While former Miss World and actress Aishwarya Rai needs no introduction, did you know that her sister-in-law too is also quite accomplished in her own way? So much so that just like Aishwarya, her sister-in-law too is a former beauty queen. And, no, we aren’t talking about her nanad Shweta Bachchan!
Meet Aishwarya Rai’s bhabhi Shrima Rai, who is married to the former’s brother elder Aditya Rai. Shrima, an American-desi, was in her 20s when she first met Aishwarya’s brother Aditya Rai, who is an engineer, and they soon got married. “American desi 20 year old meets studious engineer Mumbaikar and the rest is history,” she once revealed in a Facebook post on her wedding anniversary. The couple have been married for over a decade and have two sons together– Shivansh and Vihaan Rai.
Photo credit: Shrima Rai via social media
But that’s not all, as Shrima Rai is also a true beauty with brains in her own rights– just like her nanad Aishwarya! In a recent social media post, Shrima shared that she was a banker and a beauty queen before becoming a blogger and influencer a few years ago. “Before I became a blogger/ content creator I was a banker in Wealth Management for several years. I have also been a Gladrags Mrs. India Globe 2009. Post 2017, I transitioned into blogging,” she said in the post. Now, that’s quite commendable!
Speaking about her bond with Aishwarya, Shrima had once said in an earlier interview, “I don’t see Ash as a superstar. She’s firstly my sister-in-law. But we don’t get to see Ash and Abhishek often. When she drops by, I’m usually at work. Abhishek is a fun guy to be with.”
Shrima Rai’s recent controversy
Meanwhile, for the unversed, lately Shrima Rai is in the midst of a controversy which started on social media when a user pointed out that Shrima thanked Aishwarya’s nanad Shweta Bachchan for sending flowers to her. With rumours of Aishwarya and Abhishek’s wedding going through a tough time, this gestured seemed a bit off to netizens and people soon started commenting on Shrima’s post. Responding to trollers online, Shrima said in a social media post, “My birthday was on November 21 and as usual flowers were sent. I thanked everyone with a shoutout.” This was in context to her thanking Shweta Bachchan in an online post recently.
In the same post, Shrima further said that she has never tried to “open a business with anyone’s name” and that she has “built an independent career as a content creator for years” on her own. Reading between the lines, some netizens have further questioned Shrima’s equations with her nanad Aishwarya.
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