Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to re-launch her hit official website after almost four years; says she will talk to her fans and also reply to all mails

Her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan is a dedicated blogger, husband Abhishek Bachchan is comfortable on a micro-blogging site, but Aishwarya Rai Bachchan chooses to interact with her fans through her official website. She is in the process of reviving her website that has been defunct for the last four years.

More and more actors are now realising the importance of being connected to their fans.

Most B-Town actors now have a presence on one or more social networking sites and the number of ‘friends’ or ‘followers’ they have seems to have become a measure of how popular they are. Ash has stayed away from networking sites. The Bachchan bahu says, “My former ( Hollywood) manager had created a website (aishwaryaworldforever) for me way back, much before these sites became popular. It had many great tools, and my favourite was one where you could just chat. It was great. I thoroughly enjoyed that… But the year I got married, I actually shut it.”

Ash adds, “I wanted to change many things on the website because initially I was too lazy/busy and I didn’t sit on the design. It’s three-and-a-half-years now that I have put it off. I put it on the backburner while adjusting to the changes — career, marriage, etc. Now, I have started work on it and will re-launch it soon.” When she shut down the site, it used to garner approximately three million hits per day, a record by any Indian actor.

Till her site is not functional, she will use her husband and pa-in-law’s profile to clear the air about any rumours and controversies. “I can always go on there and say what I have to.” What about the trend of actors hiring managers to blog/tweet on their behalf, will she resort to that when busy? “You hear about a lot of colleagues having actually employed people to tweet. Is it honest anymore? You think people can’t see it? If they don’t, great for them but I can’t be doing that,” she concludes.

His long cherished dream of winning the world cup for India having come true, Sachin Tendulkar is now in the mood to celebrate.

The Little Master has apparently sent invites to some Bollywood folks as well, we hear. In fact, Amitabh Bachchan has confirmed on his blog that Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai have been invited by Sachin.

“I messaged Sachin and Harbhajan on their marvelous victory and true to their spirit they responded, as always. Abhishek and Aishwarya have been invited tonight to a celebration by Sachin. The joyous mood retains its vigor,” Big B wrote on his blog.

The mega star went on to add that sports and entertainment are two unifiers of people.

“A prominent author and thinker on a public platform admitted that sport and film were the two most fertile ingredients in bringing a nation together. Nothing could be truer. They always were and shall always be, a unifier!” Big B wrote.

Normally, the Bachchans used to avoid watching the cricket matches live because they harboured a superstition that watching the match would lead to India’s defeat. But they watched the final match on Saturday and after India’s win the trio of Amitabh, Abhishek and Aishwarya took to streets to celebrate the win with aam aadmi.

Amitabh Bachchan will be seen in the remake of his 1982 classic Satte Pe Satta along with Sanjay Dutt and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. While Sanjay Dutt and Aishwarya Rai will take over from Amitabh and Hema Malini, director Soham Shah will be taking over from Raj Sippy.

Soham, who directed Luck and Kaal, convinced the Big B to introduce all the seven brothers in the beginning of the film. While we don’t know about the female ensemble cast, the brothers include Shreyas Talpade, Kunak Khemu, Rajpal Yadav, Tusshar Kapoor, Siddhant Kapoor and Omi Vaidya.

The original ‘Satte Pe Satta’ was “inspired” from the 1954 Hollywood comedy Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

Bollywood’s golden couple Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan have been bestowed with the recognition of ‘Power Couple’ by the esteemed Stardust magazine. The mega stars got the title recently at the launch of the latest issue of Stardust in Delhi. Abhishek and Aishwarya graced the occasion as they lifted the veil off to reveal their own photos as the cover page.

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Abhishek and Aishwarya tied the nuptial knot around 4 years back on 20th April, 2007. Since then, the two have had an amazing off-screen chemistry and they always look head over heels in love with each other whenever they are spotted together.

