Aishwarya Rai and Salman Khan had one of the most widely reported break-ups, which continues to harbour attention even decades later. The couple reportedly dated for a few years after starring together in the 1999 film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. In a 2012 interview with Simi Garewal on her celebrity chat show Rendezvous with Simi Garewal, Aishwarya addressed their tumultuous break-up, including an incident where Salman Khan allegedly disrupted the set of her film Chalte Chalte (2003) and Aishwarya was replaced by Rani Mukerji opposite Shah Rukh Khan.
When host Simi asked Aishwarya to ‘look back at the Salman episode objectively’, she stated, “I think I have quite shut it out. I think I wouldn’t want to get into looking at it any which way and especially on a public platform. I really wouldn’t want to.” And when the host asked Aishwarya if she felt negatively about the incident, the actress had quipped, “I’ve exorcised my demons; it’s a thing of the past; it needs to be left right there.”
Aishwarya had further justified that speaking about her former relationship with Salman Khan might also affect her family life which is why she doesn’t speak about it, “I am not a soloist… With me comes my family, my loved ones, people I love and care about very dearly. So there is an obvious wall. Yes there is; and there is no denial of it.”
Years after she separated from Salman Khan, Aishwarya found love in Abhishek Bachchan. The couple tied the knot in 2007 and welcomed daughter Aaradhya Bachchan in 2011.
When host Simi asked Aishwarya to ‘look back at the Salman episode objectively’, she stated, “I think I have quite shut it out. I think I wouldn’t want to get into looking at it any which way and especially on a public platform. I really wouldn’t want to.” And when the host asked Aishwarya if she felt negatively about the incident, the actress had quipped, “I’ve exorcised my demons; it’s a thing of the past; it needs to be left right there.”
Aishwarya had further justified that speaking about her former relationship with Salman Khan might also affect her family life which is why she doesn’t speak about it, “I am not a soloist… With me comes my family, my loved ones, people I love and care about very dearly. So there is an obvious wall. Yes there is; and there is no denial of it.”
Years after she separated from Salman Khan, Aishwarya found love in Abhishek Bachchan. The couple tied the knot in 2007 and welcomed daughter Aaradhya Bachchan in 2011.
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