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Sunday, September 21, 2014

Aishwarya Rai Shah Rukh Kahn Reunion On The Horizon; Rohit Shetty Discusses Screenplay With `Devdas’ Stars

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, the Bollywood Legend, may reunite with Shah Rukh Khan for the first time since they burned up the screen in "Devdas."

Absolute India reported that Shah Rukh Khan approached Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to play a role in the director Rohit Shetty's next project. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will star alongside Shah Rukh Khan. Based on their past pairing Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan promise to sizzle together in Rohit Shetty's next movie.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will play the heroine in the new movie. According to rumors, Rohit met with Aishwarya to discuss the script. Aishwarya and Shah Rukh Khan haven't been paired together since Sanjay Leela Bhansali's blockbuster "Devdas." The news joins reports that the new Shah Rukh Khan film will also star Kajol in Rohit Shetty's upcoming film.

In 2000, Shah Rukh and Aishwarya were featured together as siblings in the film "Josh." Aishwarya put in a cameo appearance in Shah Rukh Khan's film "Mohabbatein," which co-starred Amitabh Bachchan. Rai also appeared in Shah Rukh Khan' film "Shakti."

Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan were a Bollywood phenomenon after they played together in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 2002 magnum opus "Devdas." The have not been seen together onscreen since.

The new movie will be Shah Rukh and Rohit's second project. In 2013 Rohit starred in the superhit "Chennai Express," which starred Deepika Padukone.

After a sabbatical of four years, Aishwarya Rai will next be seen on the big screen in Sanjay Gupta's film "Jazbaa" which also stars Irrfan Khan.

Aishwarya Rai is internationally known as "most beautiful woman in the world." She is best known to American audiences for the films "The Last Legion" with Colin Firth, "Bride and Prejudice" and "Mistress of Spices." Her husband Abishek Bachan is a star on the rise. His latest film, "Dhoom 3" hit theaters this weekend and is on the way to becoming a box office smash.

Friday, September 5, 2014

Why Aishwarya Rai rejected Varun Dhawan's 'Badlapur'?

When world's most beautiful woman, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan decides to make a comeback into movies, the reaction is nothing short of a news.

Now, as we all are aware that `Jazbaa` will mark the comback of sorts for Ash on the silver screen, what we did not probably knew was the fact that `Badlapur` was on her mind way before `Jazbaa`.

According to reports, earlier Ash was in talks with Sriram Raghavan's film to make her comeback in Hindi movies. But she rejected the Varun Dhawan starrer `Badlapur` owing to the ensemble cast that the movie has- Huma Qureshi, Nawazuddin Siddiquia and Yami Gautam.

It seems that too many stars in one project is what the former Miss World didn't want in her comeback film. Another major reason for her to reject the movie, was the need for her to play a grey shade. Aishwarya was supposed to essay a negative character in the film.

Therefore, the lady decided to give it a miss and now Sanjay Gupta's `Jazbaa` is the one where she will be seen making a grand re-entry on the silver screens.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Indian designers hail Aishwarya's Cannes look

Looking like a goddess drenched in gold, actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan finally made an appearance at the ongoing film festival at Cannes. Dressed in a sculpted, metallic dress by designer Roberto Cavalli, Ash's look got a big thumbs up from fans and critics alike. After all the flak the 40-year-old received for her weight earlier, her look made for red-carpet redemption.

Asked about Ash's Cannes appearance, designer Manish Malhotra said, "I think she is looking simply beautiful. Re-defining motherhood and looking sensuous and really glamorous. The cut of the outfit is complimentary and highlights her recent weight loss perfectly."

Designer Masaba Gupta added that the Indian brigade has done everyone stylishly proud, "Even Sonam's (Kapoor) look was amazing, especially in the sari and now Aishwarya - she looks really outstanding, like a whole new person!"

Designer duo Falguni and Shane Peacock told us, "We feel this is one of her hottest looks on the red carpet. The two tones of gold have been amalgamated perfectly in this outfit. Gold is also the colour for the season internationally and the silhouette is perfectly accentuating her curves. The red lips and the hair make her look sexy and classy at the same time."

