A BollywoodLife reader saw Oprah’s The Next Chapter episode and pinged us
So Aaradhya Bachchan aka Beti B did not make an appearance on Oprah Winfrey’s new show, The Next Chapter, after all. There was a huge buzz that Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan’s darling daughter will say her first hi to the world on the world’s most celebrated talk show. But alas! It didn’t happen.
A BollywoodLife reader happened to catch the show in the United States and immediately informed us (we had asked for some dope from our US readers). Said Erin at 1.23pm IST, “The show aired hours ago, Aishwarya and Abhishek were barely featured, no mention of the baby’s name and no shot of the baby.”
While we are sad that Aaradhya was not even mentioned, forget shown, what makes us sadder is Erin’s observation that Aishwarya and Abhishek were “barely featured”. As if to compensate, Oprah tweeted a picture of her India visit, with Abhishek and her helping Aishwarya step down, and Amitabh Bachchan in the background. Left us highly unsatisfied we must say…. About time Beti B’s picture is shared with the world, at least. What do you think?
Meanwhile, we hear that a new girls’ college in Daulatpur, Uttar Pradesh is going to be named after Aishwarya. The Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Girls’ College, as it will be called, will be built by Amitabh Bachchan’s foundation, Sewa Sansthan. The college was delayed for some time and is now being revived – maybe the birth of Aaradhya has made the Bachchan’s speed up the process of doing their bit for the girl child. Now this is something the Bachchan family fans will be truly proud of, won’t they?
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anonymous1
Posted at 9:57 pm on April 23, 2012
Hello I’m a U.S viewer I was very excited to watch the show. Yes it is true that Abhi-Aish were not featured for long as I had expected atleast, but Oprah did talk about them being on her show before and how she told them she would meet up with them if she ever came to India. The show went a little in depth into Aish and Abhi whereas only a glimpse was shown of other Bollywood stars like Priyanka Chopra. Most of the Bollywood “biggies” were not even mentioned or shown apart from Amitabh, Aishwarya, Abhishek, Jaya,A.R Rahman, and Priyanka. And there is no surprise Beti B wasn’t shown. Even before I saw the show I did not have any expectations of seeing Beti B. When I saw the preview I knew the Bachchans are not going to allow cameras inside their homes. Oprah said it herself on the show that she asked them if cameras are allowed in, but they said no so she went inside while cameras stayed outside. And Oprah did mention that Aish gave birth and she was as beautiful as the parents, but she didnot mention the name of their daughter. Perhaps respecting the Bachchans wishes, who knows? There are 3 other parts coming still of her India trip. So far I was very pleased with this episode. I love Oprah for doing this.