Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai are engaged

Two of India's most popular movie stars are engaged to be married later this year in what promises to be Bollywood's biggest wedding in years. Large numbers of fans gathered outside Abhishek's house as they heard the news of his engagement. The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder sent this report from Delhi:

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Abhishek Bachchan belongs to Bollywood's First Family; his father Amitabh has been the industry's biggest superstar for the past four decades and he was once voted the star of the Millennium in an online BBC poll. Ashiwarya Rai is a former beauty queen who has starred in several international films, including Bride and Prejudice, an adaptation of the Jane Austen novel.

Crowds of fans gathered outside the Bachchan residence in suburban Mumbai as news of the engagement spread and when the wedding eventually takes place later this year, it promises to be one of India's most glamorous events of the year.

Sanjoy Mamjumder, BBC News, Delhi

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Bollywood
India's very successful film industry; 'Bollywood' is a name that's made up from Bombay (the former name for Mumbai) and 'Hollywood'

'A' list
the most important famous people

feverish speculation
very busy and excited guesses about what might happen

impending
soon to happen, upcoming

spotted
seen or noticed even though they didn't plan or want to be seen

promoting
letting as many people as possible know about their film

Bollywood's First Family
The most important family in the Indian film industry

four decades
forty years (one decade is equal to ten years, so four decades is forty years)

poll
survey, questionnaire

suburban
an area of housing outside a city or town centre

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