Madhur Bhandarkar, a national award winning director, (if you don’t already know) is super excited with his most ambitious project ever. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was a part of the mahurat scene as the production of the movie begins today on June 7th 2011. It’s Tuesday. And i read an interesting fat about Madhur Bhandarkar in today’s Times of India newspaper. It says “Madhur, who is a devotee of lord Ganesha, has been following a trend of starting his movies on Tuesday as he considers it a lucky day for him. It is believed that just like every Tuesday he visited the Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai today morning and then began the shoot.” Well, i believe it’s the director’s hard work, which got him real success. Because God helps those who help themselves.

Aishwarya Rai is the leading actress in the movie Heroine. There are two male leads i.e. Arjun Rampal and Arunodya Singh. Pretty interesting star cast, i must say. Aishwarya’s looks in the film is kept a secret but it will be Manish Malhotra who will be styling Aishwarya in the film. The movie “Heroine” was announced in May at the Cannes Film Festival.

According to press notes from Cannes “The film is based on the life and times of a superstar heroine from Bollywood. It is said to be an entertaining, daring, emotional, shocking, glamorous, scandalous behind the scenes account of the reality behind the world of glitz and glamor that the film stars inhabit. For a country obsessed with films and film stars, Heroine will take audiences on a voyeuristic journey to see what really goes on behind the closed doors of make up rooms and vanity vans. It will give them a chance to go beyond the gorgeous smiles and politically correct quotes, to see what really happens in the lives of India’s sweethearts – The sniping & the politics, the secrets & the lies, the incredible highs of fame & the lonely depths of failure.”

Madhur Bhandarkar considers this movie to be his magnum opus. Infact Madhur has made the entire Heroine cast and crew sign a non disclosure agreement and banned media and visitors from the film’s set, to preclude a plot leak. I like it. Becausepreviews and teasers kills the story sometimes. This is going to be better

Except the fim to be released somewhere in November this year. Madhur Bhandarkar hasn’t announced the release date though. We will just keep a lookout on the news for further details.

The 1min 48sec long trailer focuses entirely on Hrithik and Aishwarya and is sans dialog.

Delightful visuals, exhilarating background score, elaborate costumes, and understated but intense emotions – the promo has a signature Bhansali look and feel. It reminds you of Black, it reminds you of Saawariya.

As to the plot, the trailer reiterates the little that is known about it – Hrithik Roshan is a magician, Aishwarya her assistant. A twist of fate, perhaps, turns Hrithik into a wheel chair bound parapeligic, and Aishwaray to his deeply caring nurse. What pervades is love, even crazed laughter.

And yes, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is seen smoking in the film. I don’t know if it’s like a real cigarette or what? I have just seen images for the same.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Guzaarish releases in theatres on November 19. Hopefully, this is going to be one movie that brings justice to Aishwarya Rai’s hard work that she has put in this year.

I won’t say that high expectations from this movie, but then, this is Sanjay Leela Bhansali, that we are talking about. This movie has to be good. What do you say?

Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai has had such a busy 2010. And now, the news is that Aishwarya Rai will reportedly play lead in Shyam Benegal’s next, a female oriented film that will begin production, somewhere in 2011.

The film is described as a special project that takes Aishwarya Rai Bachchan into a different time zone. However, it is not a period film. Aishwarya told DNA, “I’ve been working so hard this year that I haven’t had a chance to look at scripts. But yes, the one that Shyam Benegal has given me is very very special. We’ve been meaning to work with one another for years.”

Shyam Benegal (if you don’t already know him) is a prolific Indian director and screenwriter. With his first four feature films Ankur (1973), Nishant (1975) Manthan (1976) and Bhumika (1977) he created a new genre, which has now come to be called the “middle cinema” in India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1976 and the Padma Bhushan in 1991. On 8 August 2007, he was awarded the highest award in Indian cinema for lifetime achievement, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2005. He has won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi seven times. His last movie was in year 2009, named “Well Done Abba”. And it was really really a great movie. So high expectations again from the next movie :d

Aishwarya Rai has still lot movies coming up. Here is the list of the forthcoming films:

• Endhiran directed by Shankar with co-stars Rajnikant and Danny Denzongpa due in theaters on September 24.
• Action Replayy directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah with co-stars Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal, Neha Dhupia, Randhir Kapoor and Ranvijay Singh due for release on November 5.
• Guzaarish directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali with co-stars Hrithik Roshan, Aditya Bal, Monikangana Dutta and Nafisa Ali due in theaters on November 19.

