Amitabh Bachchan celebrated his 82nd birthday on October 11. Similar to last many years, the superstar’s birthday was celebrated in a special episode on Kaun Banega Crorepati 16 this year too. The Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham actor was joined by two special guests Aamir Khan and his son Junaid Khan on the hot seat.
In the episode, a couple of videos celebrating Amitabh’s stardom were shown to the superstar and the audience. A clip also had the Bachchan family members wishing Big B on his special day. While it had his wife Jaya Bachchan, daughter Shweta Bachchan Nanda, son Abhishek Bachchan, grandson Agastya Nanda, and granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda pouring in their heartfelt wishes plus a few photos of Aaradhya were also shown, but Aishwarya Rai was completely absent from the video.
In the episode, a couple of videos celebrating Amitabh’s stardom were shown to the superstar and the audience. A clip also had the Bachchan family members wishing Big B on his special day. While it had his wife Jaya Bachchan, daughter Shweta Bachchan Nanda, son Abhishek Bachchan, grandson Agastya Nanda, and granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda pouring in their heartfelt wishes plus a few photos of Aaradhya were also shown, but Aishwarya Rai was completely absent from the video.
Aishwarya’s absence once again sparked the rumours about Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai’s separation. Aishwarya had shared a birthday wish for her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan on her Instagram, in which she shared his photo with Aaradhya and wrote, “Happy Birthday Pa-Dadaji God Bless always.” When this post was shared on Reddit, netizens wondered why was Aishwarya completely left out from the Big B’s birthday special episode on Kaun Banega Crorepati.
One Redditor wrote, “If anyone watched today’s KBC episode, it almost confirms the separation. Not one glimpse of Aish in the videos showed wishing him”, while another added, “Their separation was proved in KBC today. Everyone’s snippets were there except Aish. Also, they showed Navya, Agastya speak but Aradhaya’s few seconds images and that’s about it. Aish ka toh naam aur nishan bhi nahi.” “It’s a big confirmation. You can’t just keep your daughter in law out if things were fine”, read another comment.