Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek take their romance to Istanbul

After a romantic two weeks in Greece, Abhishek Bachchan and wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will be jetting off to Istanbul, making the best use of Aishwarya's time off from work.

Aishwarya, who recently wound up filming for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Guzaarish opposite Hrithik Roshan, had accompanied Abhishek to Greece for the filming of Game. Directed by Abhiney Deo, The thriller film additionally features Anupam Kher, Boman Irani and Kangana Ranaut.

Abhishek and Aishwarya returned to Mumbai for a day to catch up with their family prompting a delighted Amitabh Bachchan to blog on Friday, May 7, 2010

"Abhishek and Bahu Rani came back this morning and it was a joy to see them after such a long gap. But the joy is limited. Tomorrow they go off again to some more exotic lands for their work. But when they are with us, it is fun to catch up on their talk and to inform them of ours."

Aishwarya Rai bonds with Shahrukh Khan!

Hrithik Roshan's birthday bash was an occasion for the Bachchans and Khans to bury their past differences and whip up a new bonhomie.

While Abhishek Bachchan, always chilled out, has never had any differences with Shahrukh Khan or his wife Gauri, Aishwarya Rai, we all know, wasn’t on talking terms with the King Khan for a span of many years after she was dropped unceremoniously from his film ‘Chalte Chalte’.

The thaw in the chill between Ash and SRK began to set in last year, but their friendship wasn’t resuscitated enough for them to work together again. The two were last seen together on big screen in Devdas in 2002.

However, the camaraderie between SRK, Gauri, Abhi and Ash at Hrithik’s party had to be seen to be believed. SRK was in a jovial mood and discussing his upcoming film Ra.One with the couple. He reportedly even asked Ash to make a cameo appearance in the film

According to a source, there is a character in the film who is Ash’s greatest fan. Ash is required to play herself for just a scene when the fan meets her.

Whether Ash agreed to play the cameo is not known. However, what’s crystal clear is that both SRK and Ash have let bygones be bygones and might work together sooner than we expect.

In fact, after the bash, the two couples drove to SRK’s home Mannat in the same car. Still in a mood to party, the quartet put on some music and it was Abhishek who pulled SRK’s wife Gauri to the dance floor.