Aishwarya Rai

Paitiksha, the landmark bungalow at Juhu, home to the Bachchan family for nearly three decades, is being spruced up to house the soon-to-be wed celebrity couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aiswariya Rai.

Sources close to the family said that the interiors have been redesigned and refurnished during the last two weeks of hectic activity that went un-noticed behind the high walls and mammoth front gate.

The neighbours noticed a tempo full of packed material arriving late in the night and leaving in the wee hours carrying discarded household items including furniture.

Ash, apparently, has taken a keen interest in refurbishing the interiors, personally supervising the makeover whenever free from her film commitments.

“The work on the entire ground floor and the basement has been completed. Now final touches are being given to the first floor and the attic,” revealed sources.

The senior Bachchans will continue to stay at Jalsa, from where the Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited (ABCL) office has been shifted to a newly acquired premises nearby.

Insiders said that Bachchan junior was emotionally attached to Pratiksha, the home he was born and bred in. “He always considered it lucky and comfortable,” said a long time family friend.

The marriage ceremony, too, is slated to be performed at Pratiksha. Keeping in mind Big B’s mother Teji Bachchan’s medical condition, the marriage ceremony wll be a low key affair.