Busy Schedule For Aishwarya

It is going to be a very busy year for Aishwarya Rai. She not only has Mani Ratnam's gruelling "Ravan" with husband Abhishek Bachchan to complete, she also begins work on Sanjay Leela Bhansali's next movie, with Hrithik Roshan, to be shot in Goa.

But before that she goes into filmmaker Vipul Shah's next film with Akshay Kumar in the lead. Both Vipul and Akshay, who are co-producing the film, were very keen to get Aishwarya for what they describe as a genre-breaking drama.

Aishwarya has also signed up Excel Entertainment's untitled thriller to be directed by Abhinay Deo, who is currently busy shooting his directorial debut "Delhi Belly".

For the film, Aishwarya will once again team up with hubby Abhishek.

Confirming the news, Ritesh Sidhwani of Excel Entertainment said: "It would be a very stylish thriller to be shot entirely in Greece, Thailand, Istanbul and London.

"My director Abhinay Deo and I want a particular look for the film. We're trying to get the DOP (director of photography) of the new Nike international commercial. If not, there's Jason West who shot our 'Rock On!'. He can capture that subtle sleek look which the subject demands. We want the film's visual quality to be something never experienced by our audience."

The film would be Aishwarya's second with Abhishek after "Ravan".

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Payal copies Aishwarya Rai

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Payal copies Aishwarya Rai

Payal Rohatagi knows for sure how to grab eyeballs. And this time she has copied Ash costumes from head to toe from the famous Kajra Re song (from Yash Chopra’s film Bunti Aur Babli) for her forthcoming movie Dil Kabbadi.

Payal’s character in Dil Kabbadi is of a yoga instructor, who is having an extra marital affair with Irfan Khan, and together they are play-acting various roles to spice up their affair. In this particular sequence they enact the Kajra Re sequence.

“The central idea behind this song was identification with the audience, explains debutant director,” Anil Sharma.

“Irfan and Payal play games in bedroom and play act several roles… we wanted sequences or acts that audience could identify with and Kajra Re won hands down,” he adds.

Said Payal Rohatagi before heading for Bigg Boss’ house where she is going stay for a week, “I was extremely excited for this song called Good Night… This song will show me sporting different looks and one of the look is where I do the mujra act. It is very special to me as my entire look is very different to what I have ever looked till now. My outfit is similar to that of Aishwarya’s in the Kajra Re Song. I really enjoyed doing the song with Irfan. He dances really well and has added the required humour to the song. I love my look….”

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I Admire Abhishek: Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai who was recently at the inauguration of a Longines store in New Delhi, was more than forthcoming talking about her hubby dearest Abhishek Bachchan. She was her usual chirpy self and could stop gushing about Abhi.Drona might not have got rave reviews but Ash is all praises for Abhi.

“I think he’s a wonderful actor. I’ve always admired his approach to his work. You have to admire all the actors (in Drona), I did. Abhishek played Drona realistically. I viewed the film through a child’s eyes. It has to be perceived as a fantasy adventure,” she said.
Ash maintains that Abhi is a mature actor who understands cinema well enough to make good career decisions.

He understands cinema so well that he is not afraid of taking risks. He stands by his family, friends all the time and because of this I identify a lot with him,” she gushed.
“I know him for a very long time now. Together we have grown from actors to colleagues to friends and now we share a very special bond. It is definitely a nice feeling,” she added.

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Abhi-Ash head to Kerala

Bollywood’s supercouple Abhishek and Aishwarya are heading to God’s own country - Kerala for filming Mani Ratnam’s Ravan.

According to sources, Mani has already selected the site, which is a dense forest near Athirapally waterfalls. Abhi-Ash will arrive at the location next week and till then Mani will be shooting with other cast members.

Previously Mani directed Aishwarya Rai at the same location for Barso Re song from Guru.

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Ash praises Abhi

Aishwarya Rai insists that she identifies with hubby Abhishek Bachchan a lot and also shares a special bond with him.

