A cikin watan Oktoba 2002, a lokacin bikin cika shekaru 60 da haihuwar mahaifinsa Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek da actress Karisma Kapoor sun sanar da alkawarinsu. An soke alkawarin a watan Janairun 2003. Bachchan ya ƙaunaci Aishwarya Rai yayin da ake yin fim don Dhoom 2, kodayake dukansu sun riga sun bayyana tare a Dhai Akshar Prem Ke (wanda sa'annan saurayinta, Salman Khan, ya yi ɗan gajeren lokaci) da kuma Kuch Kaho. Bachchan da Rai sun sanar da alkawarinsu a ranar 14 ga Janairu 2007 wanda daga baya mahaifinsa, Amitabh Bachchan, ya tabbatar da shi. Ma'auratan sun yi aure a ranar 20 ga Afrilu 2007, bisa ga al'adun gargajiya na Hindu na al'ummar Bunt, wanda Rai ya kasance. An gudanar da bikin aure a cikin wani zaman sirri a gidan Bachchan, Prateeksha, a Mumbai, amma kafofin watsa labarai sun rufe shi sosai.
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