Mumbai, April 21: Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan have completed 18 years of marriage. On the occasion of their wedding anniversary on April 20, Aishwarya Rai shared a picture celebrating with Abhishek and Aaradhya. This picture is also special because Aishwarya Rai has posted a picture with Abhishek on social media after a whole year. The second reason is that some time ago the couple was in the headlines due to divorce rumours.
Aish-Abhishek’s love story was filmy
Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan worked together in films like Dhai Akshar Prem Ke and Kuch Naa Kaho, where they became friends. It was the year 2002 when Abhishek Bachchan got engaged to Karisma Kapoor, although this engagement broke off within a few months. On the other hand, Aishwarya Rai had also broken up with Vivek Oberoi.
If reports are to be believed, both of them started liking each other during the shooting of the film Dhoom 2. Later, they got a chance to work together in Bunty Aur Babli’s song Kajra Re and Mani Ratnam’s film Guru, due to which both of them started getting closer.
Abhishek Bachchan had told in an interview that the premiere of the film Guru had taken place. Both of them were standing in the balcony after the premiere in the freezing cold. Meanwhile, Abhishek suddenly asked Aishwarya, will you marry me? Aishwarya also said yes without wasting any time. The film Guru was released on 12 January 2007 and Abhishek-Aishwarya announced their engagement on 14 January 2007.
Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan’s wedding on 20 April 2007 was in the news for many reasons. The first reason was the marriage of the Bachchan family and the second was the wedding expenses. If reports are to be believed, a huge amount of Rs 40 crore was spent on the wedding at that time.
This wedding took place at Amitabh Bachchan’s bungalow Pratiksha, where many A-listers of the industry attended. The wedding was conducted according to Bengali and North Indian customs.
Aish-Abhishek were in the headlines due to divorce news
Last year in July, Abhishek Bachchan attended Anant-Radhika’s wedding with his family. Abhishek’s entire family was present on the red carpet, although Aishwarya and daughter Aaradhya were not with him at that time. Some time after Abhishek’s arrival, Aishwarya arrived on the red carpet with her daughter and posed for the paparazzi. Both of them made separate entries in the wedding and were not seen together throughout the wedding. After this, Aishwarya Rai also went on vacation with her daughter, even then Abhishek was not present with her. This was the reason why the news of their divorce gained momentum.