Someone Was Busy on Ash's Wedding

for Shah Rukh, Salman, Hrithik, Viveik, Rani and Karisma; these stars are busy doing their own thing today All roads lead to Prateeksha in JVPD today for the Abhiash wedding, but only for those select guests from Bollywood, politics and the corporate world whom the Bachchans have thought it fit to have for the celebrations. The others who haven’t been invited, friends and celebrities included, don’t consider themselves underprivileged; in fact, most of them aren’t even sulking, but are going about life and work as usual today. BT runs a red pencil down the checklist of people the Bachchans have declared persona non grata today to see who is doing what even as Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai take the saat pheras.

Salman Khan, Viveik Oberoi, Karisma Kapoor, Rani Mukherjee, and Hrithik Roshan among others are either shooting or holidaying today. Hrithik, who categorically stated that he wasn’t invited by the Bachchans for the wedding (though he stays a few metres away from Prateeksha) is busy shooting for Ashutosh Gowarikar’s Jodha Akbar in Karjat today. There are rumours that the Bachchans were upset with Ash’s liplock with Hrithik in Dhoom 2 and that’s why the hunk didn’t get the coveted gold invite. But those are only rumours. Ash’s former good friend Viveik Oberoi, who’s still nursing a broken heart after he realised that his so-called relationship with the doe-eyed beauty wasn’t progressing to the altar, is out of town. He is in his maternal grandparents’ house in a village near Chennai.

Viveik’s grandma passed away recently and the entire Oberoi khandaan is there completing the post-cremation rituals. “It’s also Viveik’s mother Yashodhara’s birthday. So the family will celebrate it there. They are on an extended holiday and are expected back after the 22nd,” said a friend of Viveik’s. Ash’s former boyfriend Salman Khan, who’s moved on in life and found love again in Katrina Kaif, is in Dubai with his girlfriend. She is shooting there for a film. “Salman is expected back either on 21st or 22nd. He and Katrina are having another holiday after their Malaysian break recently,” said somebody close to Sallu.

Ash’s best friend in the past and the Bachchans’s one-time favourite, Rani Mukherjee, who fell out with Ash after she replaced her in Shah Rukh Khan’s home production Chalte Chalte, may have buried the hatchet with the bride but they will never renew their friendship again. Rani, who has been shooting for Pradeep Sarkar’s Laagi Chunri Mein Daag, has been working nonstop on various locations in the city. Today also the actor will be shooting. “Even though the schedule is supposed to get over by 8 pm, it stretches to midnight sometime. We don’t know her correct schedule, but for sure, Rani will be shooting today,” said Papa Ram Mukherjee.

As for Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan, whose noninclusion in the guest list is most noticeable, he is shooting today for Farah Khan’s Om Shanti Om. “But his night plans have still not been revealed to anyone,” said a source from Mannat. Karisma Kapur was in Delhi till last night. Today, she’s flying to Mumbai to celebrate mom Babita’s birthday along with sister Kareena and father Randhir Kapoor.