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In her latest film Raavan in Hindi and Raavanan in Tamil, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan plays Ragini, the wife of a police officer who is abducted.

It’s a role which involved working in tough terrain, heavy rains and amongst creatures of the jungle. In this interview, she speaks about her role, the challenges of working in a bilingual and her co-artists. Excerpts of a teleconference.

All about your character in Raavan and Raavanan
There has been a lot of talk that my character is based on a modern day Sita from “Ramayan”, which is not true. I think all the stories can be drawn parallel to our epics because at the end it is all about inter-personal relationship. My character Ragini is Mani’s perception of this strong willed woman abducted by Beera. And the story is about the dynamics between the three characters- Beera, Dev and Ragini.

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One must not think that Bollywood actors like Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai are known faces only in Bollywood. Both are extremely popular all over the world and the international audience simply loves them.

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It’s hard to believe but the latest buzz doing rounds in the B-town suggests of a supposed patch up between Abhishek Bachchan and Salman Khan. Grapevine has it that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s hubby Abhishek and her ex-lover Salman have apparently put an end to their animosity, as Abhi was recently found supporting Sallu on a social networking site.

Jr Bachchan and Sallu have not been on talking terms because of Ash, who was dating Salman before tying the knot with Abhishek, and the actress’ love relationship with Khan was a much-hyped affair in itself.

However, according to the latest buzz, Abhishek seems to be in a mood to bury the hatchet with the macho guy, as he stood up for Salman on a social networking platform when a misinformed journo attacked the latter for doing a hosiery advertisement.

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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Rumours were abuzz that Ash will shake a leg to her sasur ji Amitabh Bachchan’s famous 1981 Laawaris number ‘Apni To Jaise Taise’ in Nadiawala’s ‘Houseful’. But the floating rumours have been put to rest by sources that claim that Ash has still not okayed the part. A source close to Ash said, “Aishwarya has been approached by Sajid Khan but she has yet to revert back to them. She is busy with the shooting of ‘Guzaarish’, ‘Action Replay’ and ‘Endhiran’.

Producer Sajid Nadiadwala is said to have bought the rights of the song already.

If Ash nods her head in agreement then this would be her third item number after ‘Ishq Kamina’ with Shah Rukh Khan and ‘Kajra Re’ with hubby Abhishek and Father-in-law Amitabh.

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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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Shah Rukh Khan, the King of bollywood who plays the character of a superhero in Anubhav Sinha’s upcoming ‘Ra 1’ opposite sizzling hot sexy bombshell Kareena Kapoor, has successfully roped in another gorgeous beauty Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for the film.

Sources say that Aishwarya Rai’s role is that of a cameo wherein she will be playing herself, a big bollywood star, and a big fan of hers would get a chance to meet the beautiful lady. Though the scene is small but it becomes significant in the light of Aishwarya Rai and Shah Rukh Khan not working with each other after Salman Khan had created disturbance on the sets of SRK’s ‘Chalte Chalte’, and the subsequent replacement of Aishwarya by Rani Mukherji in the film.

Sources close to Shah Rukh Khan say that it all happened at the birthday bash of Hrithik Roshan, where Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai were present with their respective spouses—cc and Abhishek Bachchan- and mingled freely.

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, the stunningly beautiful daughter-in-law of Amitabh Bachchan who sizzled in super duper hit flicks like ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’, ‘Dhoom’ , ‘Devdas’ and ‘Guru’ with the likes of Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan and Abhishek Bachchan, has been offered a talk show on television.

The offer has so much moolah and other benefits with it that Aishwarya is seriously considering it, and if her busy schedule permits the show will be on from next year. Her husband Abhishek Bachchan has already been signed for a game show ‘National Bingo Night’, which is going on air shortly.

Even, Amitabh Bachchan has been roped in by the channel to continue with the hosting of ‘Bigg Boss’ in its fourth season with a mind boggling amount. Big B had been paid Rs 1.5 crore per episode for the season three of Bigg Boss, and the remuneration for the fourth season has gone up even further.

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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.