I seriously have great expectation from all these movies. I hope they do not meet with the same fate that our Beera “Raavan” had. At least Guzaarish will be a major hit, am pretty sure about that.

Thus, ‘Raavan’, almost made Ash and Abhi, the real couple, a not so hot and happening one in reel life! Insiders reveal that, the sizzling chemistry no longer is visible between Ash and Abhi. However, there are yet some film makers in B-Town, who still have faith in this real life couple, and a flick with the two starring as a lead pair just might start rolling soon. Reports are that director Abhishek Kapoor is toying with the idea of making a film on writer.

Chetan Bhagat’s book titled ‘3 Mistakes of My Life’. For the flick, he is on the verge of signing Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan as the lead pair. We just hope this flick does not become a mistake in the couple’s life too!

Now, speculations have already started doing the rounds, as some are quite skeptical about the outcome of the flick, as this particular book is not as popular as the other books, written by the same writer. This entire rattle, along with the gossip that Ash and Abhi have now become a thanda (cold) pair on screen, is now the hot topic of conversation at coffee shops and near water coolers at offices! What’s your take?

Action Replayy

“Action Replay” is a comedy theme movie being directed by Vipul Shah. I guess we have already talked about the movie many a times. It stars one of my favorite jodis (pair) in Bollywood, i.e. Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Kumar. Anyways, as i was saying, the movie is on the verge of completion. According to some sources, which basically are few of Akshay Kumar tweets, the pair of Akshay and Aishwarya are in Manali shooting some final song sequences. Apart from that part, the movie is almost complete.

Action Replay is planned for a Diwali release on November 5. It is Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai’s second film together after Khakee, in which they were not romantically paired. Probably the only movie where Aishwarya Rai had a negative role. On other hand, Action Replay will be Vipul Shah’s first movie with Aishwarya Raiand fifth movie with Akshay Kumar. Previous movies being Aankhen, Waqt – Race Against Time, Namastey London and Singh is Kinng. All were pretty hit movies. He is definitely getting better with time and experience.

Here are some of the tweets that Akshay Kumar posted on his twitter on July 12th 2010:
“I am now sitting in my van being tortured by my make up artist to look like an old haggard man in the stunning mountains of Manali.”

“About to shoot the much awaited song with Ash who still looks 21 even when they try and make her look 50!”

“For the record i hate make up, so Vipul Shah you owe me a Bentley cant believe in 3 days Action Replay will be wrapped ”

Anyways, i seriously have high hopes from the movie. And i am expecting lot of accolades for Aishwarya Rai for the movie Action Replay. For your information, super comedy series Golmaal 3 is also scheduled for the release on the same day. Fingers crossed.

Aishwarya Rai

“Endhiran”, one of the most anticipated movie of the year is finally on the verge of completion. It is believed to be one of the most expensive budget movie ever made in India. Well, i hope the film “Endhiran” does a little good and recovers what all has been invested in to it because we have all seen what happened with Mani Ratnam’s “Raavan”. If you do to much publicity and make the fans wait for too long, you tend to raise their expectation from the movie. And when you throw in lines like “Last movie of Rajinikanth” or “The most expensive movie ever”, well you just blow the audience mind. Now, it’s very difficult undoubtedly, for a movie this bug, to rise above the fans expectations. Isn’t it?

Anyways, i must be saying all this because i am really depressed with the outcome of the movie “Raavan”. Not only Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan worked hard for the movie but i worked hard on the news and articles as well. And it all goes down the drain! So, i am better off just quietly writing down the news rather than raising my expectations from the movie. Or probably i shouldn’t be expecting anything from the movies now. Period.

Alright, moving back to the topic. Endhiran is almost completed. In fact, it has a release date now. It’s 3rd of September 2010. However, it’s not official yet.

In words of director, S. Shankar “Well… except one song the whole film shooting is completed. The full edited film has been given to A.R.Rahman for background score and Resul Pookutty for the sound effects. Just waiting to shoot the last song and waiting for computer graphics work of the climax and some important scenes to be completed.” So there we have it, the official statement from the director himself. Hopefully we will soon have an official release date as well.

