Aishwarya Rai

An Indian woman claiming to be the lover of Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan slashed her wrist in front of the actor’s home as he prepared to get married to actress Aishwarya Rai.

The woman drove up to Bachchan’s residence in the western city of Mumbai on Thursday and slashed her left wrist with a blade in front of journalists covering the three-day wedding celebrations, police said.

She said she wanted to kill herself because Bachchan, son of Bollywood icon Amitabh, had gone back on his promise of marrying her after having “physical relations” with her.

“Abhishek is not talking to me. He should talk to me,” the woman, who gave her name as Jahnvi Kapoor, told reporters, her wrist heavily bandaged.

Police said she was a struggling model. She was arrested for attempting suicide, a punishable offence, said a police officer.

Police refused to register a complaint against Bachchan, saying the model had no proof of the relationship and could be playing out a publicity stunt.

Bachchan (31) rode a white horse leading his wedding procession last night when he married former Miss World Rai (33) in a Hindu marriage - a union that many say will create Bollywood’s ultimate power couple