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Is Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan advising hubby Abhishek against working with Katrina Kaif? The buzz seems to suggest as much.

Katrina’s refusal to do a role opposite Abhishek in The Italian Job apparently rubbed Ash the wrong way.
Rumours doing the rounds in B-town have it that Ash is discouraging Abhishek from working in Karan Johar’s Dostana 2 , which also stars Katrina.
The reason? Katrina’s walking out of Abbas-Mustan’s remake of The Italian Job hasn’t gone down well with the Bachchans.

The Bollywood remake stars Abhishek along with Neil Nitin Mukesh and Omi Vaidya in the lead.

It is believed that Katrina walked out of the project citing date problems.

Rumours, however, indicate that Katrina is reluctant to sign another film opposite Abhishek besides Dostana 2 , given the actor’s flop run in the box-office of late.

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starrer ‘Endhiran’, and Kareena Kapoor starrer ‘We are family’, is soon going to be locking horns at the box office on the 3rd of September!
The two flicks, which are touted as being two of the greatest releases in the second half of this year will surely have a tough time in competing with each other, as both have a very powerful star cast with an equally powerful subject, and even more powerful directors backing them up!

By Jilawatan

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starrer ‘Endhiran’, and Kareena Kapoor starrer ‘We are family’, is soon going to be locking horns at the box office on the 3rd of September!
The two flicks, which are touted as being two of the greatest releases in the second half of this year will surely have a tough time in competing with each other, as both have a very powerful star cast with an equally powerful subject, and even more powerful directors backing them up!
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who has managed to raise the female stars benchmark with this film ‘Endhiran’, has reportedly been paid a whopping sum of Rs. 6 crores, the highest ever paid to a female star in B- Town.
This robotic sci- fi lick has been made with a grand budget touching a mind blowing Rs. 200 crores and also stars one of the most popular southern super stars Rajnikanth.The director Shankar, well known down south for his great film making strategies, has left no stone unturned in making this grandest of the grand flick, and a real humdrum is already doing the rounds, as the release of the film is awaited, almost impatiently!
On the other hand, the Siddharth Malhotra directed flick- ‘We Are Family’, made under the Dharma Productions banner, owned by Karan Johar, boasts of a very powerful star cast, like Arjun Rampal, Kajol and Kareena Kapoor.

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan says he feels humbled after receiving the NDTV Indian of the Year award on Wednesday night.

This year, to coincide with its 21st anniversary, NDTV also honoured Indian icons of the last 21 years – among them, Amitabh Bachchan.

On his blog, Bachchan wrote about the ceremony, which he attended with his wife, Jaya, and his daughter-in-law, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

“NDTV Indian of the Year acknowledging 21 years of the existence of the channel and simultaneously acknowledging Indians that have been an inspiration for the country in these 21 years!!”

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Bollywood actress Preity Zinta is in Dubai to celebrate her 35th birthday Sunday and has plans to cook Indian food for “Good afternoon guys! Chilling in Dubai for my birthday weekend! This is going to be the best year of my life,” Preity posted on her Twitter account Saturday. “I have always wondered why Ash (Aishwarya Rai) & me grow older every year while all the other actresses either stay the same age or get younger? Any guesses?” she asked. On this birthday weekend, the actress is also trying to cook some Indian food.

“Ok! Its my birthday weekend so now I am going back to focusing on me…he he he! Trying to cook some Indian food 4 my Indian tummy! Ciao,” Preity posted. Preity, who has supposedly agreed to host a chat show for a TV channel, is very positive about the year 2010.

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Hrithik Roshan, the only super hero of bollywood who plays lead in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s upcoming flick ‘Guzaarish’ opposite gorgeous Aishwarya Rai, turned thirty- six and celebrated the occasion in style at a Juhu hot spot.

Sources present in the party say that Hrithik Roshan, who plays a paraplegic person in ‘Guzaarish’ had directly come from the shoot and hence was looking tired, but soon cheered up after seeing wife Suzanne and other family members. However, Monikangana Dutta( who plays Hrithik’s wife in ‘Guzaarish’ and was reportedly attracting unwelcome attention from Suzanne Khan for her hot sequences) was heard rubbishing her link- up with the handsome hunk.

In fact, the lady seemed quite upset with the talk of those link up stories and was seen clarifying to a friend. The party was a rocking affair with the presence of badshah Shah Rukh Khan, Gauri Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Twinkle Khanna etc. But Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif gave the party a miss.

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If grapevine is to be believed, Karan Johar is toying with the idea of finally working with Aishwarya Rai, with whom he hasn’t made a single project in his over decade-long career.

“Karan said that Aishwarya is his ideal heroine and all the scripts that he writes are keeping her in mind. He also said that various reasons have veered them from working together. But he is hoping that it is the right time that he gets her to work in his production sometime soon,” said a source, who overheard Karan’s conversation with director Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

The two filmmakers were discussing Aishwarya at Sonali Bendre’s birthday party Dec 31.

“Sanjay Leela Bhansali was overheard telling Karan Johar that Aishwarya is very original and there is no one like her. He further said that if a director has not worked with her in his or her career, it’s a big loss for them. Sanjay also praised her work in Guzaarish,” the source said.

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Aishwarya made up with Shah Rukh Khan at Karan Johar’s birthday party this year. Things went bitter between the two after SRK replaced Ash with Rani Mukherji in ‘Chalte Chalte’ in 2003.

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Some you might know and some you might not know! Where there are celebrities, there has to be some scandals. They simply cannot be separated from it! It’s a part and parcel of their lives. The website (santabata.com) unraveled some of the hottest and spicy scandals straight from Bollywood for us! Check it out folks:-

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: The former Miss world and daughter in law of the Bachchan clan made up with Shah Rukh Khan at Karan Johar’s birthday party this year. Things went bitter between the two after SRK replaced Ash with Rani Mukherji in ‘Chalte Chalte’ in 2003. Awww! Did you know about this?

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Just last week a veritable pantheon of Bollywood talent turned out in style for the GQ Men of the Year Awards event held at Mumbai’s Grand Hyatt hotel.

In attendance were scions such as Amitabh Bachchan an his wife Jaya, as well as younger stars such.

As Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Katrina Kaif , Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan , Irrfan Khan , Karan Johar , Lara Dutta and Abhay Deol , the list just goes on and on!

The dapper Saif Ali Khan took the coveted award for Man of the Year home while his other half Kareena Kapoor was awarded the trophy for Woman of the Year.

A matching set!  Amitabh Bachchan received the Lifetime Achievement Award and “Road, Movie ” actor Abhay Deol was acknowledged as the Breakthrough Talent.