Aishwarya Rai

Bollywood movie stars Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai visited a specialist charity centre in Leeds.

Bachchan and his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai visited the Sense Rodney Clark Resource Centre in Leeds, a specialist centre that offers vocational, educational and arts facilities for people who are both deaf and blind.

” As you know IIFA is here to celebrate Indian cinema and whereas we have the award ceremony and the celebrations but I think it is vital that we also associate ourselves with some of the more social work that is being conducted in the region which is hosting us. So whether it is a charity match that we are about to play a little later on for a noble cause, whether it is associating ourselves with global cool which is going to look after the global warming issue or whether it is to spend some time with this very noble institution ‘Sense’. ” the actor told reporters.

Bachchan played the part of the inspirational tutor of a deaf-blind child in the 2005 film `Black`. An experience that taught him a lot.

” I did a film some years ago where I was a teacher and there was a little girl who was deaf dumb and blind and we did go through a course of learning some basic sign language to be able to communicate in the film. When you are dealing with a character who is physically challenged in this manner and you have to do a film I think your task is doubly tortuous because not only are you trying to convey to your colleague who is physically handicapped what I am saying but I have to interpret what she is saying to me and because she cannot speak therefore the audience can not hear what she is says so I have to repeat what she says and we had to build the scene accordingly. “

He was approached by Sense to visit the centre to raise awareness of deaf -blindness whilst he is in England for the International Indian Film Awards (IIFA) taking place in Sheffield.

Often dubbed the “Godfather” of Indian cinema, Bachchan has appeared in over 160 films and has a multitude of awards and recognitions to his name.

In 1999 he was voted the Movie star of the Millennium in a BBC online poll, beating stars such as Robert De Niro, Charlie Chaplin and Sir Alec Guiness.

Aishwarya Rai is the most famous actress in Bollywood. She is renowned for being the first woman to make the crossover from Bollywood to Hollywood. A former Miss World, she is the face of De Beers diamonds and L`Oreal.

She recently married Abhishek Bachchan in a lavish wedding ceremony in India. Her new husband was also present in Yorkshire.

Aishwarya Rai

Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai will play a powerful woman who manages mob business in a new film with her husband and father-in-law, a newspaper reported on Monday.

In the movie Sarkar 2, Aishwarya Rai plays a daughter-in-law who moves from taking care of the home of an underworld kingpin to a shrewd manager of organized crime.

“She (Rai) will shock audiences” director Ram Gopal Varma told The Times of India newspaper. “To say she’ll be portrayed like never before would be an understatement.”

The movie is a sequel to the 2005 hit movie Sarkar about a ruthless mob boss played by Amitabh Bachchan and his son, Abhishek Bachchan, who stars as his right-hand man. It will be the first time the three actors appear on screen together after Rai wed Abhishek Bachchan last month.

The sequel takes the plot forward with the older Bachchan ailing and the younger Bachchan and Rai working together to ensure they retain control over his crime syndicate.

Varma did not disclose when he would start filming the movie, but the Indian media have reported shooting will start later this year.

A green-eyed former model, Rai, 33, will wear no makeup for her new role, Varma said.

“Nobody would expect a looker like her to portray such a dark character” he said. “Her beauty won’t be enhanced by filters and shaded lighting. She’ll be totally without makeup.”

One of Bollywood’s most recognizable faces abroad, Rai was at the Cannes Film Festival last week as part of a team of models for cosmetics company L’Oreal.

Aishwarya n Abhishek

Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai , made a quiet return to Mumbai on Wednesday after a month-long honeymoon in Europe.

Abhishek and Ash were personally received by Jaya Bachchan at the airport who had booked a private villa in Florence for the couple before they went to Cannes.

Their honeymoon was highlighted by several controversies and date problems.

Reportedly, they skipped the premiere of their film Guru in Cannes that has not gone well with the film director, Mani Ratam .

