Why the Bachchans left out Rani

Friday, April 20, 2007 00:21 IST

......and how Preity got invited to the sangeet

Today is the big day, but widespread speculation about the guest list for the Aishwarya Rai-Abhishek Bachchan wedding continues.

The roster of ousted leading ladies from Kareena Kapoor to Rani Mukherji is especially heartbreaking and one wonders how Abhishek chose to invite Preity Zinta and leave out Priyanka Chopra, a friend, and Sushmita Sen, who claims to be like his sister.

Says a source, "Preity was a last minute inclusion. But Priyanka, with whom Abhishek has shared some great time during 'Bluff Master' and now 'Drona', was left out of the invitees' list. That's because the final decision was left to Jaya who dotes on Preity.

But Priyanka has had no real interaction with Jaya although they have shared some screen space in 'Drona'. Priyanka isn't one to suck up to anyone. She pretty much kept to herself during the shoot, which didn't go down well with Jaya who tends to disapprove of such actors."

As for Rani, our source continues, "Jaya has been telling close friends about how badly behaved Rani was during the shooting of 'Laga Chunri Mein Daag' in Varanasi.

People close to the Bachchans were surprised at this change of stance. Earlier, Rani was not only Abhishek's closest and most reliable co-star, she was also a favourite in the Bachchan household. Jaya treated Rani like a daughter."

According to close friends of Rani, she isn't showing any resentment or ill-will towards the Bachchans for this shocking omission.

"It's their moment of bliss, yaar. Let them enjoy it. I wish the couple all the best," she told a friend.

Interestingly, Rani shoots with Abhishek in June for 'Laga Chunri…' when he returns from his honeymoon. In fact, says a source, the shooting was meant to take place in May but got pushed forward to June because of the honeymoon.

All of Abhishek's scenes in 'Laga Chunri…' are with Rani. So, will there be an awkwardwness between them? "Not the least," says a friend of Rani. "She's far too professional."

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1091955

Jaya have always loved preity so it could be the reasons.

Rani has been linked too much with Abhishek...

thanks for sharing....

i still think that rani shud have been invited, if jaya loves preity so much ... then dont amitabh bachan or even abhishek have any feelings for rani due to the fact that they have worked in so many films togetehr? 😕

during such events its one's greatness to invite everybody .. but still thats not the case!

but wasnt just rani, but several ppl who werent invited... but i doubt that any of those not invited wud really mind, after all, it was a bit expected as to was going to be invited and who wasnt!!!

Originally posted by: nailaqureshi

its not a very big event which media making it huge if no one invited that doesn't mean he or she commit suicide of not inviting them 😡

ya right yaar,its nothing so huge just ignore ohhh who cares.Rani isnt crying I bet😃 or others.bogus marriage ever.n jaya bachchan so much attitude,even in koffee with karan also.

you know i feel, if a friend or a close friend gets married you should do the courtesy of inviting them, because that makes the person feel good that the couple would like your best wishes, blessings and consider you a friend. i know this is close knit affair, but if they actually booked a little bigger wedding hall they might have actually invited a few more people who mean more to them. for ex. sush is supposed to abhi's adopted sis or something. it seems rude to an extent of snubbing people that care about them. i dont care people like srk or even hrithik are not invited they are big stars, but are not very close personal friends. but why are bachans avoiding close friends themselves. Big B said so many great things about Rani during Black, to not invite her is very sad when he acted with her so closely and especially abhishek. how is kajol and sanjay dutt more close to the bachans. weird. 😕

Originally posted by: maragathm

you know i feel, if a friend or a close friend gets married you should do the courtesy of inviting them, because that makes the person feel good that the couple would like your best wishes, blessings and consider you a friend. i know this is close knit affair, but if they actually booked a little bigger wedding hall they might have actually invited a few more people who mean more to them. for ex. sush is supposed to abhi's adopted sis or something. it seems rude to an extent of snubbing people that care about them. i dont care people like srk or even hrithik are not invited they are big stars, but are not very close personal friends. but why are bachans avoiding close friends themselves. Big B said so many great things about Rani during Black, to not invite her is very sad when he acted with her so closely and especially abhishek. how is kajol and sanjay dutt more close to the bachans. weird. 😕

amitabh bachchan and his mom teji bachchan has close relations with dutt family.. going back to 60's.. when amitabh came to bombay to be star in movies.. his mom asked him to stay at nargis and sunil dutt's house...

nargis dutt was close friend of teji bachchan.. so they have deep family relations. plus when sunil dutt died..whole bachchan family were the first one to arrive and took over the household and taking care of funeral arrangements.

amitabh bachchan looked up to sunil dutt as his older brother..

i hope that was enough explaining 😆😆

omg...jaya is soooo annoying!!!!!!!!!!!! 😡 😡 😡

Now, I'm getting happy that Rani didn't marry Abhishek. She would've gotten a mother-in-law like Jaya Bachchan. Jaya can tell her friends whatever she wants about Rani, and same about Ash. She can say Rani was rude at the Varanasi shoot, people say Jaya is rude all the time! Now, there's not much left.

I hope Rani finds a soulmate that loves her very much, along w/ the family.

Jaya is a very rude person, I've noticed this since Ash and Abhi started dating. Jaya would be rude to the media when they asked her questions, and I've read articles that have said her and Amitabh have disagreed about who Abhishek should marry.

Amitabh has always talked well about Rani, he is fond of her as is Abhishek.

I think Abhishek should've been able to invite who he wants at his own wedding, not his parents. I know Abhishek loves and respects his parents a lot but this is his big day. Rani is one of his closest friends and he seems to be good friends with Priyanka too, they should've been invited. I shouldn't say I am surprised though because they are not friends with Ash, so that's probably one of the reasons why they weren't invited along with Salman, Shahrukh, Aamir, Hrithik, etc.