Aishwarya Rai

In the past post where i mentioned about our Star of Decade Aishwarya Rai and unveiling of Amitabh Bachchan’s wax model of Madame Tussauds Hong Kong, i have already added many images from IIFA 2009. It included Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan and Amitabh Bachchan. The whole family except for Jaya Bachchan and i have no clue where she was, during the whole function. However i recently got some more pics from the whole festival of IIFA 2009. These set of images include the pics from the last day as well where Aishwarya Rai wore a lemon saaree and looked all the more gorgeous. I really really love her a lot. But i guess after her marriage to Abhishek, i need to respect the couple now rather than show off my one sided love. LOL I’m just kidding obviously! They are the perfect couple and i really respect them.

Alright, so here are few more pics from the 2009 International Indian Film Academy Awards that took place on June 11th’2009 and went on till June 13th’2009 at Macau, China.

Aishwarya Rai will be soon off to The Royal Ascot Race Event at Ascot, United Kingdom. It’s a great British occasion and i am guessing Aishwarya’s new found taste in great clothing will make her the most talked celebrity at the event. Fingers crossed!

Aishwarya Rai and sweet hubby Abhishek Bachchan hit up the 2009 International Indian Film Academy Awards also known as the IIFA Awards at the Venetian Macao Hotel Resort on Thursday (June 11) in Macau, China.

I have been to Macau very recently and it is a beautiful place and surely a great venue. Of course with presence of ever so gorgeous Aishwarya Rai, the city of Macau must have been the best place to be in, on June 11th’2009. The IIFA awards 2009 journey continued up to 13th June when the major award ceremony function took place.

Aishwarya Rai walked the green carpet at IIFA awards 2009 in exuded style in a grey silk frock with mock neck ruched bodice and structured pleated skirt. She accessorized with black peep toe heels, diamond drop earrings, a gold bangle in her left arm, a black strap watch in her right arm and a glittery silver clutch. Her medium brown hair, styled in loose curls, draped her shoulders. Her makeup included glossy pink lipstick, golden eye shadow and lots of mascara. She really looked very pretty that night. Oh i could die to catch a glimpse of her!

Day one saw Madame Tussauds wax replica of Amitabh Bachchan at the Venetian Macao Hotel Resort which was sent by Madame Tussauds Hong Kong to honor the IIFA brand ambassador, Amitabh Bachchan. Aishwarya and Abhishek joined Amitabh on stage to be photographed with the replica. Let’s have a look at some of the pics from the green carpet and the replica photos…shall we?

Amitabh Bachchan inaugurated the 10th edition of the prestigious event by planting a lotus flower, the official flower of both India and Macau. I never knew about this similarity between the two. So some general knowledge passed on via entertainment. Amitabh mentioned about the attention brought to India by the Oscar-winning British movie “Slumdog Millionaire“. He added that India has as much talented people as found in other parts of the world. Indian creativity is in no way less than creativity from any other part of the world. He believes that there are many other stories and ideas which needed to be explored. One the stars of “Slumdog Millionaire”, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala said that Indian films are more dramatic and express themselves with more color than the Hollywood films. Ashutosh played the role of Slaim in Danny Boyle’s tale of rags to riches.

Okay, Day three, June 13th’ 2009. It is time for the award function night. Guess what, Aishwarya Rai won two achievements award that night. Oh man, these were no small awards in fact they were even bigger than actress of the year of award. Aishwarya won the “Golden Decade” award for her memorable performances in the past 10 years, beating off competition from Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta, Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. In other words, she was named as the “Star of the Decade“. Along with her, Shahrukh Khan was named as the “Actor of the Decade” which i guess he really deserved.

The second award that Aishwarya received is called “Outstanding Contribution by Indians in International Cinema“. It is a newly introduced award category this year. Aishwarya’s work in “Pink Panther 2” and “Provoked” has got her rolling in Hollywood tinsel town. She is the most talked about celebrity world over from Bollywood. Aishwarya shot to global recognition with few international projects recently and am sure many more projects will follow. Apart from Aishwarya, another recipient of this prestigious award will be our Oscar award winner music composer guru, A.R. Rehman. Nobody has forgotten his work in the big movie “Slumdog Millionaire”. Of course, we Indians know him well, since long for his other masterful work in previous movies.

