New Delhi: Before marriage with Aishwarya Rai, there was talk of Abhishek Bachchan’s relationship with Karisma Kapoor. Jaya Bachchan had accepted her as her daughter-in-law, but things deteriorated so much that the matter could not reach the point of marriage. Amidst the rumors of divorce between Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai, Jaya Bachchan’s old video is now going viral, in which she is calling Karisma Kapoor as daughter-in-law and announcing her engagement with son Abhishek Bachchan.
Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan have been in the headlines for the last few months due to divorce rumours. When no one wished Aishwarya on social media on her birthday, people started seeing some truth in the rumours. Meanwhile, netizens are digging into the past of the Bachchan family and sharing throwback videos again on social media. Amid speculations of Aishwarya Rai’s divorce, an old video of Jaya Bachchan has gone viral.
In the video you can see Jaya, Amitabh Bachchan, Shweta Nanda, Abhishek and Navya Naveli at a book launch event. In that event, Jaya Bachchan had announced the engagement of her son with Karisma Kapoor, which was later solemnized. But the matter could not reach marriage. In the video, Jaya is seen smilingly welcoming Karisma to the family and then the actress comes on stage and hugs Jaya Bachchan lovingly and poses with the Bachchan family. According to DNAIndia report, Abhishek-Karishma had announced their engagement on Amitabh Bachchan’s 60th birthday in 2002.