Ever since news spread about Aishwarya Rai’s being down with Flu, her cell phone has been inundated with get well soon messages from fans world wide.

So much so, the poor machine crashed.

The talk about Aishwarya Rai’s illness started when Amitabh Bachchan expressed his concerns over her health in his blog. Big B had expressed his regrets to be not with her because he was in Singapore with Amar Singh.

However many interpreted her” Flu Like” conditions to the swine flue epidemic in the country.

Aishwarya was infuriated at certain sections of the media who spread the gossip that she was having swine flu although she was down with common flu.

The actress however said that as a precautionary measure she had all the tests done on her. Ash who is back in the sets thanked the media and her fans for their Good wishes.

Actress Aishwarya Rai is down with a “chest infection” and “flu like symptoms”, leaving her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan worried. The 35-year-old actress who was shooting with husband Abhishek Bachchan in Ooty for the upcoming Mani Ratnam film ‘Ravana’ is down with the illness, Bachchan who is in Singapore tending to politician Amar Singh wrote in his blog.

“Aishwarya has taken ill and is down with chest infection and flu like symptoms. Had a high fever yesterday but is settling down today,” wrote Bachchan. “Its worrying to be so far away from children and not be there to look after them. Yes, they are mature and married and responsible, but children will always remain children,” a concerned Bachchan added. The 66-year-old veteran also complained that he has been suffering from a “strained back”.

While Amar Singh’s closest friends from the industry, Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjay Dutt, couldn’t make it to Singapore their respective wives more than made up for their husbands’ absence. Bachchan had to cancel his trip at the last minute due to a health scare and Sanjay was denied a visa.

Jaya was with Amar Singh when he went in for the surgery and Sanjay’s wife, Maanyata, joined her later.Aishwarya Rai Bachchan too put her shooting schedule for Shankar’s Robot on hold to be with Bachchan’s closest family friend in his hour of crisis. Jaya Prada also dropped in to wish her mentor good luck.

One of the star wives said, “It had become an all-girls club in Singapore with Jaya Prada also dropping in to meet him (Singh). There was nothing to do there except be present by his side and enquire about his progress. One couldn’t go shopping or sightseeing at a time like this. It was a grim situation but yes, we wives bonded well.”

Although Jaya Prada was seen at the hospital for only a brief visit, Jaya Bachchan, Maanyata and Aishwarya remained by Singh’s side till he was declared out of danger. While Aishwarya divided her time between her mother-in-law and husband, Abhishek, who represented his father in Singapore, Mrs Bachchan and Mrs Dutt didn’t move from the special room in the hospital where they had ample privacy.

For Jaya Bachchan, the situation was doubly demanding since Amitabh had a health scare just when they were scheduled to leave for Singapore together. She eventually went without her husband. Putting up a brave front, she said, “There’s nothing to worry about. My husband is fine.

It’s just his intestine that keeps twisting because of all the health problems he has gone through.” She said that Amar Singh is recuperating well and will be back on his feet soon.  Maanyata returned to Mumbai yesterday morning and the Bachchan family is also expected to be back shortly.

Soon after all the IIFA celebration in the Bachchan family, comes some bad news. Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, has been emboriled in a legal hassle.
Reports say that some land owned by Aishwarya was originally farm land owned by tribals and farmers in the Dhule and Nandurbar districts. The land was first bought by a windmill company called Suzlon at rates as low as Rs.7000.

It was susequently sold to investers including celebrities like Ash, Twinkle Khanna and Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh at rates as high as Rs. 36 lakhs. Bhatiya Janata Party leader Nitin Gadkari has sued the owners of this land. Maharashtra’s non-conventional Energy Minister Vinay Kore has taken the matter very seriously and announced a probe into the disparities of sale and purchase that are evident in this case.

If the case is decided in the favour of the original owners, the current owners may have to pay upto Rs.1 lakh per month to them as compensation.

The entire Bachchan family was present to cheer up Ash as she performed on some traditional numbers in the capital. Where she was dressed up in the traditional attire, Aishwarya Bachchan looked absolutely stunning and she performed with the dance troupe of world-class choreographer Shaimak Davar.

We spoke to Aishwarya’s close source,

“Ash performed for nearly an hour to a medley of popular Bollywood number showcasing Indian culture, heritage and music. Apart from the Bachchans, the event was also graced by Aishwarya’s parents and celebrities like actor Kamal Haasan, fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Maharaja of Mewar Arvind Singh, Ustaad Amjad Ali Khan, politician Amar Singh and artists Paresh Maity and Satish Gujral.”

