India’s beauty queen and leading film actress Aishwarya Rai has refused that she is playing Sita in Mani Ratnam’s forthcoming film Ravan.

Aishwarya Rai made the comment while addressing a press conference in Kolkata. She was addressing the press on the launch of her latest Hollywood film Pink Panthers 2.

Despite the fact that Aishwarya is in denial mode, people say that the actress is learning classical singing to prepare for her role as Sita in the film ‘Raavan’.Aishwarya Rai is among most desired women.

She is laced 48th among the most desired women on earth.The poll was conducted by men’s portal Aishwarya Rai is one of the most successful actresses of Bollywood.

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.

By Jilawatan

Yes, Slumdog Millionaire bridged the gap between East and West, and back home Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is doing the same thing, what with her Pink Panther stint. Well, the film that’s set to release soon is quite the topic of convo these days, and people are dying to know if Ash has a prominent role in it, or is it really a blink-and miss kinda thing.

But Ash isn’t a worried woman. As tongues wag, she’s busy playing Sita in Kolkata for Mani Ratnam ’s Raavana. “Ash does not play a miniscule role in the motion picture as assumed by many.She plays a criminology expert and has done her job quite well,” we’re told. Now, as to who leaked out this little bit of info, well, we’ll just leave that for the experts to find out.

By Jilawatan

THE BACHCHAN Bahu and winner of the Padmashri Award, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, seems all set to play her part as Sita like a perfectionist in Mani Ratnam’s forthcoming film, Ravana. Ash has been cast opposite her dear hubby, Abhishek Bachchan, in the film.

Those who saw her during the shooting of this film on the banks of the river ‘Hoogly’ in Kolkata, said that the actress truly looked like the modern version of Goddess Sita in her maroon sari with a black sleeveless top and hardly any ornaments to adorn her. Ash’s Sita look has been created by noted designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee.

Prabhu is doing a prominent role in Mani Ratnam’s Ashokavanam

Prabhu is doing a prominent role in Mani Ratnam’s Ashokavanam (interim title) which is being made with Aishwarya Rai and Vikram in the lead roles. The film also stars Prithviraj and Priyamani. Now, it is rumoured that actress Ranjitha will pair up with Prabhu in this film. At present, Ashokavanam’s filming is going on under high security in Kerala. The film crew also celebrated Aishwarya Rai’s birthday on November 1st in a grand function held at Rain Forest Hotel.

Ranjitha, who started her successful run in director Bharathi Raja’s Nadodi Thendral, is now happily married to an army officer and has retired from films. But she acts in a few TV serials. Now, it looks like the sheen of a Mani Ratnam film has lured her back to the industry. It is also said that she has no idea of making a comeback to the industry as she is quite happy with her small screen career which gives her ample time to take care of her family.

Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai says that Drona, in which hubby Abhishek Bachchan plays the title role, reminds her of her childhood days.

“Drona is a film that is rarely made in Bollywood. Not only will kids enjoy the film, elders too will revisit their childhood fantasies while watching the movie. Even I was reminded of my childhood days – when my world used to revolve around fairy tales like the stories of Amar Chitra Katha and the horses, angels, knights and magic in it,” Aishwarya told reporters here Friday.

Aishwarya, the brand ambassadress of Longines, was here for the press conference of Longines Sports Watch collection.

Commenting on Abhishek’s performance in Drona, she said: “If you are asking a wife to rate her husband, then I will tend to get partial. But if you are asking an actor to comment on another, then I will say that Abhishek is a dedicated actor and knows his job well.”

Mani Ratnam’s next biggie would have Vikram and Aishwarya sharing screen space. Now we have more news about Mani Ratnam’s next mega project.

Insiders say Mani Ratnam is on the verge of signing the biggest deal ever in the history of South Indian movies between his own production company, Madras Talkies and Anil Ambani’s Reliance Big Picture Entertainment. Sources say the deal to acquire the rights to the film’s negatives runs a huge figure amounting to Rs. 120 crores. The film will be made in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi and the deal factors in all the three versions.

Mani Ratnam has been working on this three language film-script since he wrapped up Guru in 2007. Reports say that the star couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai will play the couple on screen as well, with Govinda in a negative role. Vikram will star in the Telugu and Tamil versions, with Aishwarya as heroine in all three languages.

Mani Ratnam’s forthcoming film is a bilingual to be made in Tamil and Hindi. It is reported that while Vikram will star in the Tamil version, Abhishek Bachchan will star in the Hindi version.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is expected to be the heroine in both films. An interesting development with this project is that Prithiviraj has been assigned to play a very important role in the film — that of a villain.

Though Prithiviraj plays the hero in most films, he is no stranger to playing villain. His performance in Kana Kandaen was much appreciated by the audience. He literally stole the show in the film with his performance.

“I am excited about working in a Mani Ratnam film. But I can’t say anything about the role yet,” says a happy Prithviraj.

Sanjay Dutt will replace South superstar Vikram in Mani Ratnam’s Next, which features star couple Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

Sanjay Dutt will replace South superstar Vikram in Mani Ratnam’s Next, which features star couple Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

The film, based on real life characters, is an intense love story, a genre that Mani has not dabbled with in the past. Interestingly, the film pairs Sanjay Dutt and Aishwarya, not Abhishek and Aishwarya, as is widely assumed.

Vikram earlier played lead in Aparichit (2005), the Hindi version of of south film Anniyan (2005).

The sudden change, industry insiders claim, was dictated by the less than stellar showing of Abhishek – Aishwarya starrer Sarkar Raj at the box office.