Abhishek Bachchan on the film where it all started with his wife Aishwarya

New Delhi:

Abhishek Bachchan, who met Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on the sets of the 2000 film Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke, fell in love with the actress during the filming of their 2006 film Umrao Jaan. They were married in 2007. Abhishek Bachchan, who will finish two decades in Bollywood at the end of June, made trips to the past and came back with movies and the memories attached to it, one year at a time, on his Instagram profile. On Thursday, Abhishek shared a list of his films released in 2006 and wrote an elaborate legend. The video is part of his # RoadTo20 series which documents the films in which he has worked in the past 20 years. Abhishek’s latest video showcases movies Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Umrao Jaan and Dhoom 2. Speaking of his wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who starred in Umrao Jaan, Abhishek wrote: “Umrao is very special to me too because … you know why.” The film, directed by JP Dutta, was Abhishek’s third collaboration with Aishwarya after Dhai Akshar Prem Ke and Kuch Na Kaho. Abhishek Bachchan who entered Bollywood with the war drama of JP Dutta in 2000 Refugee, also accompanied the video with a note for the director and his production house JP Films. Abhishek also worked with JP Dutta in the 2003 film LOC: Kargil. “Umrao Jaan was my third film with JP saab and my third film with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Suniel Shetty. JP Films is like home and working with them always seems to be more a holiday than a job,” wrote Abhishek.

Umrao Jaan traces the life of a courtesan of the same name who was kidnapped and then sold to a brothel. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starred in the 2006 film, while Abhishek Bachchan starred as Nawab Sultan who falls in love with Umrao Jaan. Based on the Urdu novel by Mirza Hadi Ruswa Umrao Jaan Ada, the movie went wrong at the box office. However, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan married briefly after the film was released.

Abhishek Bachchan also recalled his time on the sets of his two other films from 2006 – Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna and Dhoom 2. “Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna was my first collaboration with Shah Rukh Khan, Karan Johar and Preity Zinta. My third with Amitabh Bachchan and my fourth with Rani. All my dear friends and colleagues from whom I learned a lot,” he wrote. Abhishek played the role of Rishi Talwar, who married Maya Talwar, played by Rani Mukherji.

Abhishek Bachchan, who played the role of ACP Jai Dixit in all of the films in the Dhoom series, also revealed that Dhoom 2 is his favorite – “Dhoom 2 (my favorite in the series so far) saw a bunch of my childhood friends and a few new ones got together to make such a fun movie. We had fun doing this one! Every day was like a huge school picnic, “wrote Abhishek. Read his article here:

Let’s go back to Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Earlier at India Today Conclave East 2018, Abhishek Bachchan revealed that the couple had fallen in love on the sets of Umrao Jaan. “I worked with Aishwarya in my first films. We first worked together Dhai Akshar Prem Ke. We were friends, since then, we were simultaneously making another film, Kuch Na Kaho. We have always had a close friendship, and over time it has evolved into something more than that. Things have taken a serious turn Umrao Jaan. After that, I proposed to her, then we got married and now we have a beautiful daughter, Aaradhya. “

Abhishek Bachchan married Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in 2007 and welcomed their daughter Aaradhya in 2011.

Abhishek Bachchan was last seen in Manmarziyaan where he shared the screen space with Taapsee Pannu and Vicky Kaushal. He has an impressive program of films for this year. He has films such as Ludo, the big bull and Bob biswas wait with impatience. On the other hand, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was last seen in the 2018 musical Fanney khan.