By the way, Abhishek Bachchan also win an IIFA this year. He took the “Best Comedian” award for the gay themed movie “Dostana“. With his acting skills and his new matured looks, i do hope that we will see him in the Best Actor category next year around. Of course Mani Ratnam’s “Raavan” will give him that platform this year.

Alright, so this was great IIFA awards for Aishwarya Rai and am really happy for her. Hope the trend continue in years to come and she wins more and more awards.

Someone claimed these to be Paparazzi pics but they clearly do not have any clue what exactly the word “Paparazzi” means. Paparazzi is a plural term (paparazzo being the Italian singular form) for photographers who take unstaged and/or candid photographs of celebrities caught unaware. Paparazzi take photos of celebrities at moments when the subjects do not expect to be photographed, such as when they shop, walk through a city, eat at a restaurant or swim or lay on the beach.

Most websites will throw in so many unrelated words just to get you all excited and in the end you find nothing to meet your expectations. Anyways, moving on to the subject, first of all, these are not Paparazzi pics as you can see, both Aishwarya and Abhishek are perfectly aware that they are being photographed.

Secondly and much more importantly, Aishwarya Rai is looking angel in that lime lemony suit of hers. She really is very very beautiful. Okay without much ado, here are the pics that were taken recently in Bhopal, India.

Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan were in Bhopal for some personal reasons and this was to be their personal visit. Of course celebrities of such stature can’t find any privacy in there personal vacations. Pity!

But Oh My God! Aishwarya looks stunningly beautiful. Doesn’t she?

Aishwarya Rai

It’s nothing new to see such a case of celebrities identity theft where in some fake lonely desperate guy/gal claims to be a celebrity and get loads of followers and users on various social networking sites such as Twitter. Someone recently made up a twitter account imposting as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and started twittering some fake twits like “I have a secret that i would love to share with my twitter friends only” and stuff like that.

Aishwarya Rai has been getting hundreds of calls asking about her secret that she wishes to share. Of course it came as a shock to Aishwarya as she had no clue what the hell was going on. This unpleasant shock which earlier looked like a prank or another media bluff soon became very annoying as her friends and family and all people who had Aishwarya contact number started contacting her, asking for the secret. My God! I can only imagine how it went for Aishwarya in last few days. I do feel for her and and one can only imagine this celebrity stardom side effects

Apparently, The flood of calls began ever since the media reported recently that Ash is on Twitter and that she has written: “Planning to share a secret with my  Twitter friends… will update shortly.” I’m sorry but i have no idea which media published such a story without any proof.  Such medias are only creating nuisance and they should have double checked on that twitter account. Aishwarya Rai is not the first celebrity whose identity has been stolen. Apart from thousands of impostors for Hollywood celebrities, Amrita Rao, Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan have faced similar problems very recently.

Aishwarya Rai’s spokesperson confirmed that there is some fake imposting as Aishwarya Rai and twitting useless messages. He said “Aisharya was shell-shocked to know that someone who has faked her Twitter identity is posting messages on her behalf, promising to ‘reveal a secret’. Aishwarya does not have a Twitter account.”

So probably now you know that Ash is not twittering. So stop wasting your time in finding celebrity twitter accounts because most of the time you will end up finding fake celebrity imposters. We already get enough updates on Aishwarya’s news and movies and her being at various events. Why on earth do we need twitter account for Aishwarya to add more and more information!

Aishwarya & Abhishek Bachchan

Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan recently paired up as co stars for the much hyped Mani Ratnam’s movie “Raavan“. After success of films like “Guru” people have accepted the real life couple in reel life as well. Undoubtedly they look a great pair together. These days their charm has taken over on film industry as well. The Ash-Abhi pair has been signed in again for an upcoming spy thriller film called “Crooked“.

