While cleaning an old almirah that once belonged to her grandfather, content creator Divyashi Srivastava came across a wedding card that she identified as the invitation of Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan. Along with the original, she found a photocopy that her grandfather had apparently made to ensure the document remained preserved.Divyashi shared the discovery in a video on Instagram, on her account @The_divy_sparks. She showed the card page by page and explained that she had not expected to find something like it among her grandfather’s belongings.“This is Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai’s wedding card. And I don’t know if Bachchan’s family has this wedding card or not. Let me show you guys page by page,” she said at the beginning of the video.Explaining how she found it, she said, “In my almirah, which used to be my grandfather’s almirah, I got Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai’s wedding card. He got a photocopy of that also, so that if something happens to it, he can have a photocopy. And I still have that.”
What did the wedding card contain?
As she turned the pages, Divyashi pointed out a poem that she believed might have been written by Amitabh’s father Harivansh Rai Bachchan. She was unsure whether it had been written specifically for the wedding, since his name appeared with the prefix ‘Swargiye’.She also showed the names printed on the card, including Dr Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Shrimati Teji Bachchan, along with other members of the Bachchan family. She pointed out the mention of Jaya Bachchan’s family, referring to her by her maiden surname, Bhaduri. The card also listed Abhishek Bachchan’s maternal relatives.Divyashi said she believed the other names on the pages belonged to Aishwarya Rai’s family. She did not explain the identity of every person listed, but wanted her followers to see the different sections of the invitation.One viewer noticed that the wording on the card appeared to suggest that the wedding had already taken place. The user commented, “Interesting! Just wanted to point out one thing – as per the card, the wedding was already done. And they were perhaps just informing the close ones, requesting them to bless the newly wed couple. That’s what has been written in the card. In Hindi.” Divyashi responded, “yes yes .. I haven’t paid that much attention just saw it so I shared it”.
Why her grandfather had kept the card
Divyashi also explained why the invitation had a personal connection for her family. She said she belongs to the Kayastha community. She pointed out that Amitabh Bachchan also belongs to the Kayastha community and was born in Allahabad, the same city she comes from.She added that her grandfather and grandmother’s wedding had also involved Harivansh Rai Bachchan. According to her, her grandfather had been invited to weddings at distant places, which may explain how the card came to be among his belongings.But she was clear that the invitation’s value was not simply about the celebrities whose names it carried. Her grandfather, who is no longer alive, had considered it important enough to preserve and make a photocopy of.Divyashi anticipated that some people might question why anyone would keep a celebrity wedding card. She explained that it was a memory her grandfather did not want to lose. She said that whatever had been precious to him, and whatever memories he wanted to protect, he had tried to preserve. The photocopy, she suggested, was his way of keeping a backup in case anything happened to the original.Divyashi ended the video by asking viewers whether they had ever come across anything precious while cleaning or going through an older family member’s belongings.
Social media users share their own connections to the Bachchans
The discovery prompted several users to share why they found the card meaningful. One commenter offered a possible explanation for the grandfather’s attachment to it, writing:“Of course, I understand why it’s precious. It’s not precious because he’s a celebrity. It’s precious because for your grandfather, he was one of those relatives who really made big in life and he must be proud of his relative for making a name for himself and his family. That’s a proud moment.”Another user mentioned a personal connection to Harivansh Rai Bachchan, writing, “It’s precious for me because Mr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan taught my nananji in Allahabad University”.Others responded with humour. One person suggested that Divyashi should take the invitation to ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati,’ writing, “Its precious indeed, KBC m jana to lekar jana”. Divyashi replied, “hehehe sureeee”.Another user joked, “You guys acting like you won’t care, my family would probably make a frame if we got Aishwarya Rai’s wedding invitation”.