Their hostility for one another could be attributed to filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who used to be Bhansali’s blue-eyed girl, having played the lead in three of his finest works Hum…Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devdas and Guzaarish felt usurped by Deepika Padukone in Bhansali’s Ram Leela, Bajirao Mastani and Padmaavat. After years of no conversation the two met at the Ambanis’ pre-wedding celebrations and the coldness seemed to have evaporated.
According to an eyewitness’ account, “The ice didn’t just break. It shattered into smithereens. They looked like two inseparable pals. I still remember how the two of them royally ignored one another at Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 50th birthday party. Aishwarya made sure to leave the minute Deepika arrived.”
