Throwback to when Sanjay Dutt’s sisters, Namrata Dutt and Priya Dutt warned him for not falling in love with a then-young new entrant, Aishwarya Rai!

Aishwarya Rai made the nation proud when she was crowned as Miss World in the year 1994. Well, her beauty and grace simply need no introduction and her acting career has left a great legacy of stunning films, loved even today. Moreover, she has been hailed by her massive fan base for being the epitome of multi-tasking as she has beautifully balanced both her personal and professional life. For the unversed, she is the wife of Bollywood actor, Abhishek Bachchan and is the doting daughter-in-law of the iconic actor, Amitabh Bachchan.

Sanjay Dutt’s magazine shoot with a then-young Aishwarya Rai

Bollywood’s favourite Sanju baba, aka, Sanjay Dutt was known to be one of the most handsome actors of his generation. Apart from his film works, he has equally been a part of many magazine shoots and endorsements with leading actresses, which have gone on to create a startling impact on the audience. One such case happened when in the year 1993, Sanjay came together with Aishwarya Rai for the first time for the shoot of the cover of the Cine Blitz magazine. For the same, the duo looked smoking hot in white-hued ensembles as they posed for the lens. For the unversed, Aishwarya and Sanjay appeared together in the film, Shabd much later in 2005.

Sanjay Dutt’s experience of shooting with Aishwarya Rai

Being such an unusual pairing, Sanjay and Aishwarya had nevertheless created a stir among the audience for their perfect chemistry on the silver screen. But their journey together started when they shot for the magazine cover together. Needless to say, Aishwarya had created a huge first impression on Sanjay as he was simply blown away by her beauty. In one of his interviews, Sanjay had recalled his experience of shooting with Aishwarya and revealed that he knew about her as he had seen her previously on the commercial ads for the brand, Pepsi. In his words:

‘Hey! Who doesn’t know about her? Look I saw her in the Pepsi ad. In fact everyone did. Actually, my sisters like her a lot. They find her very beautiful. They’ve met her.’

Sanjay Dutt shared his apprehensions about Aishwarya Rai shedding her beauty if she entered Bollywood

Aishwarya Rai’s beauty has always been the talk of the town, and even today, people are stunned to see her look as breathtaking as ever. However, Sanjay Dutt had once shared something very interesting to say about her beauty when he had met her for the first time. Well, in one of his earlier interviews, Sanjay spoke about Aishwarya’s beauty and revealed his apprehensions that she might probably lose it all if she would enter into the foray of films. He had mentioned:

‘When you come into this glamour industry, it starts changing you, maturing you – that innocence is lost. That beautiful side which she (Aishwarya) has right now on her face will disappear. Because she has to handle the film world right and that is not easy to do.’

Sanjay Dutt revealed how his sisters warned her not to fall in love with Aishwarya Rai

In the same interview, Sanjay Dutt also recalled how his sisters, Namrata and Priya had warned him to not fall in love with Aishwarya, owing to his popularly known cassanova stature back in the 80s. He said that his sisters explicitly asked him not to trouble the young Aishwarya by asking her number, wooing her or even sending across flowers to her. In his words:

‘My sisters warned me before I came for this session. They told me don’t you woo her. Don’t take her number. Don’t send her flowers.’

What do you think about this unusual verdict of Sanjay Dutt about Aishwarya Rai’s beauty?