On Cavalli's Instagram account, a picture of Aishwarya coming out of her limo was posted with a caption that said, "Our golden girl Aishwarya Rai making the sun jealous of her beauty!"

Mumbai-based designer Nikhil Thampi posted another picture of the actor, with a caption which simply read, "There she is, like a live mermaid!" referring to the fishtail hem on the gown, adding, "Gosh! Breathtaking. Hence she rules the world."

Word of praise came from husband Abhishek also, who tweeted, "Almost 52hrs without sleep! Eyes shutting… and the Mrs. Shows up looking like this!! Ok.. Eyes wide open now!"

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Aishwarya Rai pregnant again?

New Delhi: When world`s most beautiful woman makes news, you certainly stop to read. Well, yes you guessed it right, we are talking about none other than Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. If a recent report in a leading daily is to be believed then it might be a good news for the Bachchan household. The buzz is that Ash is pregnant for the second time, which is why the actress is taking this long to shed her extra kilos.

Meanwhile, it had been earlier reported that Ash would make her comeback on screen in a Mani Ratnam film which will be made in Tamil. However, her second pregnancy rumours might not be the best thing for the makers of this dream project.

Also, Aishwarya`s close friend and noted ad filmmaker Prahlad Kakkar`s `Happy Anniversary` made headlines recently with its casting coup. The rumour has it that Kakkar is planning to rope in Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya for the same film. With such a bumper casting in mind, we wonder how Ash will manage if the pregnancy rumours stand true.

Incidentally, the last time when Ash was pregnant, it had cost her Madhur Bhandarkar`s `Heroine` which later went to Kareena Kapoor Khan.

Aishwarya and Abhishek got married in 2007 and recently celebrated seven years of togetherness. The couple is blessed with a baby girl named Aaradhya.

Copyright : zeenews.india.com

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Aishwarya didn't marry me because I am star or I am a Bachchan says Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan says that his actress wife Aishwarya did not marry him because he is a film star or the son of megastar Amitabh Bachchan.

In an upcoming episode of 'Koffee with Karan', when asked by the host Karan Johar about the "insecurity" coming from being married to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, "the most beautiful woman on the face of earth", Abhishek said there was none.

"I believe she is and to me she is the most beautiful thing on earth. I see myself in the mirror every day and it is a horrific sight. So I am not competing, I can't. The reason why we got together wasn't cosmetic," Abhishek said.

"She is one of the most down to earth.... normal people you will ever meet. She hasn't married me because I am a film star or I am a Bachchan and I haven't married her because she is the most beautiful woman on earth or one of the biggest stars on earth, so that never comes in the equation," he said.

Abhishek and Aishwarya tied the knot in 2007. They have a daughter named Aaradhya.

Friday, January 31, 2014

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Deepika Padukone on list of world's most beautiful women

Ash clinched the fourth position while Deepika stood at number 29 on the list

Bollywood actresses Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Deepika Padukone are among the World's 30 Most Beautiful Women of 2014 in a poll conducted by the website Hollywoodbuzz. While Ash clinched the fourth position - after Italian actress Monica Belluci, model Kate Upton and Hollywood star Angelina Jolie - Deepika ranked 29 on the list.

A statement from an elated Ash read, "The results of this poll by Hollywood Buzz was brought to my notice in fact by my well-wishers whatsapping me, believe it or not, and I must admit it's overwhelming to hear that over 4 million people across the globe have voted and listed me amongst their top choices with such beautiful and talented women. I say a huge loving thank you to all my well-wishers (fans) for making me smile and always being there for me. More power to our love."

Ash and Deepika are the only Indian women to figure in the list which consists largely of Hollywood names including actresses Charlize Theron, Amber Heard, and Jennifer Lawrence. The list of 30 also includes musicians Beyonce, Katy Perry and Rihanna, with a sprinkling of models like Adriana Lima, Irina Shayk and Miranda Kerr.

