We reported earlier that Salman Khan has been telling his friends, "Whatever happened between Ash and me is over. I'm really fond of the Bachchans. Abhishek is a buddy and I really like him."
On Monday afternoon, Sallu followed up his words with some action. Putting the past completely behind him, Sallu spent half an hour with Abhishek, in the latter's vanity van, at Mehboob Studios.
At the Studios Salman was shooting for Veer, Abhishek was there at the same time for a promotional shoot of Drona. At about 3 pm Salman took the initiative to break the ice with Aishwarya's husband. He went to meet Abhishek and the two were closetted in Abhi's vanity van for 30 minutes.
At around 3.30 pm Salman and Abhishek emerged from the van, looking pretty happy with themselves. After escorting Sallu back to the sets, Abhi returned to his vanity van.
What did Salman do after that? Reports an eyewitness, "Salman headed straight to his set and started shooting."
The eyewitness adds, "It was heartwarming to see Salman and Abhishek bonding so well. Everyone was pleasantly surprised."
Salman's official spokesperson Alok Mathur confirmed the news and said, "It is true that Salman and Abhishek met at Mehboob Studios on Monday afternoon. They chatted for some time. Salman is extremely fond of Abhishek."
To hash a loose chronology, Aishwarya and Salman were a couple for four years (1999-2003), before they split. She married Abhishek in April 2007.
According to past reports, Salman and Abhishek were spotted walking the ramp for Farah Khan in 2006 and the two stayed away from each other literally dividing the ramp into two factions. While Hrithik Roshan, D J Aqeel and Kunal Kapoor stood by Salman; Arjun Rampal, Zayed Khan and Ritiesh Deshmukh were on Abhishek's side. Everyone present on the show could sense the tension between the two.
In 2007, there were more reports suggesting friction between between Salman and Abhishek. Apparently, at one of the awards events in 2007, when Katrina Kaif was performing, Salman Khan had jumped on the stage to join her. Soon after Abhishek too dragged Aishwarya, who was sitting with the audience, to join him for his dance number, because he wanted to send out a message to Aishwarya.
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