Where are my manners? I am not even talking about our dearest beloved actress Aishwarya Rai. Well, “Endiran” a.k.a “Robot” stars the most beautiful women Aishwarya Rai and the legendary actor Rajinikanth. I am not sure about the story of the movie but the rumor says that Rajinikanth plays the character of a scientist, who builds a robot for a physically handicapped child, to play with. However, things do not go as planned and the robot goes mad, maniac, out of control machine which stars killing people (like all bad robots do ). So the scientist Rajinikanth has to terminate his creation, the robot. Rumor also has it that Rajinikanth plays the role of both the scientist, as well as the robot. Double role ahaaan? So saving money on one more actor and yet the most expensive movie. LOL. Anyways, what is Aishwarya Rai doing in the movie then? Well, i do not know. I have no clue and no rumors about that particular thing either. Strange, right!!!

What i do know is that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is super gorgeous, the most beautiful women i have come across and that she is looking damn sexy in some still photographs that we have from movie “Endhiran”. I seriously hope this movie does well. I have no love for the movie but just for Aishwarya Rai’s sake. I know how much it hurts when your hard work doesn’t pay off. I have 9 years of hard work gone useless, just like that…. so i really know the extent of hurt. Anyways….i am again moving on to same old topic. Move on is what everyone says….so let’s see the pics from the movie “Endhiran” a.k.a “Robot”

Aishwarya Rai

Alas! But it’s true. the so much anticipated Mani Ratnam’s movie “Raavan” was a major flop. It’s true that the movie was one of the most talked about film for Bollywood in 2010. But i guess this over-hype spoiled the fun and raised the fans expectation from the movie. Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan, although one of the most loved couples and big stars, failed to weave their magic in the movie.

I, for one, know that the “Raavan” stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and Abhishek Bachchan had worked their ass off for this film. They cancelled so many meetings, appointments and what not, so that they can give their 100 percent for the film. Despite the music guru A.R. Rahman magic and the awesome direction of Mani Ratnam, the movie failed to do well at Box Office or anywhere in world. If i had to blame one thing for the failure, i would say that it has to be the extra gimmicks and promotional crap that every crew member of “Raavana” had been doing for past 2-3 months. No doubt such gimmicks bring attention to a wide audience but when over-done, it also brings high expectations. Anyhow, i feel bad for the couple Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan. I know how heart broken they must have been to see the film do almost no business at all.

Such was the disappointment that an outraged fan lashes out his fury as he spits, “Abhishek is just not cut out for films. He is absolutely wooden. His movements are stiff, his face expressionless, his dialogue delivery flat. Not to mention his inability to dance or fight. He is neither goodlooking. Just being six feet tall doesn’t necessarily make one handsome. If not for his parents, Abhishek would have been working as a salesman in some merchant company, doing the rounds of Mumbai from morning to evening. Before he was getting films because of his father, now because of his wife. It is high time that such ‘ZERO-HEROES’ like him are completely thrown out of the film industry.” Oooomph! That was a little harsh i guess, blaming Abhishek for the failure. When a movie is not good, the whole cast and crew are responsible for it. It’s not right to play the blame game.

Amazingly, Reliance opened the film “Raavan” in some 2200 screens in 35 countries. That was a pretty big launch indeed. I am not sure how much the movie raked in, but many a movie halls claim that they didn’t see any house fulls after the first weekend. In fact at many halls, the movie didn’t even make it past the first week. I don’t know if these are rumors or not but i guess that’s what happened considering how much disappointed people really are.

I am pretty sure about one thing though. Aishwarya Rai is a beautiful talented actress. Abhishek Bachchan perhaps not as good as Aishwarya, but he still is in the top actors of the country. Mani Ratnam is a fantastic director as well. A.R. Rahman is a magician with music. So am pretty sure they all will strike back. It’s just one movie at the end of the day. They all will forget about it soon enough. But this definitely is the last time we heard about “Raavan”. I don’t think any “sequel” or “alternate ending” will be planned. Goodbye “Raavan”

Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai has been shooting in forests of India for the upcoming movie “Raavan”. Shooting in such natural scenarios is never easy for any person, whether they be an actor or an actress or even there body double/stunt man. Anyways, let’s not drift off from the topic. I just wanted to create the environment where you understand “how difficult acting in forests” is!

Like the whole world, South Indian star Vikram is all smitten by co star Aishwarya Rai. Seriously, who isn’t? Aishwarya Rai plays the demure and vulnerable role based on Sita in both the Hindi and Tamil versions of the movie “Raavan” and she plays her character with grace and effortlessness. Vikram sums it up beautifully as he cites, “It’s strange that every Miss World and Miss Universe enters movies. But who has had the lingering impact of Aishwarya’s? She has some kind of an enduring aura. Over the years she has really evolved as an actor.”

