Aishwarya Rai Bachchan loses a close cousin

Mumbai, Dec 21: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan lost a young cousin, and Abhishek Bachchan, whose just released film 'Dhoom 3' is creating buzz at the box office, today cancelled his work commitments to be with his wife.

Abhishek was to meet industrialist Vijay Mallya at the launch of Kingfisher calendar here today and then attend a promotional event of 'Dhoom 3' but had to cancel his plans at the last minute due to the demise of a close relative of Aishwarya.

According to sources close to him, junior Bachchan rushed to be with Aishwarya after getting the news of the demise.

The 37-year-old Bollywood star has reprised his role of Jai Dixit in 'Dhoom 3', which hit theatres yesterday.