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Bipasha Basu, the husky dusky sexy bombshell of bollywood who oozes oomph with every twist and turn, has been selected to play the character of Abhishek Bachchan’s wife in upcoming mega- budget flick ‘Raavana’.

Bipasha Basu will play the part of Mandodari, who was ‘Raavana’s most loved queen and had the authority to advise him on any state matter without inviting wrath of the demon king. Sources close to director Mani Rathnam say that Bipasha will play a full-fledged role in the flick, and she is going to start shooting in right earnest from the middle of September. The highlight of Bipasha Basu’s character in ‘Raavana’ will be a sizzling hot item number, which is likely to be in the same genre as that of ‘Omkara’s ‘Bidi jalai le….’

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Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan have apparently agreed to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show.The married couple, who are currently shooting Mani Ratnam’s Raavana together, will share the screen with the famous talkshow host in a Los Angeles studio.

Aishwarya will be making her second appearance on Oprah after giving the 55-year-old a pink sari in 2006. Earlier this year, Winfrey cancelled a visit to India with Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat because of a swine flu scare.

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Everyone is fan of the beauty queen Ash, but this time the fan itself is a superstar. The superstar of South India Vikram has joined the fan club of beauty queen.

Tamil superstar Vikram has paid a tribute to her in his latest film “Kandasamy” by cross-dressing as Ash and performing to her numbers from “Taal” and “Devdas”. Sources revealed that the audience in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh is so tickled by this particular sequence that there are claps in abundance.

Vikram is also acting with Aishwarya Rai in the Tamil version of Mani Ratnam’s “Raavana” whereas for Hindi version of the film, Ash is paired with her hubby Abhishek Bachchan.

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Aishwarya Rai, the gorgeous bollywood beauty who plays the character of Sita in Hindi and Tamil versions of Mani Rathnam’s upcoming flick ‘Raavana’ opposite Vikram(who plays Raavana in Tamil, Abhishek Bachchan plays Raavan in Hindi version), has inspired the Tamil superstar to perform on her super hit Hindi song numbers in his film ‘Kanthaswamy’( Kandasamy).

Vikram, who has a huge following in south, has cross-dressed as Aishwarya Rai and performed on songs taken form her films ‘Taal’ and ‘Devdas.’ Sources say that this particular sequence of Vikram has the audience asking for more in theatres and they are thronging to auditoriums more and more to see just this sequence.

In any case, Aishwarya Rai has always been a hit with the audiences in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh and this combination of Vikram and Ash has further created magic at the box office for ‘Kanthaswamy.’

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One of the most beautiful actresses of the world “Aishwarya Rai Bachchan” seems to be goaded with her illness and news on it. It is her sour health which is taking a toll on her. In a press conference here, Ash was not at her best and seemed irritated with most of the queries by the reporters.

The actress’s view about SRK’s detention in Newark was that the issue was blown out of proportion.  “Some people gave their verdict, while others tried to be critical. Why this issue is being pulled to wire and is being made a part of extensive discussion,” She said Aishwarya was also upset at the buzz over her having tapered swine flu. The lady said: Everybody assumed I was having swine flu. Whoever started these rumours resulted in my phone’s break down.

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Aishwarya Rai, the gorgeous bollywood beauty who plays the character of Sita in Hindi and Tamil versions of Mani Rathnam’s upcoming flick ‘Raavana’ opposite Vikram(who plays Raavana in Tamil, Abhishek Bachchan plays Raavan in Hindi version), has inspired the Tamil superstar to perform on her super hit Hindi song numbers in his film ‘Kanthaswamy’( Kandasamy).

Vikram, who has a huge following in south, has cross-dressed as Aishwarya Rai and performed on songs taken form her films ‘Taal’ and ‘Devdas.’ Sources say that this particular sequence of Vikram has the audience asking for more in theatres and they are thronging to auditoriums more and more to see just this sequence.

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ONCE THEY had good innings in Bollywood. They were young. They were never actresses but stars. But age caught up with them.

Refusing to give up on Bollywood, although it has given up on them, they try gimmicks to stick on.

Instead of growing up (mentally) and moving on, they simply will remain here by hook or crook. They refuse to hang their boots and welcome the next phase whatever it may be.

With their fewer or non-existent films, they resort to gimmicks to be in limelight. The current trend is to hit the networking circuit hard and be on page three.

This does make news if not careers. Socialising has its own fringe benefits.

Their movies fail big time. Now with hardly anything on their platter, is it anything surprising to find them becoming socialites and on the networking sites.

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Seems like stars of “Raavana” are not holding up for Mani Ratnam’s project once again as the shooting of Aishwarya Rai-Abhishek Bachchan starrer flick “Raavana”, which was scheduled to start near Malshej Ghat from August 27, is in dilemma after the forest officials filed cases against fourteen unit members.

As per the sources, “The officials have filed cases against these people under the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 and the Indian Forest Act, 1927 for putting up sets for the film without legal permission. They have also impounded one JCB and a tractor involved in the construction work and spunk a fine.”

Now, the director Mani Rathnam will only be permitted to shoot on the site when he gets proper permission from the authorities and pays the fines obligated on the unit members.
Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan and others were expected to shoot here for almost fourteen days, but now everything has turned into uncertainty.

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On the sets, of course! The girl who has stolen hearts is all set to kick. And she’s not dueling with any actor, but the biggest of ’em all: the superstar. This is for the film ‘Yanthram’ in which she plays his love interest.

It is now confirmed that Aishwarya Rai has an action sequence in the Rajini starrer, and she is currently undergoing coaching from the Japan Shido Riyuv institute in Chennai for Karate. This school is being run by Ramesh, who has been a martial arts coach for 30 years now.

Remember Aish as the brave and beautiful Rajput princess of ‘Jodha Akbar’? With a bit of luck she is ready for a tough fight with our own superstar this time. Her nimble fingers and slender hands are now being taught to learn the deadly self defense art.

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His last two films may have been damp squibs but Nikhil Dwivedi hopes that his new venture Raavana, in which he stars alongside Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, will do wonders for his career graph. And while he commends Abhishek’s “courteous and eloquent nature” and Aishwarya’s “chilled-out attitude”, he reserves majority of his praise for director Mani Ratnam.

“It’s a divine opportunity to work with Mani Ratnam. Even if I was 50 films old, I would’ve grabbed the chance to work with him,” he says. The actor puts to rest rumours of him playing Lakshman in the film. “All this playing of Lakshman and Ram is very speculative. It is not like that. You’ll realise what the characters really are once you see the film,” he clarifies.