Amitabh Bachchan On Father's "Intercaste Marriage": "Sarojini Naidu Was The First Person Who Consoled Him"
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His remarks came after a contestant on the show was asked to answer a question related to Sarojini Naidu
Amitabh Bachchan, in the latest episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 15, revealed that his father, poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan, had an “intercaste marriage.” His remarks came after a contestant on the show was asked to answer a question related to Sarojini Naidu. After the person gave the right answer, Amitabh Bachchan said, “I am getting a little hesitant to say this but she [Sarojini Naidu] was also a big fan of my babuji [father]. My babuji had an intercaste marriage. My mother, Teji [Bachchan], was from a Sikh family. When we lived in Allahabad, intercaste marriage wasn't easily accepted. So there was strong opposition against my father when he got married to my mother.”
Amitabh Bachchan continued, "Sarojini Naidu was the first person who consoled him. She introduced him to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru who used to live in Anand Bhavan in Allahabad. I still remember the way she had introduced my father. She said, ‘Meet the poet and his poetry'.” Harivansh Rai Bachchan is best known for his works such as Madhushala and Agneepath.
Amitabh Bachchan, in one of his blogs, had mentioned that his father, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, always believed that he [Big B] was “the incarnation of his father.”
