Four films await release for Aishwarya Rai this year

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Last year she was seen in just one film -- Hollywood’s “Pink Panther”. But this year Aishwarya Rai has four films lined up for release -- two southern projects “Ravana” and “Endhiran” as well as “Action Replay” and “Guzaarish”, collectively costing over Rs. 300 crore (Rs.3 billion).

While her bilingual sci-fi film “Endhiran”, starring southern star Rajnikanth, is said to be made at a budget of Rs.125 crore (Rs.1.25 billion), approximately Rs. 45 crore (Rs.450 million) has been spent on Mani Ratnam’s much-awaited “Ravana”, which is set for a June release.

Vipul Shah’s “Action Replay” costs around Rs.60 crore (Rs.600 million) and if reports are to be believed, UTV is shelling out close to Rs.80 crore (Rs. 800 million) for Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed “Guzaarish” for which Aishwarya is currently shooting along with Hrithik Roshan in Mumbai.

Aishwarya has been busy shooting all these films for the past one year and even suffered health problems due to her hectic schedules.

According to a well-placed source from the team of “Ravana”, the Hindi version of which also features Abhishek Bachchan, the actress has given some of the most difficult shots in the movie without complaining about geographical or weather conditions used to can the scenes.

“Aishwarya’s role in ‘Ravana’ is the toughest. In the Hindi version, Vikram (southern star) plays Ram and Ravana in the Tamil vesrion. And Aishwarya plays Sita in both the Hindi and Tamil versions. Both the versions were simultaneously shot. Mani Ratnam canned the film in the most difficult and dangerous places. Still Aishwarya gave the same shots twice for the two versions - be it in the rain, on mountains, jungle, etc,” a source told IANS.

“People say Vikram’s role in the film is the toughest, but the actor himself feels Aishwarya’s role is the most difficult,” the source added.

While shooting for “Ravana” in the jungles of Kerala, the entire cast and crew had a scary experience when an elephant ran amok and killed a 51-year-old mahout, Andavan. The actors including Abhishek, Aishwarya, Vikram, Prabhu and Munna had to take shelter in a guest house and survived on bread and eggs.

“Ravana” is said to be a modern-day version and a loose adaptation of the Hindu epic Ramayana.

Apart from “Ravana”, Aishwarya’s role in another southern project “Endhiran” has been a well-guarded secret till now, but some leaked photographs of the film’s shooting show her in a different avatar.

“Action Replay”, starring Akshay Kumar, is a time-travel tale in the 1950s and its storyline is based on an eponymous 1994 Gujarati Indian play. The director has emphasised a lot on the lead actors’ “retro looks” in the movie.

“We, Akshay’s designer Shabina Khan, Aishwarya’s designer Manish Malhotra and all of us have worked really, really hard to give ‘Action Replay’ a unique look. If that look is leaked out, we’d lose our biggest USP,” Shah had told IANS.

In “Guzaarish”, the actress will play a married nurse who falls in love with a paraplegic patient essayed by Hrithik.

Though each role is different from the others, it remains to be seen which one of these strikes gold at the box office.

Akshay's wish to colour Ash red

Aishwarya Rai in Film 'Action Replay'
Akshay Kumar is apparently sulking with filmmaker Vipul Shah. He wanted very badly to play Holi with his heroine Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in their film Action Replayy. But despite Vipul’s best efforts, he couldn’t come up with a Holi song that justified Akki and Ash together.

Instead, it was Neha Dhupia who got a chance to colour Ash red in the song. Aishwarya had a rocking time shooting for the Holi song. Akshay apparently was complaining that he didn’t get to participate in the song that he liked so much, nor did he get a chance to dance with Ash. But this time his complaints fell on deaf ears. Vipul was adamant about not changing his original sequence.

Akshay missed the chance to play Holi with Aishwarya!

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Bollywood stuntman Akshay Kumar was unhappy recently, as he couldn’t play Holi with his co-star Aishwarya Rai.

It is being learnt despite Vipul Shah’s best efforts, a Holi song justifying Akki and Ash couldn’t happen.

However, Neha Dhupia got the chance to apply colours on Aishwarya in the song.

According to reports, Akshay was complaining as he didn’t get the chance to be a part of such a beautiful song. But the director remained unmoved by the actor’s complaints and he is not ready to change the original sequence.

Well, we really doubt if Akshay just wanted to be the part of the song or he wanted to colour Aishwarya.

