Aishwarya Rai’s wedding to Abhishek Bachchan had more than just the glitz and glamour. The biggest buzz was the manglik controversy. Word got out that Aishwarya was a manglik, which, according to astrological beliefs, could spell doom for her marriage. To “fix” this, she allegedly had to first “marry” a tree before tying the knot with Abhishek! This ritual sparked endless gossip, making headlines about their high-profile wedding.
After the wedding, Amitabh Bachchan spoke to Mid-Day and called the whole fiasco “insensitive”. He said that the family was frustrated with reports about her being a manglik and supposedly marrying a tree before her wedding. “Every day there is some prediction about what she is, what her future will be, yeh jis ghar mein jayegi uska father-in-law mar jayega (her father-in-law will die). Aishwarya is not unlucky for us! Whatever is fated will happen,” he had said.
He further added that no one had considered what Aishwarya and her family were going through. He had said, “It’s all very well for the media to speculate and write, but has anyone thought about what she and her family must be going through? The worst is that the speculation has not stopped. Yeh ho gaya, woh ho gaya (this has happened, that has happened) — all because of Aishwarya! Have they any idea what she and Abhishek are really going through? What’s marriage but the belief between two people? It’s not scientific or ritualistic. It’s about two minds connecting. This is my wife and she will be my wife for the rest of my life. That’s it.”
Aishwarya Rai married Abhishek Bachchan on April 20, 2007, in a grand ceremony, becoming the “Bachchan Bahu.” The couple has a daughter, Aaradhya Bachchan. Recently, Aishwarya has been spotted either solo or with her daughter, sparking rumours of an possible Aishwarya Rai-Abhishek Bachchan divorce. So far, neither Aishwarya nor Abhishek has addressed these rumours publicly, and the Bachchan family has also remained silent on the matter.
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