Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan/Instagram
When
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
celebrated
her
birthday
solo
in
Dubai
on
November
1,
the
speculation
regarding
the
Abhishek
Bachchan-Aishwarya
marital
rift
ran
even
higher.
But
Abhishek
had
an
urgent
family
commitment
to
attend
to.
The
actor,
who
has
Shoojit
Sircar’s
I
Want
To
Talk
coming
up
for
release,
has
stationed
himself
in
Bhopal
to
be
near
his
ailing
nani.
A
member
of
the
Bachchan
parivar
tells
Subhash
K
Jha
that
Abhishek
insisted
on
being
with
his
maternal
grandmother
Indira
Bhaduri,
as
his
parents
had
to
attend
other
engagements.
“They
were
all
in
Bhopal
with
Jayaji‘s
mother
a
week
ago
when
they
nearly
lost
her.
After
she
was
in
stable
health,
Jayaji
and
Amitji
had
to
fly
back
to
Mumbai
for
pressing
engagements.
Abhishek
insisted
on
staying
back,
cancelling
his
engagements
in
Mumbai.
This
is
exactly
the
way
it
was
when
Amitji
was
losing
his
mother.
He
would
shoot
the
entire
day
and
then
head
to
the
hospital.”
In
a
recent
conversation,
Abhishek
had
told
Subhash,
“For
me,
family
always
comes
first.
It’s
the
way
it
has
always
been
for
all
of
us.”
Abhishek
plays
one
of
the
toughest
roles
of
his
career
in
I
Want
To
Talk,
which
will
release
on
November
22.
“I
don’t
want
to
give
away
too
much
of
what
we
have
done
in
the
film,
but
my
director
Shoojit
and
I
have
redefined
the
feelgood
space.
Shoojit
has
so
far
worked
with
my
dad
in
one
of
their
finest
films
Piku.
It
is
my
turn
now.
I
had
a
ball
shooting
with
Shoojit.
I
hope
he
enjoyed
himself
as
much
as
I
did.”
