By Jilawatan

Recently niece of billionaire Subrata Roy (Sahara Group) got married in Sahara Shahar at the banks of Gomti River in Lucknow, we at FilmiTadka were there to cover the awesome wedding and as we expected we spotted quite a few bollywood celebrities.

Bride Sivanka looked ravishing and Karan (groom) was looking elegant in their wedding attire, attending the marriage were the who’s who of B-Town, political leaders, corporate honchos, and various sports celebrities. Jaya Bhaduri came along with husband Amitabh Bachchan, also present were Hema Malini, Sanjay Dutt, Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan with husband Abhishek Bachchan, Sri Devi with Boney Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi with Priyanka Oberoi nee Alva, Fardeen Khan, Gulshan Grover, Anu Malik, etc.

From political fraternity, BL Joshi (Governor of Uttar Pradesh) was present, also spotted were Digvijay Singh (Congress General Secretary), Uddhav Thackeray (Shiv Sena Leader), Member of Parliament Amar Singh, Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, etc. From sports world, Saurav Ganguly, former Indian hockey team captain Dhanraj Pillay, and cricketer RP Singh were present.

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Remember the ‘Aunty Ji’ controversy where Sonam Kapoor had started referring to Aishwarya Bachchan as Aunty because she had starred opposite her father Anil Kapoor. Sonam has no backtracked and claims she never said anything of that kind. In a recent interview she said that a lot has been said and written about the issue and it has become very messy and dirty and she wouldn’t want to comment about the issue any more.

Sonam who has starred with Abhishek Bachchan in Delhi 6 said that she really respected Abhishek as a and has her best experiences working with him. She added that that she would always Aishwarya n a respectful manner and never call her an ‘Aunty.’ The controversy had taken an ugly turn when Aishwarya had made sure that Sonam misses the red carpet during the Cannes Film Festival as the face of L’Oreal in India.

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Aishwarya Rai looked gorgeous holding hands with hunky husband Abhishek Bachchan at the Mumbai airport before the couple jetted off to Macau, China, on June 10 for IIFA.

The airport was abuzz with excitement during the am hours with a huge number of Bollywood personalities leaving for IIFA. Others spotted at the airport included Anil Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Lara Dutta, Sonam Kapoor, Ritesh Deshmukh, Boman Irani, Arjun Rampal, Sushmita Sen, Zayed Khan and Tanavi Aazmi.

Aishwarya Rai paired a black satin puff sleeve top with dark blue flared jeans. She may have looked hot but she was prepared for the chill of business class jet travel– holding a tan leather jacket. She matched her accessories – tan leather tote and peeptoe platforms.

Her sunglasses rested on her head. Her gorgeous medium brown hair, styled in loose waves with a middle parting, framed her face cascading down the shoulders. She wore glossy pink lipstick, pink blush, cat-eye liner and lots of mascara.

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While we may or may not endorse it, he has beaten the likes of Shabana Azmi, Om Puri, Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and of course the current darling of the West — Freida Pinto — to bag the top spot. No mean achievement for a first-time film actor!

But, while many may rejoice at the fact, is Dev’s win really something to do with his special talent? Or, is his just a case of ‘flavour of the season’? Filmmaker Apoorva Lakhia thinks it is the latter. “These lists are generally compiled not on the basis of calibre, but rather it’s about what’s ‘in’ now. SM has been a huge success, and Dev and Freida have been all over the place. It’s all about clout and recall value. You cannot definitely compare one-film wonders like Freida and Dev to seasoned actors like Shabanaji and Om Puriji,” says the filmmaker.

By Jilawatan

While we may or may not endorse it, he has beaten the likes of Shabana Azmi, Om Puri, Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and of course the current darling of the West — Freida Pinto — to bag the top spot. No mean achievement for a first-time film actor!

But, while many may rejoice at the fact, is Dev’s win really something to do with his special talent? Or, is his just a case of ‘flavour of the season’? Filmmaker Apoorva Lakhia thinks it is the latter. “These lists are generally compiled not on the basis of calibre, but rather it’s about what’s ‘in’ now. SM has been a huge success, and Dev and Freida have been all over the place. It’s all about clout and recall value. You cannot definitely compare one-film wonders like Freida and Dev to seasoned actors like Shabanaji and Om Puriji,” says the filmmaker.

By Jilawatan

Call it rumours or hear-say but the word is that the shooting for film “Tansen” will begin next month and it will star Abhishek, Aishwarya, Anil Kapoor and even Vivek Oberoi.

The film is set to be shot in Bangkok first and then would also be shot on other international locations in Australia and New Zealand. The historical epic is going to be a mega project and will be one of the costliest films ever made in Bollywood.

The film is based on the life of Mughal court singer Tansen and has Abhishek as the lead character. It is directed by Satish Kaushik and produced by Rajshri and even Sony is supposed to have put money in it.

Apart from this Barjatya project, Abhishek is working alongside wife Aishwarya in Mani Ratnam’s much-hyped “Ravana”. It is also rumoured that he and Ash have been cast in a remake of the Amitabh-Jaya starrer “Abhimaan”.

With his film Slumdog Millionaire

shining among the top 10 films of the weekend on three continents, Anil Kapoor, who plays a complicated quiz show host in it, has set a record for an Indian actor. Not even Aishwarya Rai, who got miles of free publicity in the West thanks to her appearance on David Letterman show four years ago, can come anywhere near the success Kapoor has achieved. Her biggest success in North America, the 2004 romantic comedy Bride & Prejudice grossed  $6.6 million in North America about half of what Slumdog has nabbed in its early run.

True, Sabu (The Thief of  Bagdad, 1940) and Persis Khambatta (Star Trek, 1979) were featured in bigger movies than Slumdog but by the time these films were made they had settled down in the West.