Aishwarya Rai, who is working with Rajinikanth for ‘Robot’ can’t stop gushing about the actor.

‘It was great working with Rajinikanth, who is a brilliant actor. The only tough thing about the movie was studying Tamil again in order to pronounce the words properly,’ she said.

‘Robot’ directed by Shankar brings together Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai for the first time. A couple of song sequences were shot recently in Peru.

Says Aishwarya,” Shankar had approached me previously to work with him, but could not be materialized. Finally, everything landed in place and here we are together after ten years.”

More trouble is brewing up to disturb Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s peace of mind after the sudden call made by bad health to her father in law Amitabh Bachchan on a day when the whole Bachchan family were gearing up for grand celebrations for Big B’s birthday.

An appeal filed by the Income Tax department challenging relief granted to Aishwarya by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has been admitted by the Bombay High Court.

The Income Tax department decided to approach the High Court after the Tax Appellate Tribunal canceled the department’s decision to evaluate Aishwarya’s tax assessment.

With superb performances from the lead actors and an excellent director making the decisions ‘Jodhaa Akbar’ set new standards in the craft of movie making in Bollywood.

The grace of this remarkable period film is still lingering on and is spreading its fragrance in far away places.

‘Jodhaa Akbar’ has won the Grand Prix Award at the International Film Festival of Muslim Cinema Golden Minbar in Kazan, Russia.

And adding to the glory is the award for the best actor in the festival that has gone to the best looking Indian actor Hrithik Roshan for his role as the Emperor Akbar.

Ashutosh Gowariker’s magnum opus Jodhaa Akbar wins yet another international award of the AUDIENCE AWARD of the BEST FOREIGN FEATURE FILM at the 32^nd Sao Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil, South America.

This award comes just after the Grand Prix Award for BEST FILM and the BEST ACTOR award that the film won at the Golden Minbar Film Festival held in Kazan, Russia over a week ago.

Beauty queen Aishwarya Rai Bachchan celebrated her 35th birthday at Hotel Rain Forest in Ernakulam where she is camping to film her latest flick ‘Ravana’ directed by Mani Ratnam. The film is being shot in Tamil and Hindi simultaneously.

After filming her scenes for the day, the crew arranged a Birthday bash for her in the evening and hubby Abhishek Bachchan flew in from Mumbai to be with his pretty wife. Aishwarya Rai cut a plump cake as Abhishek, Mani Ratnam and many more from the ‘Ravana’ team cheered on. And then the entertainment started. Complying with Ash’s wish a group of dancers performed Kerala’s traditional dance form Mohini Aattam followed by a performance in Barathanatiyam. Once the cultural fest was over, sumptuous dinner comprising of traditional Kerala food of the mountain regions was served.

In compassion and grace be like sun.

In concealing others’ faults, be like night.

In anger and fury be like dead.

In modesty and humility be like earth.

In tolerance be like a sea.

Either exist as you are or be as you look”.

Were these philosophical lines penned for her? Perhaps, she’s worthy getting ennobled of it. A mere persona of beauteous entity, immortal towards the ages… Beauty, Success, Glamour, fame, family, happiness and what else? She has been showered with the best blessings from God. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, ‘World’s Beautiful woman, India’s glamorous face… celebrates her 36th birthday on the first day of November.

Stunningly beautiful Aishwarya RaiAishwarya Rai proved how irresistible she is at a shooting in Goa. The actress had to be safeguarded by 40 odd security guards on the sets of Shankar’s ‘Endhiran’ (previously titled ‘Robot’), as the director was anticipating much of paparazzi.

To ensure that the former Miss World’s shooting goes on smoothly, Shankar hired 40 security guards to prohibit anyone from clicking pictures of the shoot. According to reports, S Shankar, who is directing the big budget Rajinikanth and Aishwarya starrer ‘Endhiran’ became furious when someone leaked the stills of the film’s recent shoot in Peru and splashed it all over the internet.

As An Actor

Sarkar Raj (June 6, 2008) (Released) …… Anita Rajan

Jodhaa Akbar (February 15, 2008) (Released) …… Jodhaa

Rani Laxmibai (2008) (Announced)

Happy Birthday (2008) (To Go On Floor)

Raaste (2008) (Announced)

Enthiren (2008) (Under Production)

Provoked (April 6, 2007) (Released)

Guru (January 12, 2007) (Released) …… Sujatha

Dhoom 2 (November 24, 2006) (Released) …… Sunheri

Umrao Jaan (November 3, 2006) (Released) …… Umraao Jaan

The Mistress Of Spices (2006) (Released) …… Tilo

The Last Legion (2006) (Under Production)

Saamna (2006)

This week is indeed a very stressful one for Bollywood’s reigning queen Aishwarya Rai, both, on the physical as well as the mental level. First, it was her father-in-law, Amitabh Bachchan, who took ill on his birthday, and got admitted in Lilavati Hospital.

No sooner did he step on the path to recovery; Aishwarya’s father, Krishna Raj Rai fell ill and was immediately admitted at Hinduja Hospital. Sources say that he had only gone there as a part of his routine check up, but was admitted immediately after that.