Mumbai: Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan entered wedlock on today more than a decade ago but their love story is one among the few fascinating relationships that stood the test of time. As the couple celebrates 13 years of togetherness, we reminisce about their very intimate 'roka' ceremony which was followed by a party at Jalsa.
Aishwarya in an earlier interview had said that her 'roka' ceremony with husband Abhishek happened "really suddenly" after he proposed. Reminiscing the moment, she said: "He proposed, which was amazing! And it happened like really suddenly.""I didn't even know there's something called a 'roka' ceremony. We are South Indians, so, I don't know what a 'roka' is and suddenly there is this call from their house to ours; 'we are coming'. And we were like, okay. And I'm like, dad? He was like; it will take him one more day (to come).
"Abhishek was like 'we are all coming and I can't stop dad. We are on our way. We are coming to your place'. I'm like, 'Oh my God!' So, this 'roka' is happening with a call to my father, who is out of town."Speaking about that moment when it all changed suddenly for her, Aishwarya said: "Mum is here, we are here. They've all arrived home, they are emotional and all. I'm like, 'Oh my God, it's happening.' Then it's like, 'come on, let's go home'. I'm like, 'Mom, okay... is this...is this an engagement? Like, what just happened?'
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Back then, the wedding of Abhi-Aish was the most talked about wedding in the tinselville, and the couple remained the cynosure of media for the longest time.
When a senior journalist and friend asked Jaya Bachchan about her son's decision to marry Aishwarya, a confident mother had said, “Abhishek has always done things his way and when he decides to marry, he will make the right choice.”On the other hand, Aishwarya's mother Vrinda Nair was hopeful of a good time returning in her daughter's life after post bitter relationship experiences that the beauty queen had to go through. “My child has gone through tough times, but we have faith that at the end of the dark tunnel, there will be light,” Vrinda had told the same journalist before Aish and Abhi got married.Aishwarya and Abhishek starred in six films together – Dhai Akshar Prem Ke (2000), Kuch Na Kaho (2003), Bunty Aur Babli (2005), Umrao Jaan (2005), Dhoom 2 (2006) and finally Guru (2007).The couple was expected to share the screen space in Anurag Kashyap's Gulab Jamun but the project never took off.With over a decade of marital bliss, Abhishek and Aishwarya are parents to a daughter named Aaradhya.
