By Jilawatan

Aishwarya Rai is one actress of bollywood, who has played all kinds of roles in her films so far. She has been given quite powerful roles, and each time she has been able to envisage the director’s sketch of the character perfectly in each of her films.
However, in the forth coming flick by Mani Sir (Mani Ratnam), she plays the role of Ragini, a modern strong willed girl, who is according to the actress somewhat like what she is in real life.
Aishwarya, who is the epitome of being the ultimate woman of today, with an air of self confidence, has been every directors dream heroine.
The film ‘Raavan’ has her hubby Abhishek playing a prankster, almost like the Raavan from the epic Ramayana. Ash plays Ragini, who is almost the modern Sita in her own way. The director has left no stone unturned in making things tough for the actors, throughout the shoot.
Reportedly, while shooting in the dense forests of Kerala, in South India, the director made the actors slog it out in the open with snakes, rabbits and even leeches crawling all over them They had to climb up and down the wet mountain slopes, without any duplicates being used.
Ash, as Ragini, enacted her role with true spirit of bravery and strong will. She would have her face scratched from every angle, such that no artificial makeup was required to make the bruises on her face.
All that is fine but, while watching ‘Raavan’, will we be watching the brave Ragini, or the brave Ash, fighting it out in the forests? Guess, each to his own!

By Jilawatan

We have had South stars doing Bollywood films and vice versa. Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is reportedly planning to do a couple of Tollywood films. The stunner is no stranger to Tamil having debuted in Mani Ratnam’s Iruvar in 1997. She was raw debutant then. Today she is the sophisticated star and one of BTowns top heroines.

The actress has come full circle since those times. After almost a decade, two of Aishwarya’s upcoming projects will have Tamil versions. Raavan and Robot will be dubbed in Tamil as Ravana and Endhiran respectively. Though she has done Tamil films like Jeans, Kandukondain Kandukondain, these are her most ambitious Tollywood ventures so far. In Raavan, she teams up with hubby Abhishek and mentor Ratnam while in Robot; she will be seen with Rajnikanth. A Tamil coach tutored her on the language and diction for Raavan. The lady wowed everyone by dubbing for her own lines. She also got the tone and accent right! For Robot, it was Rajni himself who gave her lessons. A source revealed to Sampurn Wire that Ash is a fast learner. Though she found it difficult at first, soon she was able to rattle off lengthy dialogues with ease!

By Jilawatan

Former Miss World, Bollywood diva and Bachchan bahu, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is busy convincing her mother-in-law Jaya Bachchan to join twitter. “A big hello from maa, I am insisting her 2 join Twitter,” Ash tweeted on her account. Jaya Bachchan celebrated her 62nd birthday on Friday and looks like, as per Aishwarya, the occasion is right for her mother-in-law to join Twitter.

Interestingly, Jaya so far is the only member in the Bachchan family who has not joined any social networking site. Unlike, Big B, Aishwarya and her husband Abhishek are all on Twitter and regularly post. Though, it’s not clear if Jaya will join the social networking site.

By Jilawatan

The ravishing Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is all set to appear in the cover of the 3rd anniversary issue of ‘Hello’ magazine. Reports suggest that she looks simply out of this world on the cover.
This time the Bachchan bahu has given a candid interview and reportedly, she has disclosed all her personal facts that were not let out of her life till now.
Ash, who appears to be really girlie, girlie types, has disclosed that she has all along been influenced by guys. This is due to the fact that, she gelled with the guys better than the gals, and thus, even now she steers clear from any kind of gossip.
Her relationship with hubby Abhishek is also quite cool. According to Ash, the two of them argue for very trivial matters, and whenever there is a tussle, it is she who goes and makes up first. This is because she can’t sulk for a long time.
This chilled out side of Ash is something no one knew before. It is indeed a pleasure to know that a super star like her is also as grounded as she is. Her miss prim and propah look is quite in contrast with her absolute relaxed nature in life. Now, in order to know more about this interesting side of the Bachchan bahu, you simply have to wait and watch out this column!

By Jilawatan

Reportedly, Blue-eyed Bollywood actress and Bachchan bahu, Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan is busy convincing her mother-in-law Jaya Bachchan to join twitter.

“A big hello from maa, I am insisting her 2 join Twitter,” read an entry posted by Ash on her Twitter account.

The yesteryear actress-turned-politician celebrated her 62nd birthday on Friday and looks like, as per Aishwarya, the occasion is right for her mother-in-law to join Twitter.

Surprisingly, Jaya so far is the only member in the Bachchan family who has not joined any social networking site. On the other hand, Big B, Aishwarya and her husband Abhishek are all on Twitter and regularly post their views.

However, it’s not clear if Jaya will join the social networking site any time soon.

