Abhishek and Shweta Bachchan revealed their family secrets in this old video from Karan Johar’s show.
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00:00Let's put one thing straight.
00:02Pa is Pa. The only boss in our house is our mother.
00:05I've showed them to you.
00:06See, he's still alive. He's the favourite child. I told you.
00:09And what happened when you told her?
00:11I got a screaming.
00:12Who are you most scared of? Your wife or your mother?
00:14My mother.
00:15Wife.
00:21You're quite sure about it that the favourite for Jaya aunty is Abhishek.
00:25Oh yeah.
00:26Undoubtedly.
00:27It's Abhishek.
00:27And has that been a problem?
00:29Obviously.
00:30When you say the favourite, give me an example about the favouritism.
00:33How does it work?
00:34Her eyes light up when he walks into the room.
00:37It's very bugging.
00:39It's very bugging?
00:40Yeah. The reaction she has to Shahrukh in Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gum
00:45is exactly what she has for Abhishek.
00:47So you identify with that.
00:48Minus the Aarti ka thali, but everything else.
00:50You think she senses Abhishek's arrival?
00:51Yes. She senses his moods.
00:54She says, today he'll come home and he's going to be like this.
00:57I just mark my words and I'm like, really?
00:59And he is like that.
01:00He is the mother's favourite, but clearly you're the father's favourite.
01:03Absolutely. Now ask me.
01:04Now I'm asking.
01:05Yeah. Absolutely.
01:07Nothing else matters to her.
01:09Just her?
01:09Yeah.
01:10Her opinion.
01:11Everything.
01:12All the ladies in our house are very good mimics.
01:16And you mean your mother as well?
01:17Yeah. She's legendary.
01:19When you talk about Aunty Jaya and her love for the paparazzi.
01:22Abhishek, there are hysterical videos online
01:26of her firing, screaming, shouting at the paparazzi.
01:30It's my guilty pleasure.
01:31And it's my guilty pleasure.
01:33I love it.
01:33Is it your guilty pleasure?
01:35I'm going to tell her.
01:36I've told her.
01:37I've shown them to her.
01:38He's still alive. He's the favourite child. I told you.
01:40And what happened when you told her?
01:42I got a screaming.
01:44You guys don't know anything else.
01:46You make fun of me all the time.
01:48I'm claustrophobic.
01:49I can't handle it when people surround me like this.
01:53Who are you?
01:54Are you from India?
01:55The one big change that happened in the family life
01:58is when you married Aishwarya.
01:59You know, it was like another superstar in the house.
02:01Now, how have you managed to strike the balance
02:04between emotion, pragmatism, family,
02:06vis-a-vis another star in the house?
02:07I feel whenever there's in a family unit,
02:10whenever there's a new person,
02:11whether it's a daughter-in-law or even a child,
02:14roles do get reshuffled.
02:16So, like, a lot of...
02:17No, what I'm asking is, like,
02:18you were, like, the go-to person as a sister.
02:21You know, and now there's the wife, who's also a mega star.
02:23Which is great, because it's better to have two hands
02:26than just one, Karan.
02:27I feel a lot of relief that he has someone
02:30he can bounce ideas off and things off.
02:33So, suppose he, hypothetically,
02:36he has an issue with something my father's told him
02:38or my mother's told him.
02:40He may not be able to tell me about it.
02:41And I may come from a biased point of view.
02:43He may be able to speak to his wife about it
02:45without being conscious about something.
02:47Also, she's from his industry.
02:49So, there are certain things she will understand,
02:52she will connect, she will understand his life as an actor,
02:54the hours he keeps.
02:56Just like your parents.
02:57Exactly.
02:58But let's put one thing straight.
03:01Pa's father, the only boss in our house, is our mother.
03:04What secret would you reveal of Abhishek's?
03:06That he was a thumb sucker and, I think, also a bed wetter.
03:09A thumb sucker and a bed wetter.
03:11Oh, a lot like my son.
03:13I know, you suck the thumb.
03:15That's worse!
03:16I used to suck these two fingers.
03:17That's worse!
03:18It's cute.
03:18Alright, what do you love about Aishwarya Rai?
03:20That she's a self-made, strong woman and a fantastic mother.
03:24What do you hate about Aishwarya Rai?
03:26That she takes forever to return calls, messages.
03:30What do you tolerate about Aishwarya Rai?
03:31Time management.
03:33What do you love about Aishwarya Rai?
03:34That she loves me.
03:35Oops.
03:36Okay, what do you hate about her?
03:37I think the way she packs.
03:40And what do you tolerate about her?
03:41The way she packs.
03:42And Jaya Bachchan, the same three.
03:44What do I love about her?
03:45That she's my mother. It's a bond.
03:47And that's what I love.
03:49What do I hate about mom?
03:51I think she's a bit too picky.
03:53Okay.
03:53And what do I tolerate about her?
03:56I think her fetish that everything has to be placed correctly.
03:59One thing you would like to change about your relationship with your wife?
04:01If you had to.
04:04Not much, actually.
04:05I think it's pretty much what I always...
04:07What you envisage it to be.
04:08Yeah.
04:09Alright, we have...
04:10That he is not thinking twice before saying things about mom.
04:14But when it comes to his wife, he's really thinking hard.
04:17Who are you most scared of, your wife or your mother?
04:19My mother.
04:20Wife.