Sunday, April 8, 2007

Aishwarya Rai or Aishwarya Bachchan?

Aishwarya Rai, one of the leading actresses in Bollywood, has already been engaged with leading Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan. Their marriage upcoming marriage ceremony has already got a big media attention in India. There is news that the marriage ceremony will take place on 20th April.

The interesting thing is that Abhishek’s father Amitabh Bachchan, the legendary actor of Bollywood, is also married to legendary Bollywood legendary actress Jaya Bachchan. Jaya’s birth name was Jaya Bhaduri and she was also known by this name when she came to Bollywood. However, after the marriage with Amitabh Bachcha, she changed the title of her name to Bachchan. Yes, it is true that this is a common practice in India to change the wife’s family title to husband’s family title after the marriage. Now, it is yet to see whether Aishwarya Rai would do the same as her would be mother-in-law did after marriage. Yes, this is a million dollar question if Aishwarya Rai will become Aishwarya Bachchan.

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