Two of Bollywood's top stars - Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan - will wed next month, but the marriage celebrations are likely to be low-key since Bachchan's grandmother is unwell, news reports said Tuesday. Rai, a former Miss World, and Bachchan, son of Hindi film icon Amitabh Bachchan, were engaged at a private ceremony in January.
The wedding is expected to take place on April 20 at the Bachchan residence in India's entertainment capital of Mumbai, the NDTV network reported.
"The families met and the decision was taken yesterday. The wedding will be a small private affair with only close family and friends in attendance," an unnamed source told the PTI news agency.
Meanwhile, the Times of India daily reported that only 15 close family and friends were invited as the groom's grandmother, Teji Bachchan, was admitted at a hospital.
The date, April 20, was chosen as it was free of "doshas" or bad combinations, an astrologer, Naveen Khanna, was quoted as saying.
Abhishek Bachchan, 31, proposed to Rai, 33, in New York after the premiere of their film Guru in early January. Their engagement was announced by the senior Bachchan on January 14.
Rai is considered one of the most beautiful women in the world and endorses several international brands while Bachchan, one of Bollywood's hottest actors, was named the sexiest man in Asia in a survey conducted by a British newspaper last year.
Both of them have been linked to other Bollywood stars in the past. Bachchan was earlier engaged to film actress Karisma Kapoor for a short while. Rai has been linked to actors Salman Khan and Vivek Oberoi.
