Blast From The Past! Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Once SUED A Magazine For 2 Crores For saying 'Caught By Raveena Tandon In A Steamy Affair with Akshay Kumar,' In 1996 (Details Inside)
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a well-known Bollywood actress. In 1996, she sued a magazine for libel and asked for 2 crores in settlement. The magazine had written a story that made it sound like Aishwarya was dating actor Akshay Kumar while he was still dating actress Raveena Tandon. Aishwarya rejected these rumours strongly and went to court to protect her name.
At that time, there was a lot of talk about the rumoured affair between Aishwarya and Akshay. After pictures of the two actors doing a hot photoshoot in a swimming pool went viral on the internet, people started to talk about it. But things went from bad to worse when a film magazine said that Raveena Tandon had caught Aishwarya in the act with Akshay. Aishwarya didn't want to put up with the slander, so she sued the magazine, saying that they had hurt her name and image.
In 1996, a report wrote about the case saying "Former Miss World and big bucks model Aishwarya Rai is suing Star and Style, the movie magazine, for Rs 2 crore, all for spoiling her rep." And quoted Aishwarya's mother as saying, "There's not an iota of truth in it." Only a lot of money." The editor of the magazine said that the story was "100 percent true." Aishwarya was eager to clear her name and show that the accusations against her were false.
Years later, when she was on the talk show 'Koffee With Karan,' Aishwarya hinted that the rumours about Akshay cheating on her were true. When asked about a rumour she had heard about herself, she talked about the case she had filed against the magazine and added, "But it was said that I was caught with Akshay Kumar and Raveena came and blasted me, which was not true at all." "Everyone knew who that was, and it wasn't me," she added.
This news on the talk show made people curious and suspicious because it suggested that Akshay had cheated on Raveena with someone else, even though Aishwarya didn't say who it was. After Aishwarya's statement, there were news stories about supposed fights between Rekha and Raveena Tandon, which could have something to do with the rumours of cheating.
Akshay Kumar and Rekha worked together in the movie 'Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi.' In an interview, Raveena Tandon denied that Akshay and Rekha had ever been romantically involved. She said, "I don't think Akshay ever had anything to do with Rekha. In fact, he would try to get away from her." When Rekha offered to bring Akshay lunch on set, Raveena said she didn't like it because she thought it was too much.
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The thing that happened between Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, and Raveena Tandon is still a big story in Bollywood gossip. Even though Aishwarya was able to protect her reputation against the magazine's claims, she did confirm in a subtle way that Akshay had been unfaithful, but she didn't say who the other person was. Fans and viewers of Bollywood's glamorous world are still interested in these throwbacks to the past.
