This will be - again - what is called here an 'essai'... well...
It had been quite obvious at that time that Amitji had been smitten with Aish and didn't hide it (not even sexual innuendos). Still, I don't think that they had an affair...Aish is too intelligent and too much focussed on her goals to spoil possible avenues.
She first got to know (the very shy and awkward) Abhishek during a shooting shedule (Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya with Bobby) in Switzerland when Abhishek was there to scout for locations (he had just started work as a production assistant with his dad's production house for Amitji's movie Mrityudata).
Aish had been asked in an interview which film she had regretted to not have done...her answer had been Kamoshi. It may be right or not but at least she said to Sanjay that she loved his debut film at a screening of Raja Hindustan in late 1996. Aish has a way to mesmerize people with her eyes - it had been known that Sanjay looked for a woman lead in his next movie - and Sanjay definitely got mesmerized... (however Aish hadn't been among his first whishes which had been Madhuri, Manisha Koirala, Kareena)
Salman had been his first choice for Samir but then, SRK was among those he wanted to cast for Nandini's husband before asking Ajay...I just imagine that... anyways, Salman was the one who also got mesmerized - in a more deeper way...and he definitely became the ticket to fame through a movie which 'owes' special thanks to the real life love story for its success (the movie itself is a patchwork of copies, I feel...not at all living up to Sanjay's debut movie). I don't know why both didn't have another movie together except Salman's cameo in Aish's first movie with Abhishek (Dhai Akshar Prem Ke) and her cameo in HTHS.
Back to Abhishek...I suppose that he, too, got mesmerized by Aish but at that time he already had other girlfriends, right? Still both became close friends during this movie...that kept this way with the next (Kuch Naa Kaho, which took some time to get shot). In between Aish had played daughter to Amitji in Mohabbatein and younger sister (sic!) in Hum Kisise Kum Nahin... although Salman had been considered for Aish's love interest, it had been Ajay who got the role (yes!).
During Josh, Devdas and Mohabbatein, Aish had got v e r y fond of SRK (and I think she did not hide that because Salman often went to the Devdas sets to observe the shootings). But then Chalte Chalte happened and Vivek took over. Aish worked again with Amitji in Khakee and made sure that she got the movie with Vivek and Amitji (Kyun! Ho Gaya Na were Amitji plays her uncle).
Back to Abhishek and the - to me - famous/infamous Bunty aur Bubli with father and son Bachchan for the first time. I don't think that I'm wrong assuming that Amitji was behind Aish's performance of Kajra Re (for which Sushmita had been considered first)...she had shown her sexiness in her dance with SRK in Shakti...
When the relationship with Vivek came to a halt, the relationship with Abhishek went from friends to lovers... and the 63 years old Amitji was elated beyond decency...
Btw, Bunty aur Bubli has a very interesting meta-level, imo.
Edited by Clochette - 1 months ago
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