When Aishwarya Rai Slammed Manisha Koirala Over Relationship Rumours With Rajeev Mulchandani
In the 90s, Manisha Koirala and Aishwarya Rai got into a cold war after a few reports stated that Rajeev Mulchandani dumped Aishwarya for Manisha Koirala.
When Aishwarya Rai Slammed Manisha Koirala Over Relationship Rumours With Rajeev Mulchandani
Catfights are a pretty common thing in Bollywood. There have been many reports about B’town actresses getting into a cold war and something similar happened in the 90s between Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Manisha Koirala.
It so happened that Aishwarya and Rajeev Mulchandani were close friends as they started their modelling career together. However, reportedly Rajeev dumped Aishwarya for Manisha Koirala.
When Aishwarya Rai Opened Up About Tiff With Manisha Koirala
In an interview with Showtime Magazine, Aishwarya opened up about her tiff with actress Manisha Koirala.
“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. 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,”
the Taal actress said.
She further added, “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. 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?”
When Manisha Koirala Made Aishwarya Rai Cry
The former Miss World Aishwarya Rai stated that she was highly affected by the accusations made by Manisha and cried like crazy for being bracketed.
“This Manisha episode really affected me a lot in the beginning. I cried like crazy. I was really hurt miserably with all that was happening around me. 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? 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,” Aishwarya said.
