Abhishek and his women

Check out the women in Abhishek Bachchan's life. Quite naturally, the first woman in Abhi's life is his mother, Jaya Bachchan.

Abhishek is said to be very close to older sister Shweta Nanda.

Abhishek's first major girlfriend was Karishma Kapoor. The two were in fact enegaged to be married, but the engagement broke, for undefined reasons in 2002. Those in the Bachchan camp say the Kapoors called it off while the Kapoors claim that the Bachchans called it off.

Abhishek's first leading lady on screen was also from the Kapoor clan. It was Karishma's younger sister Kareena. The two made their Bollywood debuts together with J.P Dutta's Refugee. Recently, Kareena said there is no question of reconciling with the Bachchans and ever working with Abhishek again.

Post the breakup with Karishma, Abhishek lay low for a while, and then it was rumoured that he was dating Rani Mukherjee. The two worked together in a number of films and their chemistry was always great. More recently, it was reported that Ash was uncomfortable with Abhishek spending time with Rani.

After Rani, another 'secret' relationship of Abhishek's was with model and upcoming actress Dipannita Sharma. Some gossip columns say that he developed a soft corner for Ash while he was still with Dipannita and summarily dumped her for the former Miss World.

In February 2007, Abhishek finally tied the knot with Aishwarya Rai after months of speculations by the media and fans about a relationship, and even a secret wedding. Since the Bachchans are known to be extremely superstitious and Ash is a 'manglik', she was married to a tree before she could claim Abhishek - you know, for good luck!

Ash has become Abhishek's ticket to a bit of international fame, as he now accopmanies her to big festivals like Cannes, where he gets a chance to share a joke or two with Ash's beautiful Hollywood friends.

Abhishek speaks a lot about how close he is to his father - Big B, but he is also very close to his mother, Jaya, who gave up her Bollywood career to bring up him and his sister Shweta.