Aishwarya Rai

In the absence of his beta at ‘Umrao Jaan’ music release party, Amitabh Bachchan was the main attraction in the gala evening.
Bachchan however preferred to watch from the sideline even as the lensers tried to coax him to come into the frame with J.P. Dutta, lyricist-poet Javed Akhtar, Aishwarya Rai, Shabana Azmi and guest of honor Lata Mangeskar when the CD was being unveiled.

Bachchan in fact frankly admitted that he didn’t know how he was doing there. Reminded one of the young days when on missing school, our parents would get a call from the headmaster to show up with a good explanation. Well, in this case Abhishek was missing in action (he was away shooting) and J.P. Dutta had obviously decided that papa would have to pay the penalty. Amitabh was a good substitute for his son and looked comfortable in the company of the ravishing Rai.
The buzz is that it’s only a matter of time before its baat pakki with Abhishek and Aishwarya, but till things are official between the golden couple they’re decided not to make too many “togetherâ€? appearances in public!