When Oprah Winfrey visited Aishwarya Rai-Abhishek Bachchan’s Mumbai home, but was forbidden to bring cameras because of Aaradhya. Watch video

“When I called and said I wanted to drop by, they said, ‘Come on by, you cannot bring cameras’,” Oprah added, noting that both Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan were also present. After the meeting, Amitabh asked if Oprah would like to ride with the family to a party that they were all headed to. Hosted by Parmeshwar Godrej, the party had the who’s who of Bollywood in attendance, including Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, AR Rahman, Javed Akhtar and scores of others.

But Oprah was most impressed by the attention that the paparazzi gave the Bachchans as they made their way out of the family bungalow, Jalsa. “When those gates opened, I went ‘woah’. I’ve seen paparazzi, but I ain’t never seen nothing like this. I don’t know what that is out there,” she said, adding, “People crawling over the cars, and yelling and screaming, whoa.”

But Oprah’s most famous interaction with Aishwarya happened when the star taught Oprah how to wear a saree. Aishwarya’s first appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show came in 2005; she returned with Abhishek in 2009. The couple tied the knot in 2007, and welcomed Aaradhya in 2011.