For her grand wedding with Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai wore a real gold thread saree worth Rs. 75 lakhs.

Aishwarya Rai added Bachchan to her name in 2007 when she tied the knot with actor, Abhishek Bachchan. It was in 1999 when Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan first met professionally during the photo shoot of their first film together Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke. The duo then worked together in films like Kuch Naa Kaho, Dhoom 2, Sarkar Raj, Umrao Jaan, Guru and Raavan, and eventually, their friendship blossomed into love.

Long back, when Aishwarya tied the knot with Abhishek on April 20, 2007, the entire nation waited with bated breath in front of their television screens to get one glimpse of the former Miss World in her bridal avatar. Their wedding was tagged as the ‘wedding of the decade’. However, to this day, not many pictures from their wedding are available on the internet.

Aishwarya Rai wore a gold saree worth Rs. 75 lakhs on her wedding with Abhishek Bachchan

The wedding was a gala affair and is still hailed as a blockbuster event. There are many insights into Abhishek and Aishwarya’s wedding, like the gorgeous saree that the diva wore on the special day. As per multiple reports, Aishwarya Rai wore a golden Kanjeevaram saree designed by ace designer, Neeta Lulla.

The gorgeous saree was made of real gold threads and had expensive crystals intricated on it. The saree, which is one of the most expensive sarees ever, was priced at Rs. 75 lakhs. The diva accessorised her look with precious gold and diamond jewellery. Her jewellery consisted of a heavy kundan and emerald necklace, two kundan haars, matching jhumkas, matha patti and bajubandh.

Unseen pictures of Aishwarya Rai’s ‘mehendi’ ceremony

Aishwarya Rai looked stunning at her mehendi. Sometime back, a few pictures from her mehendi ceremony surfaced on social media, and she looked dreamy. For the ceremony, the actress donned a baby pink-coloured lehenga with intricate sequin and threadwork. She teamed her lehenga with a long choli and accentuated her look with jewellery made of flowers, which included a long necklace, bajubandh, earrings and matha patti. Her hair was combed back in a sleek bun adorned with gajra. Aishwarya was seen getting her mehendi done on her palms and feet.

When Aishwarya Rai was speculated to be getting married to a tree

Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan’s wedding invited a lot of speculative theories. Well, at that time, it was widely speculated that Aishwarya was a maanglik, and so in order to ward off anything inauspicious for the couple, she was first married to a tree. While none of them ever spoke anything about it, years later, Amitabh Bachchan addressed this as a piece of rumour and rubbished it all.

Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan’s love story

Before being introduced professionally in 1999, Abhishek and Aishwarya met quite a few times, and both have different memories of their first meeting. The former Miss World once recalled that she met Abhishek Bachchan in the winter of 1990 when she went to his home, Prateeksha in Juhu. Aishwarya went to the Bachchan house to discuss some professional work with Jaya Bachchan, when she saw Abhishek, who was just a teenager, playing in the living room.

In a podcast with YouTuber, Ranveer Allahbadia, Abhishek Bachchan recalled his memory of the time, when he first met Aishwarya Rai. The handsome actor also stated that he was a production boy for his father, Amitabh Bachchan’s film, Mrityudaata, when he first met Aishwarya, who was shooting for her debut Hindi film, Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya.

It was during the shooting of Dhoom 2 when Abhishek and Aishwarya developed feelings for each other. After the premiere of the film, Guru in Toronto, Abhishek Bachchan proposed to Aishwarya Rai in New York, and she immediately accepted his proposal. However, not many people know that Abhishek’s dream proposal was without a sparkling ring but a prop from the sets of their film, Guru.

Well, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai are a match made in heaven, and we still drool over her gorgeous wedding look!