Bollywood superstar Aishwarya Rai Bachchan recently attended the Global Women’s Forum in Dubai, where she delivered an emotional speech on women’s empowerment.
The event’s official Instagram page shared a video showing the actress on stage, with her name displayed behind her: “Aishwarya Rai, International Star,” omitting the surname Bachchan.
This led to a flurry of social media reactions, with many users speculating that Aishwarya had officially removed Bachchan from her name.
However, a fact-check by News18 confirmed that Aishwarya’s full name remains unchanged on her verified Instagram profile, where she is still listed as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
Some social media users suggested that the exclusion of Bachchan was a professional choice rather than a personal one, emphasizing Aishwarya’s identity.
The speculation comes amid ongoing rumors about Aishwarya and her husband Abhishek Bachchan’s alleged separation.
Adding to the buzz, Aishwarya recently shared photos of their daughter Aaradhya’s 13th birthday party, which notably did not feature Abhishek.
There have been rumors circulating about Bollywood actors Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan’s marriage. While there hasn’t been any official confirmation, some reports suggest that they might be heading towards a divorce. The rumours became more persistent after people noticed that Abhishek is not wearing his wedding ring anymore. Others are also stating that the divorce has to do with father, Amitabh Bachchan distributing property amongst his children.
Here is what X users are saying.
Reason why Amitabh Bachchan gave his property to his daughter Shweta Bachchan instead of Abhishek, is because likely an imminent divorce with Aishwarya. No one seems to want any property to be in her name or what she could claim. Its a nice couple, hope this is just a rumour.
Amitabh Bachchan may be for tax reasons and will definitely spread his assets and income now. Gift to daughter won’t attract anything in the hands of both father and daughter. Swetha doesn’t earn. So it’s simple. It doesn’t imply Ash is going for divorce.
Bollywood icon and celebrated actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan set hearts ablaze when she walked the ramp for the L’Oreal Paris show at the Paris Fashion Week, making her entrance one of the most iconic moments of the event. The 50-year-old actress walked the runway along several prominent models including Kendall Jenner, actress Eva Longoria and thespian Viola Davis.
In the pictures, the ‘Devdas’ actress can be seen wearing a gold and black shimmering gown along with a heavily embellished cape, and debuted blonde highlights in her look. Fans were mesmerised by her appearance and had to admit, even after a hiatus, Aishwarya has still got it.
Sexism kay bina kya saans nahi le saktay mard hazrat? It seems like even on the other side of the border, male public figures feel the need to make gross comments about female celebrities. Yesterday the Minister of Tribal Welfare in India, Vijaykumar Gavit, held a meeting with fishermen, where he emphasised the importance of fish consumption by highlighting the beauty of superstar Aishwarya Rai’s looks. The minister said that she had glowing skin and sparkling eyes because she eats fish, a hack he suggested others should try.
“People who consume fish on a daily basis develop smooth skin and their eyes sparkle…Did I tell you about Aishwarya Rai? She lived near the seashore in Mangaluru. She would consume fish daily. Have you seen her eyes? You will also have eyes like hers. The fish contain some oils, it makes your skin smooth.”
When the comment went viral on social media, many users trolled the BJP politician for his bizzare attempt to encourage others to eat more fish, while some criticised the sexism.
Other politicians criticised Gavit for his claims, with the NCP legislator Amol Mitkari saying that the politician should focus more on tribal issues rather than making such ‘frivolous comments’.
BJP MLA Nitesh Rane said, “I eat fish daily. My eyes should have become like that (like those of Aishwarya Rai). I will ask Gavit sahib if there is any research on this.”
Bollywood star Aishwarya Bachchan was served notice over non-payment of agricultural tax. The tax amounting to INR 21,960 was pending on a 1-hectare land which she owns in Adwadi village of Sinnar taluka of Nashik district. Reportedly, even after repeated reminders and opportunities by the district administration of Nashik, she allegedly avoided paying the tax for an entire assessment year.
Not only Aishwarya but around 1200 property owners were issued notices by the Sinnar Tehsil Office. As per the latest update, her legal advisor has responded to the notice and will clear the dues today.
“Legal advisor of the actress met us today and told us that the tax will be paid by tomorrow,” Sinnar tehsildar Eknath Bangale informed The Indian Express on January 17. Further speaking to the media publication, Bangale said, “She has invested in a windmill. The land was bought in 2009. She has paid the tax for all these years. Only the tax for this particular assessment year is pending.”
He added, “Our revenue assessment year starts in August. We have sent her a demand notice twice but there was no response. Now on January 9, we have again sent a notice to her to pay the tax. We had given her 10 days’ time, but now her advisor told us that the tax will be paid by tomorrow.”
