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After nearly ten years, international manager Simone Sheffield has officially terminated her relationship with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as her International Representative.

No reason was cited for the split. During their time together, Aishwarya became an international celebrity appearing on the top rated CBS program 60 Minutes, on the cover of Time Magazine, as well as being listed as one of their 100 most influential people in the entertainment world; appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show twice, and starred in the English language productions Bride And Prejudice, Mistress Of Spices, Provoked, The Last Legion co-starring with Oscar winner Colin Firth, and The Pink Panther 2.

Most recently the actress attended her first Academy Awards ceremony this past February. Over the past decade, she also has worked with some of the world’s leading fashion designers including Armani, Gucci, Cavalli and Saab.

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will felicitate Hollywood actor Hugh Jackman who will be in the country to attend FICCI.

It is learnt that Karan Johar as well as the industry body has requested Ash to honour Hugh, as she is one of the few Indian actors to have made her mark internationally.

Aishwarya Rai will meet Hugh on 25 March 2011 (the final day of the event) and also present the Australian star with a memento of appreciation.

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Meet the past achievers of the event that Petrochem’s bringing to Dubai
Aishwarya Rai won the GR8! Scroll of Honour for Cinema, Social Services and Global Recognition in 2010

We’re getting ready to celebrate women power (and beauty and strength) in style with the Gr8! Women Awards! The prestigious awards show, sponsored by Petrochem, makes its Middle East debut in Dubai on April 15, and we can be sure to meet the most incredible group of women achievers there.

Anu and Shashi Ranjan’s Indian Television Academy (ITA) instituted the awards over a decade ago to celebrate the strength of woman. And they are unique in the way that they honour women who have reached the pinnacle of success in their chosen field. From cinema and fashion to business and education, from IT to literature and across many many more vocations, the GR8! Women Awards have always recognised the best of the best. Here’s a look at some of the past award winners and how they were honoured to celebrate their achievements

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The second edition of the Vishwa Kannada Sammelan or World Kannada Sammelan that concluded in Belgaum recently, was a grand success and proved to be a matter of great pride for the State.

Thousands of Kannadigas attended the meet, which was a melange of music, dance, culture and colour. The sammelan was quite star-studded as well with an array of celebrities, like Anil Kumble and N R Narayan Murthy, attending it. The one thing common between all these stars was the fact that they have their roots in Karnataka.

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Vidya Balan may not be too happy with this news. Rumours have it that Vidya’s ‘boyfriend’ and UTV’s head honcho Siddharth Roy Kapur is very keen to make a film with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The story of his film is reportedly very similar to his girlfriend`s film.

We all know that Vidya and Siddharth have been an item for sometime now. So it is expected that Sid would cast his girlfriend in his film. But being the professional that he is, he feels Ash and not Vidya would be apt for the film which is to be directed by Madhur Bhandarkar.

Speaking to a daily, a trade source said, “Madhur Bhandarkar had almost shelved Heroine. He even told this to a senior journalist over a cup of coffee on March 2 that he wasn`t keen to make this film because Milan Luthria`s making The Dirty Picture(which stars Vidya in the lead) that`s also set against the backdrop of the film industry.

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Aishwarya Rai, the former Miss World and one of the leading Bollywood actresses, delivered as many as 4 film releases in 2010. And if critical acclaim is anything to go by, then it has been a mixed year with its share of good and bad.
4 Aishwarya-starrer films that got released last year are ‘Raavan’, ‘Action Replayy’, ‘Guzaarish’ and ‘Endhiran’. Out of these 4, only 1 (Endhiran) could rock the box office primarily as it starred the Demi-God of South Rajinikanth. Aishwarya, despite putting up a brilliant portrayal, got largely overshadowed by the peerless prowess of Rajinikanth.
However, despite the fact that ‘Guzaarish’ did a miserable business in the cash windows, it brought laurels and trophies to Aishwarya for her winsome rendition of a doting nurse. For playing that role of Sophie, she raked up trophies for Best Actress (Critics) in Zee Cine Awards and Best Actress- Drama category at the recently concluded Stardust Awards.
But coming to two of the biggest duds of the year, her films ‘Action Replayy’ and ‘Raavan’ licked dust at box office and were torn apart by critics. Even her performance was not up to the mark in these two films for which she has been conferred the Ghanta Awards for Worst Actress of the year.

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The proverb “All’s well That Ends Well” is aptly fitting actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. 2010 was a four release year for the actress, with films like Raavan, Robot, Action Replayy and Guzaarish.
Buzz up!
When looked upon critically at all the four film, Robot was a commercially successful film, while Aishwarya was critically liked by people in Guzaarish. Raavan and Action Replayy, got un-noticed getting a lot disappointment both to the actress and her fans as well.

The actress even managed to bag an award for the performance in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Guzaarish. Hmm!! looks like

She even managed to pick up awards for her performance in this Sanjay Leela Bhansali film. It was a ‘all is well’ year for Ash.

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2010 ended for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan with 4 releases – RAAVAN (Hindi) & RAAVANAN (Tamil & Telugu), ROBOT/ENDHIRAN, ACTION REPLAYY and GUZAARISH. The reviews for her performances from critics and the movie going audiences have been over whelming, clearly stating that Aishwarya has been able to create and give a new life to each character she has portrayed. The icing on the cake has been the numerous awards conferred on her for these films.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan started the season of awards with a bang; she was awarded Actress Of The Decade at the Big Star Entertainment Awards. At the Apsara Awards Producers Guild Awards 2011, she was conferred with the PRESIDENTS HONOUR for the cinematic excellence of her work as the leading female actor in the film GUZAARISH. This winning streak continued when she got the Best Actress-Critic’s Category at the Zee Cine Awards held at Singapore and then most recently she got an award for the Best Actress-Drama Category for her role in GUZAARISH at the recently concluded Stardust Awards.

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Aishwarya Rai is awarded with the worst actress Ghanta award at the award show which is a rip-off of Hollywood’s Razzies.

Last year Aishwarya Rai had four films. If she won the hearts of her Tamil fans with her Endhiran opposite Rajinikanth, she also bowled over the audience with her beauty and acting in Guzaarish, but her Action Replayy was a big let-down and her detractors didn’t spare her for Raavan too.

So, the actress has been named the worst of the lot at the Ghanta Awards.

Ghanta Awards as the name suggests acknowledges the best of worst in Bollywood from Diwali 2009 – Diwali 2010. Who are the other winners:

Worst Actor – Himesh Reshammiya

Worst Breakthrough – Aditya Narayan (Shaapit)

Worst Couple – Uday Chopra and Priyanka Chopra (Pyaar Impossible)

Worst Director – Sajid Khan

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Now this is how it’s done! Aishwarya Rai is the Vogue India cover girl for their February 2011 issue and she looks flawless.

Rai is sporting a Roksanda Ilincic jacket that really makes a statement on the cover. The rest of the shoot was done on a yacht.

Doesn’t Aishwarya resemble Mila Kunis in this shot? When I saw the pic initially, I thought it was Mila and it took a while to realize that it was actually Aishwarya.

It’s hard to have an bad photo shoot when you are as beautiful as Aishwarya, but the styling is what makes the shoot pop and whoever styled Rai for Vogue India gets an A+ in my book.