{"id":2048905,"date":"2025-09-25T11:18:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2048905"},"modified":"2025-09-25T11:18:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:18:56","slug":"throwback-aishwarya-rai-teaches-virgin-river-stars-martin-henderson-and-daniel-gillies-and-to-play-garba-see-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/throwback-aishwarya-rai-teaches-virgin-river-stars-martin-henderson-and-daniel-gillies-and-to-play-garba-see-pics\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback: Aishwarya Rai teaches Virgin River stars Martin Henderson and Daniel Gillies and to play garba – See Pics |"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Long before Daniel Gillies<\/a> and Martin Henderson<\/a> became popular with the names ‘The Vampire Diaries’ and ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, they shared the screen with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan<\/a> in ‘Bride and Prejudice’. The Bollywood icon danced Garba alongside the future TV stars in the 2004 musical, creating a cross-cultural cinematic moment still remembered by fans.<\/p>\n

A memorable on-screen collaboration<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, one of Bollywood\u2019s most celebrated stars, once performed Garba with Hollywood actors Daniel Gillies and Martin Henderson. The trio appeared together in Gurinder Chadha\u2019s 2004 film \u2018Bride and Prejudice\u2019, a Bollywood-style adaptation of Jane Austen\u2019s classic novel \u2018Pride and Prejudice\u2019. At the time, Gillies and Henderson were relatively unknown faces. Years later, they rose to international fame, Gillies through his role as Elijah Mikaelson in \u2018The Vampire Diaries\u2019 universe and Henderson as Dr. Nathan Riggs in \u2018Grey\u2019s Anatomy\u2019.<\/p>\n

A playful rivalry in garba form<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

The movie, ‘Bride and Prejudice’, had a song, ‘Dola Dola’, where Aishwarya, Daniel Gillies, and Martin Henderson were seen grooving to the classical beats and playing Garba. The sequence beautifully captured a playful rivalry central to the film’s plot, where both Gillies\u2019 character, George Wickham, and Henderson\u2019s character, William Darcy, are seen courting Aishwarya’s Lalita Bakshi. Set to traditional beats, both actors put their best foot forward, using their dance moves in an attempt to impress her. <\/p>\n

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\u2018Bride and Prejudice\u2019 remains a unique cross-cultural project that bridged Indian and Western cinema. For Aishwarya, it showcased her global appeal, and for Gillies and Henderson, the film became an early step in careers that would later skyrocket in American television.Today, fans often look back on the Garba sequence with a sense of nostalgia, marveling at the fact that the future stars of two massive TV shows once shared the dance floor with a Bollywood legend.<\/div>\n