On the work front, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was last seen in last year’s Ponniyin Selvan 1, directed by Mani Ratnam. She played the roles of Nandini and Mandakini Devi. The actress will reprise the roles in the sequel Ponniyin Selvan 2, which is set for April 2023 release.
Panama Scandal
The Dhoom 2 star hit the headlines last year as she was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in New Delhi to appear before them in the Panama Papers leak case.
The actor reached the ED office in Jam Nagar in New Delhi on Monday in afternoon. Now, after 6 hours of questioning, Aishwarya was snapped leaving the ED office.
As per a report, the Dhoom 2 star arrived at the ED office on Monday for a probe regarding the alleged forex violations as per the Panama Papers.
The Fanney Khan diva, whose name came up in the matter, had reportedly submitted all the documents in connection with the alleged forex violations related to the Panama Papers.
After questioning for almost 5 hours, Aishwarya was snapped leaving from the ED office premise on Monday evening. She was summoned earlier as well in the same matter.
However, she had twice asked for more time from ED in the case. The actress can be seen being escorted by security in the photos.
The media could be seen waiting for the her outside the ED office.
Bollywood actresses Aishwarya Rai and Deepika Padukone graced the red carpet at Cannes Film Festival.
Both the leading ladies attended the screening of Armageddon Time on Thursday
The Piku diva showed up in a sultry red gown and Rai managed to grab all attention with her shocking pink dress on the third day of the Cannes Film Festival.
Arriving for the screening, they posed for pictures just minutes apart from each other.
Deepika wore a Louis Vuitton dress with thin straps, a peplum top and a big skirt. She also wore a delicate diamond necklace and tied her hair in a stylish ponytail. Aishwarya chose her favourite mermaid-style silhouette for her pink dress. What asked to everyone’s attention was an enormous shell-shaped structure that hung behind her shoulders.
Actor Sadia Khan is currently travelling in Dubai where she bumped into Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai. The Khuda Aur Mohabbat diva captured a selfie with her and revealed that the Dhoom 2 star praised her beauty.
“Just bumped into the most prettiest and humbled lady on this earth,” wrote Sadia.
“I glanced down on my feet for a second when she said God bless you,you are beautiful. Hayeeee now I know I am Beautiful,” she added.
Pyaray Afzal star Ayeza Khan is playing a TikToker in her big-budget drama Laapata costarring Ali Rehman Khan, Sarah Khan and Gohar Rasheed.
Her character Geeti makes musical and dance oriented videos including songs from some Bollywood chartbusters of late Sridevi. She will also be donning Kajol”s avatar from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.
The Meray Paas Tum Ho star took to her Instagram handle to share her recreation of Aishwarya’s look from her Blockbuster film opposite Shah Rukh Khan, Mohabbatein.
Actor Nadia Jamil recently made headlines for successfully battling cancer. The Damsa star is amongst the finest actors of her generation and her talent caught legendary Bollywood director, Yash Chopra’s attention.
The Chandni director offered Rani Mukherji’s role in Veer Zaara to Nadia initially.
He envisioned the project initially with Aishwarya Rai as Zaara, Nadia Jamil as Saamiya and Shah Rukh Khan as Veer.
Nadia revealed on Samina Peerzada’s show that she was in talks for the film with Yash Chopra but couldn’t do the film as she had to take care of her child. The talks even went on till her son became 2 months of age.
The Behadd star said that she still stands by her decision of not doing the film despite the role being very pivotal and strong in the narrative. The role was that of a Pakistani lawyer who helps the protagonist with his case. Although, she lost out on the film but made lifelong friendship with Yash Chopra and his family. She holds them very dear to herself.
She also mentioned that she couldn’t work as much as she would have wanted as an artist in her career because of her health issues since she was battling multiple diseases.
The film released on Diwali 2004 with a stellar star-cast of Shah Rukh, Preity Zinta and Rani Mukherjee and was a record success.
An old interview of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has recently gone viral on Indian media in which the actor shares why she refused the role of Tina Malhotra in Bollywood’s iconic Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. The role which was finally played by Rani Mukherji was also offered to Twinkle Khanna and Karisma Kapoor besides Rai.
“I’m in a catch-22 situation, really,” says Aishwarya in the video, which initially came out a year after the film released. “Though I’m a newcomer, I’m [being] compared [to] all senior actresses.”
“If I’d done the film, it would have been tittered that, ‘Look, Aishwarya Rai is back to doing what she did in her modelling days — leaving her hair straight, wearing minis, and pouting glamorously into the camera.’ Ultimately, the hero goes back to the more real person.”
“I know if I’d done Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, I would have been lynched,” she added.
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, which released in 1998, featured Sharukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukherji in the lead. It was directed by Karan Johar and produced by Yash Johar. The film was a box office hit and went onto receive many accolades. It has also been listed as one of Bollywood’s most iconic films of all times.