The couple is hugely popular amidst the Bollywood movie lovers. They are big stars and have carved out a niche for themselves in the film industry. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan leapt into fame after winning the Miss World pageant in 1994. Since then there has been no looking back as she climbed the ladders of fame via her big ticket to the B-town.

Abhishek Bachchan made his Bollywood debut around 10 years back with Refugee. But over the years, he and Aishwarya have starred in a plethora of films. Though the two look spectacular together off-screen, it is ironic that their on-screen chemistry has been mostly ‘thanda’ (cold).

However, in Mani Ratnam’s Guru they, indeed, looked fabulous together and the camaraderie was extremely great. Abhishek and Aishwarya add star value to the Bachchan family that is led by Amitabh Bachchan considered as one of the greatest actors of all times.

Money, popularity, a sea of fan following, films, endorsements, good looks and repute, they have got it all. Hence, it’s no doubt that Abhi-Ash do deserve the ‘Power Couple’ title.

Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai is hitting headlines once again for a controversial issue. There is a huge humdrum on the net that Aishwarya Rai turned down the offer to dance with Shahrukh Khan in a recently held award function.
Grapevine has it that the King Khan wanted to shake a leg with Aishwarya on her hit item number ‘Kajra re’. But Aishwarya turned down the offer apparently coz she didn’t want to dance on the track with SRK. Aishwarya had made this ‘Bunty Aur Babli’ song hit by gyrating to this seductive number alongside Abhishek and Amitabh Bachchan.
Aishwarya, therefore, considers this song a family affair and does not intend to shake legs on it with anyone other than Abhishek or Amitabh. Since SRK is neither her hubby nor her father-in-law, she refused the request placed by the organisers.
Shahrukh had been planning a gig around the tinsel town’s ladies over the years and wanted to conclude it with ‘kajra re’ with Aish. But after Aish snubbed him, he was compelled to shelve his plan.
Neither Aishwarya nor SRK has commented on the issue and one wonders if things are all normal between the two!

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan has always maintained a respectable relationship with megastar Amitabh Bachchan but the same cannot be said with ‘Bachchan bahu’ Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The face-off started when Ash abandoned Aamir Khan’s project Mangal Pandey at the last minute. Then Aamir called up his good friend Rani Mukherjee, who finally appeared in the film.

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However, they finally patched up after so many years and that happened at the 10th wedding anniversary of Akshay Kumar and his wife Twinkle. Ash and Aamir had a cold war, since these years but now they have settled the issues.

Usually, Ash does not stay in any party for more than 10 minutes but when she came to know that Aamir and Kiran Rao are on their way, the beauty queen waited for them to reach the party. When the couple reached the party, Ash went forward and bonded with the actor like never before. They spoke warmly and discussed about Kiran’s upcoming movie Dhobi Ghat. After spending some time together, Aamir had to leave early. Soon after his exit, Ash also left the party.

A source from the party revealed that both were seen very comfortable with each other and it seemed that they have forgotten the bitter past and planned to move ahead with good will of each other.

Now, when the dup has settled their issues, can we expect any joint project in near future?

One of the most beautiful actress ever in Bollywood Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is generally gripped with a smile and cheerfulness on her face when she greets with someone but at the end of the stars are also humans and have sentiments and feelings and that, it was proved when the gorgeous actress revealed that she always misses her family whenever she’s down with emotions and feels lonely.

“Yes, I ain’t well at all. I’m here to honour a promise that I made some times back. I always live up to my commitments. I’m on pills these days and taking rest,” says the actress just after her performance at the Zee Cine Awards.

The actress told that in taxing times like these, she misses Pa (Big B-Amitabh Bachchan) and hubby Abhishek too much.

“I’m definitely not feeling them and feel their need. I wish that they could be here to see me win this award (The Jury’s Choice for the film Guzaarish) but they couldn’t be there as they are in two different locations. Dad’s shooting at a location outside Mumbai and Abhishek is in Italy. It would have been great had they been around me. But I’m sure they must’ve got to know about it by now,” revealed a smiling Aishwarya.

