Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was on a six-day visit to India, did something which was far beyond everyone’s imagination when he brought Vivek Oberoi and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan together for a group selfie.
On January 18 at Shalom Bollywood, an event which aimed at promoting Israel as a hotspot shooting location, Netanyahu met the who’s who of the tinsel town, including the likes of Amitabh Bachchan and Karan Johar. But it was Vivek and Aishwarya who grabbed eyeballs at the event when the two actors came together for a group selfie with Netanyahu.
The PM of Israel created an Oscar selfie moment with the celebs of B-town something which is familiar to what Ellen DeGeneres did back in 2016 with Hollywood’s top stars. But the selfie didn’t raise eyebrows just for the imitation of the Hollywood photo as Netanyahu’s selfie had exes Vivek and Aishwarya in it. This is the first time that the two actors can be seen together in one frame after more than 14 years.
Will my Bollywood selfie beat @TheEllenShow Hollywood selfie at the Oscars? @SrBachchan @juniorbachchan @rajcheerfull @imbhandarkar @vivek_oberoi @ pic.twitter.com/v1r0GIhKLy
— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) January 18, 2018
Those of you who are wondering why this photo is making the rounds is because Vivek and Aishwarya dated each other for a brief period of time post the actress’ breakup with Salman Khan in 2003.
But their love story shortly ended after Vivek called for a press conference to address about how Salman called him 41 times and threatened to kill him. After getting to know about what her alleged lover did, Aishwarya called it off thus ending the short-lived relationship between the two.
Ever since that the two have never shared screen space and has avoided each other on numerous occasions.
So coming back to the ‘groupfie’ it was indeed something that nobody would have thought that it would ever take place.
Although in a single frame, the two actors can be seen standing at quite a distance from each other as Aishwarya snapped alongside her hubby (Abhishek Bachchan) while Vivek could be seen alongside Karan Johar.
Seems like the two exes haven’t buried the hatchet yet!