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Aishwarya Rai seems to be buying time before saying a yes for the lead female role opposite Sanjay Dutt in the remake of Satte Pe Satta. The actress has allegedly kept the actor and director waiting for almost two months now. Ash has been asked to play Hema Malini’s role in the film but seem

As a result Sanju baba and director Soham Shah have been kept on hold all this while.
“Soham has given her a two-and-half hour narration of the script. She seemed interested and promised to get back. But after that, she has still not given a confirmed response,” a source told Mumbai Mirror.

Ash’s non-committal response has left Dutt in a dilemma as he is rather keen to have her do the role and is hesitant about approaching another actress, until she herself declines the offer.

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After a string of flops in Bollywood, it seems Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan has now decided to move to her home state, Karnataka, in search of film projects. The buzz is that Aishwarya has been offered a Kannada film alongside Puneeth

Rajkumar, the youngest son of veteran actor Dr Rajkumar, and she is keen to take it up. She was recently in Belgaum for a Kannada Sammelan and that’s where she met up with a few filmmakers. She eventually zeroed in on this movie, which will be directed by Prem. We can only wish her good luck.

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Actress Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan is apparently doing her bit of research on the reclusive Bengali cinema diva Suchitra Sen as she is touted to step into her shoes soon. Ash, who has already worked with National Award-winning director Rituparno Ghosh twice (Chokher Bali and Raincoat), will be seen playing a bandit queen in the adapted film version of Devi Chaudhurani.

Devi Chaudhurani is a novel by Bengali writer Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1884 and is regarded as one of the most popular novels of its times. The film’s adaptation is also regarded as one of Sen’s most appreciated works.

“Aishwarya has asked for the DVDs of Suchitra Sen’s film which is about how a typical affluent housewife turns into the leader of a pack of dacoits. The film will be an adaptation of the novel which is set during the 1880s but nevertheless, Ash wanted to do some research on the actor,” says a source.

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to re-launch her hit official website after almost four years; says she will talk to her fans and also reply to all mails

Her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan is a dedicated blogger, husband Abhishek Bachchan is comfortable on a micro-blogging site, but Aishwarya Rai Bachchan chooses to interact with her fans through her official website. She is in the process of reviving her website that has been defunct for the last four years.

More and more actors are now realising the importance of being connected to their fans.

Most B-Town actors now have a presence on one or more social networking sites and the number of ‘friends’ or ‘followers’ they have seems to have become a measure of how popular they are. Ash has stayed away from networking sites. The Bachchan bahu says, “My former ( Hollywood) manager had created a website (aishwaryaworldforever) for me way back, much before these sites became popular. It had many great tools, and my favourite was one where you could just chat. It was great. I thoroughly enjoyed that… But the year I got married, I actually shut it.”

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Exclusivity has always been the buzzword in tinsel town. And the same holds true for Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan. The story goes like this, Ash’s ex-international celebrity manager Simone Sheffield, wanted to represent actor Mallika Sherawat, along with Rai-Bachchan, in the international movie world. “But

I couldn’t do it because there was a conflict,” says Simone. “Ash preferred me not to represent anyone else from India as long as I was working with her.” Ash’s India-based spokesperson, though, calls the news “totally untrue.”
Often touted as India’s best import to Hollywood, Ash is no longer associated with Simone. After nearly ten years, she has officially terminated her relationship with Aishwarya as her international representative. “I really don’t want to get into what happened between us. But it was the right time to part ways. Aishwarya and I have worked long enough making it a wonderful association. I am happy that I introduced her to the international market and wish her well in life,” says the LA-based celebrity manager.

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International Indian Film Academy or as it s better known as IIFA is out with its nominations list and the people who are on the list is really excited. Katrina Kaif and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan are competing against each other in the Best Actress category as Katrina got nominated for Rajneeti and Aishwarya for Guzaarish. Vidya Balan has also been nominated for her out of beat role in Ishqiya. Other actress who will be competing for best actress award at IIFA and Band Baja Baarat girl Anushka Sharma and Kareena Kapoor.

IIFA is a very prestigious award and to get a nomination in this is in itself a great feat. The films that have got the highest nominations so far is Once Upon a Time In Mumbai which has got 12 nominations closely followed by Dabangg which has got 11 nominations.

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I haven’t spoken with Rituda recently, the last was during the National Awards,” says Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. She however confirms that the she’s discussed a screen adaptation of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s famous Bengali novel, Devi Chaudhurani, with the director with whom she had earlier collaborated on Chokher Bali, adapted from Rabindranath Tagore’s Binodini, and Raincoat, inspired by a short story by O Henry.

Devi Chaudhurani was first published in 1884 and later translated into English by Subodh Chunder Mitter. It chronicled the revolutionary charge by a woman at a time when most were still behind purdah (veil). Threatened by Devi Chaudhurani’s patriotic fervour that brought more women out on the streets, the British banned the book. The ban was lifted only post-Independence.

Rituparno had reportedly approached Aishwarya for the Hindi-Bengali bilingual when they were filming Chokher Bali and got a nod from her when she was in Kolkata last year to accept a Best Actress award for Raavan.

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His long cherished dream of winning the world cup for India having come true, Sachin Tendulkar is now in the mood to celebrate.

The Little Master has apparently sent invites to some Bollywood folks as well, we hear. In fact, Amitabh Bachchan has confirmed on his blog that Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai have been invited by Sachin.

“I messaged Sachin and Harbhajan on their marvelous victory and true to their spirit they responded, as always. Abhishek and Aishwarya have been invited tonight to a celebration by Sachin. The joyous mood retains its vigor,” Big B wrote on his blog.

The mega star went on to add that sports and entertainment are two unifiers of people.

“A prominent author and thinker on a public platform admitted that sport and film were the two most fertile ingredients in bringing a nation together. Nothing could be truer. They always were and shall always be, a unifier!” Big B wrote.

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One of Bollywood’s most popular actresses Aishwarya Rai was visiting Calcutta with her husband Abishek Bachchan.

The two had traveled to Calcutta to participate in The Annual Royal Calcutta Turf Club Auction Sale which benefits the elderly citizens of the city.

Last year the auction raised over $18 million and every elderly citizen in Calcutta received his or her very own iPod with 900 of the most popular songs in India pre-programmed into the iPod.

This year the organizers of the auction hope to raise over $22 million which will provide brand new pajamas for every elderly citizen in the city with enough money left over to buy each individual two Three Musketeers Chocolate Bars.

While having lunch at Calcutta’s famed Clandestine Cavern of Calcutta Diner, Ms. Rai was asked by a reporter for India’s Taj Mahal News Agency if she had any movies that she was planning to star in.

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Overwhelmed after India won the World Cup after 28 years, actress Aishwarya Rai is proud of Team India and Sachin Tendulkar.
‘Delirious with joy…screamed hoarse…Love India and Love India Team…Full power and God Bless…and much love to Sachin…So So Happy…Team India is the BESSSTT,’ Aishwarya said in SMS released by her publicist.
India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the World Cup final at the Wankhede Stadium here to lift the World Cup for the second time since 1983.