In the ’90s Aishwarya Rai and Rani Mukerji shared a cordial relationship, but then their friendship ended on a sour note. And no one really knows the real reason!

Aishwarya Rai and Rani Mukerji were among the leading ladies in the ’90s, proving that women’s friendship can work in the industry. But soon, they met the same fate as others, and their friendship ended on a sour note. Many call Rani Mukerji taking Aishwarya Rai’s role in the film, Chalte Chalte, adding a crack to their friendship. Since then, the two leading ladies were never seen together.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Rani Mukerji’s unseen picture from the ’90s

Recently, a Reddit user shared pictures of Aishwarya and Rani together. The ladies looked adorable as they shared a warm bond, which was visible in the photos. In one of the photos, we can see Rani Mukerji hugging Aishwarya. In another photo, the ladies were seen sharing a laugh.

Netizens recalled Aishwarya and Rani’s rivalry to being the Bachchan bahu

As soon as the pictures made rounds on the internet, netizens recalled how Rani and Aishwarya were put up against each other. One user wrote, ‘Around the time Rani replaced Aishwarya in Chalte Chalte, I read in a gossip column in The Telegraph that Rani used to call Aishwarya ‘didi’. And that their relationship never recovered after the Chalte Chalte ‘betrayal’. After Abhishek Bachan’s engagement with Karisma was called off, for a time there were rumors of Rani being with him. When Aishwarya came into the picture, the word in the gossip columns was that Jaya had a hand in replacing Rani with Aishwarya as the Bachan bahu.’

Another user wrote, ‘It’s funny you mention the Bachchan bahu thing. I remember the gossip columns went wild over who between Rani and Aish would marry Abhishek and always pitted them against each other even until Aish and Abhi got engaged.’

What do you think of Aishwarya and Rani’s relationship?