Overview

• Abhishek recounted their first encounter during a 1995 location recce in the Swiss Alps for Amitabh Bachchan’s film Mrityudata.
• He described meeting Aishwarya for the first time at a dinner at Bobby Deol’s hotel and said she couldn’t understand his heavy British-style accent.
• He said he proposed to her on the set of Mani Ratnam’s Guru using a film prop ring, which led to their January 2007 engagement and April wedding.
• In the interview, he credited Aishwarya with managing daughter Aaradhya’s upbringing almost single-handedly while he focused on his film career.
• The couple’s sparse joint appearances have quietly countered ongoing separation rumors without any direct public statements.