What ended Abhishek Bachchan and Karisma Kapoor's love story? Here's what could have happened

More than 22 years after their engagement ended, Abhishek Bachchan and Karisma Kapoor's relationship continues to be a talking point. Fresh claims have now surfaced after late actor Mukri's daughter, Naseem Mukri, spoke about the former couple during a podcast with Vickey Lalwani.

During the conversation, Naseem claimed that Karisma's mother, actor Babita, never supported the relationship. She also alleged that financial conditions were placed before the marriage, something she claimed eventually led to the engagement being called off.

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When Vickey Lalwani mentioned that Abhishek and Karisma fell in love during the making of ‘Haan Maine Pyar Kiya’, Naseem disagreed.

"No, love happened before the shoot began. There was constant movement and action during the film's shoot," she said.

Naseem went on to claim that Babita opposed the relationship from the beginning.

"Babita was against their love. She was not allowing this relationship. She got them to break up because of this. Babita told Karisma, 'Ask Abhishek to transfer these many crores before the marriage only then will you get to marry him... Because she was a bigger star than Abhishek. They broke up because of that," she alleged.

When asked why Karisma agreed to her mother's stance despite being in love, Naseem responded, "Jab maa Hitler ho... (Babita was a Hitler mother). Girls were sh** scared of their mother. Kareena didn't take Babita's dominating attitude. She left and started living on her own. It was Karisma who lived with their mother."

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Speaking further, Naseem also agreed when the discussion turned to a prenuptial agreement.

"The agreement was that Abhishek had to transfer money before the marriage. Also Karisma would be entitled to a certain amount of money if there was a divorce... But the Bachchans didn't agree to it. So the engagement broke and she later married businessman Sunjay Kapur," she claimed.

Naseem's remarks come after filmmaker Suneel Darshan, who directed ‘Haan Maine Pyar Kiya’, also spoke about the former couple's relationship on the same podcast.

Reflecting on their time together during the film, he said, "Chemistry was there; you have to watch Haan Maine Pyar Kiya. Their chemistry in the film reflected their real-life bond."

He also suggested that factors outside the relationship played a role in their separation.

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"Sometimes the issue is from outside. Their inner space created the problems and disturbed the whole thing. I thought everything was good until that point," Suneel said.

Abhishek Bachchan and Karisma Kapoor got engaged in October 2002 after their relationship became public. However, the engagement was called off in January 2003, with neither family publicly revealing the reason behind the split. Karisma later married businessman Sunjay Kapur in 2003, while Abhishek married Aishwarya Rai in 2007. The couple welcomed their daughter, Aaradhya Bachchan, in 2011.