It’s been a time of incredible traveling and stock -taking for Bollywood’s golden couple who are now in Cannes.

But believe it or not, just a few days earlier they were in Bhopal, visiting Mrs Jaya Bachchan’s mother who lives in the city.

Says a source, “It was a flash visit last week. Abhishek and Aishwarya had never visited his Naani together. They wanted to surprise her. They had a day off. So they just took off for the day. There was no direct flight. So they had to take a hopping flight. But it was finally worth it because the visit made their grandmother in Bhopal so happy.”

And now the Golden Couple has taken off for Cannes at a very short notice.

Says a source, “They’ve both gone on a personal and very special invitation from the Cannes festival. Aishwarya attends the festival opening or closing every year, depending on the time availability. Abhishek just decided to accompany his wife on the special invitation of the Festival.”

They return immediately. Aishwarya resumes shooting with Akshay Kumar for Vipul Shah’s Instant Replay. Abhishek joins his father for another schedule of Balki’s Paa.

Incidentally he can’t wait to abandon his clean-shaven look for Paa and get back to his stubbled look.

Abhishek Bachchan was a special invitee for the Chelsea v/s Barcelona to the invited to the game by Chelsea Football Club. He watched the game in the company of Peter Kenyon, CEO of Chelsea Football Club, England’s national coach Capello and Oscar nominated actor Clive Owen of The International and Closer fame, Carles Puyol - Barcelona Captain. Bachchan Jr. was also in fact the first one to be presented the new ‘jersey’ of Chelsea team. It was Abhishek’s seventh trip and he flew to London just to watch the game and flew back to India the next day. However, he has been following the Premier League avidly on television back home. Abhishek is a self proclaimed Chelsea fan. In fact in Jhoom Barabar Jhoom his character Ricki Thukral was shown as one too.

Abhishek’s spokesperson, confirming the news told us, ‘Yes Abhishek was specially invited for the game. In fact the Chelsea Football Club does keep sending him invites for all their games. Abhishek always tries his best to catch their games lives as much as he can whenever he is not shooting.”

Abhishek Bachchan along with wife Aishwarya found time from his busy schedule for another member of his family, he’s close to.

That member happens to be Jaya Bachchan’s mother who he met in Bhopal, just before he and wifey flew to France to attend the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.

A source has revealed: “It was a flash visit last week. Abhishek had never visited his naani with Aishwarya. They wanted to surprise her. They had a day off. So they just took off for the day. There was no direct flight. So they had to take a hopping flight. But it was finally worth it because the visit made their grandmother in Bhopal so happy.”

The Bachchans can never stop showing off their family ties in public. This sure is one big happy family.

And they mix business with pleasure quite well.

After the meeting, the two took off for Cannes to attend the festival that opened Wednesday.

The source added, “They’ve both gone on a personal and very special invitation from the Cannes Festival organisers. Aishwarya attends the festival opening or closing every year depending on the availability of time. Abhishek just decided to accompany his wife on the special invitation from the festival organizers.”

But they will return immediately so that Aishwarya can resume shooting with Akshay Kumar for Vipul Shah’s ‘Action Replay’, while Abhishek will join his father, Amitabh Bachchan, for his next schedule of R Balakrishnan’s ‘Paa’.

Well, whatever, one must say the Bachchans how to balance their personal and professional lives well! Many B-Town folks have a lot to learn from them

He is a jack of all trades! Not only does Abhishek Bachchan act and participate in charities, but he's also the brand ambassador for Motorola. He was also just announced the winner of the 'Best Brand Ambassador of the Year' Award at the 2009 NDTV Techlife Awards. This is an award where people are nominated from the brand companies. Categories included Mobile Phone of the Year, Gadget Eye Candy, and Best Celebrity Endorsement.

After receiving the honor, Abhishek Bachchan responded by saying that "It is a great honor to win the title of 'Best Brand Ambassador' for the IDEA & Motorola campaigns. The IDEA campaign carries a socially relevant message in today's commercial environment and the brilliant concept of encouraging two way communications between the government and people has connected with millions across India. I feel proud to be associated with the best brands in the gadgets and technology space".

We want to know what our readers think about Abhishek Bachchan winning an award for being the 'Best Brand Ambassador of the Year' of all things. Do you think that it's a good thing for him to win an award for? Or do you think that the award is kind of a joke? Is there a better award that you think Abhishek Bachchan could be honored with? Give us your thoughts on Abhishek Bachchan being the recipient of the 'Best Brand Ambassador of the Year' award.