A Love Carved in Stone: Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's Story

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First meeting (2000): The couple met way back, on the sets of Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke, and instantly became friends.

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I expected a diva: "It was our first film together, I expected a diva. Instead, she was disarmingly wonderful."-Abhishek

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Developing feelings (2006): It was during the shoot of the epic drama Umrao Jaan that Abhishek started developing feelings for her.

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Getting closer: Around the same time, the two were also shooting for Dhoom 2, when they started started getting closer.

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New York (2007): “I stood on the balcony of my hotel room and said wouldn’t it be nice if I was together with her [Aishwarya], married? So I took her to the same balcony asked her to marry me.”-Abhishek

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1+1=3 (2011): The couple welcomed a baby girl who they called Aaradhya, after four years of being married.

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