Though it is not clear as to what proportions the tensions between the first bahu of Bollywood Ashwarya Rai-Bachchan and her husband Abhishek Bachchan have assumed it would not be wrong to say that things are not as hunky-dory as they were when the couple got hitched. Every now and then the media comes up with a news item suggesting friction between the two.

Recently it was reported that at a function Ash baby first subtly defied Abhishek’s request which he whispered in her ear, and when he protested she screamed at him, albeit at a distance from the prying eyes of their friends and acquaintances.

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