By Jilawatan

Bollywood diva Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a timeless beauty. She leaves us spellbound in A R Rahman’s latest track “Changing Seasons’” with her enchanting beauty.

She is a living proof of the proverb “Age is just a number”. Rahman has released this song in both Hindi and Tamil without making any changes to the video.

This video will be a feast to the eyes for all her fans. The scenes in Rahman’s latest video have been picked up from “Raavan”.

The main video on the other hand has the music maestro Rahman singing “Ud Ja Re”.

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Bursting Aishwarya Rai’s little bubble of refusing endorsements to the biggest names, Danone, the world’s No.1 dairy company, has refuted the story that they ever approached Mrs. Bachchan to endorse their company. So what about the story of a documentary on her life worth millions?

A. R. Rahman may have received some flak for his composition for the Commonwealth Games, but his buddy Abbas Tyrewala is singing praises for him. Why? Because the musical genius composed two songs for Abbas’ Jhootha Hi Sahi in 40 hours!

Angelina Jolie took her role as a celebrity to new heights as she visited the flood victims in Pakistan. The demurely dressed Angelina is the United Nations goodwill ambassador.

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High fever forced Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to cancel her visit to the music launch of the Telugu version of her film Endhiran – The Robot in Hyderabad on August 6.

Though the actress was all set to fly to Hyderabad, she could not make it because of the fever but she did send across her her good wishes and thoughts through a speech, the actor’s spokesperson said.

Thanking the people of Hyderabad and the Telugu market, who have been very supportive through out her career, Aishwarya said that Endhiran – The Robot is a very special film, and the entire team had worked hard. She said that technically it was a first-of-its-kind in Indian cinema and she is very excited to share such a special film with the audience. The former Miss World added that she was elated that Robot’s music by A. R. Rahman was a chart- topping success. Describing her co-star Rajnikanth as an institution, a superstar, a massive talent and a humble man, she said it has been a honour sharing the same frame with him.

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South superstar Rajinikanth can’t stop praising Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai after working with her on Tamil film Endhiran, touted to be one of India’s most expensive film projects.

According to a source present at the music launch of the film in Kuala Lumpur last week, Rajinikanth said: “There is no other beauty in our generation like Aishwarya Rai. She is a born artiste.”

Rajinikanth, who shares mutual admiration for Aishwarya’s father-in-law, megastar Amitabh Bachchan, added jokingly: “Amitabh is looking at me from there and warning me not to praise her too much,” the source informed.

Though Amitabh was not present at the music launch, Rajnikant made his presence felt with his words.

Among those who attended the event were music director A.R. Rahman, director S. Shankar and few other technicians, apart from Aishwarya and Rajnikant with his two daughters.

By Jilawatan

So far, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan had a bad start in 2010. Her movie, Raavan and Ravanan with her hubby Abhishek Bachchan tanked at the box office. There are still three movies slated to release this year. Already, the actress finished shooting Endhiran where she is paired up with Rajinikanth for the first time.

Her other two major releases in this year are- Action Replayy and Gujarish.

On the last day of shooting, Aishwarya Rai touch Rajinikanth’s feet seeking his blessing. The actress saw a father figure in Rajinikanth.

Endhiran is a Tamil science-fiction film starring Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in lead roles. The movie is directed by S Shankar who has hit movies like

Gentleman, Kadhalan, Jeans, Boys, Anniyan, and Sivaji to his credit.

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Suddenly, all the hype about Aishwarya Rai has come to a halt in the media after the disastrous performance of Raavan film in the box office. Sadly for her, Katrina Kaif’s Raajneeti did very well in the box office in the same month.
The success of Katrina Kaif came at the worst possible time for Rai. Too much was written about Raavan in the media in the last few weeks. Of course, when a movie fails in the box office, it is not the fault of the actress or heroine alone.
Mani Ratnam was the director. The main fault should go with him. Abhishek Bachchan was the hero and he should have his own share of success and failure too. A. R. Rahman was behind the composition of music.
So, it is not clear why Aishwarya Rai felt so disappointed about the failure of the movie Raavan in the box office. She does not need to become silent.
Raavan not only failed in the box office but also failed to get any kind of notable praise from critics both in India and in USA and UK. However, it seems that Aishwarya Rai has taken the failure too personally.

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan came out with an award-winning performance in Mani Ratnam’s just-released Raavan and Raavanan. There is no second opinion on this! No actress but Aishwarya could have played the beauteous and virtuous modern-day Sita kidnapped by a Maoist Raavan.

Now all eyes are set of Aishwarya Rai’s next Tamil film Endhiran with Superstar Rajnikanth. Director Shankar wrote in his blog recently, “Well… except one song, the shooting of the whole film (Endhiran) is complete. The full edited film has been given to A.R. Rahman for background score and Resul Pookutty for the sound effects. Just waiting to shoot the last song, the computer graphics work of the climax and some important scenes to be completed.”

Reportedly the last song will feature the lead pair Rajnikanth and Aishwarya Rai! And now the entire Endhiran crew is waiting for Aishwarya Rai’s dates for the shoot. According to sources, the song will be shot on a beautiful set erected at a studio in Chennai.

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Endhiran starring Aishwarya Rai and Tamil superstar Rajnikant finally has a release date – September 3, but it is still not official.

A formal announcement is imminent according to IANS.

The film has been long in the making; production started in September 2008 in Machu Picchu in Peru.

The Tamil title Endhiran is based on the work of the late writer Sujatha’s novels En Iniya Iyanthira and Jeeno.

It has been reported that the film is budgeted at Rs 165 crore.

Aishwarya Rai in a still from Endhiran. Photo Credit: Shankar
Rajnikant will play a scientist who creates a robot in his own likeness for his physically challenged child to play with. However, things go awry and the robot begins to kill people forcing the scientist to terminate his state-of-the-art invention.

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been critically appreciated for her roles in Mani Ratnam’s Raavan and Raavanan.

The audience feedback in Chennai on her performance is that she is mesmerising and has come out with an award-winning performance. According to many, her on-screen chemistry with Vikram in the Tamil version crackled. Now that the hype and hoopla surrounding the release of Raavan is over, everybody is eagerly looking forward to her next release in Tamil, Endhiran (Robot), with Superstar Rajinikanth.

Director Shankar wrote in his blog, “Well… except one song, the shooting of the whole film (Endhiran) is complete. The full edited film has been given to A R Rahman for background score and Resul Pookutty for the sound effects. Just waiting to shoot the last song, the computer graphics work of the climax and some important scenes to be completed.”

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Bollywood royalty and off-screen couple Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan will be joined in the UK by fellow cast and crew members of the hugely anticipated international film release, Raavan, for its World Premiere at The BFI, Southbank, London, SE1 on Wednesday 16th June 2010. The stars of one of the most highly anticipated films to emerge from India will grace the Red Carpet alongside fellow actor and undisputed superstar of South Indian cinema, Vikram, acclaimed Director Mani Ratnam, Music Director A.R. Rahman and a host of international A-list celebrities and VIP’s.

Raavan stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, one of the most internationally sought after actresses and global ambassador for L’Oreal, alongside the critically acclaimed Abhishek Bachchan. Directed by Mani Ratnam, (who is to be honoured with the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the filmmaker award 2010 at the 67th Venice International Film Festival) and fused with the musical genius of music director and Academy Award Winner A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire), Raavan is set to be the must-see film of the year.