There was a time when Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Rani Mukerji were best buddies. Their friendship was a testimony to the fact that 'actresses can't be friends' was just a myth. But soon things took a different turn.
That time, Aishwarya had just broken up with Salman who had ended up destroying property on the sets of her film with Shah Rukh Khan, titled Chalte Chalte. Seeing that, Aishwarya was immediately removed from the film. She was hurt and extremely angry at SRK. But what fuelled her anger further was best friend Rani replacing her in the film.
From there, their relationship has never been the same. She got married to Abhishek Bachchan, who delivered some of his biggest hits with Rani and they were even considered one of the solid couples on screen. Off screen, there was chatter about a fling between the two. But when AB decided to get married, he didn't even send an invite to Rani.
This had left Rani upset. In an old interview, she had said, "Only Abhishek can throw light on that. The truth is that if a person chooses not to invite you to their wedding, you realise where you stand with the person. You may be deluded and think you are friends but maybe the friendship was only restricted to being co-stars on the sets."
She also added, "It doesn’t matter. It became very clear and evident that we were only co-actors and not friends. Moreover inviting someone to a wedding is a personal choice. Tomorrow when I decide to get married, I will choose the handful of people I want to invite. A lot has been blown out of proportion. Poor guy has been married for many years, we should all move on. I will always have fond memories of working with him."
Similarly when Rani tied the knot with Aditya Chopra in a secret wedding a few years back, only a few knew and fewer were invited for the intimate destination wedding. Abhi and Ash obviously didn't make it to that list!
