aish invitation to kat

Katrina Kaif and Aishwarya Rai have been at loggerheads for the longest time, thanks to their relationship with common "friend" Salman Khan.

The two are known to have avoided each other at social events in order to keep the awkwardness at bay. But things seem to have turned around.

We hear that after an icebreaker on the sets of 'Dhoom 3', Kaif and the Bachchan bahu have begun bonding socially.

In fact, only last week, Kat was seen making a hush-hush entry at Bachchan's Juhu residence, Jalsa. According to close sources, Ash personally invited Katrina for the Diwali party.

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"Katrina returned to Mumbai the same evening, but ensured that she paid a visit to the Bachchan house. She made an appearance with her beau Ranbir Kapoor," says the source.

Katrina had more reason for the appearance though. She has worked with the Bachchan men - Amitabh and Abhishek in Ram Gopal Varma's 'Sarkar'. And this is the second time that Kat and Abhishek will share screen space in 'Dhoom 3'.

But Ash and Katrina were not the only two women who made up at the Diwali party. The other duo that buried the hatchet was Shilpa Shetty and Twinkle Khanna.

"Fourteen years ago, Akshay Kumar had deserted Shilpa to marry Twinkle. But the women seemed to have gotten over the differences if their bonding was anything to go by," adds our source.

Now that's celebrating Diwali in its true spirit!