'Ash-abhi to wed very shortly'

'Ash-abhi to wed very shortly'
Tuesday, January 16, 2007 15:03 IST
By Santa Banta News Network
Dad Amitabh Bachchan is thrilled with the engagement of son Abhishek with Aishwarya Rai, a decision that was hanging fire for more than a year, and said Monday that the wedding date for Bollywood's hottest couple has not been decided yet.

Asked when the marriage would take place, the Bollywood superstar said: "Not right away. But yes, very shortly. Like every father I'm over the moon, specially at this juncture when Abhishek has delivered such a sledgehammer performance in 'Guru'."

The wedding is expected to take place in February.

"Amitabh Bachchan is so happy with this alliance that he himself called up a journalist and said, 'Congratulations, Abhishek proposed to Aishwarya and she has accepted'," a source close to the family told.

The engagement Sunday evening of the industry's most talked about and written about couple puts at rest all speculation on whether the marriage will happen or not. Close friends feel that their love has withstood the long, rigorous test of time.

A day after the high excitement of the engagement, Amitabh told a news channel that he was "feeling lonely" as his son and wife had left for a shoot early morning and wished they could have relished the celebrations longer.

"Abhishek and Jaya are in Rajasthan shooting. They flew this morning itself. So, after all the excitement, the house is empty right now and I am feeling lonely," Amitabh told a TV channel.

Commenting on the speculations by the media on his son's relationship with Aishwarya all these months, he said: "They are young and determined people (media) and they are doing their job. As a celebrity we have certain commitment towards media and we try to fulfil it."

Apparently, some of family members were initially against the match but finally they also came around.

"Everybody - be it fans, media or family members - were against their marriage because of Aishwarya's flings in the past and the myth that she brings bad omen for her boyfriends. They warned Abhishek 'if you marry her your career will be ruined' and insisted that she is very unlucky.

"They tried to dissuade him by talking about their age difference (Abhishek is about to turn 31 and Aishwarya is 33) and that she is a manglik (born under a particular astrological configuration that the superstitious believe is not auspicious for the husband). But Abhishek didn't listen to anybody and withstood all the opposition," added the source.

Abhishek's first love story with Karisma Kapoor didn't have a happy ending. Before joining films he was dating the actress and they had got engaged too, but they later broke off over reported interference by Karisma's mother, former actress Babita, who didn't want her daughter to marry the then flop actor.

In 2005, Aishwarya came into his life after her break up with co-star Viveik Oberoi. Before that she had had an affair with Salman Khan.

Abhishek and Aishwarya appeared as lead couple in "Kuch Naa Kaho", "Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke", "Umrao Jaan" and the just released "Guru". In the first three films, their on-screen chemistry failed to impress and the movies sank without a trace. Thankfully, "Guru", released Friday, is making waves at the box office.

"They said that Abhishek should go with Rani Mukerji because they make a good couple. Some said that their romance is a mere publicity stunt but the fact of the matter is that they were waiting for a hit. Their marriage talk was going on for quite sometime; it didn't happen in the last few days," said the source.

The engagement took place at Amitabh Bachchan's residence and among those present at the ceremony were Aishwarya's family and industrialist Anil Ambani and his wife, Tina. Close friend Karan Johar was also there. Earlier, the 'roka' ceremony was performed at Aishwarya's house.

Reports had been flying thick and fast for the past few months that an engagement was on the cards, particularly after Aishwarya accompanied Abhishek and his parents for puja at a revered Varanasi temple.

Last February, Amitabh's brother Ajitabh Bachchan had told the media that he went to meet a Bangalore-based astrologer Chandrashekhar Swamy with the horoscopes of Aishwarya and Abhishek.

Apparently, Abhishek's octogenarian grandmother Teji Bachchan is keen to see him married.
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