Aishwarya speaks - Abhishek as a father

They were in love, they got married, so what next? Everybody grabs the opportunity to talk about the next phase of their life. With the movie depicting Abhishek as Paa, who would let go the chance to ask Aishwarya as to when Abhishek gets to be the real Paa?

Aishwarya spoke to the media at a recent watch launch event. “Everybody has been asking me if Abhishek will be a good pa (father) in connection with the release of our forthcoming production Paa. I think it’s silly for me to be even making the statement. It’s given – I married the man. So obviously I have the conviction in the husband he is or the father he will be.”
“He is very real, very rooted and very human – which I absolutely relate to. His values are evident for everybody to see. We have known each other for so many years.
“I’ve seen him with his niece and nephew since the time they were babies. He is so great with kids and I’ve seen that for the longest time with (his sister Shweta’s children) Navya (Naveli) and Agastya. I have no doubts on him whatsoever.”
Does Aishwarya prefer a baby boy or a girl? “Come on…Aren’t you like moving at a really fast pace…! Whatever god has in store for us in life… Life itself is a blessing, let alone to have opportunity to be able to bring a life into this world.
“It’s really not in our hands …it’s in god’s hands. I hope I am just blessed with that experience, I am really looking forward to it and we will certainly cherish it.”

Happy Birthday Aishwarya

The world's most gorgeous and beautiful woman celebrates her 36th birthday today. Miss World, top model and now a top actress...

Ash made her movie debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Iruvar (1997) and had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie Jeans (1998). She was more noticed and appreciated when she won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999). Again in 2002 she for which she won her second Best Actress Award at the Filmfare for Devdas. After a low phase in her career during 2003-2005, she appeared in the blockbuster Dhoom 2 in 2006, which has turned out to be her biggest Bollywood commercial success. Later there was Guru (2007) and Jodhaa Akbar (2008), which were commercially successful and got her critical acclaim as well. Ash has established herself as one of the leading personalities in the film industry.

Some of her international projects include Bride & Prejudice (2003), The Mistress of Spices (2005), The Last Legion (2007) and The Pink Panther 2 (2009) in English.

Currently she is working on Mani Ratnam’s Raavan with hubby Abhishek Bachchan and on Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Guzaarish with Hrithik Roshan.

We wish former Miss World, and the most loved Bachchan Bahu a very happy birthday and wish success in all her endeavours.

Shooting of Mani Ratnam's Raavan ends at last

The shooting of Raavan has ended at last. You name it and they faced it - rains, accidents, legal issues, jungle safaris, and all kinds of delay that you can think of.

Raavan’ is produced and directed by Mani Ratnam. It has a big star cast including Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Govinda, Vikram, Priyamani, Karthick, Prithviraj and others. Raavan is made into a bilingual (Hindi-Tamil) movie. It is remotely based on Ramayana. Interestingly, the director has modified the story and changed the angle altogether, making the villain a hero. Abhishek here plays the title character as Raavan. Cinematography is done by Santosh Sivan and no guesses for the music - it's A R Rahman as always.

Mani Ratnam breathed a sigh of relief at last and to mark this occasion, Mani Ratnam and his wife Suhasini threw a party for the team. Mani Ratnam personally praised Govinda for his performance, which touched the surprised actor immensely. Now that they are back to modern civilisation, we can be sure the film will be ready for release soon.