Aishwarya
Stated..
"In
the
beginning
of
'94,
a
leading
magazine
came
out
with
this
'red
hot
scoop'.
Rajeev
was
supposed
to
have
dumped
me
for
Manisha.
I
called
up
Rajeev
the
moment
I
came
to
know
about
this
asking
what
all
the
crap
was
about."
Aishwarya
Denied
Dating
Rajeev
"Rajeev
was
a
very
good
friend
of
mine
nothing
beyond
that.
I
told
him
I
didn't
want
to
get
roped
into
their
love
story.
After
two
months,
they
weren't
seeing
each
other.
Manisha
was
seeing
a
different
guy
every
second
month," had
said
Aishwarya.
Time
Passed
&
Aishwarya
Thought
To
Congratulate
Manisha
For
Her
Work
But…
Aishwarya
added,
"Time
passed
by
and
around
'95
I'd
come
down
to
India
as
Miss
World
who
was
visiting
India.
That
was
when
I
saw
Bombay
in
Tamil
and
thought
it
was
brilliant.
I'd
reached
Bombay
on
1st
April,
and
coincidentally,
Rajeev
called
me.
I
was
exclaiming
to
him
about
how
excellent
Manisha
was
in
the
film
and
that
I
was
planning
to
send
her
a
bouquet
to
congratulate
her.
At
that
he
laughed
at
me
and
asked
me
whether
or
not
I
had
been
reading
the
papers.
He
informed
me
that
Manisha
claimed
that
she'd
discovered
some
love
letters
that
Rajeev
had
written
to
me."
Aishwarya
Slammed
Manisha
For
Her
False
Claims
"I
couldn't
believe
it!
It
came
as
a
very
rude
shock
to
me.
I
mean,
if
there
was
any
kind
of
authenticity
to
this
article,
why
didn't
this
piece
of
info
come
out
in
July
'94?
If
that
was
the
reason
for
her
split
with
Rajeev
in
a
couple
of
months,
then
why
brood
on
it
for
nine
whole
months
and
then
come
out
in
the
open?"
Aishwarya
Rai
Went
On
To
Add
That
She
Was
Really
Hurt
"This
Manisha
episode
really
affected
me
a
lot
in
the
beginning.
I
cried
like
crazy.
I
was
really
hurt
miserable
with
all
that
was
happening
around.
After
saying
so
much
she
kept
saying
that
she
had
been
misquoted.
After
that
split
she
had
innumerable
affairs
according
to
the
media,
so
why
didn't
anybody
ask
her
why
she
hadn't
come
out
with
the
info
the
previous
year
itself?"
Aishwarya
On
Her
Cold
War
With
Manisha
"I
never
wanted
to
be
bracketed
with
any
particular
name.
But
today
the
media
has
played
it
up
so
much
that
if
somebody
takes
my
name,
Manisha's
name
comes
to
mind
instantly
and
vice-versa.
Today,
it's
four
years
after
that
incident,
but
she
still
keeps
bringing
that
topic
up.
It
naturally
means
that
all
this
is
stemming
from
something
else
and
not
merely
a
lost
relationship.
Aishwarya
Kept
Taking
Digs
At
Manisha
"However,
I'm
beyond
this
nonsense.
She
criticized
even
her
seniors
like
like
Rekha
and
Sridevi,
so
who's
Aishwarya
Rai?
Her
conduct
only
reflects
her
poor
personality."
In
The
Last,
Aishwarya
Had
Wished
Her
‘Happiness’
"You
won't
believe
this
but
I
feel
no
bitterness
or
resentment
towards
Manisha.
In
fact,
I
hope
she
finds
happiness
soon.
That
sense
of
stability
may
make
her
feel
more
secure
and
calm
her
down
in
life."