Ash and Abhishek seemed content to be in each other’s company and had their own plans of flying back home the very same day.

The other cast members of  “Guru” attended the red-carpet event and also addressed the audiences and the media at the festival.

Sources say that Ash and Abhishek believe that they are long done with the film and any publicity exercise at this point is of no use.

Aishwarya Rai’s commitment with L’Oreal halted their honeymoon for a while. She was sighted posing for pictures with her L’Oreal counterparts. Ash also did not take part in the promotional events for her next film, Jodha Akhbar.

Supposedly, Abhishek and Ash would be flying to Yorkshire on June 7 to attend the International Film Festival.

Abhishek is expected to start shooting for his next film Laaga Chunari Mein Daag on June 11.

On the other hand, Aishwarya would soon be seen shooting for Ashutosh Gowarikar “Jodha Akbar” that is scheduled to be released on October 12.

Update: Reportedly Jodha Akbar won the Best Movie Of The Year Award at Filmfare Awards function that was held at Yashraj Film Studios. Unfortunately Aishwarya Rai didn’t get any award!

Ash & Abhi From Guru

Recently, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai were at Cannes. But for unknown reasons they were not present at the premiere of ‘Guru’, the movie of which they both are the leading actors.

Obviously, Mani Ratnam, the directory of the movie was not happy with their absecence.But still, the abscence of leading stars of the movie didn’t dampen the spirit and josh of the the premiere.

A close source of Ash says, “She is on a pleasure trip after a long time. Obviously, she didn’t want to think about work. The Guru premiere would have been followed by interviews and discussions. She has already interrupted her honeymoon for her earlier commitment to L’Oreal.”

To a great extent, it’s true that Aishwarya needed a much deserving break but stilll business ethics says something else.

Aishwarya n Abhishek

Bollywood heartthrob Abhishek Bachchan and our very own stunning beauty, Aishwarya Rai were married this Friday in a ceremony that brought most of Mumbai to a standstill.

The Bollywood-besotted Indian city of Mumbai came to a standstill at the weekend as two of its biggest stars, emerald-eyed beauty Aishwarya Rai, 33, and Abhishek Bachchan, tied the knot.

Dubbed the wedding of the century by the Indian media, the festivities had many of the elements of one of the couple’s on-screen romances – riotous color, dance routines and melodrama. The celebrations ran over three days and included a Sunday visit to the Tirupathi Ventakeswara temple in the south of the country, where the couple partook of prasad or blessed food.

Aishwarya, a former Miss World, was breathtaking on that occasion in a hand-embroidered red and gold sari, with vermilion powder in the parting of her hair, and a necklace of black and gold beads. Her 31-year-old groom was dressed in a loose white tunic over baggy trousers.

Aishwarya Abhishek Wedding

The traditional festivities had kicked off on Friday with a private marriage ceremony at the Bachchan family home, where hundreds of well-wishers cheered the 31-year-old groom as he emerged astride a white stallion, his face covered by a veil of white flowers.

This was followed the next day by the vidaai, a ceremony in which the bride bids farewell to her parental home. With all the excitement of their big day over, the newlyweds have apparently jetted off to Venice, Italy for a month-long honeymoon.

This was the biggest and most talked about marriage of all times. And why not? It was Ash Abhishek, the Bollywood’s two biggest superstars, and world over known celebrities, getting married. So Aishwarya Rai is now finally Mrs. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Wow! That’s a relief. We, as always, wish Aishwarya and Abhishek, all the best in their lives. Wishing them a very happy and married life.

By the way, what do you think. Are they the best couple together? Or can you fit in Aishwarya with some other actor or Abhishek with some other actress, just to make even better pair then Aishwarya n Abhishek.

I tried myself, but they seem to be a great pair and i failed in all true sense. But i still think that Rishi Kapoor and Neetu make up the best couple whether off screen or on screen, followed closely by Aishwarya and Abhishek.