When Asked about the fans, Aish said, “It’s the love and affection of fans in moments like these that make all the effort seem worthwhile. I’m aware that they have been waiting for so long to see me, and so small things (like being unwell) don’t come in between.”

Seems like Aishwarya Rai Bachchan holds her family heritage too close to her heart; but is Kajra Re her family heritage? Recently, Shah Rukh Khan was left wondering about the same thing!

Buzz is that the actress did the unthinkable. She refused to groove to Kajra Re with SRK because she will only dance to that song with her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan and husband Abhishek Bachchan.

A source told Times of India, “Shah Rukh had planned a gig around Bollywood heroines over the years and he wanted it to conclude with Aishwarya`s performance. He had planned to dance with her to Kajra Re. But Ash refused.”

Grapevine has it that the actress argued that Kajra Re was a family song and that she would not perform it with anyone else. After much failed persuasion, SRK had to scrap the plan.

Even in the past, be it her personal reasons or professional, Ash has always maintained a firm stance on certain issues. Who can forget her press release in 2003 where she said, “For the sake of my well-being, sanity, my dignity and the self-respect of my family, I will not work with Salman Khan anymore.”
This might give the warring Khans-Salman and SRK a reason to bond, who knows!

None can argue about the fact that blockbuster ‘Dabangg’ was the star at the Big Star Entertainment Awards held in Mumbai on Tuesday night as it went on to bag five major awards at the ceremony that was organized by Reliance Broadcast Network in partnership with Star Plus. The awards will be aired on Dec. 31 from 10 pm onwards at Star Plus.
The movie proudly went on to collect the awards for the best film, best director, best entertaining song, best actor and best male playback singer. The organizers said, “These are a complete people’s choice awards. Right from nominations to the final winners, the voting process has been spread across radio and online and has had India decide its favorite entertainers of 2010 as well as the decade.”
The event was glamorized by stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra, Rani Mukherjee, Aishwarya Rai and many others. Aishwarya had all the eyes set on her as she lloked absolutely stunning draped in a sheer net blue sari accentuated with a purple velvet border. Golden strappy heels and a black clutch completed the ensemble, which dazzled onlookers when she went on stage to collect her award for the Actor of the Decade (Female).
Check out Aishwarya in her dazzling best……….

Aishwarya Rai looked a stunner, teasingly wrapped in a blue sheer net sari at the debut Big Star Entertainment Awards in Andheri, Mumbai on Tuesday, December 21.

The 37-year-old former Miss World (1994) wore an embellished sari with sparkling accents and purple velvet bottom border. Her blouse was uncharacteristically revealing – with a very low neckline and nearly backless.

Aishwarya Rai.
She modesty kept her sari tightly wrapped around the shoulders shielding the décolletage, but her bare back enticed through the sheer sari.

Aishwarya accessorized with golden strappy heels, black clutch, stud earrings, a jeweled gold watch in her right arm and her signature multiple rings on both her hands.

Her reddish brown hair, styled in structured curls, draped her left shoulder. She wore shimmery pink lip gloss, thick eyeliner and silvery blue eyeshadow.

Aishwarya was in the running for two awards – Film Actor of Decade (Female) and Most Entertaining Film Female Actor for Guzaarish. She won the former; it was presented to her by Tina Ambani and Javed Akhtar.

Aishwarya arrived at the event with Pa-in-Law Amitabh Bachchan and the two posed together on the red carpet for photogs. Later during the show, the two were seen sitting with Tina Ambani.

The recorded awards ceremony will air on Dec 31 at 10 pm on Star Plus.

The Big Star Entertainment Awards are jointly presented by India’s media giants – STAR India Pvt Ltd and Anil and Tina Ambani’s Reliance Broadcast Network Ltd. The awards are claimed to be India’s first ever ‘people’s award’ – judged by people right from nominations to the final winners – ensuring total transparency.