Are cracks beginning to appear in Mr Amar Singh’s decade-old relationship with the Bachchans? The expelled Samajwadi leader, who no longer stays with the Bachchans during his frequent Mumbai visits, poured cold water on the theory that Jaya Bachchan sacrificed the Rajya Sabha seat offered to her by the SP for her “brother Amar Singh”. Speaking exclusively to this newspaper, Mr Singh said: “She is missing the Rajya Sabha more than she misses me.”
Mr Singh said Ms Bachchan was “perhaps forced to give up the Rajya Sabha because of resistance from her family, particularly Amitji (Amitabh Bachchan).”
While Mr Bachchan never reacted over his expulsion, Mr Singh continues to find his behaviour “imepccable”. Mr Singh said his friendship with Mr Bachchan was “time-tested”.
He also appears to have sorted out his differences with filmstar Shah Rukh Khan. At an awards function a few years back, the star had sent an actress to Mr Singh sitting in the audience.
As she approached Mr Singh, Shah Rukh had jocularly remarked: “Amar Singhji, aapki aankhone mein ek darindagi kee jahlak dikhai dee (Amar Singh, one can spot a flash of evil in your eyes).”
This is all forgotten today. Said Mr Singh: “We have kissed, hugged and made up... I have no issues with Shah Rukh anymore.”