By Jilawatan

When it comes to the Bachchans, it all runs in the family.

The news is that Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan will do an item number in comedian-turned-director Sajid Khan’s upcoming multistarrer, Housefull.

The song to which Ash will be gyrating is said to be dad-in-law Amitabh Bachchan’s hit number, Apni toh jaise taise, from his 1981 hit Laawaris.

The film’s producer, Sajid Nadiadwala, has bought the rights of the song, though Sajid Khan is mum. “I am neither confirming nor denying the news. We will make an announcement at the right time,” says Khan.

Of late, the Bachchans have been going out of their way to push the prospects of each other. Last week, when Abhishek Bachchan made his debut as a TV show host–Bingo on Colors channel–Big B was his first guest.

Obviously, Abhishek needs all the push.

By Jilawatan

Another film to rock with the audience is the one with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and the super star of the south Rajnikant.
The film is called ‘Endhiran’, and it is produced by Sun Pictures. The direction is given by Shankar. The film has a whopping budget of Rs 125 crores.

Recently a fight sequence was shot in Pune and Lonavala and the shot was on Rajnikant who had to go through vigorous fight scenes. Along with other actors of the film, even Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who plays the leading lady in the film, was present at the shooting venues.

The film is yet to be completed and is scheduled to release sometime in the second half of this year.Even though Aishwarya did not have any release in 2009, she is going to have a line of releases in 2010. There is Raavan with husband Abhishek Bachchan and also Action Replay with action hero Akshay Kumar.

By Jilawatan

Aishwarya Rai did not have a single release in 2009, but before you thought that her career in Bollywood had come to an end, the lady is up there to challenge you with three mega releases in 2010- ‘Action Replay’ opposite Akshay Kumar, ‘Raavan’ opposite hubby Abhishek Bachchan and last but not the least ‘Endhiran’ aka ‘Robot’ opposite Rajnikanth.

‘Endhiran’, produced by Sun Pictures and directed by Shankar, pairs South superstar Rajnikanth and Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai for the first time.

By Jilawatan

She was crowned the most beautiful woman in the world, but only after her performance in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam was she praised for her acting skills as well as her good looks. Films like Devdas, Dhoom2, Guru and Jodhaa Akbar helped establish her firmly in Bollywood. Having worked in international productions like Bride & Prejudice, The Mistress of Spices and The Pink Panther 2, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is also one of the best known Indian faces in Hollywood. Married into the first family of the Hindi film industry, she is looking forward to releases like Raavan and Guzaarish this year, besides endorsing Longines.

What are you reading at the moment?
These days I am only busy reading scripts and nothing else.

If you woke up and found you’d turned into a man, you would…
Well, my approach would definitely be no different than that of most women. I would be very shocked!

By Jilawatan

We have heard of actresses fighting over the same make up man. For instance, there were reports in the media that Priyanka and Kareena share the same make up man, Pompy, and that both wanted him to do their make up for their films.

In a new twist to the tale, there are two make up artistes at loggerheads with each other to style Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. A source informed, “During the shoot of Raavan, Ash’s make up was initially done by a make up artiste called Amrita Garma.

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has agreed to dub for the Tamil version of , sources say. The actress has been associated with the Tamil film industry for quite some years now with a couple of popular films like Iruvar and Jeans to her credit. The lady had been rendering the dialogues in these films by penning them down in English but ultimately the dubbing was done by another artiste.

For Raavan, however, Mani Ratnam had suggested that Ash should dub with her voice to bring in the essence of the film. And reports say that Ash has indeed agreed!

It is worth a mention here that Sandhya, Aishwarya Dhanush and Kanika were in consideration to dub for Ash in Raavan.

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There were news that actress Aishwarya Rai was being unprofessional which and she was delaying Vipul Shah’s movie ‘Action Replay’.

But the director defends her saying that the actress is being targeted.

Shah says, “It is really annoying. We are used to gossips but this seems like a personal attack on Ash. ‘Action Replay’ has been shot in sync sound so no dubbing is required. So where is the question of her refusing to dub for it?”

The director has informed that just 12 days work is left in which three songs and couple of scenes is to be shot.

Folks, there were reports that said, Ash has refused to shoot a Pritam’s composition. But shah says, “Not even Amitabh Bachchan or Akshay Kumar were present at music sittings. When these reports started, Ash was shooting for Mani Ratnam’s Raavan in Kerala.”

By Jilawatan

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan doesn’t let her guard down. And her smiles are measured these days. Is it because, as speculated, she doesn’t want laugh lines on her pretty face? Ash just flashes her pearlies in reply.

In Delhi to launch the new watch for luxury brand Longines, Ash is visibly tired of the one question everyone seems to be asking her — whether the recent weight gain indicates good news? “Oh, I knew this question will pop-up. We are married and in due time will be parents too. When it happens, you will definitely know. Right now it’s not the time.”

The actress minces no words in denying she’s at the helm of affairs at the revived ABCL banner. When asked if it’s true that ABCL ought to be rechristened as Aishwarya Bachchan Corporation Limited, she shoots back, “I don’t know whose figment of imagination that is. ABCL is what ABCL was.”

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, while endorsing a watch brand recently, said in the press meet that her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan is her inspiration when it comes to punctuality. The actress has been quoted as saying, “his commitment and dedication is an example for everyone to follow.”

The former beauty queen, who recently completed the shooting of Mani Ratnam’s Raavan, has moved on to the sets of Guzarish where she will be sharing the screen space with Hrithik Roshan. Guzarish is directed by Sanjay Leela Bhasali.

By Jilawatan

Whoever said, married actresses have no career in tinsel town should eat their words. Aishwarya Rai has proved everyone wrong with an exciting professional life post marriage. The actress has completed Mani Ratnam’s Raavan and has moved on to Sanjay Leela Bansali’s Guzarish with Hrithik Roshan. She has got impressive advertising campaigns in her kitty and is actively involved in the promotional activities of AB corp. which is her home production in their current venture Paa directed by Balki.

The icing of the cake appears to be a latest grandiose historical project on the life of Mughal King Shah Jahan in which Ash will don the role of his beloved wife Mumtaz. Ben Kingsley who starred in Gandhi will be Shah Jahan. For Ash, doing historical characters is not something new as she has essayed such characters earlier in her career.