Bollywood celebs on their siblings

When asked about his special Raksha Bandhan plans for his sister Shweta Bachchan Nanda, Abhishek Bachchan said, “We don’t need a  special  day of the  year to feel a special bonding between us. It’s there all the time.”

This more or less sums up the way most of the Bollywood’s famous brothers feel about their sisters, whether it is  Shah Rukh Khan for his elder sister Shehnaz Lalarukh, Hrithik Roshan for  his sister Sunayana or Akshay  Kumar for his darling behna Alka. All three stars had to see their sisters undergo major traumatic experiences but they stood  by them  rock-solid and dependable. “My brother doesn’t have time to play  bhaiya-behna with me. But if I need him he’ll leave everything and come to me. That’s the kind of assurance I need and get from my brother,” Krishna Shroff says about Tiger, whom she describes as the most dependable brother in the world.

Shahrukh Khan with his sister

Actresses who are known to be especially close to their brothers include Aishwarya Rai Bachchan whose brother Aditya is so close to her that his child and Aishwarya’s Aaradhya have grown up as siblings. Says Aishwarya, “My brother and I are very similar. But he is a very private person, which I can’t afford to be. We try as much as we can to keep him away from the limelight.”

What really helps the Rai siblings to preserve their closeness is  Aishwarya’s husband Abhishek who is  not only very close to Aditya  but also ensures that the children of the two siblings meet as often as  possible.

Siddharth with Manisha Koirala

While Aishwarya’s brother Aditya and Priyanka’s kid-brother Siddharth have chosen to make   a career and life away from their superstar-sisters’  world,  Anushka  Sharma has  incepted a production house for her brother Karnesh which he looks after. Rani Mukherjee’s brother Raja is  also a producer.Wisely  Rani has chosen to keep  her brother away from her husband Aditya Chopra’s empire Yash Raj Films.

Shweta and Abhishek Bachchan

Manisha  Koirala’s brother Siddharth was  in  Mumbai 11 years ago to  follow his sister’s path in cinema. When things didn’t work out in Bollywood for Siddharth  he quickly gravitated  towards making a career away from  cinema in his home in Nepal.

Krishna with Tiger shroff

Says Manisha affectionately, “Siddharth is the most amazing brother anyone can have. When I was going through cancer treatment, he stood by me. I have a lot of respect for him. I want to see him smiling every single day of the year, and not just on Raksha Bandhan.”