Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan Set Wedding Date
March 30th, 2007 by dd
Lots more dancing expected in their futures!
Two of Bollywood’s top stars - Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan - will wed next month, but the marriage celebrations are likely to be low-key since Bachchan’s grandmother is unwell according to news reports.
Rai, a former Miss World, and Bachchan, son of Hindi film icon Amitabh Bachchan, were engaged at a private ceremony in January.
The wedding is expected to take place on April 20 at the Bachchan residence in India’s entertainment capital of Mumbai.
“The families met and the decision was taken yesterday. The wedding will be a small private affair with only close family and friends in attendance.”
Unlike the recent Liz Hurley-Arun Nayar wedding, where the paparazzi went berserk, the Abhi-Ash marriage will be a very private affair at the Bachchans’ home Prateeksha in Juhu.
Read more about their impending nuptials apres le jump!
Meanwhile, the Times of India daily reported that only 15 close family and friends were invited as the groom’s grandmother, Teji Bachchan, was admitted at a hospital.
The date, April 20, was chosen as it was free of “doshas” or bad combinations, an astrologer, Naveen Khanna, was quoted as saying.
Abhishek Bachchan, 31, proposed to Rai, 33, in New York after the premiere of their film Guru in early January.
Aishwarya will continue to work in movies after her marriage, though Amitabh is often heard saying that “It is up to Abhishek and Aishwarya to decide whether she wants to work or not”.
Their engagement was announced by the senior Bachchan on January 14. [Hindu]
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