By Jilawatan

Bollywood film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Aishwarya Ray Bachchan, Jaya Prada, Himachal Pradesh’s ex-Chief Minister Shri Vir Bhadra Sinh today arrived at Bhavnagar airport to attend Shri Prithvirajsinh’s uttarkriya ceremony at Dared. Late Prithvirajsingh was brother-in-law of ex-Samajwadi leader Amarsingh who is nearest friend of Bachchan family. Amarsingh was also present at the ceremony with his twins daughters and wife.

All dignitaries arrived at Bhavnagar airport through chartered plan and reached Dared village by helicopter. Prithvirajsinh belongs to royal family of Dared, a village near Gujarat’s Bhavnagar city in Saurashtra. His widow Abhilashakumari is Judge in Gujarat High Court.

By Jilawatan

While Amar Singh’s closest friends from the industry, Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt, couldn’t make it to Singapore their respective wives more than made up for their husbands’ absence. Bachchan had to cancel his trip at the last minute due to a health scare and Sanjay was denied a visa.

Jaya was with Amar Singh when he went in for the surgery and Sanjay’s wife, Maanyata, joined her later.Aishwarya Rai Bachchan too put her shooting schedule for Shankar’s Robot on hold to be with Bachchan’s closest family friend in his hour of crisis. Jaya Prada also dropped in to wish her mentor good luck.

One of the star wives said, “It had become an all-girls club in Singapore with Jaya Prada also dropping in to meet him (Singh). There was nothing to do there except be present by his side and enquire about his progress. One couldn’t go shopping or sightseeing at a time like this. It was a grim situation but yes, we wives bonded well.”