The following are the names in the complete list:

1. Monica Bellucci

2. Kate Upton

3. Angelina Jolie

4. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

5. Irina Shayk

6. Meryem Uzerli

7. Charlize Theron

8. Amber Heard

9. Rihanna

10. Scarlet Johansson

11. Megan Fox

12. Adriana Lima

13. Halle Berry

14. Eva Mendes

15. Miranda Kerr

16. Katy Perry

17. Amanda Seyfried

18. Olivia Wilde

19. Mila Kunis

20. Kristen Stewart

21. Kim Kardashian

22. Jennifer Lawrence

23. Taylor Swift

24. Haifa Wehbe

25. Beyonce

26. Candice Swanepoel

27. Jessica Alba

28. Anne Hathaway

29. Deepika Padukone

30. Fan Bingbing

Friday, June 4, 2010

IIFA splits Bollywood wide open

By ndtv.com

Bollywood seems to be divided on the issue of attending the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards scheduled to be held in Colombo from June 3-5. Amidst pressure on the Hindi film industry to skip the IIFA ceremony, some film stars have decided to give IIFA a miss while many others have confirmed that they will attend the event. Let's see who will attend and who won't…

Amitabh Bachchan:Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan will not be attending the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards scheduled to be held in Colombo from June 3-5. "I am not going to IIFA," Bachchan tweeted in reply to a query about his plans. He did not provide any reason for his decision.

Big B had earlier been targeted by Tamil groups who staged protests outside his residence in Mumbai last month and asked the actor to stay away from IIFA Colombo.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: Aishwarya is also likely to give IIFA a miss this year as the actress is busy with other assignments.

Abhishek Bachchan:Abhishek too won't be attending the film festival.

Arjun Rampal: Arjun Rampal will not be attending IIFA as he is busy promoting his movie Raajneeti, which releases on June 4, 2010.

Shah Rukh Khan: King Khan has also decided to give IIFA a miss citing prior work commitments. SRK was also supposed to be the captain of Bollywood cricket team, which is scheduled to play a charity cricket match involving Indian and Sri Lankan movie and cricket stars.

Mani Ratnam: In May noted filmmaker Mani Ratnam announced his intention to stay away from IIFA Colombo. His forthcoming film Raavan was to be screened at the three-day event. Although Ratnam said he wouldn't be attending because Raavan was not complete, there are speculations he did not want to risk alienating the Tamil film industry by going to Sri Lanka this year. Ratnam had premiered his Yuva at IIFA 2004 in Singapore.

Kamal Haasan: Kamal Haasan had also issued a statement, announcing his decision to boycott IIFA, hours after a group of Tamils staged a demonstration in front of his office in Chennai, demanding his resignation as Chairman of Media and Enertainment Conclave of FICCI. Kamal said his move was not pursuant to the demonstration and he had taken the decision long back, giving respect to the sentiments of Tamils.

AR Rahman: Music maestro AR Rahman too won't be attending IIFA. Rahman has decided to boycott the award function to snub the Lankan Government for its "genocide against the Tamils".

Katrina Kaif: Katrina Kaif will not be attending IIFA this year as she is in Venice.

Despite all that oppositions, a lot of film stars have decided to grace the occasion.

Salman Khan: Salman Khan, who is the brand ambassador of the IIFA Charity Initiative will be attending the award function. Recently, members of the Tamil community staged a protest in Mumbai against the actor's proposed visit to Sri Lanka. According to rumours Salman is also scheduled to perform at IIFA.

Priyanka Chopra:Priyanka Chopra too has confirmed that she will be attending IIFA this year.

Ranbir Kapoor: Ranbir Kapoor will also be a part of the prestigious award function.

Kareena Kapoor:Kareena Kapoor will attend the award function.

Saif Ali Khan: Saif Ali Khan will also be there to give his lady love company at IIFA this year.

Bipasha Basu: Bipasha will also be attending IIFA and will be performing some of her popular numbers there.

