Abhishek Bachchan Has a New BFF?

Abhishek Bachchan seems to have everything going for him. He’s got a great movie career and he gets to say he is married to Aishwarya Rai. So why was he opting to hang out with someone else at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival this past weekend? Well like the old saying goes, “It’s not what you think.” Abhishek Bachchan was hanging out with actress Eva Longoria’s husband and NBA superstar Tony Parker. When you happen to just meet Tony Parker and you happen to just become friends, you know your social circle is well ahead of everyone else’s.

Aishwarya Rai and Eva Longoria know each other very well as they are both representatives of L’Oreal. Despite that connection, their respective husbands had never met… until now. Abhishek Bachchan and Tony Parker hit it off real well, centering their conversation among other things, a major common interest between the two: basketball. Tony Parker is a three time NBA Champion and 2007 NBA Finals MVP, so I’m sure he was keen on the subject. Abhishek? Well, he played it in high school. If that’s enough for a conversation with the San Antonio Spurs point guard, then most of us guys are waiting to talk to Tony Parker that game winning shot we wish we hit in high school.

Abhishek Bachchan most likely doesn’t get too star struck when meeting people, but Tony Parker, NOT Eva Longoria, made him feel like a fanatic again. The two got along so quickly that they left their wives behind to keep up the basketball talk. This is the type of the stuff that awkwardly funny comedies are made of. What could Abhishek Bachchan have possibly said to Tony Parker that he hasn’t heard before? “I’m such a big fan, Tony?” “You should have made All-NBA First Team, Tony?” “If I didn’t have this film career and charmed life I have, I’d be destroying you out there on the basketball court, Tony?” This is one conversation that I think all of us, especially their wives would have loved to hear.

So guys what do you think of Abhishek Bachchan and Tony Parker’s blossoming friendship? Do you think they’ll continue to be best buddies? Most of all, was the conversation that interesting that they’d leave two of the hottest women in the world behind for the night? Let us know what you think about this.