Abhishek Bachchan, a.k.a Junior Bachchan, has had a happy married life with Aishwarya since April 20, 2007. It will be close to 18 years that the couple will celebrate their marital bliss. What started as a friendship on the sets of Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke soon moved to more than a close friendship after Kuch Na Kaho. However, before Abhishek married Aishwarya, he had a string of affairs. It is said that Abhishek was also in a steady relationship with Tabu.

Abhishek Bachchan and Tabu used to hang out arms-in-arms late in the night

An old scoop from Reddit claimed that Tabu was one of the actresses’, Abhishek dated. However, there has never been any official confirmation of this. However, Junior Bachchan was romantically involved with Tabu. There was a discussion on a public forum Cari in 2005 and the report read about Tabu’s affair with Abhishek. According to industry circles, Tabu was frequently seen along with Abhishek at filmi and non-filmi parties in Mumbai. A part of the post also read:

“Both of them are often seen in five-star hotels wandering together arm in arm at late hours. Incidentally, the reports of growing relationship between Abhishek and dusky Bengali beauty Rani Mukherjee occurred when Big B was doing movies like Sanjay Bhansali’s ‘Black’ and Yash Chopra’s ‘Bunty Aur Babli’ with Rani Mukherjee. Interestingly, this time too, Big B has signed a movie with Tabu. Is it a coincidence or otherwise can be a guess only?”

Before Abhishek married Aishwarya, the tinseltown used to talk a lot about his romantic stories with his colleagues. Reportedly, Abhishek was known to break the record of his dad, Amitabh, who had a thick bond with his female co-stars. It was also alleged that Abhishek was following in the footsteps of his dad. Abhishek was known to be dating Lara Dutta, Rani Mukerji, Dipannita Sharma, apart from being linked with Tabu.

When Tabu and Amitabh Bachchan’s chemistry was loved in Cheeni Kum

Tabu, interestingly, never did any film with Junior Bachchan. However, apart from leaving a mark in the minds of Telugu audiences, her chemistry with Amitabh in R Balki’s 2007 film, Cheeni Kum was loved by fans. Big B played the role of a renowned 64-year-old chef called Buddhadev Gupta, while Tabu played the role of a 34-year-old software engineer called, Nina Verma. They are shown to have fallen in love, despite their age differences, and they do not know how to avoid it. 

Tabu’s relationship with Nagarjuna before she got linked with Abhishek Bachchan

Tabu made her Telugu debut with the movie, Coolie No One next to Venkatesh at the mere age of 17. For her second south movie, Tabu was seen with Akkineni Nagarjuna in an item dance number titled, Sisindri. Ever since then her love affair with Nagarjuna started and reports claim that it lasted for a decade. He had also gifted Tabu a flat in Hyderabad.

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When Abhishek Bachchan moved on from Tabu, cheated on Dipannita Sharma

Abhishek and Dipannita reportedly were in a relationship. Initially, Abhishek was completely smitten with Dipannita, but later he lost interest. Abhishek cheated on Dipannita with Aishwarya, whom he was shooting at that time. As soon as Aishwarya started showing interest, Abhishek showed his true colours to the actress. Even Bipasha Basu had warned Dipannita that Abhishek was cheating on her with Aishwarya but Dipannita did not pay attention to the same.