The film “Crooked” will be directed by Abhinay Deo. He earlier mentioned that besides Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan, he also signed up Gul Panag, Jimmy Shergill and Boman Irani for the film. The film only has been named as “Crooked” tentatively. We will soon find out what all we can expect from the movie when the film production commences.

Apparently, the movie “Crooked” is believed to be inspired by the famous Matt Damon starrer movie “The Bourne Identity“. According to the producer of the movie, Ritesh Sidhwani “Our slick espionage thriller will be in the same genre as “The Bourne Identity”. It will be shot in Greece, Istanbul, Thailand and India“. Well those who have not watched the 2002 film “The Bourne Identity”, well here is the storyline of that movie “On a stormy night, the spy thriller opens as an amnesiac is rescued at sea by the crew of an Italian fishing boat. Nearly dead, he carries nothing but the bullets in his back and the bank account number embedded in his hip. Although completely without identity or background, he possesses an array of extraordinary talents in fighting, linguistics and self-defense that speak of a dangerous past. In the present he is disoriented and wary as he is propelled into an urgent search to discover who he is and why his life has taken a perilous turn.”

Ritesh Sidhwani also added “The English-language title will most probably change”. So sooner or later we will know the true title of the movie. Till then, i will refer to the movie as Crooked.

By the way, Abhinay Deo is currently wrapping up the comedy film “Delhi Belly“, starring Imran Khan and Shenaz Treasuryvala. And on the other hand Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan are trying to complete filming for Mani Ratnam’s “Raavan” shortly.

Because of all the hype about the movie “Raavan”, people now have high expectation from the movie. And if this movie goes onto become a major hit, then believe me, we are going to see plenty more of Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan together as couple in movies. Hopping for the best!

Cannes Film Festival that began on May13th ‘2009 saw many famous celebrities from Hollywood and even more from international arena including our favorite Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The Film Festival came to an end, few days back on May 24 after screening around 20 internationally praised movies of 2009. The prestigious Palme d’Or was awarded to Michael Haneke for his movie “Das Weisse Band” (The White Ribbon) during the Closing Ceremony of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.

Anyways, you might have often wondered how do famous stars of tinsel town interact with each other. How do they greet, acknowledge and behave when they meet up at the corridors of their hotels. They will obviously bump into other celebrities at dinner tables or swimming pools or lobbies. I am not sure about any such experience. But i have a good image in mind.

Anyways, speaking of celebrities bumping into each other at such occasions, so such happened that Hollywood’s actress Eva Longoria, L’Oreal’s spokesperson Elizabeth Banks and our gorgeous Bollywood’s beauty Aishwarya Rai happened to be at the same time in the ladies room of some hotel at Cannes, France. A candid pic involving these three celebrities recently surfaced on the internet and it seems Aishwarya Rai and others are in lighter mood sharing some good laughs. It’s always nice to see such candid pics wherein celebrities aren’t posing for the camera for photoshoots or red carpets. This way we can see a glimpse of their lives of what they really are.

Aishwarya Rai With Eva Longoria and Elizabeth Banks

I have noticed that many people do not really know the meaning of the word “Candid”. First of all, no, it has nothing to do with words like “nude” or “naked”. The word candid actually means that it’s a camera capture where the subject is not staging for the pic. Probably a wikipedia definition will clear out the meaning of “Candid” in a better way. It says “Candid photography is photography that focuses on spontaneity rather than technique, on the immersion of a camera within events rather than focusing on setting up a staged situation or on preparing a lengthy camera setup.”

Our Bollywood’s top actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and hubby Abhishek Bachchan attended at the Cinema Verite 2009 Press Conference that took place at the Hotel Martinez during the 62nd International Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2009 in Cannes, France.

Look at the amazing pics of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. She looks like a stunning beauty. Amazingly gorgeous in that blue dress that Aishwarya wore to the event. Abhishek Bachchan in denim looks good alongside. These pics are kinda exclusive. Very rare on the web. So enjoy the pics of Aishwarya Rai at Cinema Verite 2009 Press Conference.

