Aishwarya Rai Bachchan talked about her role in the movie and how she enjoyed the experience of working with the entire team. She was all praises for director Shankar for and praised him for outdoing himself in each of his movies. She also said that she is lucky to have got the opportunity to work with him.

In turn, Shankar had a alot to say for Aishwarya as well. He said that Aishwarya was more like a hero in the film. She worked tirelessly on the set starting 7am until pack up time, and stayed involved in the film, its making and the techniques used for production.

Apparently this was just last film Aishwarya was working in, so she is done filming for the year 2010. She will probably relax a little and then get busy promoting her films Guzaarish, Robot and Action Replay. And you thought these celebrities have an easy life. Anyhow, wishing Aishwarya Rai, all the very best with all her movies.

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The actress says, “I don’t think it would be right on my part to gloat in this very generous observation. There have been many actors and actresses who have continued working post marriage for years. However, in the recent times, there has been a preconceived idea that probably leading ladies would not continue to work. I never paid attention to it. Even as a single girl, I never really thought about it. I never even wondered what will happen to me after marriage.

“I chose acting as a profession. Even at the beginning of my career, I never thought ‘Will it would be wise for me to play this role as a new girl? Should I do this later? Is a very girly role?’ I’m the same girl who did IRUVAR at the beginning of my career. I didn’t say give me four songs and short skirts and let me just jump around. That’s the kind of mindset with which I kept going very strongly.”

The 36-year-old further added, “Having said that, I must say that it does feel really nice that I have got meet a lot of like-minded professionals. I might want to work after marriage but there have to directors who want to work with me. There have to be directors who have to see me in roles and characters. I’m so blessed. It’s so wonderful that my faith has been kept in the professionals that I have worked with. Directors like Shankar, Mani Ratnam and Sanjay Leela Bhansali came to me with scripts. They didn’t say ‘Now you are married. What should we do with your role?’ None of the directors thought that.”

We hope she continues working in the same way for many more years and directors keep on offering her different roles.

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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.

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.

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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!.

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Wonder what two movies Vipul Shah was talking about? Mani Ratnam’s “Raavan” and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Guzaarish” are the other two films she will be doing this year. While “Raavan” is slated for a June 18 release, Vipul Shah is all set to release his film “Action Replay” in July, arguing that the two films are completely different in mood, theme and treatment. Bhansali’s “Guzaarish”, on other hand, is set to release sometime in November. So it’s definitely a big time for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Ummm..Keeping my finger crossed…

Seems like Vipul Shah has learned some lesson from past mistake. He had a bitter experience last year when his Salman Khan starrer “London Dreams” released a month after the actor’s home production “Main Aur Mrs.Khanna“. Now apparently Shah plans to sit down with Mani Ratnam and figure out a release strategy whereby neither film suffers. He said: “Raavan and Action Replay are very different films. And I thought I’d release (mine) in July. But I think I’ll now discuss it with Aishwarya and Mani Ratnam. We need to work as one big family in this industry.”

“Besides, I still have a song to shoot whereas Raavan is complete. I’ve yet to figure out when I can shoot it because both Aishwarya and Akshay are constantly traveling. We were supposed to shoot it earlier this year in the snow in Manali. Now we may go higher up at the Rohtang Pass or change the location for the song completely,” the director added.

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Aishwarya and Akshay were in news for this song when they decided to do the song without any water. Thus sending out the message to Save water on such occassions and festivals. Later in the video Aishwarya Rai talks to us and stresses on saving water. I think the social message should get to every person in this country. And why just country, this needs to be implemented in the whole world. Save water, play and support a dry holi.

I just can’t help writing this but Aishwarya Rai looks so stunningly beautiful. Watching her dance on this Holi song in the video still makes me wanna twist and dance. She is not only the most beautiful woman in this world but she is also a great great dancer.

Do drop us a line on what you think about this song. I think it’s great and Aishwarya Rai is going to make some feet tapping on this song for a long long time.

Good luck to Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Kumar for the movie “Action Replay”. Enjoy the song and spread the message. Thanks!!!!

Click here to view the embedded video.

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When Ash, one of B-town’s biggest stars, fell ill while shooting “Action Replay” with Akshay Kumar, Bollywood was on high alert! The model and actress had spent a week on Manori Island working with Vipul Shah on the movie that tells the story of a time-traveling man, played by Akshay.

But all of a sudden, while shooting a scene, Ash got sick and had to take antibiotics. But it seems like Mrs Bachchan ate the medicine like candy and soon had a bad reaction. Her lips got swollen and her fever worsened. But what to do when you have to finish a movie? Well, Ash is a true professional and decided to simply cover her face with a veil and continue shooting! Interesting! No rest for this L’Oreal girl!

“The reaction could’ve either been because of the antibiotics, which she took in excess as she had to finish the shooting yesterday as well as fulfill the next important commitment of being the keynote speaker at a women’s summit today, or it could also be an insect sting,” Aishwarya’s spokesperson said at the time.

And now the actress is at it again! This time she cut herself while shooting the movie “Raavana.” Ash reportedly climbed a mountain as part of a scene where she wanted to perform a stunt herself, but as is often the case when the stars want to be in on the stunt action, it backfired and Aishwarya suffered cuts and bruises. Ouch! Well we have to give Ash kudos for her bravery; we just wish she would be more careful!

Good luck to Aishwarya Rai, but i guess you all would agree to me that it’s time Aishwarya Rai should realize that stuntman and stuntwoman have a job and they are there for a reason. Let them do their part from now on and Ash should just concentrate on acting and looking all the more beautiful

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Following news that one of Akshay’s dance numbers in the film will instantly remind the audience of John Travolta in the 1977 hit Saturday Night Fever.

The latest buzz around the film is a special song based on the romance between some of the most popular Bollywood jodis of the 1970s.

The song, which is yet to be shot at the end of this month in Manali, will have Akshay and Aishwarya teasing each other, vintage style.

A source said, “This is Akshay’s biggest release before Tees Maar Khan and director-producer Vipul Shah wants the film to touch everybody’s heart. The song is a tribute to the leading Bollywood couples of the 1970s and will highlight their romance.
The five couples whom Akshay and Aishwarya will pay a tribute to in the five-minute song will be Amitabh-Jaya, Dharmendra-Hema, Rishi-Neetu, Rajesh-Mumtaz and Shashi-Parveen.”

The song, composed by Pritam, has lyrics which goes something like: “Nakhre nakhre nakhre, nakhre hain naatak re, nakhre nakhre nakhre tu peeche hi rakh re“. “Since the film has a retro feel, Akshay and Aishwarya will be dressed just like these legendary couples did in their films. The unit is currently planning how to choreograph the song,” added the source.

Vipul Shah confirmed the news and said, “This song, which will be shot in Manali, starts in a playful manner and then goes on to salute the stylish romance that was a trademark of the 1970s.”

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The director was obviously curious to know Ash’s secret of beating the heat, and find it out he did. The secret was Ash’s mama Vrinda Rai’s homemade recipe – kokum juice. Yes, Ash’s mother would visit the movie’s sets with a pitcher of kokum juice for the actress. It worked wonders in fighting the heat.

“The only person who would be completely unaffected with the heat was Ash. That’s when we all realized about her kokum juice,” Shah is quoted as saying. Once the secret was out everyone wanted a glass of the heat-beater juice. And Ash’s ma would gladly distribute it among the crew.

That’s right, you heard it. Now get relief from summer’s heat and have Kokum juice for yourself. So many people can’t be wrong

My thanks to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Vrinda Rai for such an easy way out to beat the heat! Phew!!!!