Somy Ali's New York Times interview has caused quite a stir, particularly when it comes to what she had to say about her relationship with Salman Khan. But it's her revelation about one of Salman's other relationships that had readers raising their eyes. Ms. Ali stated that in fact it was Aishwarya Rai who caused the breakup of her and Salman Khan's long relationship.
Somy went to Mumbai to become an actress in order to meet Salman, and she managed to do just that. She and Salman were in love, and they dated for eight years. She indicated in her interview that she and Salman would have ended up getting married. This was not a secret relationship, and it wasn't a shallow one either. So what happened to break their relationship up?
Aishwarya Rai is what happened. Salman fell in love with the beautiful young actress and began seeing her while he and Somy Ali were still together. Aishwarya had to have known this. There was simply no way she wouldn't have known that her handsome, charming new boyfriend was already committed to another woman.
Somy Ali showed maturity beyond her years by leaving Salman over the affair. She realized that while he may still love her, he would never be faithful to her, even after they were married. And so she returned to the US.
Of course everyone knows what happened next--Salman and Aishwarya had a tumultuous relationship that included accusations of physical abuse, and Aishwarya left him, going on to date Vivek Oberoi and then marrying Abhishek Bachchan. At the end of her relationship with Salman Khan, Aishwarya managed to be seen as the good girl, and Salman was labeled a bad boy.
But considering Somy Ali's new revelations, perhaps Aishwarya and Salman should be seen the other way around? Of course Salman gets no credit for cheating, but shouldn't Aishwarya have been more wary of getting involved with a nearly married man?
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Comments: 54 ( 3 removed by Renee Shah )
Of course if I'd written it as being all Salman's fault then people would be abusing me for not being nice to Salman. You really can't win with some people.
Probably would be better if you did not mention the weird rumors about Beti B not being Abhishek's and yuck Amitabh's. I'm curious do you believe that rumor? That is DISGUSTING and wrong on so many levels. On Pinkvilla and Bollywood Life a lot of the commenters are saying that. But they are just individuals with sick minds and need to get some help, just ppl spreading lies & starting trouble, Salman fans who are all sick in the head. There is no point though entertaining that idea, everyone knows how ridiculous and untrue that is I mean even the ppl who made it up know how wrong it is.
However. I've seen Aish and Abhi together (backstage at events and between interviews and such) and when the cameras are off I don't think I've ever seen a man more smitten with his wife. He looks at her with nothing but love. I don't know if I could say the same for her. That's as far as I'm willing to speculate based on personal experience.
http://www.extramirchi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Aishwarya-Rai-and-Abhishek-bachchan-at-Raavan-promotional-event-3.jpg
http://media.indiatimes.in/media/content/2011/Nov/aishwarya_abhishek_bachchan_1320644152_1320644183.jpg
Yeah like I said...these are just the stories that other people have told me. I sort of feel like you're not really famous until someone starts a gay rumor about you.
I understand being devoted to a celebrity but the sooner we all accept that they aren't perfect the better. If for no other reason than it prevents people from having mental breakdowns over seeing it implied that an actress might have helped end another couple's relationship (which I think we can all safely say isn't really that big of a deal).
Don't be a hypocrite Susan.
I think the green eyed monster is in play here. Besides, how does anyone know all this is the truth anyway - Remember, three side to every story - His, Hers and then the truth !!
She said in the interview that she was planning to marry Salman. That's not any big secret, there was talk of their getting engaged well before Salman met Aishwarya. I have no idea why he didn't marry her, unless he already knew that he wouldn't be faithful to her.
There's no need to worry about sides or truth--none of this is a secret. Salman and Somy were still together when Salman and Aishwarya began seeing each other. The only new revelation here is that Somy knew about it, and says that Aishwarya was the reason her relationship with Salman ended.
http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/from-bollywood-starlet-to-florida-womens-rights-champion/
Read this instead and by her own admission she was a stupid girl with big ideas - She went to India to snare Salman Khan and in fact broke up his relationship with Sangeeta Bijlani - So there you go! Get your facts straight.
And yes of course I was biased. I gave MY opinion on the matter, which I'm required to do here. If you have a different viewpoint then why don't you create your own article for us all to read and criticize?
And I have to ask, do you have a law degree? Because I do (and by the way you're throwing around words like "slander" I can immediately tell you have no idea how the legal system works). You can't sue a person for saying "I heard a rumor from someone, here's what they said."
You telling me to "shut the hell up" is really just a sad and angry attempt by you to silence someone you disagree with. You can report me all you like but nothing will happen. I haven't broken Gather's TOS in the slightest here, unlike most of the commenters above. This article was explicitly approved by a Gather editor.
I suggest if you're going to get this bent out of shape over a blog post on the internet that you simply stop reading it. You sound rather unhinged, to be honest.