Lara Dutta: Lara Dutta has also confirmed that she will be attending IIFA.

Raavan set for London premiere

By Indo-Asian News Service

Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai's much-awaited film Raavan will have its world premiere June 16 in London.

Abhishek, who plays Beera in the film, posted this on his microblogging site Twitter.

Directed by Mani Ratnam and co-produced by Reliance BIG Pictures, the film also stars Tamil superstar Vikram, Govinda and Ravi Kishan. It is set for a June 18 release.

In the film, Abhishek kidnaps Aishwarya who is married to Vikram. As the story progresses, Aishwarya's character apparently develops a soft corner for her abductor.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

15 days to Raavanan- Trouble in K & K

By Moviebuzz

There is big trouble ahead for the release of Mani Ratnam’s Raavan in Hindi, Raavanan in Tamil and Villain in Telugu from releasing in Karnataka and Kerala.
First and foremost Vasant Kumar Patil, president of Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC), on Wednesday night told the media that Raavan and Raavanan in Tamil, cannot be treated as separate films!
The KFCC chief has made it clear that the film will have a restricted release. Says Patil: "A decision has been taken to follow the existing policy of allowing non-Kannada films in a stipulated number of theatres, which means Raavan can be shown in only 24 screens in Bangalore city and it’s up to the distributor to decide whether he wants to screen the Hindi, Tamil or Telugu version."
The film’s distributors Big Cinemas had pleaded with KFCC that both Hindi and Tamil should be treated as separate versions and allowed to release in 48 or more screens, taking into consideration the budget of the film. But KFCC has its own agenda and is unlikely to ease the pressure.
Meanwhile in Kerala, the Film Distributors Association Kerala (FDAK) has issued an “unofficial order” to cinema theatres in the state not to screen Other Language Films (OLF) like Tamil, English and Hindi simultaneously with the rest of the world! Last Friday, they successfully saw to it that Suriya’sSingam was not released simultaneously with Tamil Nadu.
Added to that FDAK has a score to settle with Big Cinemas who released their Hrithik Roshan’s big budget Hindi film Kites simultaneously with the rest of the world. So this time they are hell bent that Big Cinemas Raavanan will not release in Kerala on June 18.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

First look of Action Replayy

By ndtv.com

Here's the sneak peek of Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starrer Action Replayy.

Ash and Akki are teaming up for the first time since their last movie together Khakee in 2004.

The film revolves around Kishen and Mala - two bickering senior citizens who rediscover romance on their 33rd wedding anniversary, when their son gets them into rew mode.

Action Replayy is said to be high on style quotient and emotionally rewarding too.

The film is being produced jointly by Akshay and Vipul Shah. Action Replayy is a film where the two return after a gap of almost three years.

Akshay and Vipul Shah have teamed up to deliver hits a number of times - Aankhen, Waqt, Namastay London and of course the blockbuster Singh is Kinng.

Apart from Action Replay, Ash is working on a number of other movies - Raavan and Crooked with Abhishek, and Endhiran with Rajnikanth.

Akshay has said he was thrilled to be a part of Action Replayy that is set in the 1970s when his father-in-law Rajesh Khanna was hailed as the first superstar.

Both Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Kumar are recipients of the coveted Padma Shri last year.

Monday, May 31, 2010

Is a Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai starrer on the cards?

By Prithwish Ganguly / DNA

Mumbai: It could be a casting coup of sorts if film-maker Aditya Chopra has his way. Aditya is apparently trying to convince actors Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan to reunite for a movie. The last time they paired up on the silver screen was eight years ago for Devdas.

Aditya apparently has had telephonic conversations with both Shah Rukh and Aishwarya trying to coax them to do a project under his banner. Post 2002, Shah Rukh and Aishwarya never starred together in a film after it was widely gossiped that they had a fall-out.

