Not counting the guest appearance in R Balki’s Ki & Ka last year, and that forgettable guest appearance in Deepak Sawant’s Bhojpuri film Ganga Devi, Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan have not been seen together in a film since Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.

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That’s about to change. Shoojit Sircar, who directed Bachchan in the memorable Piku and produced Pink, is all set to bring the golden couple of the 1970s together for a film on autumnal togetherness. Says a source close to the project, “It’s the story of a couple married for 40 years and now sharing old age together. Both of them are  approaching their end. Their fear is not death. Their fear is, what happens if either goes before the other?” This poignant tale will bring together a couple who in their heydays gave us classics together such as Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Abhimaan and Mili.