She says, “I admire him (Abhishek) for his approach to work. He understands cinema so well that he is not afraid of taking risks. He stands by his family, friends all the time and because of this I identify a lot with him.”
She adds, “I know him for a very long time now. Together we have grown from actors to colleagues to friends and now we share a very special bond. It is definitely a nice feeling.”

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I don't mind being overshadowed by Aishwarya

Abhishek Bachchan, who is all geared up for the release of "Drona" this week, says he doesn't mind being overshadowed by his wife Aishwarya Rai.
At this year's Cannes Film Festival attended by him and his wife, Abhishek was repeatedly asked how it felt to be overshadowed by his wife.

"Although the intention behind such questions is obviously not honourable, I don't get rattled at all. It's a pleasure to be overshadowed by the most beautiful woman in the world. I had a ball doing the 'Unforgettable' concerts with Aishwarya," Abhishek told IANS.

After "Guru", the actor is teaming up with his wife once again for Mani Ratnam's next film.

"I know I'll have a great time shooting Mani Ratnam's film with her. Right now I'm looking forward to her return from Brazil," he said.

Aishwayra was in Brazil shooting for Shankar's "Robot". Abhishek said he was looking forward to Aishwarya's presence at the premiere of "Drona".

"It sounds very romantic to say my wife is flying down especially to be at my film's premiere. But sadly, it is not true. Her schedule for Shankar's 'Robot' was supposed to wrap up a week before the premiere, and it did. So she was going to be in Mumbai for the 'Drona' premiere anyway.

"Having said this, let me add, she'd have come back to Mumbai for the occasion from any part of the world even if she was shooting."

Aishwarya was recently in Paris to shoot the latest L'Oreal ad. Both her in-laws, Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan, were also there, but they couldn't meet her.

"Yes they were there. Unfortunately ma and pa left a day before Aishwarya arrived in Paris. Pa had to be back to shoot a television programme to promote the 'Unforgettable' concerts in India."

"Yes, the 'Unforgettable' concerts are now going to be staged in India, beginning with Mumbai.

"We're in the process of working out the venues and dates. There'll be more time for all this once 'Drona' is released,"said Abhishek.

Directed by Goldie Behl, "Drona" also stars Priyanka Chopra and Kay Kay Menon.

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Bipasha caught in age trouble, says Ash has answer

More than once, Bipasha has flared up on being asked about her experience on working with younger actors like Ranbir Kapoor and Neil Nitin Mukesh in her films. She had been miffed to the extent of commenting, “People have been calling me the senior most actor in the film. I almost feel like Amitabh Bachchan now.” Although, the actress gave two hits this year in the form of ‘Race’ and ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’, but the journalists have little to ask except the ‘age’ question.

But now the fiery babe has armed herself with a red-hot answer. From now on, her answer to such questions would be - “Why don’t they go and ask Aishwarya Rai how it feels to marry a guy younger to her by almost two years?”

Now, that is some answer, which would certainly snub the reporters and they would refrain from throwing the ‘age’ question but it would lead to a hurricane - the Bachchans hurricane! This answer would certainly not go well with the Bachchan-bahu Aishwarya and her in-laws.

But the actress is smart enough to contemplate on those lines. Soon after stating the above-mentioned lines, she is to complement Abhishek-Aishwarya on being the most happening, well-loved and appreciated and so on couple of Bollywood. Well, Bipasha is heavily armed against the ‘age’ question. Now, what would the journalists ask?

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Worth 6 Crores Per Film

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has hiked her price and now she charges a whooping six crores per movie. She charged the producers of her forthcoming Tamil film Enthiram’s producers a throbbing amount.

People in Ash’s camp justify the hike saying that she was extremely busy with other projects and agreed to work in Rajnikanth’s Enthiram on persuasion. But she later gave up on the other projects to exclusively devote her time to Enthiram.

This hike makes her beat Kareena Kapoor as the recent most highly paid actress.

Wonder if Bollywood can afford the Bachchan bahu now… or only Hollywood can!

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