Nuptials set for Bollywood's Rai, Bachchan: reports

India's mediaare buzzing about what could be Bollywood's wedding of the year,with rumours flying that superstar acting couple Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan will be married next month.

Newspapers, TV channels and websites reported Tuesday that the upcoming nuptials are expected to take place between April 18 and 20 in Mumbai.

The high-profile couple who have been likened to the South Asian diaspora's equivalent of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt visited Toronto in January to premiere their film Guru at what was the first Bollywood premiere outside India.

Just a few days later, Bachchan's fatherBollywood film legend Amitabh Bachchanconfirmed that his son and Rai were engaged.

Though the couple has largely kept their romance under wraps, wedding rumours about Rai, a former Miss World, and Bachchan rose to a fever pitch when the couple was seen performing cultural rituals alongside Bachchan's parents at a Varanasi temple last November.

According to various reports, the wedding is likely to be a subdued ceremony with only close family and friends present.