Amitabh Bachchan Blasts Mumbai Mirror Over Aishwarya's Baby Drama

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Although Abhishek Bachchan and wifey Ash have put their baby plans on hold for a while, they have always said that they are taking their sweet time due to their hectic schedules.

But after Mumbai Mirror claimed that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan cannot conceive because of her stomach tuberculosis and that the she is trying to hide to truth, her father-in-law, Amitabh Bachchan, declared war against the newspaper!

"The article was indecent and any man in the world must oppose if such an obscene article is written about a woman in his family. The modesty of a lady in my house was slandered… the article slandered Aishwarya, so it was very difficult to participate in a function organized by the same media house,” he said on his blog.

Well now Big B has taken to his voice blog to diss the Times of India group again for their story about Aishwarya Rai’s 'pregnant pause.' Listen to it here, courtesy of Miss Malini, and share your thoughts.

We don’t believe in family planning: Abhishek

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Actor Abhishek Bachchan is miffed with a certain section of the media for contemplating and wrongly reporting about some personal issues regarding his wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. But apart from that that actor seems to be in a good mood, including his winning the Golden Kela Award (on the lines of Hollywood Razzies) for the worst accent (Delhi 6).

Now never mind that, as the world speculates about Ash’s pregnancy, Abhishek urges everyone to please stop! He had told us, “When I become a father, it’s obviously going to be a happy day. When I get to know I am going to become a father that will be momentous as well. But it’s funny how the world keeps speculating about a lady’s pregnancy. Pregnancy is not an easy thing to hide, you know, guys!”

When the actor was asked if he is indeed planning to go the family way, he was quick to say, “We don’t believe in planning such things. When God wills and the time is right, it’ll all happen!”

Ashwarya Rai, the 50 kg Taj Mahal!

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was the cynosure of all eyes when she graced the audio launch of Rettaisuzhi on Monday evening.

The actress, who rarely attends public functions, was in the city to shoot for her Endhiran and director Shankar (who is the producer of Rettaisuzhi) pulled a coup of sorts by inviting her to be the chief guest. “It’s a humbling experience for me to be here,” said the actress, who was described as a ‘50 kg Taj Mahal’ in a song, “The camaraderie in the Rettaisuzhi team is evident and based on the few scenes I saw, I’m sure the movie will be a wonderful family experience.”

The actress recalled her memorable days with Shankar while filming Jeans. “In many ways, Jeans was the reason that I’ve achieved so much. That movie taught me a lot technically,” she stated, “We’re just completing the final schedule of Endhiran currently, and I’m glad that Shankar called me for this event.” Rettaisuzhi, which features legendary directors K Balachander and Bharathirajaa in lead roles, has been directed by Thamira and has music composed by Karthik Raja. Celebrities present at the launch included Vairamuthu, Mahendran, Parthepan, Linguswamy and Sasi, among others.

Aishwarya having a wonderful time working in ‘Enthiran’

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She is one of the biggest stars in Bollywood but Aishwarya Rai Bachchan says that her stint in the Tamil film industry is an important part of her career and a great learning experience.

The 36-year-old actress may have reached the very top of the industry, but says that working with ace Tamil director Shankar in Jeans “taught” her a lot.

“Working in Jeans remains an integral part. It taught me so much technically and content wise and now I am having a wonderful time working in Enthiran (the sci-fi flick starring Rajnikanth, directed by Shankar),” said the actress.

In one of her rare public appearances in this southern metropolis on Monday evening, Ash, as she is fondly known among her fans, lauded Shankar saying that “he makes incredible movies.” The Guru star, who is now working in her third project with Mani Ratnam in Ravana, confessed that she too was a member of the audience.

“I am as much as a member of an audience as much as the film fraternity,” she said to loud applause at the audio launch of Rettaisuzhi, produced by Shankar.

Rai started off her brief address in chaste Tamil, greeting the audience but soon switched over to English. Nevertheless, she seemed to understand Tamil, as she was seen reacting to remarks and observations made by other speakers.

Veteran Tamil directors K Balachander and Bharathirajaa, both of whom are credited with redefining the content of Tamil cinema with their revolutionary and rustic subjects, share the screen space for the first time in the film, being directed by Shankar’s associate Thamira.

Aishwarya returns on work..

After a short illness, Aishwarya Rai is back to shoot for Vipul Shah’s Action Replayy. On 11 Feb., the 36-year-old lady had returned home from the sets of the movie due to high fever.

But now she has been recovered and was on a full-day photo shoot on Friday with the actor Akshay Kumar at Film City.

