Archive for November, 2008



Aishwarya pays back an old friend

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has given her nod to act in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next film. She is also giving her unstinted support to the director who is facing rough weather after the debacle of his last venture, Saawariya.

Saawariya was panned by critics and crashed at the box office. But Ash feels that one failure does not mean that Bhansali should be written off from the Bollywood map as he is one of the best talents the country has ever produced. Continue reading ‘Aishwarya pays back an old friend’

It happened on the sets of director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra ’s movie Dilli 6 . Abhishek had to shoot a stunt scene when Aishwarya Rai dropped by on the sets to meet him. May be it was performance anxiety due to the presence of his wife on the sets or may be he was having a bad day, but Abhi just could not enact the scene properly.

The stunt was not a tough one and Abhi, who’s been part of action films like Dus and Dhoom , Dhoom 2 , shouldn’t have had any problem. But the actor got nervous and couldn’t focus. And the crew on the sets believed it was the distracting presence of Ash that got Abhi jittery. Continue reading ‘Aishwarya’s presence makes Abhishek nervous!’

Aishwarya’s daughterly duties

Everyone knows that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a fabulous daughter-in-law and a thorough professional when it comes to her work. Her father is currently sick in bed and has been for a while now which has been bothering Rai as she is unable to spend much time with him because of prior work commitments. However, on papa Rai’s 70th birthday, the daughter was given some time off from the jungles of Cochin where she is currently shooting for Mani Ratnam’s next venture, to spend the big day with daddy dearest. Continue reading ‘Aishwarya’s daughterly duties’

Tamil superstar Rajnikant is learnt to be shooting the movie (previously titled Robot ) in Chennai nowadays. As per the original schedule, the film ought to have been shot in Kullu Manali at this time, but a change was made in the schedule because Ash is busy shooting Mani Ratnam’s bilingual film ‘Ravan’ with hubby Abhishek Bachchan in Kerala.

According to sources, Ash’s date diary went haywire after she had to postpone the shooting of Ratnam’s film in October due to the poor health and hospitalization of her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan. Continue reading ‘Rajnikant shoots without Aishwarya Rai’

Aishwarya Rai, known as the world’s most beautiful woman, has now walked away with another coveted title of having the ’sexiest eyes’ in US TV E!’s Sexiest Body Parts List.

Aishwarya’s dazzling eyes have been voted the most sultry, beating the likes of Hollywood superstars Angelina Jolie, Megan Fox, Scarlett Johansson.

Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen walked away with the sexiest legs award. Continue reading ‘Aishwarya Rai’s eyes voted the ’sexiest’’

Ashwarya Rai is doing her first mainstream hollywood film trying to rely on her international reputation. Ash is no more than a mere sidekick to Steve Martin.aishwarya-rai-picture-230×300 Ashwarya Rai Bachchan treated only a sidekick in Pink Pather

They people did not promote her anywhere in the film’s promos. The producers reportedly decided upon not boasting Aishwarya Rai in the promos because they people did not know how to present her as a star in star-status and popularity is only restricted to South Asia. Continue reading ‘Ashwarya Rai Bachchan treated only a sidekick in Pink Pather’

The latest buzz is about Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next untitled project, which may see Hrithik Roshan co starring with Aishwarya Rai.

Hrithik Roshan’s presence in the project is old news but Sanjay Leela Bhansali approaching Aishwarya Rai is fresh fodder for the grape vine. Hrithik and Aishwarya will be coming together for the third time after Dhoom-2 and Jodha Akbar. They have exhibited tremendous on screen chemistry so far. Continue reading ‘Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai to star together again’

Bollywood diva Aishwarya Bachchan is kept under tight security and director Mani Ratnam is making sure that no one from the media or her fans views the look donned by the diva for his flick Ravana where Ash is playing the character of Sita.

Mani always make sure not to release any pictures of his movies before the release. The shooting been held in the forest area is helping the director’s cause as no cars could reach the site and they need to travel in jeeps. Continue reading ‘Aishwarya Rai kept under high security’

Aishwarya Rai is heading to Kulu

Aishwarya will not be able to spend much time with her hubby Abhishek in Kochi where they are currently shooting for Mani Ratnam’s forthcoming film Ravana.

Though Ash spent a quiet birthday with her husband in the forests of Kochi and is currently enjoying her solitude but soon she will be flying off to Kulu Manali to be with Rajnikanth.

Ash will dashing to Kulu and Manali on November 14 to join the crew of her sci-fi film Endhiran, previously titled Robot, which has the Tamil superstar playing the lead. The shooting of Endhiran began in the exotic Machu Picchu valley of Peru on September 8 this year. The second leg saw the crew traveling to Goa for a 10-day shooting schedule and Kulu Manali marks the third phase of shooting for the film. Continue reading ‘Aishwarya Rai is heading to Kulu’

We reported last week that Kareena Kapoor had turned down a role opposite noted Hollywood actor Johnny Depp because of date problems. However, we can now reveal that’s dates were not the reason behind this.

Says a source, “Three years ago, Gurinder Chadda (director of this new film) wanted Kareena for Bride & Prejudice. Kareena naturally presumed it was the lead. She was shocked to know the director actually wanted her for Aishwarya’s youngest sister’s part which finally went to Piya Rai Choudhary. Bebo was irked at being offered the fourth lead and vowed never to work with her again. Now when a new Gurinder Chadha film was offered to Kareena she quickly said no without hesitation.” Continue reading ‘Ash is the “hidden reason” why Kareena turns down role opposite Johnny Depp’