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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has indeed been one of the busiest stars in tinsel town this year. She’s amongst those stars who have really managed to grab the top most slots in tinsel town despite having more flops amongst her releases than hits or even super hits.

Right from the movie Raavan, Ash has been given the thumbs down by the critics and the audiences. The block buster Robot did create an amazing frenzy all over but it was soon over. Then came Action Replayy which did not fare quite well.

Her latest release Guzaarish was also not well received by the audiences though she did receive some appreciation for the matured role of Sophia that she portrayed in the Sanjay Leela Bhansali flick.

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Singler Asha Bhosle’s voice has launched many a pretty faces in Bollywood. But ask her as to who has done maximum jusitice to her numbers and she says Urmila Matondkar and Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan.

“These two girls have done justice to my songs. Urmilla was simply superb in Tanha tanha,” she says nostalgically.

Having sung for almost every face in the industry, Asha maintains that the old time Bollywood actors were the best to work with as they preferred to be around while she herself would be recording the songs in the studio. “It helped them absorb the element better,” she explains.

“Helen used to call me just a little before the recordings and ask me to sing the song keeping her in mind,” she fondly recalls. “Even Madhubala used to sit beside me while I recorded in the studio.”

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You don’t have to be an Indian woman to love the saree; which is iconic and extremely feminine. This nine yard long garment is a classic and looks graceful and elegant on almost any woman.

Queen bee Aishwarya Rai Bachchan looked ravishing in this temple border ikat saree. We love when gold and white meet and Mrs. Bachchan only makes us like it more.

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is the perfect combination of beauty and brains. So, it didn’t surprise many when the ace filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh roped the Bollywood beauty queen in his films Chokher Bali and Raincoat which are the screen versions of the literary works of the doyens Rabindranath Tagore and O Henry respectively. Now, Rituparno is all set to sign her for his new film which is based on the book ‘Devi Chaudhurani’ by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.

Aishwarya has been reportedly approached by Rituparno Ghosh during her visit to Kolkata along with her husband Abhishek Bachchan. While details of the project is yet to be confirmed, this one is surely a big deal for Aishwarya Rai who has had a mixed year so far.

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After Kareena replaced Aishwarya in Sanjay Leela Bhansali`s revived ambitious project ‘Bajirao Mastani’, it is reported that Ash bagged a role good enough to make Bebo go green with envy.

Buzz has it that, Ash has been offered a role opposite Kareena’s beau Saif in Vishal Bhardwaj’s next. Sources confirm that filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj approached the green-eyes beauty with an idea to cast her as the female lead for his upcoming film. It is also heard that Vishal has been chasing Ash for 14 years now, but the two never worked together owing to date constraints or because the project was not of Ash’s interest.

However, looking at Vishal line of work it is widely speculated that if Ash agrees to the film, it will be sheer joy to watch an interesting new pair on screen.

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This time it’s a bilingual adaptation of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s novel Devi Chaudhurani

After two literary adaptations, Chokher Bali (from Rabindranath Tagore’s Binodini) and Raincoat (from a story by O Henry), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is getting ready to team up with Rituparno Ghosh once again.

This time it’s an adaptation of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s novel Devi Chaudhurani. The film, which will be both in Bengali and Hindi, will feature Aishwarya as a very powerful woman way ahead of her times.

Ghosh has been in talks with Aishwarya since their first two collaborations together. The two would meet every time Ghosh visited Mumbai. But this time, when Aishwarya Rai Bachchan visited Kolkata with her husband Abhishek, and both were honoured with the best actor and actress awards for Raavan, the third film with Ghosh fructified.

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Bollywood’s first couple Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan will fly off for a romantic get together this year end. In a statement to the media, the most beautiful actress in B-town says that life has been very hectic in 2010 and she thus wants to start it off on a lazy note in 2011! Though Aishwarya Rai Bachchan does not reveal the destination, she confirms that hubby Abhishek and she have already planned on a long holiday treat for themselves this Christmas and New Year.

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is perhaps one of those top rung stars who has always attracted attention the moment she reports that she’s not well.
Thus recently when she was in Dubai with hubby Abhishek Bachchan she was supposed to go for a press conference, but the meet was cancelled as Ash reported sick and therefore she couldn’t take on the strain. This bit of news was enough for all kinds of speculations that is Ash expecting? Is she on the family way? Well, after the couple is back in Mumbai there are reports that Ash is off to her mom’s house as she needs a long break.
Now before any more new speculations arise, the news is that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is only taking the break as she wants to spend some time with her nephew who has just been born.
The fact that Aishwarya ,who has had quite a hectic shooting schedule for the past two years ,certainly deserves the break and probably after getting herself refreshed by spending enough time with her mom and other family members she’ll be back with recharged energy and spirit.
However, not one to be an unprofessional, Ash will reportedly not cancel any of her prior commitments and be present at all the venues that she is supposed to be attending. So her fans will get to see her on and off during these two months.

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Kareena Kapoor will reportedly play the role initially planned for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani.

According to the Times of India, Bhansali hoped to make the epic 18th century love story in 2003 with Bachcan and Salman Khan but the project was shelved when the couple’s relationship ended.

Bhansali is allegedly reviving the project after casting Kareena Kapoor in the lead female role opposite Khan.

The story is based on Indian folklore about General Peshwa Bajirao and his wife Mastani.

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has decided to stay at home for two months and help her bhabhi (brother Aditya’s wife) Srima with her baby boy, who was born on November 26.

She will avoid most public appearances in the next couple of months, as she wants to spend as much time as possible at home. She will only attend those she had previously committed to.

Says a source, “Post-Guzaarish, she missed the promotions so she could be with her sister-in-law.

Everyone is very excited about the baby, Ash more so. She had warned all her producers, organisers and media manager about the situation.” She will play the doting bua to the hilt in real life now.

After a while Says a source close to Rai-Bachchan, “She deliberately finished all her film assignments by October. And she has not signed any film after Guzaarish.