Normally,
the
Bachchans
have
a
very
rigid
rule
about
not
mixing
business
with
pleasure.
But
on
Thursday
morning,
when
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
landed
in
Mumbai
from
Paris,
she
broke
the
golden
rule
when
she
dropped
in
unannounced
to
meet
Abhishek
Bachchan
at
the
Reliance
Web
World
where
he
was
doing
out-of-town
press
interviews.
Says
a
source,
"Lately,
Abhishek
and
Aishwarya
have
had
very
little
time
to
spend
together.
After
their
short
anniversary
holiday,
Abhishek
got
busy
with
the
shooting
of
Abhinay
Deo's
Game
in
Greece,
while,
Aishwarya
returned
to
India
for
a
stint
of
Robot.
She
was
then
in
Paris
to
honour
Brazilian
tennis
champ
Gustavo
Kuerten
for
his
work
with
disadvantaged
children."
Says
a
source,
"At
the
charity
dinner
that
followed,
Aishwarya
bonded
with
Steffi
Graf
and
Mary
Pierce,
and
kept
missing
Abhishek
because
he
was
a
big
fan
of
both."
The
minute
she
landed
in
Mumbai
from
Paris,
Aishwarya
asked
the
family
driver
to
take
her
wherever
Abhishek
was.
A
first
for
her,
because,
normally
she
doesn't
intrude
when
her
husband
is
working.
Even
when
she
joins
him
on
long
outdoors,
she
never
hangs
around
the
sets
when
he's
shooting.
Says
a
friend
of
Aishwarya,
"This
time,
she
made
an
exception
because
she
was
missing
Abhishek
all
the
way
from
Paris
to
Mumbai.
And
besides,
Abhishek
was
doing
promotional
work
for
their
film
together.
She
not
only
met
him,
she
also
joined
impromptu
to
talk
to
their
fans
on
radio
in
Jaipur
and
Ahmedabad."
Says
a
family
friend,
"The
funny
part
is
that
the
Bachchans
are
never
together
these
days.
Now
that
Aishwarya
is
home,
the
senior
Bachchan
has
left
for
Paris,
the
city
that
Aishwarya
left
yesterday."
Story first published: Thursday, July 21, 2011, 10:57 [IST]