Amitabh Jaya 40 years wedding anniversary

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan – the ‘Shehanshah’ of Bollywood – is celebrating 40 years of blissful togetherness with Jaya Bhaduri today.

Married on June 3, 1973, the super-couple of Bollywood have two children – actor Abhishek Bachchan and Shweta Nanda.

The two versatile actors met and fell in love on the sets of ‘Guddi’, in which Amitabh had made a guest appearance. They later worked together in a number of commercially successful movies like ‘Zanjeer’, ‘Chupke Chupke’, and ‘Sholay’.

Amitabh – who is quite active on social networking sites – took to Twitter past midnight to thank all his well-wishers who wished him a very happy anniversary.

“To all those that wish us a happy anniversary .. our gratitude and love and blessings .. and joy ! Thank you!” Amitabh tweeted.

The actor – who will next be seen in Prakash Jha’s political thriller ‘Satyagrah’ – even took out time to post a few things about his marriage on his official blog.