Bachchans posted B-day wishes for Jaya on internet
On Friday, Big B, Abhi, and Ash posted short messages on Twitter to wish Jaya Bachchan Happy Birthday.

By Jilawatan

Aishwarya Rai, the gorgeous Bachchan bahu who plays the lead character of Sita in Mani Rathnam’s upcoming mega-budget flick ‘Ravaan’ opposite hubby Abhishek Bachchan did not hesitate in climbing steep mountains for shooting an important sequence of the flick with lead actors Abhi and Vikram.

All the members of the production unit were taken by surprise when Aishwarya trekked the same route twice without any complaint whatsoever. It had even left cut marks on her beautiful persona but Ash was undeterred in her effort and gave the best possible shot.

As Mani Rathanm is making the flick simultaneously in Hindi and Tamil and two different heroes Vikram and Abhishek play the lead, Aishwarya had to accompany both of them to the top of mountain to complete the shoot. Though her beautiful face received some bruise marks and all that but Aishwarya completed the shot convincingly.

By Jilawatan

Now, if an actress is as beautiful as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, then there are bound to be flings. However, the actress has been very lucky, as she has been the star of all of her boyfriends eyes, some even having tiffs over her.
Take for example our macho star Salman Khan, the two that is, Salman and Aishwarya worked in a romantic film ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, and became the best of pals. Slowly, the friendship blossomed into the most romantic tale of all.
The pair was amongst the best that bollywood could ever boast of. However, as they say, all good things come to an end; this couple had to bear the brunt of their relationship, due to certain problems like over possessiveness. Thus, after a turbulent time with the couple breaking up, it was a sad end to a beautiful love story.
Just as Aishwarya was nursing her wounds of sorrow in private, came a young energetic guy in the form of Vivek Oberoi.
As the two worked together in films, the closeness grew. There was a fondness that developed between the couple which soon was on the verge of blossoming into love. But, an ugly episode, with Salman giving in numerable missed calls to vivek, and Vivek in turn calling a press conference to claim that Salman had threatened him, completely put off Miss Ash.
Thus, the relationship of Ash and Vivek ended abruptly as well.
After everyone was almost forgetting this nasty episode in the film industry, came good news. Ashwarya and Abhishek, who had worked in films like ‘Dhai Akshar Prem Ke’, Guru’etc, were to get married. This was quite a surprise to most, but it did happen and now, may the couple live happily ever after!

By Jilawatan

Vikram, who makes his debut alongside Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the three versions of Raavan in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu (the dubbed version), got to share the most daunting experiences in the jungles of Kerala including dancing high above water-level on very slippery rocks.

Says Vikram, “Yes, it was quite an experience. I’m a good fighter, but not quite the dancer. I’ve always felt that Madhuri Dixit was the best dancer ever. But then, I saw how Aishwarya held her own in Devdas. I thought it was fantastic. So, while shooting for Raavan, I just forgot my own steps and kept staring. Every hero from the south wants to work with her at some point in his career. I got my opportunity finally. It’s wonderful that I’m making my Hindi debut with her. It’s strange how every Miss World and Miss Universe enters movies. But who has had the lingering impact of Aishwarya? She has some kind of an enduring aura. Over the years, she has really evolved as an actor.”

By Jilawatan

If there is any actress in the film industry who has high stakes lingering on her head, in the coming year, then, it has got to be Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

Reportedly, the latest buzz around tinsel town is that, in he coming year, there is an astounding amount of money that is at stake in the films of the graceful Aishwarya.

According to reliable sources, a total of Rs.300 crores,(around Rupees 3 billion) has been invested in all her films this year.

Aishwarya’s south Indian film ‘Endhiran’, with super star Rajnikanth has an estimated 125 crore (Rupees 1.25 billion) invested, the other film ‘Ravaana’, with hubby Abhishek and south Indian star Vikram, is in two languages, has 45 crore (Rupees 450 million). Then, the film ‘Action Replay’, with action star Akshay Kumar, has an estimated 60 crore (Rupees 600 million), the film ‘Guzaarish’, with Hrithik Roshan, has 80 crore (Rupees 800 million) as its invested value in terms of the entire making of the film.

By Jilawatan

There are many real life incidents, in our stars lives, that are filmier, than the films that they work in.

Take for example one such incident from the younger Bachchan couples experiences.

According to close sources, the couple was in the forests of Kerala, sometime back, for the shooting of the film ‘Ravaana’, which is a Mani Ratnam film, along with the other cast and crew of the film.

During the shooting schedules of one of the scenes with an Elephant, it was a big fright that everyone got, as the Elephant had suddenly gone crazy!

Now, the elephant in its wildest tempers, went charging against the keeper or the Mahout, and killed him instantly. After the 51 year old keeper was killed, the entire unit of the film got so scared that, they all took shelter n a guest house, locked for days.