You might have seen the beautiful Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. Her visit to Cannes was not only for the Cannes Film Fest but she also had a commitment with L’Oreal for an interview and a photoshoot. I managed to get my hands on the official L’Oreal video and am putting it up here for all of you!

Here in Aishwarya Rai talks about how she has become a part of L’Oreal now. She really believes in the product she is brand ambassador for and she really considers it to be a big family which she is proud to be a part of. She really looks stunningly beautiful throughout the interview

Also you will be able to see some glimpses of the photoshoot and the red carpet arrivals of the couple i.e. Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan at Cannes Film Festival. So this video pretty much got it all. Well, pretty much..

Aishwarya Rai first appeared at Cannes Film Festival, right back in year 2002. Although it was a great success and moment of pride for the India’s ruling actress, but the first moment was nothing short of fashion disaster for her. Although, the whole India looked on, it was probably a forgettable visit for Aishwarya back then. But i guess that was it. Thereafter she has been a part of Cannes very regularly and with each passing year she has been getting better and better. One has to agree that the 2002 disaster was all a mistake by the stylist and not Aishwarya Rai, but i guess that now she realizes the tricks of the trade and she is really is doing pretty well.

Just a week back, dated 13th May’2009, commenced the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. I have to be honest here. Aishwarya Rai looked jaw-dropping stunning this time around. In last seven years, not only she did get better, but she has mastered the art of walking on the red carpet. She looked so gorgeous and despite all the famous celebrities of Hollywood walking down that red carpet, Aishwarya Rai was the real head turner.

Aishwarya opted for a strapless white Roberto Cavalli train gown at the opening of the 62nd International Cannes Film Festival on 13th May and she looked stunningly super with Abhishek Bachchan who wore white suit to accompany his wife. Dressed from head to toe in high fashion, she wore red peeptoe heels, Swarovski red box clutch, and Swarovski jewels that consisted of teardrop earrings and two rings. Her hair, with auburn highlights, was elegantly styled in an intricate updo with side swept bangs. She wore silver eyeshadow, cat-eye liner, multiple sweeps of black mascara and glossy bronze lip color. The L’Oreal brand ambassador, Aishwarya was joined on the red carpet by the newly announced L’Oreal spokesperson, Elizabeth Banks. Elizabeth looked great in red alongside Aishwarya Rai. They came for the premier of the movie “Up” that was the opening movie of Palais De Festival in Cannes, France, this year. There are a total of 20 movies this year that are competing for the prestigious Palme d’Or which will be awarded on May 24.

Next day, May 14th’2009, Aishwarya and Abhishek came again at Cannes for the screening of the movie Chun Feng Chen Zui De Ye Wan (Spring Fever). This time around, Aishwarya looked heavenly beautiful. Aishwarya wore a blue Elie Saab Spring 2009 Couture gown this time around. As per the industry estimates, this particular gown was over Rs. 50 Lacs (5 million INR). That’s pretty expensive for a dress but then, Aishwarya is the highest paid Indian actress, so she definitely can afford to buy such dresses. Abhishek, this time wore a blackish colored suit. The two obviously looked great as a couple once again but Aishwarya’s dressing sense and choice of clothing really made her stand out from rest of the celebrities.

Alright, i have always believed that pictures speak louder than words. So here are some of the pics from the Cannes Film Festival wherein Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan made their presence felt.

Also present at the opening ceremony was Cannes Jury member from India, the very gorgeous Sharmila Tagore, wearing a yellow saree. She elegantly greeted all with folded hands Namastey during the customary introduction of the jury members. She still is one of the most charming person from India.

