Former advertising filmmaker, Prahlad Kakkar, who worked with him Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in his modeling days, he already showed the difference of the actor who became famous Salman Khan. In an interview with 2025, she said that although the breakup helped her, what hurt her the most was feeling abandoned by the film industry, which she believed supported Salman.Kakkar recalled standing next to Aishwarya during this time. According to him, he lost faith in the industry after the relationship ended.I just helped him, I told him, ‘Don’t worry. He said, ‘But the industry…’ His biggest pain was being left by Salman’s industry. He really did that; he felt betrayed. The breakup, actually, was a big relief at the end,” he said in an interview with Vickey Lalwani. He added that Aishwarya’s frustration stemmed partly from the end of the relationship and how she believed the industry had played a role.“He was not upset about the separation. He was upset that everyone took Salman’s side and not his. The truth was on his side. He no longer trusted the industry because it was not playing fair. I could understand if he was wrong and the other party was right, or if both sides were treated equally. But nothing – it was one sided,” Kakkar added.Kakkar commented on Salman’s performance at the time, saying the actor was “physical and very emotional” and asked, “What do you do with someone like that?”However, he clarified that Aishwarya did not discuss the matter directly with him. Instead, he said that what he saw came from living in the same house as the couple.“No, I knew because I lived in the same house. He used to make drawings in the dining room and he would shake his head against the wall. The relationship was over long before it ended. It was a relief for everyone – his parents, him, the whole world,” he shared.Salman Khan is Aishwarya Rai they reportedly ended their relationship in 2002 and never worked together again on film. A few years later, in 2012 interview with Simi GarewalAishwarya spoke briefly about the breakup of the couple but chose not to elaborate on the matter.“I think I’ve locked it out. I don’t think I’d want to look at it any other way, especially on a public platform. I wouldn’t want to.”