Confirmed: Abhishek and Aishwarya sign a movie together! Details inside

Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan have created magic on screen whenever they have come together, be it in ‘Dhai Akshar Prem Ke’, ‘Kuch Naa Kaho’, ‘Umrao Jaan’ or ‘Guru’. The films may or may not have worked but their on-screen chemistry surely did! Everyone was patiently waiting for them to come together for a film and looks like they have finally signed a movie together!

Abhishek and Aishwarya, who were last seen together, though not romantically paired, in ‘Raavan’ in 2010, are coming together after 8 years for Phantom Films’ ‘Gulab Jamun’. A trade source was quoted by Bollywood Hungama as, “It’s a quirky dramedy (drama and comedy), a slice-of-life film which has Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan grow into elderly people. But the twist is that they won’t be sporting white hair and looking old. While Abhishek matures and becomes somebody else (the role Amitabh Bachchan has been approached for), Aishwarya becomes an elderly woman (played by another actress). Jaya Bachchan was approached to play an older Ash but she refused.”

The source further added, “‘Gulab Jamun’ represents the sweetness of life. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan had confirmed, at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, that Anurag Kashyap, from Phantom, had approached her and Abhishek Bachchan for his next project and the script was narrated to them. Abhishek had also told the media that they were still in talks with Anurag about it. The script was taking time to be fleshed out and that was the reason both the stars took time to give their nod. A narration was given last month and Aishwarya and Abhishek liked the script and both agreed to come on board. Right now other issues including dates and remuneration are being worked out. Once that is finalised an announcement will be made soon.”

Talking about the film, the source said, “It’s a light-hearted and unusual take on human relationships and something the duo preferred to take up after ‘Raavan’ which was very intense and serious. They won’t play husband and wife in the film. While both the actors had liked the concept they had certain questions about the script which the film’s director-writer Sarvesh Mewara worked on in the last three months and came back to them with something which both loved.”

Without revealing much, a source close to Phantom said, “Yes, talks are on between Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan for ‘Gulab Jamun’ and that’s all we can say right now.”

Apart from ‘Gulab Jamun’, reportedly, Aishwarya and Abhishek have also been approached for producer Shailesh R Singh’s cop drama. The story revolves around the lives of two IPS officers who are married to each other.

Reportedly, it was during the shoot of ‘Umrao Jaan’ and ‘Guru’ that the actors got close and fell in love! It all started with movies, so it would be great to see Abhi-Ash in a film together after a long time. Aren’t you all excited?

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