Bhaduri way back in 1973, and had got a chance to woo someone else, it would be the ‘epitome of Indian beauty’ Waheeda Rehman. The megastar says he would have tried to catch her attention with a poem. Says he would have tried to catch her attention with a poem.
At a recent function, when anchor Koel Purie asked him about one actress that he would have loved to court, he took the ethereal Waheeda Rehman’s name despite the fact that she is six years his senior.
“It’s too late in the day to do that now,” laughed the 71-year-old thespian, adding that he admires her immensely for her grace and poise.
“She’s been one of my favourite actors along with Dilip Kumar saab. She is the epitome of an Indian beauty, of simplicity… so genuine, soft and beautiful. If I had to woo her, perhaps I would recite a poem,” he added.
Right then, the versatile star changed the mood of the gathering by reciting his famous couplet Main aur meri tanhai aksar ye baatein kiya karte hain.
The gathering was floored. -IANS
