Aishwarya Rai, who is working with Rajinikanth for ‘Robot’ can’t stop gushing about the actor.

‘It was great working with Rajinikanth, who is a brilliant actor. The only tough thing about the movie was studying Tamil again in order to pronounce the words properly,’ she said.

‘Robot’ directed by Shankar brings together Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai for the first time. A couple of song sequences were shot recently in Peru.

Says Aishwarya,” Shankar had approached me previously to work with him, but could not be materialized. Finally, everything landed in place and here we are together after ten years.”

With superb performances from the lead actors and an excellent director making the decisions ‘Jodhaa Akbar’ set new standards in the craft of movie making in Bollywood.

The grace of this remarkable period film is still lingering on and is spreading its fragrance in far away places.

‘Jodhaa Akbar’ has won the Grand Prix Award at the International Film Festival of Muslim Cinema Golden Minbar in Kazan, Russia.

And adding to the glory is the award for the best actor in the festival that has gone to the best looking Indian actor Hrithik Roshan for his role as the Emperor Akbar.

In compassion and grace be like sun.

In concealing others’ faults, be like night.

In anger and fury be like dead.

In modesty and humility be like earth.

In tolerance be like a sea.

Either exist as you are or be as you look”.

Were these philosophical lines penned for her? Perhaps, she’s worthy getting ennobled of it. A mere persona of beauteous entity, immortal towards the ages… Beauty, Success, Glamour, fame, family, happiness and what else? She has been showered with the best blessings from God. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, ‘World’s Beautiful woman, India’s glamorous face… celebrates her 36th birthday on the first day of November.

Stunningly beautiful Aishwarya RaiAishwarya Rai proved how irresistible she is at a shooting in Goa. The actress had to be safeguarded by 40 odd security guards on the sets of Shankar’s ‘Endhiran’ (previously titled ‘Robot’), as the director was anticipating much of paparazzi.

To ensure that the former Miss World’s shooting goes on smoothly, Shankar hired 40 security guards to prohibit anyone from clicking pictures of the shoot. According to reports, S Shankar, who is directing the big budget Rajinikanth and Aishwarya starrer ‘Endhiran’ became furious when someone leaked the stills of the film’s recent shoot in Peru and splashed it all over the internet.

As An Actor

Sarkar Raj (June 6, 2008) (Released) …… Anita Rajan

Jodhaa Akbar (February 15, 2008) (Released) …… Jodhaa

Rani Laxmibai (2008) (Announced)

Happy Birthday (2008) (To Go On Floor)

Raaste (2008) (Announced)

Enthiren (2008) (Under Production)

Provoked (April 6, 2007) (Released)

Guru (January 12, 2007) (Released) …… Sujatha

Dhoom 2 (November 24, 2006) (Released) …… Sunheri

Umrao Jaan (November 3, 2006) (Released) …… Umraao Jaan

The Mistress Of Spices (2006) (Released) …… Tilo

The Last Legion (2006) (Under Production)

Saamna (2006)

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.