A high profile film-maker told us on condition of anonymity, “Aditya

has for long been toying with a script that is tailor-made for Shah Rukh and Aishwarya. But the most important thing was to convince the two of them to work together again. The buzz is that Aditya has spoken to Shah Rukh and Ash separately, expressing his desire to bring them together and we hear they have been patient listeners. That shows that they both are keen to work together again. We hear Adi has an off-beat romantic script in mind.”

The source adds, “Except for Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor, there is no hit jodi in Bollywood anymore. When Shah Rukh and Aishwarya were doing films together, they were the undisputed number one pair having done quite a few films. If Aditya manages to get them together it will not only be a huge USP for his movie but also a great boost for the industry. But things are being kept under wraps until both of them give the nod.”

However, a person from Yash Raj Films said they were not aware of any such development.

Sunday, May 30, 2010

PC, Deepika, Katrina & Ash: Delicate Darling Go Wild

Cuts and bruises are no bar. From Priyanka Chopra to Deepika Padukone to Aishwarya Rai, Bollywood actresses are willingly treading on treacherous terrain as they get into action mode like their male co-stars.

"Just because I'm a girl it shouldn't be presumed that I can't enter the boys' territory. I'd do the stunts better than the boys, " Priyanka told.

The actress, who was seen as Abhishek Bachchan's bodyguard in "Drona", learnt the Sikh martial art form called gatka for the film. She also underwent rigorous training and learnt kung fu for her character in Farhan Akhtar's "Don".

"I quite enjoyed the cuts and bruises, " said Priyanka who has replaced action star Akshay Kumar as the host of TV show "Khatron Ke Khiladi".

She will be performing some of the most daring stunts as the host of the show. Currently she is shooting for it in the jungles of Coorg, Karnataka, and a special gym has been set up for her there.

Aishwarya, who turned into a stunt woman for the 2006 hit movie "Dhoom 2", will once again be seen stretching the risk factor in Mani Ratnam's forthcoming release "Raavan" as well as Shankar's "Endhiran".

"Aishwarya suffered all the wounds, pain, fever and insect bites heroically in the forests. For all the dangerous scenes, she hardly ever used a duplicate. She was totally up to the task, " said her "Raavan" co-star Vikram.

Deepika is not far behind. She gave a glimpse of her daring side in "Chandni Chowk To China" where she played a Chinese girl and jumped over walls and did somersaults as a martial art expert.

In Pradeep Sarkar's "Lafange Parindey", she will be seen taking a dip in a deep mud pit even though her co-star Neil Nitin Mukesh was reported to have asked for a body double to do the same scene.

"Yes, I did jump into the hole to make it look like an accidental fall. That's what was required to make the fall look convincing, " Deepika told a website.

Katrina Kaif too is getting into action mode for Zoya Akhtar's "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara". She is learning dirt biking for her role.

And last but not the least, Kareena Kapoor, who scorched the headlines for her size zero, will be in a full-on action role in "Agent Vinod" opposite beau Saif Ali Khan.

Commenting on her role, Saif said: "She does play an undercover agent from another country. Kareena will do everything I do in the film, and she'll do it even better. She will kick butt better than all the other girls in our industry; that's for sure."

Last year Lara Dutta turned into action heroine for the thriller "Blue" and performed stunts 70 feet under water with sharks.

Veteran actor Kamal Haasan's daughter Shruti gave a glimpse of her courage in her very first film, "Luck", opposite Imran Khan. She was seen doing everything - from flying down a parachute, to escaping killer sharks underwater to being tied to a speeding engine.

Stunts no longer remain a male dominated territory.

By santabanta.com

Ash, Tharoor talk poetry

By Hindustan Times

Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and MP Shashi Tharoor came together to launch Pritish Nandy’s book of poems titled Again at in Mumbai on Thursday. Other celebrities present at the event were actor Anupam Kher and lyricist Gulzar.
Ash also read out select verses from the book. “After going through Again, I think I need to dig out his (Nandy’s) earlier works too and go through them,” she said.
Tharoor posted on Twitter, “With Aishwarya Rai on podium, poetic talk was drowned out by jostling lensmen.”