The lead couple were together to promote Jodhaa at its music launch in Santacruz’s Grand Hyatt on Wednesday evening and they light up the ambience with their sheer star appeal. Just when the clock strikes 12, Rai takes a break from non-stop interviews to wish her co-star Roshan on his birthday. Later on, Rai makes a point. “There is no problem between us. If you still don’t believe me, please ask him.”

There were reports of discomfort between the two on the sets of Jodhaa , after gossip columns reported how the Bachchans, with Rai’s nuptial pending, had objected to the duo’s intimate scenes in Dhoom 2.

Roshan too is equally sporting when he is teased on whether having Rai as his co-star prompted him to act in Gowariker’s film. “I agreed to act the moment Ashutosh told me it’s an epic romance. Unfortunately, at that time I didn’t know who would be my leading lady,” he says.

From the reel-life Mughal king’s cute moustache and the queen’s elaborate attire to the grand fort and sword-fighting—there will be lots to keep the audience glued to Jodhaa. The film’s hero counts the movie’s high points in a lighter vein. “There is no need to worry. I’ll be showing my body in Jodhaa, like I did in Dhoom 2,” he jokes.

Roshan maintains a straight face even he is in a mood of banter, but it doesn’t take too long to initiate Rai’s much talked-about giggles. Even as they have a good time, the duo doesn’t forget to rattle endlessly about the grand epic and thus make sure that the film dances its way to the box office, much like Dhoom 2. “Before taking up the film, I read a lot about Akbar and the era. But finally I left it on my own interpretation,” says Roshan. “I will be glad if today’s youth is able to identify with Akbar.”

It took months to translate Gowariker’s magnificent vision onscreen but the lead actors never complained; a newly-wed Rai didn’t mind staying away for days from his new-found family for shooting in Karjat. “When I joined work after my wedding, Ashu (Gowariker) said that he could hardly notice any difference in me.

That was the best compliment I received on a professional level,” says the Bachchan bahu.