Guys take a chill pill, you don’t have to skip a heartbeat every time someone mentions Aishwarya Rai and ex-boyfriend Salman Khan’s name in the same breath or if you catch them under one roof at public events. Both the actors have moved on in life and are in a secure space. A proof of this is the fact that Aishwarya’s husband, actor Abhishek Bachchan’s latest statement. The Manmarziyaan hero in a recent interview talked about movies. In a chat with senior journalists Rajeev Masand and Anupama Chopra picked Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam as his favourite romantic movie. There was no awkwardness whatsoever.
Abhishek even went on to talk about how he fell in love with this movie at the trial show and watched three shows back-to-back. Jr Bachchan said, “I remember Bebo (Kareena Kapoor) and I, we had just started shooting Refugee and we were called for the trial (of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam). And I sat through all three trials back-to-back. It’s just a beautiful film. Hum Dil and Abhimaan.” The actor also picked his parents Jaya Bhaduri and Amitabh Bachchan’s hit movie Abhimaan. Abhishek reminisced the old days and revealed how he was punished for this movie and didn’t like it when he was younger. He said, “I didn’t like it as a kid. It’s such a flawed way to look at love. They were insanely good, everyone.”
Talking more about movies, the Yuva actor felt his own film with wife Aishwarya, Kuch Na Kaho is one of the most underrated movies. At the cost of sounding like a megalomaniac the actor picked his movie as deserving of a better response. He said. “It was a cool film.” He also added, “I really liked the heroine also.”
When asked if Abhishek has shown any of how own work to daughter Aaradhya, the actor confessed that she’s just six and isn’t interested in movies. The actor is keen on knowing what his little princess would pick organically and doesn’t want to introduce her to any of his work consciously. Abhishek however admitted that Aishwarya and he had shown Aaradhya Fanney Khan. He said, “We took her to see Fanney Khan because her mother was like talent doesn’t have to look a particular way. She saw it because it was mumma. It would be nice to know what she’d be gravitate to (with regards to his movies).”
Looks like those who get all excited on hearing Salman mention Aishwarya and then look for Abhishek’s reaction can finally take a chill pill.
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