Anil Kapoor pokes fun at Ash

Was he hitting back on daughter Sonam's behalf?

Gossip continues to trickle in, long after the green carpet at IIFA Awards 2009 has been rolled up.

Off late, things have not been very pleasant between the Bachchans and Anil Kapoor's family.

Earlier, Anil was not too happy when Amitabh Bachcan slammed his "Slumdog Millionaire" on his blog. Then daughter Sonam was reportedly edged out of her Cannes red carpet appearance by Aishwarya, which left Sonam heartbroken.
At the IIFA Awards, Anil Kapoor was called on the stage to announce the winner of the Best Female Actor of the Decade. He opened the envelope and declared the winner, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, but later called her as fantastic, fabulous, mind blowing, mind blasting... chaiwali.

Without showing any grudge on her face Ash instantly replied, "Fantastic, fabulous, mind blowing, mind blasting... chaiwala."

The audience had a forced laughter on their face, but nonetheless, many felt that Anil Kapoor should not have addressed a lady the way he did.

Meanwhile, Sonam was recently heard calling Ash "aunty". When quizzed about the same, she said Aishwarya is quite senior to her and has also been her dad's co-star so obviously she would call her dad's co-star aunty.

Sonam needs to answer one more question on this: Will she call Abhishek uncle because he is Ash aunty's husband, even though he was her co-star in "Dilli 6"?

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