Why very few guests were invited for Aishwarya-Abhishek wedding?

Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan's wedding was one of the biggest Bollywood event. This was also special because very few guests were invited and those who got the invitation considered themselves very priviledged. Big names like Aamir Khan, Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan were also not invited. Big B did not want to take any chance because he knew that his son Abhishek Bachchan is marrying one of the most beautiful woman of the world, Aishwarya Rai. And the list of guests would have gone very very long if all his friends were invited. Such a big crowd would have become unmanageable. So very few family and special guests were invited. See some inside pictures of the wedding.