Abhishek Bachchan avoids wishing Aishwarya Rai for Ponniyin Selvan’s big win at National Awards after calling film…

Abhishek Bachchan had called Aishwarya Rai-starrer Ponniyin Selvan 1 a “masterpiece” when it had released in 2022. In 2023, Abhishek had even said that Ponniyin Selvan 2 is Aishwarya’s best work in her career.

Abhishek Bachchan-Aishwarya Rai in Ponniyin Selvan

The 70th National Film Awards were announced on Friday, August 16. The 2022 Tamil epic historical action drama Ponniyin Selvan 1 sweeped the awards as it won the most honours, a total number of four. AR Rahman won Best Background Score, Ravi Varman won Best Cinemtography, Anand Krishnamoorthy won Best Sound Design, and the Mani Ratnam directorial was also awarded the Best Feature Film in Tamil.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan played Nandini, the wife of Periya Pazhuvettaraiyar, the chancellor of the Chola kingdom, in Ponniyin Selvan 1 and its sequel Ponniyin Selvan 2. Her powerful act as the scheming queen manipulating against the reigning emperor Sundara Chola and his three children, won the hearts of the audiences and critics, with many even calling it Aishwarya’s best performance in her entire career.

After Ponniyin Selvan 1’s big win at the 70th National Awards, Aishwarya’s husband and actor Abhishek Bachchan avoided congratulating his wife and the film’s team on his social media handles. In 2022, he had called the Mani Ratnam’s magnum opus a “masterpiece”. On the day of its release, Abhishek had shared a poster of PS 1 on his Instagram Stories and had written, “The day is finally here! #PS1 in theaters today, congratulations to the team who’ve put in years of hard work and excellence in making this masterpiece. Best wishes to #PonniyinSelvan1 #AishwaryaRaiBachchan #ManiRatnam.”

In 2023, Abhishek had even said that Ponniyin Selvan 2 is Aishwarya’s best work. When he was asked what compliment he gave to her wife after watching her performance in the film, he had told Bollywood Bubble, “I told her it was her best work till date as an actor and unbelievable feat to accomplish with a role like that, very layered, very difficult and to ace it as the pro that she did it was fantastic. I’m so proud of her.”

After Abhishek and Aishwarya arrived separately at Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s wedding last month and Abhishek liked an Instagram post on divorce, there have been rumours that the couple is headed for a divorce. They haven’t reacted to these rumours yet. The couple had tied the knot with each other in 2007 and welcomed their daughter Aaradhya Bachchan in 2011.

Abhishek Bachchan skips wishing Aishwarya Rai for ‘Ponniyin Selvan: I’ amid divorce rumours as her film wins four National awards

Featuring actors like Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Trisha, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala, Prabhu, R Sarathkumar, and Vikram Prabhu in significant roles, PS 1 was one of the most anticipated films of 2022

Mani Ratnam’s magnum opus ‘Ponniyin Selvan: I’ won four National Award at the 70th ceremony including Best Tamil Film. However, Abhishek Bachchan skipped wishing his wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who also acted in it amid their divorce rumours.

Featuring actors like Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, Trisha, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Sobhita Dhulipala, Prabhu, R Sarathkumar, and Vikram Prabhu in significant roles, PS 1 was one of the most anticipated films of 2022.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who played the role of Nandini in the period drama film also received huge appreciation for her performance. Coming out in her support and to congratulate the entire team, Aishwarya’s husband and Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan also shared a poster of the film and further extended his best wishes. However, his now-deleted tweet had already gone viral for all the wrong reasons back in the day.

In a tweet shared by Abhishek Bachchan, he shared a morphed image which seemed like a fan-made poster of the film on his Twitter handle and further congratulated the team on the day of release. Not just that, the actor also misspelled the name of his wife in the hashtags inside the tweet.

While the tweet was deleted and replaced by another one, which was the original poster of the film, the name of Aishwarya continued to remain misspelled in his current post as well. The caption read, “The day is finally here! PS 1 in theatres today, congratulations to the team who’ve put in years of hard work & excellence in making this masterpiece. Best wishes on the release! #PonniyinSelvan1 #AishwariyaRaiBachchan #ManiRatnam”

Speaking about the film, a period drama film directed by  Mani Ratnam , the first part of Ponniyin Selvan is a fictionalised story based on the early days of Rajaraja I, the Chola emperor. Part two came out in 2023.