On April 20, 2007, Bollywood stars Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan celebrated their love with an intimate wedding ceremony. Prior to tying the knot, the couple participated in a traditional roka ritual. A few years ago, Aishwarya opened up about the unexpected and emotional roka ceremony during an interview with Filmfare.
Their love story blossomed on the sets of the film “Umrao Jaan.” At the premiere of “Guru,” Abhishek surprised Aishwarya with a proposal, which she happily accepted. Aishwarya shared, “He proposed, which was amazing and happened really suddenly. You still have no idea that’s going to be a conversation from like the next day. You know, I still think abhi hoga, you know okay this has happened and you have come back as everything was in the world with. Suddenly, I mean, I didn’t even know what a ‘Roka’ was and suddenly there’s this call from their house to ours ‘WE ARE COMING’.”
Aishwarya revealed that her father was out of town at the time, but Amitabh Bachchan insisted they were on their way. Abhishek was also unable to stop his father’s enthusiasm. Aishwarya recalled, “Abhishek said ‘I can’t stop him, we are on our way, we are on our way this evening, we are coming to your place’. I’m like oh my god, so this Roka is happening with the call to my father who’s out of town, mum is here, we are here, they’ve all arrived with all emotional and all of this, and I’m like oh my god it’s happening!”
The roka ceremony took place at Aishwarya’s residence, while the wedding was hosted at the Bachchan family’s bungalow in Juhu, Mumbai.