Doctors advised Aish to take bed rest as she was suffering from sore throat as well as body pain. So after taking rests for a few days, she went to visit Abhishek’s maternal grandmother in Bhopal for her 80th birthday and now she returns back to work.

Her illness created a speculation that she is suffering from the stomach tuberculosis that is creating pregnancy problems for her. Though, both Abhishek Bachchan and her father-in-law, actor Amitabh Bachchan have accused the tabloid for involving in such an irresponsible journalism.

Welcome back Aishwarya and we pray for your good health ahead.

Aishwarya Rai hogs the limelight!

Aishwarya Rai hogged the limelight at S Picture’s, director Shankar produced Rettiasuzhi audio launch at Sathyam Cinemas on Monday (March 15) night.

Ash who came with her mom looked simple and elegant in a white designer sari and flashed her famous smile and won over everybody including veterans like K.Balachandar, Bharathiraaja, director Mahendran among others.

Two songs and trailer were screened for the invitees who were overflowing and could not be accommodated. There were utter chaos and confusion outside the hall where invitees were not allowed inside due to lack of seats and for security reasons The audio was launched by Aishwarya who gave the first copy to Vairamuthu.

The presence of Aishwarya Rai had an electrifying presence at the function and took the limelight away from the audio launch as speaker after speaker was praising Aishwarya’s beauty, her simplicity, down-to-earth nature and so on. Poor Ash who could not follow what they were talking, but sat patiently and pretended to be enjoying every bit of it.

The dignitaries on dais were director Thamirai, music director Karthik Raja, Parthipan, Hansraj Saxena, Vairamuthu, Ramanarayanan, VC Guhanathan, Abhirami Ramanthan, directors Sasi, Lingusamy and Ameer. The hero and heroine of Rettaisuzhi had no seat and were seen watching the proceedings in a corner..

The flow of events was the normal one with each and every speaker praising Shankar and his S pictures for making quality films and wishing Rettaisuzhi all the best. Said Shankar: “ I am very proud that I produced this film in which two veterans of Tamil industry KB sir and Bharathiraaja are pitted against each other. Recently I watched a Hindi film 3 Idiots and came out smiling. Similarly, I assure that after watching Rettaisuzhi everyone will have a smile on their face”.

Shankar also praised Aishwarya to the skies: “She is not only the most beautiful woman in the world but a hard working artiste, dedicated to whatever she does. Even while we were shooting in a forest near South Africa, she adjusted in minimal comforts and rough terrain”.

Ash spoke the last and she was all smiles as she greeted everyone saying Ellavarkkum Vanakkam and said: “I am so happy to be back in Tamil working with incredibly talented and wonderful people. KB sir and Bharathiraaja sir, your generosity to me has been a bit overwhelming. I saw the trailer and songs and think that Rettaisuzhi will be a complete film for family watching. I enjoyed working with Shankar sir in Jeans, a film that was an integral part of my career. It taught me so much about the importance of content and gave me confidence to make it big later. Now the last schedule of the Enthiren is going on and Shankar sir is one human being who has his soul in the right place and all his films have something to say to the audience. I thank everyone for all the love showered on me”.

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Rajini - Aishwarya Rai to release Rettai Suzhi audio!

Superstar Rajinikanth and his lady love in Endhiran Aishwarya Rai Bachchan are going to release the audio of Shankar's home production Rettai Suzhi. Directed by Thamira, veteran film makers K Balachander and Bharathiraja are playing the lead role for the first time in the film.

Buzz up!
The audio release will be held in Sathyam Cinemas complex on March 15 and Aishwarya Rai will be the chief guest of the event. Sources say that superstar Rajini also accepted the invitation to attend the event on the special request of director Shankar.


Aishwarya Rai is now in Chennai for a 10 day shoot of her Sun Pictures magnum opus Endhiran with superstar Rajinikanth and others. Shankar had asked her to keep herself free on Monday (March 15) morning for the audio launch at Sathyam Cinemas.

Karthik Raja, the elder son of Maestro Ilayaraja is the composer for Rettai Suzhi. Remember, Karthik is the first composer from the Maestro's campus who compose for a Shankar film!

Aishwarya Rai to release ‘Irattisuzhi’ audio

Director Thamira has managed something which is considered a difficult task. That is bringing Aishwarya Rai to release a Tamil film audio in Chennai.

