Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was in Kolkata to walk the ramp. We caught up with the Bachchan-bahu for a candid interview. Excerpts:

Abhishek is playing a superman in his recent release Drona. Don`t you too want to play a superwoman in future?

Why in future? I am already a superwoman in real life. Ask any married woman and she will agree to my answer.

Finally the D-Day is here. Our Chiyaan Vikram’s dream has come true!

He held his first shoot with Aishwarya Rai in the forests of Malayatoor near Kochi in Kerala for Mani Ratnam’s tri-lingual film in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu titled tentatively Ravana in Hindi and Asokavanam in Tamil.

Vikram plays the hero in the Tamil and Telugu version, while he plays a character with shades of black in the Hindi version.

Aishwarya and her husband Abhishek Bachchan who play hero and heroine in the Hindi version, arrived in Kochi on Thursday(Oct 30) morning and straightaway joined the unit.

Aishwarya Rai is upbeat about her next project, Ravan where she stars along with hubby Abhishek Bachchan.

“It’s a really exciting thought for me and Abhishek to be coming together again with Mani Ratnam. All I can say about the film is that it goes into a completely different theme from Guru,” said Aishwarya, who turns 35 on Saturday.

“You can’t expect Mani sir to go into the same space twice. Working with him is an exciting thought for any actor. The way he connects to his actors is very clear in the films that he makes. He creates magic on screen,” she added.

Robot as Enthiram was known earlier was in news constantly for various reasons. Earlier Shah Rukh Khan was approached to play the lead but he refused due to creative differences with director Shankar. But then Shankar managed to convince the biggest of superstars, Rajnikanth. After some creative hustle and tussle, Robot was renamed as Enthiram.

The film is to be produced by Ayngaran and Eros International. AR Rahman has been roped in for scoring the music. This will be the second film for Aishwarya Rai under Shankar’s direction after ‘Jeans’.

Paul Schrader, former scriptwriter to Martin Scorsese, who has written some of Scorsese’s big films like Bringing Out The Dead, The Last Temptation Of Christ, Raging Bull and Taxi Driver revealed this fact about Aishwarya Rai.

“The biggest and probably the only name Hollywood’s top people want to cast from India is Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. She is the only one who can be cast in the lead with a Hollywood actor. Her beauty appeals even to the Western minds, “ he said.

Aishwarya Rai, crowned once as the world’s most beautiful woman, has now walked away with another coveted title of having the ’sexiest eyes’ in US TV E!’s Sexiest Body Parts List

Aishwarya’s dazzling eyes have been voted the sultriest, beating the likes of Hollywood superstars Angelina Jolie, Megan Fox and Scarlett Johansson.

Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen walked away with the sexiest legs award.

‘Monster’ star Charlize Theron took away E!’s décolletage award with her sultry shoulders. Eva Mendes lovely locks were voted the sexiest.

It reprises the adventures of the bumbling French Cop Inspector Clouseau.. When the legendary Pink Panther diamond is stolen again, the inspector joins an international team of crime busters to solve the case, who are as clumsy as he is. They are on a mission to catch Tornado, a super cat burglar who targets historical artifacts.

The new trailer of “The Pink Panther 2“, reveals a little bit of the comedy movie’s plot and many of the tickling scenes are presented. In the more-than-two-minute video. Steve Martin returns to his comical role as Clouseau. He is joined once again by John Cleese as Chief Inspector Dreyfus, Jean Reno as Gilbert Ponton and Emily Mortimer as Nicole Nuveau, while Andy Garcia and Aishwarya Rai pick up the role as Inspector Vicenzo Brancaleone and Sophie Solandres for the first time respectively.

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While speaking to reporters during the inauguration of a boutique in Gurgaon, Aishwarya talked about her experience of working in Robot (Enthiram) and was all praises for the veteran Tamil Actor.

Describing the experience of working with the superstar as brilliant and invigorating, the beautiful actress heaped praises upon Rajnikanth. She was in awe of his professionalism and his humility in particular.

The actress also said that working with director Shankar is truly a learning experience. Aishwarya Rai said that it was exciting to work with these two stalwarts. But she admitted that she had a hard time practising Tamil after eight long years. Aishwarya’s last Tamil film was Kandukonden Kandukonden in 2000.

Will Smith approaches THIS TIME - “Anil Kapoor”and Aishwarya Rai for a crossover film

Hollywood big-wig Will Smith is readying plans for a cross-over flick between Hollywood and Bollywood that could star Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai and Will himself.Says a source, “Will has been coming to India every few months and is scouting for actors and places. He already has a script in mind and now has approached a handful of Indian actors. Two of them being Anil Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.”