Further the source told us, “The whole Bachchan and Rai family was quite happy to see the Aishwarya’s performance and also they were cheering up at Padma Shri awards but now all are back to Mumbai.”

NDTV’s popular figure Vikram Chandra and Abhigyan Prakash hosted the event and welcomed Ash by describing her as “another Indian wonder” apart from the seven wonders of India which include Jaisalmer Fort, the ancient Nalanda University, Red Fort, Konark Sun temple, Dholavira, Khajuraho, and the Meenakshi Temple. Also, two religious wonders — the Tawang monastery and the Golden Temple.

The entire Bachchan family was present to cheer up Ash as she performed on some traditional numbers in the capital. Where she was dressed up in the traditional attire, Aishwarya Bachchan looked absolutely stunning and she performed with the dance troupe of world-class choreographer Shaimak Davar. We spoke to Aishwarya’s close source,

“Ash performed for nearly an hour to a medley of popular Bollywood number showcasing Indian culture, heritage and music. Apart from the Bachchans, the event was also graced by Aishwarya’s parents and celebrities like actor Kamal Haasan, fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee.

Maharaja of Mewar Arvind Singh, Ustaad Amjad Ali Khan, politician Amar Singh and artists Paresh Maity and Satish Gujral.”Further the source told us, “The whole Bachchan and Rai family was quite happy to see the Aishwarya’s performance and also they were cheering up at Padma Shri awards but now all are back to Mumbai.”

NDTV’s popular figure Vikram Chandra and Abhigyan Prakash hosted the event and welcomed Ash by describing her as “another Indian wonder” apart from the seven wonders of India which include Jaisalmer Fort, the ancient Nalanda University, Red Fort, Konark Sun temple, Dholavira, Khajuraho, and the Meenakshi Temple. Also, two religious wonders — the Tawang monastery and the Golden Temple.

Will Aishwarya Rai fight Lok Sabha elections on Samajwadi party ticket? The question has become more intense following the sudden announcement of Sanjay Dutt’s candidature from Lucknow on Samajwadi party ticket.

It seems amazing but unfortunate that a follower of Lohiya, Mulayam Singh Yadav has started running behind Bollywood stars, even tainted ones in order to win some Parliamentary seats.

It is not just an issue of Aishwarya Rai. She is a wonderful woman and a great actress, but there are already several Bollywood personalities who anyhow overshadow this Lohiyaite Mulayam Singh Yadav.

There are already two Jayas, Jaya Parda and Jaya Bachchan. Now there will be along list of other stars who will give company to these Bollywood personalities.

Samajwadi party is trying to rope in everyone it seems fit to win election to contest next Lok Sabha elections for it. Just two days ago the party announced the name of Sanjay Dutt as a candidate from Lucknow Lok Sabha seat.

Aishwarya’s in-laws are good friends of Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav. Her mother in law Jaya Bachchan is a Rajya Sabha MP of Samajwadi Party. Aishwarya Rai is one of the most successful actresses of Bollywood and she can be a sure bet for Samajwadi Party provided she decides to plunge in the dirty waters of politics.

When most actress of her age have turned dotting wives and moms, the former beauty queen is experimenting in new and newer roles that are coming her way. She is still much in demand in Bollywod and also in Kollywood from where she began her acting stint.

Her beauty still sets films on fire and ensures the success of the film. Her endorsing a product ensures producers that the company will get better response from consumers. With her father in law and husband she makes the biggest Bollywood brand in the country.

Often acclaimed as the most beautiful woman in the world, Aishwarya Rai made her movie debut in Mani Ratnam’s Tamil film Iruvar in the year 1997 opposite Mohanlal. She had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie Jeans 1998, and came to the attention of Bollywood through her blockbuster Hindi movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam in 1999.

The film directed by celebrated film director Sanjay Leela Bhansali was a super duper success. The film won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award, and she successfully performed in Bhansali’s next project, Devdas opposite Shah Rukh Khan in the year 2002. the film gave her second Best Actress Award at the Filmfare.

Since then, Aishwarya Rai has acted in over forty movies in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, and English, including the international productions Bride & Prejudice (2003), Mistress of Spices (2005), and The Last Legion (2007) in English.