The beauty queen will be in Chennai on March 15 to release the audio of ‘Imayamum Sigaramum Irattisuzhi’. The film has ace directors K. Balachander and Bharathiraja playing the important male roles. Not enough the film is produced by Shankar’s S Pictures. To add more the music of the film is by Maestro Ilaiyaraja’s elder son Karthik Raja.

With so many heavy weights associated with the film can Aishwarya Rai refuse the invitation? ‘Irattisuzhi’ will be in theaters during the first week of April.

Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh, Abhishek boycott Filmfare Awards to protest for being publicly insulted

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The revered Bachchan family boycotted this year’s Filmfare Award that was, recently, held on 27th February, Saturday in Mumbai. The reason for the boycott is evident. Only a few days back, the esteemed ‘Mumbai Mirror’ tabloid had printed an article on Aishwarya Rai claiming that she was suffering from stomach tuberculosis and was, hence, unable to bear a child from hubby Abhishek Bachchan.

This piece of news didn’t go down well with the Bachchan family who felt insulted and affronted over this story that they found to be extremely demeaning and disrespectful. “Thearticle was indecent and any man in the world must oppose if such an obscene article is written about a woman in his family,” posted Amitabh Sir on his blog.

Since its publication, the article has caused quite a ruckus and Abhishek, Aishwarya and Big B have slammed the tabloid rubbishing such spiteful reports and calling it a cheap way to garner publicity. “No women would like her personal issues such as fertility or motherhood being discussed in this manner,” quipped an angry Amitabh.

The Bachchan household demanded an immediate public apology from the media house but no such apology came from the ‘Mumbai Mirror’. “For the moment… that despite a few personal apologies from the management and owners, no public apology has taken place. You cannot abuse me in public and then come and say sorry to me in private,” Big B blogged.

And hence, not only did Ash shunned her performance on the evening but the entire Bachchan brigade absented themselves from 55th Annual Filmfare Awards. Lashing further Amitabh wrote, “The modesty of a lady in my house was slandered… thearticle slandered Aishwarya, so it was very difficult to participate in a function organised by the same media house.”

Aishwarya Rai’s Holi goes dry as she shoots Bollywood’s next Holi song

Bollywood hasn’t been playing much of a Holi in the recent years. The last Holi song that was shot was way back in 2005 that had this racy, titillating number ‘Do me a favour….let’s play Holi’ starring the super sexy Priyanka Chopra with the hot-bodied Akshay Kumar in Vipul Shah’s ‘Waqt: Race Against Time’.

Since then, the B-town has seen the evolution of Hindi cinema with sensible and new-age films being made including the likes of ‘Taare Zameen Par’, ‘Dev D’, ‘Rock on’, ‘Wake up Sid’ and ‘3 Idiots’ to name a few but none of them have showed the frenzy of this coloured festival.

But, renowned director Vipul Shah has geared up again to record another Holi song for his upcoming ‘Action Replay’. Using organic and skin-friendly colours, he has captured the thrill and joys of Holi once again with Aishwarya Rai and Neha Dhupia getting smeared up in the rainbow colours. But, instead of going wet, they decided to save gallons of water and played dryHoli.

“We saw no point in wasting 70-80 tankers of water for a three-day shoot, given that Mumbai is facing a water crisis. As a responsible citizen, we chose the dryHoli concept to picturise this Shreya Ghoshal song, penned by Irshad Kamil,” cites Vipul Shah.

The song in question is an AR Rahman composition whose lyrics go like this- ‘Jali toh bujhi na kasam se koila ho gayee haan………’

So, if you are looking forward to a good Holi track, AR, surely, doesn’t seem to disappoint. But, if you were hoping to feast your eyes on a wet Aishwarya with colourful water dribbling from her drenched, transparent chiffon saree, you are up for a heart-break……

Aishwarya Rai Casts Her Sweet Revenge

Recently, Aishwarya Rai had a tough time after false reports were published in a tabloid saying that she suffers from stomach tuberculosis and thus is facing problem to conceive. Ash is in no mood to compromise with the tabloid and when she came to know that it is associated with the organizer of the award function that she is going to perform, immediately she changed her decision.

Now Ash has decided not to perform for the show even if they threw a large sum to lure her. It seems anger and hurt of Ash is still fresh as she has turned turn down a lucrative amount of eighty five lakhs to enliven the stage with her hot number. She stated, “main nahi nachhongi no matter how strong the lure of lucre.”

Instead, Ash is demanding apology from the tabloid for the damage they had done on her personal front to which they have not reacted till now.

Well what could be other better way to calm her feelings of hurt? May be this is the best way to take a revenge.