Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s relationship was one of Bollywood’s most talked-about love stories in the early 2000s. The two reportedly fell in love while filming Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and dated for nearly three years before breaking up in 2002.

While fans remember their on-screen chemistry from that film, few know that Salman and Aishwarya also appeared together in another movie — one that also featured Aishwarya’s future husband, Abhishek Bachchan.

In the 2000 romantic drama Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke, directed by Raj Kanwar, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai played the lead roles, with Salman Khan making a brief cameo appearance.

A viral clip from the film, shared on social media platform X, shows Salman as a truck driver, with Abhishek sitting beside him. During the scene, Aishwarya’s character is seen trying to hitch a ride, but Salman drives past without stopping. Later, he drops Abhishek off, telling him he has reached his destination.

Following Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke, Aishwarya and Abhishek went on to co-star in several films together, including Kuch Naa Kaho, Umrao Jaan, Dhoom 2, Guru, Sarkar Raj, and Raavan*. The couple married in April 2007 and welcomed their daughter Aaradhya in November 2011.

On the professional front, Salman Khan is currently hosting Bigg Boss Season 19 and will next appear in Battle of Galwan, a film inspired by the 2020 India-China border clash. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was last seen in Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan: II (2023), while Abhishek Bachchan recently starred in Kaalidhar Laapata, which premiered on ZEE5 in August.

source: NDTV