Not Rekha, Jaya Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Amitabh Bachchan’s first love was…, she was not an actor but…, their breakup happened due to Mehmood’s brother
GH News April 24, 2025 11:06 AM

Amitabh Bachchan is one of the biggest actors in Indian cinema. He is not only known for his performances but also for his versatility. Over the last six decades the actor has given some cult classic movies to the world. Not only that fans never get bored watching his movies even though they were released years ago. While Amitabh Bachchans professional front always made noise at the box office it was his personal life that grabbed netizens attention too.
While today Amitabh is married to Jaya Bachchan Big B’s link-up with Rekha and Zeenat Aman was also a keen topic among the audience. However while many people may think that Jaya Bachchan is Big Bs first love which eventually converted into a marriage let us tell you the actor had someone special in his life before Jaya. However their relationship could not sustain and they parted ways.
Today many people consider Rekha as an idol of one-sided love who unconditionally feels for Amitabh Bachchan and has always opened up about the same too. However back in the day Amitabh used to be a duplicate of Rekha when he met a girl named Maya.
A few months back senior journalist and film industry expert Hanif Zaveri in a podcast called Meri Saheli talked about Amitabhs career romance and more. Hanif said that even before Amitabh ventured into acting when he was in Kolkata working for a company he met a girl named Maya.
Zaveri further revealed that Maya was not an actor but an air hostess associated with British Airways. After meeting Maya Bachchan fell deeply for her and they started dating.
However their relationship soon started facing rough patches when Amitabh moved to Mumbai in search of becoming an actor. Zaveri in his conversation said that during his early days in Mumbai Bachchan was living in a bungalow owned by a close friend of his mother Teji Bachchan. Big B was always afraid that what if his mother came to know about his affair. Hence he decided to look for new accommodation.
During that time Amitabh was working on Mehmood Ali’s brother Anwar Ali’s film Saat Hindustani. When Amitabh shared his problems with Anwar the actor gave him a space to live. On the surface of it it seemed that the problems between Maya and Bachchan were resolved.
However they once again started facing problems when Amitabh realised that he is a shy man whereas Maya was one of the boldest people he had met so far. Then it was Anwar Ali who advised Big B to part ways with Maya. At this point the distance between Maya and Bachchan grew faster and they eventually went their separate ways.