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Happy Birthday Abhishek Bachchan: When Guru actor revealed how he fell in love with wife Aishwarya Rai
Abhishek Bachchan will be celebrating his 47th birthday tomorrow, February 5. Ahead of his special day, let’s revisit his cutest love story with his close friend and Guru co-star Aishwarya Rai.
Abhishek Bachchan is set to celebrate his 47th birthday tomorrow, February 5. Ahead of the occasion, inundated love has been pouring for him in the form of wishes from fans and followers. Needless to say, Junior Bachchan in a long career span has proved his versatility through his illustrious choice of films. On the personal front, the actor has been happily married to Aishwarya Rai for more than 17 years now. Aishwarya and Abhishek have been one of the IT couples since then. On the occasion of the Guru actor’s birthday, here we’re revisiting their adorable love story.
From being close friends to inseparable lovebirds, how their love story blossomed; continue reading ahead!
When Abhishek Bachchan revealed his friendship with Aishwarya Rai 'evolved into something more than that'
While speaking at India Today Conclave East 2018, Abhishek Bachchan spoke about being friends with Aishwarya since their first outing in Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke. “We were dear friends. We were simultaneously doing another film, Kuch Na Kaho. We always had a close friendship, and in time, it evolved into something more than that,” he said.
Furthermore, the actor revealed that their love blossomed while working on Muzaffar Ali’s Umraao Jaan. “Things took a serious turn during Umrao Jaan. After that, I proposed to her, and then we got married, and now we have a beautiful daughter, Aaradhya,” the actor said, adding that his wife is devoted to whatever she does, be it acting or as a mother.
When Abhishek Bachchan said the universe 'conspired' to bring Aishwarya Rai and him together
In addition to this, while speaking to Siddharth Kanan in 2021, Jr Bachchan also revealed that Aishwarya and he had been friends for a very long time. Aishwarya Rai was one of the first co-stars he had ever worked with. Recalling the initial phase of his career, the actor shared that they worked together in Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke for the first time, which was ‘technically’ the second film he had started shooting after completing Refugee.
"So she'd been a dear, dear friend, and we'd worked in so many films together. It was a bit of both. The universe conspired to bring us together," he had said.
Abhishek Bachchan proposed to Aishwarya Rai in New York and then the couple got married in a lavish wedding on April 20, 2007. The two have shared screen space in movies like Guru, Raavan, and Sarkar amongst others.
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