Before Aishwarya Rai Bachchan became the Bachchan family's bahu, she shared screen space with Amitabh Bachchan in several movies. One of them was Khakee , an action thriller that also starred Ajay Devgn , Akshay Kumar , and Tusshar Kapoor. The cast, including Big B, Aishwarya, Akshay, and Tusshar, were shooting for the film in Nashik in 2003.
At that time, an accident happened on sets, which left Aishwarya injured. Also Read - Kaun Banega Crorepati 16: Amitabh Bachchan reveals his grandchildren's hilarious take on Kalki 2898 AD and it is sure to leave you in splits On the set, a stuntman lost control of his car and rammed the vehicle into Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's chair. Aishwarya was not able to move, so Akshay Kumar helped her and pulled the car away.
The actress was immediately rushed to the hospital. At that time, the accident was widely covered in the media. Amitabh Bachchan spoke to the actress' mother and helped her get back to Mumbai in Anil Ambani's private plane.
There is no landing facility in Nashik, so they took permission from Delhi to land Ambani's place at the military base. The base was 45 minutes away from the hospital where Aishwarya was admitted. Also Read - Amitabh Bachchan once revealed why he avoids explicit scenes and vulgar language in movies At that time, Amitabh Bachchan was upset with the way the media termed the accident 'trivial' and said it was blown out of proportion.
About the same, Big B expressed his disappointment and told Rediff, 'Everyone .