By Jilawatan

Endhiran starring Aishwarya Rai and Tamil superstar Rajnikant finally has a release date – September 3, but it is still not official.

A formal announcement is imminent according to IANS.

The film has been long in the making; production started in September 2008 in Machu Picchu in Peru.

The Tamil title Endhiran is based on the work of the late writer Sujatha’s novels En Iniya Iyanthira and Jeeno.

It has been reported that the film is budgeted at Rs 165 crore.

Aishwarya Rai in a still from Endhiran. Photo Credit: Shankar
Rajnikant will play a scientist who creates a robot in his own likeness for his physically challenged child to play with. However, things go awry and the robot begins to kill people forcing the scientist to terminate his state-of-the-art invention.

By Jilawatan

It is often said that in Bollywood a lot rides on the hero. But when an actress has all the big-budget films lined up for release one after the other, what do you say? Aishwarya Rai has all the big movies in her kitty, and the lady seems set to alter the power dynamics in Bollywood this year.

The beautiful actress hasn’t been seen on the silver screen since Jodhaa Akbar and this year she has the multi-crore Endhiran with Rajnikant, Mani Ratnam’s ambitious project Raavan, Vipul Shah’s full-on-entertainer Action Replayy and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus Guzaarish. In short, fate of three mega-budget films depends on Ash. According to trade pundits Rs 300 crore approximately is riding on her slender back.

And this amount is more than the money riding on any Khan, Kapoor or Kumar this year. Oh yeah!

By Jilawatan

Aishwarya Rai and Rajnikant, the stars of Tamil film “Endhiran” said that the movie is expected to release in July or August.

Rajnikant said that it is the among the costliest films to be made in India that has a budget of over Rs.125 crore – when he had visited Chief Minister K. Karunanidhi to thank him for attending the engagement ceremony of Rajnikant`s second daughter Soundarya with the industrialist Ashwin Ramkumar.

The movie-`Endhiran` is directed by Shankar and A.R. Rahman has composed the music for the big film.

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

She already knows how to wield a sword and ride a horse. Now Aishwarya Rai is taking karate classes for her role in the Tamil sci-fi thriller Endhiran , starring Rajnikant as male lead.

The movie has a few fight sequences in which Ash is pitted against the style guru Rajnikant. And to be able to unleash the best kicks and karate-chops on the veteran, Ash is said to taking lessons in the marital art from a seasoned stuntman down south. Reports say the stuntman, named Ramesh, runs a Japanese Shito-Ryu karate school where Ash has enrolled.

In ‘Endhiran’, Rajnikant reportedly plays Ash’s teacher and love interest. In one scene he challenges her for a hand-to-hand combat. And her character takes up the gauntlet and gives a tough fight to him.

By Jilawatan

Rajnikant’s mega budget next Endhiran starring him along side Aishwarya Rai seems to have garnered a lot of curiosity as the makers are keeping the production a close guarded secret. But the audience interest about it seems to be multiplying day by day as inside details are being leaked out. We managed to find out one such inside info about Aishwarya Rai’s character in the film.

Our sources reveal, “After having learnt sword fights for her English movie The Last Legion, Aishwarya has been training herself in Karate for Endhiran. A noted stunt master Ramesh who has been running a Japan Shito-Ryu karate school in the South for over 30 years, which is affiliated to the World Karate Federation is training the actress for the movie. Ramesh is teaching Aishwarya the basics of Karate for now. In the movie Aishwarya Rai and the other girls in the film will be learning Karate from her hero. Rajnikant is already trained in Karate so he will not have to train himself. Some interesting scenes were shot recently in the VIT University in Chennai.”

By Jilawatan

Rajnikant’s mega budget next Endhiran starring him along side Aishwarya Rai seems to have garnered a lot of curiosity as the makers are keeping the production a close guarded secret. But the audience interest about it seems to be multiplying day by day as inside details are being leaked out. We managed to find out one such inside info about Aishwarya Rai’s character in the film.

Our sources reveal, “After having learnt sword fights for her English movie The Last Legion, Aishwarya has been training herself in Karate for Endhiran. A noted stunt master Ramesh who has been running a Japan Shito-Ryu karate school in the South for over 30 years, which is affiliated to the World Karate Federation is training the actress for the movie. Ramesh is teaching Aishwarya the basics of Karate for now. In the movie Aishwarya Rai and the other girls in the film will be learning Karate from her hero. Rajnikant is already trained in Karate so he will not have to train himself. Some interesting scenes were shot recently in the VIT University in Chennai.”

By Jilawatan

Rajnikant’s mega budget next Endhiran starring him along side Aishwarya Rai seems to have garnered a lot of curiosity as the makers are keeping the production a close guarded secret. But the audience interest about it seems to be multiplying day by day as inside details are being leaked out. We managed to find out one such inside info about Aishwarya Rai’s character in the film.

Our sources reveal, “After having learnt sword fights for her English movie The Last Legion, Aishwarya has been training herself in Karate for Endhiran. A noted stunt master Ramesh who has been running a Japan Shito-Ryu karate school in the South for over 30 years, which is affiliated to the World Karate Federation is training the actress for the movie. Ramesh is teaching Aishwarya the basics of Karate for now. In the movie Aishwarya Rai and the other girls in the film will be learning Karate from her hero. Rajnikant is already trained in Karate so he will not have to train himself. Some interesting scenes were shot recently in the VIT University in Chennai.”

By Jilawatan

The lukewarm response to her recent Hollywood release Pink Panther-II has had Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (35) conceding her position as the most popular face of Bollywood.

In the West to the new international craze 24-year-old Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire), who according to reliable sources has been signed for two films — one with Woody Allen and the second with Julian Schnabel.

Freida, who is said to have earned over two million pounds, overtaking Bollywood beauties like Aishwarya, Kareena Kapoor and Katrina Kaif is also, according to a world film distributor, being wooed to walk the red carpet at Cannes in May 2009.

On the Bollywood front, Kareena Kapoor (28) has nudged Aishwarya Rai Bachchan out of the Filmfare Top-10 Power list.

But a producer from Chennai confirms that Ash is still the highest paid Indian heroine and has reportedly been paid a fee of Rs six crore for Shankar’s Robot, where she is cast opposite Rajnikant.

By Jilawatan

The lukewarm response to her recent Hollywood release Pink Panther-II has had Aishwarya Rai Bachchan(35) conceding her position.

As the most popular face of Bollywood in the West to the new international craze 24-year-old Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) who according to reliable sources has been signed for two films-one with Woody Allen and the second with Julian Schnabel.

Freida, who is said to have earned over two million pounds, overtaking Bollywood beauties like Aishwarya, Kareena Kapoor and Katrina Kaif is also, according to a world film distributor being wooed to walk the red carpet at Cannes in May 2009.

On the Bollywood front, Kareena Kapoor (28) has nudged Aishwarya Rai Bachchan out of the Filmfare Top-10 Power list. But a producer from Chennai confirms that Ash is still the highest paid Indian actress and has reportedly been paid a fee of Rs six crore for Shankar’s Robot where she is cast opposite Rajnikant.