Various Indian designers have been talking about Aishwarya Rai’s appearance at Cannes. They all are spell bounded at the moment. “The Hindu” caught up with few designers:

Fashion Designer Amit GT said “Aishwarya carried the gown really well and looked beautiful. She has great presence that fits her perfectly in the international fashion circuit. She carried off that gown with confidence and walked the red carpet with aplomb. A lot of people had criticized her when she made her debut at Cannes but hits and misses are a part of life and this time she has proved fashion critics wrong with her impeccable dressing sense.“

Designer Raakesh Agarvwal said “When she was criticized for her bad dressing sense at Cannes, the person who should have been blamed was her stylist. But I guess now she has learnt the tricks of the trade and is doing really well. It’s important to know how to behave with your clothes on the red carpet. Walking on a red carpet is an art and you can say that she has mastered the art over the period of seven years. Posing rightly for the camera, maintaining eye contact, topped up with a perfect smile is what makes the best red carpet look. One has to learn all these things and then you can look glamorous in anything – that’s what Aishwarya has done.“

Designer Abdul Haimer said “Aishwarya, whose dress would have cost nothing less than Rs.5 million as per industry estimates, looked as though she was wearing a wedding gown minus the veil”

So i guess everyone is feeling very happy this time around.  I think Aishwarya Rai deserves all the appreciation she is getting!

Aishwarya To Judge "India Got Talent"

You do know how most of the television soaps and competitions come up in different languages and countries across the globe. Going way back i remember a television show “Tol Mol ke Bol” which was based on popular TV show named “Price is Right“. But i guess the most famous has to be “Kaun Banega Crorepati” that was based on “Who wants to be a millionaire“. Of course Kaun Banega Crorepati was a great success as long as it was being hosted by Amitabh Bachchan and why not…The charm, the charisma and of the course the prize money besides getting to watch the man of the millennium, Amitabh Bachchan, was a lot overwhelming for the people. Probably you do know, KBC success credit also goes to Mr. Siddharth Basu. Probably, the best quiz master India has ever seen.

Alright, so from last few years there has been a talent hunt contest going in America and Britain and the show is called “America Got Talent” and “Britain’s Got Talent“. I personally do not like American version of the show but i simply cannot miss out on the Britain Got Talent episodes. It’s into it’s third year and has given likes of Paul Potts who is a famous Oprah singer and George Sampson, little genius dancer kid. These not only got to perform at the Royal Variety in front of the Royal family including the Queen, but also became world famous. What makes the show even more interesting are the three judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan and sometimes a fourth judge, the very beautiful, Kelly Brook. And of course, the two hosts Ant & Dec who brings all the humor to the show. I simply can’t get enough from this show.

Now with popularity of America/Britain got talent, how can India remain behind. So here comes “India Got Talent“. The show once again will be courtesy Siddharth Basu. So you can expect some good result from the show. Now as for judges, there was a rumor that Mr. Basu has chosen bollywood’s actress Preity Zinta as one of the judges. Of course nothing was confirmed and will remain unconfirmed till the very beginning of the show but the latest rumors that are coming up says that Preity Zinta has been replaced by the our very own, ever so gorgeous Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. India’s Got Talent promotional videos are already being aired on the television these days. It was considered to be Preity Zinta’s grand TV debut. But now i guess the same can be said for Aishwarya Rai. It’s a little difficult for me to believe that Aishwarya will be seen on small screen in such a talent show but considering the fact that Amitabh has already been a part of Mr. Basu’s first success of KBC, Aishwarya Rai may very well be a judge in India’s Got Talent.

It was believed that Preity Zinta zeroed in on the payments and everything with IGT team. She was supposedly said to be paid 5 crores of rupees but you know, Indian Premier League Cricket is going on these days and she is the owner of Kings XI Punjab. So she really is busy with her first priority. Thus she was replaced by Aishwarya Rai. I am not sure, but Aishwarya Rai as a judge of India’s Got Talent is yet to be confirmed by her and till then, everybody seems to be tight lipped.

I am sure “India Got Talent” can get better judges than Britain Got Talent’s and America Got Talent, and IGT may also get better competition… But how on earth will tehy be able to get Ant & Dec. Sorry, but i don’t India or any other country has anyone to match Ant & Dec!