Aishwarya and Salman reportedly broke up in 2002.
Salman Khan’s ex-girlfriend, Somy Ali, opened up about how he fell in love with Aishwarya Rai.
Aishwarya Rai and Salman Khan reportedly started dating soon after they worked together in the 1999 film, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. During that time, Salman was in a relationship with Somy Ali. In a recent chat, Somy detailed how Aishwarya and Salman grew close and fell in love.
Speaking to Times Now, Somy recalled, “The shoot (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam) was going on when I called up Salman but he didn’t pick up. Then I called Sanjay Leela Bhansali and he said, ‘He can’t speak to you right now because he’s in a shot’. I was like ‘If he’s in a shot, why aren’t you directing it? Why are you picking up my phone call?’ The logic defied me. He was cornered by me and didn’t know what to say.”
“Later, Aish started coming to Salman’s gym where we were living. Salman and I used to live on the ground floor of Galaxy where we had a gym also,” Somy said. She added, “Aishwarya and Salman fell in love during the shooting of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. I was getting information from the servants inside who favoured me. I knew in my heart that their relationship was something that’s gonna blossom. I knew it’s time for me to leave.”
Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai reportedly broke up in 2002 and did not work together again after that. In a 2012 interview with Simi Garewal, Aishwarya addressed her tumultuous break-up with Salman and said, “I think I have quite shut it out. I think I wouldn’t want to get into looking at it any which way and especially on a public platform. I really wouldn’t want to.”
When asked if she felt negatively about the past, the actress said, “I’ve exorcised my demons; it’s a thing of the past; it needs to be left right there.” “I am not a soloist… With me comes my family, my loved ones, people I love and care about very dearly. So there is an obvious wall. Yes there is, and there is no denial of it,” she had said.
Aishwarya Rai found love again with Abhishek Bachchan and they tied the knot in April 2007. They welcomed their daughter, Aaradhya Bachchan, in 2011.