Vikram recounts how Ash endured wounds, insect bites, fever and agonising pain in the rough terrain of the Indian forests. Despite her feebleness, she refused to take the help of any body double. Aishwarya Rai’s double whammy: Vikram further showers praise on the former Miss World and quips, “I had to do two characters. But she had to play the same character twice, in two languages, one after another. For example, if she had to climb a rock with me, she’d do it climb down and then do it again with Abhishek.”

Vikram also said “Overall, the filming of Raavan was very tough as the locations were deep inside the wilderness where it wasn’t, at times, possible to drive. It was like going to war. The terrain was so treacherous. Every scene was risky. If it wasn’t raining we were near waterfalls so always wet and susceptible to fall ill.”

Ofcourse Vikram was impressed a lot by Aishwarya Rai. But when it came to dancing, he had just one thing to say. He recalls how good a dancer she is. He hails her dancing skills to be as good, if not better, than the legendary Madhuri Dixit. Speaking of the experience in Raavan, he says. “It was really nice to see her dance. I just forgot my own steps and kept staring.”

Well, i think he just became one of the many million fans that Aishwarya Rai already has. Yeah, it’s easy to express your feelings when you already are star but i still am a bigger fan of Aishwarya’s than guys like Vikram would ever be. He he he he! Anyways, keep visiting our website AishwaryaWeb.com for regular news, updates on Aishwarya Rai. Your feedbacks and comments are always welcome!

Aishwarya Rai

I am guessing our regular members here on this site are pretty familiar with Mani Ratnam’s movie “Raavan”. Aishwarya Rai finally appeared on photocall with her husband, Abhishek Bachchan. Abhi of course has a vital role to play in the movie, so it’s good he finally showed up at Cannes. Abhishek plays the role of the protagonist in Mani Ratnam’s modern day take on the ancient Indian epic – The Ramayan. Or so it is believed. No one is sure yet about the actual story line. Anyways….

As for Aishwarya Rai’s dress up, she wore a form hugging LBD with an off shoulder bateau neckline and short sleeves. Her hair were set in lose curls with a middle parting. Accessorized with black towering T-strap heels and light diamond and gold jewelry. She supported a light day makeup. Nothing fancy doing this time. But she’s got a great pair of legs and her stunning facial beauty does all the magic. The Oooomph factor is probably much more than what one can handle. I have started to make no sense now….Losing my breath and senses now. LOL

Alright, these are the images from the Photocall of Mani Ratnam’s “Raavan” on May 17th’ 2010 at Salon Diane at The Majestic in Cannes, France. Any comments??

]]> http://www.aishwaryaweb.com/aishwarya-rai/aishwarya-rai-at-raavan-photocall-at-cannes-film-fest-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.aishwaryaweb.com/aishwarya-rai/ms-workaholic-aishwarya-rai-bachchan/ http://www.aishwaryaweb.com/aishwarya-rai/ms-workaholic-aishwarya-rai-bachchan/#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 09:52:50 +0000 AishwaryaWeb http://www.aishwaryaweb.com/?p=647

Aishwarya Rai

She will soon be busy with the promotion of Mani Ratnam’s film with hubby Abhishek and south star Vikram, ‘Raavan’. Then she has to go for the Cannes Festival.

She also has to give her time for a ninety day schedule for the shooting of the Nikhil Advani film ‘Patiala House,’ with Akshay Kumar.

Now, all this is leaving the director Vipul Shah, jittery and dry. According to reports, his film ‘Action Replayy’, which stars Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai, is yet to get completed. As the main song, which received much publicity recently, is yet to be shot. Apart from that, the entire shoot for the film is complete.

But, due to the busy schedules of both the stars, there is no scope for the song pictirisation to get started, forget completion.

So, the workaholic and helpful Aishwarya, made a suggestion. She asked Vipul to fly to London with his crew, and she would fly from Cannes, so AkshayKumar and she would be able to give him time for night shifts. Vipul Shah, who is a friend of Nikhil Advani, is not sure as to how he can go for this suggestion by Ash.

And not think of the time and money that the director, Nikhil Advani would lose because of this So, the director, who anyway has shifted his date of release from July to September, and can afford to wait for a few days Now, it remains to be seen what Ash has to say to this!.