Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan are probably one of the few Bollywood couples who have evolved in their marriage beautifully. Without falling prey to rumors like divorce or extra-marital affairs, they have never failed to give us major couple goals. On Thursday, Abhishek and Aishwarya completed 16 years of their marriage. Let's take you down memory lane when an anxious Aishwarya Rai was baffled by her 'weird roka' after Abhishek proposed to her.
Abhishek Bachchan and
Aishwarya Rai got engaged in 2007 after the former proposed to the actress in a New York balcony. Of course, she said yes, and shortly, the couple made their relationship public. The duo tied the knot in a private ceremony at the Bachchan residence in Mumbai.
However, the Dhoom 2 actress was quite new to the term 'roka' as she belongs to a South Indian family.
Aishwarya Rai Opens Up On Her 'Weird' Roka With Abhishek Bachchan
In an old interview, the actress opened up about the sudden roka ceremony that happened without her father.
Aishwarya 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'. My dad was out of town.'
She further added,
'Abhishek was like 'We are all coming and I can't stop Dad. We are on our way this evening. 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. 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?''
Also Read: Abhsiehk Bachchan In Breathe 2 To Ajay Devgn In Rudra, Actors Who Left Audiences Hooked With Their Performance On OTT'And, then I am sitting on Ashu's (Ashutosh Gowariker) set and we did Khawja Mere Khwaja, sitting as a bride, and I am like, oh my god this is surreal, all happening on-screen, off-screen, this it was really really weird,' the actress further recalled.
On The Work Front
Aishwarya Rai and
Abhishek Bachchan went on to feature in some blockbuster Bollywood movies like Guru, Raavan, Kuch Na Kaho, Dhai Akshar Prem Ke, and Dhoom 2. The couple welcomed their daughter Aradhya Bachchan in 2012.
Aishwarya will be next seen in Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan: 2 while
Abhishek has Ghoomer in the pipeline.
