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There is huge speculation going around about Aishwarya Rai being pregnant. We don’t know whether or not its true. Many journalists have asked Aishwarya this question since past few days but she neither denied nor confirmed the news. She dodged the question cleverly.

What ignite the rumor was Aishwarya and Abhishek’s recent interview during the promotion of Amitabh Bachchan corporation’s movie Paa. Aishwarya and Abhishek said that they would announce a good news soon. After that media started noticing Aishwarya who has gained a little extra weight during past month. The rumor further strengthened when the news came up that Aishwarya is trying to complete her work in the coming movies before the schedule.

Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek both has told media that they are considering starting their family soon but its too early to say anything about it. They also assured media that the good news will be delievered to the media in appropriate manner and on the right time. Remember that if Aishwarya Rai gets pregnant now it will seriously effect Ben Kingsley movie on Taj Mahal in which Aishwarya is proposed the role of Mumtaz Mahal. Most probably the Bachchans dont want to let out the news before they sign a contract for this project. Remember since Bachchans are now trying to rejuvenate Amitabh Bachchan Film company, they might also want to compete for the distribution rights of Ben Kingsley’s Taj specially in local market where the Bachchan name would ensure higher returns for the company.

Recently I had a discussion with a friend about who is better Aishwarya Rai or Kareena Kapoor. I will not tell you which side I was on. But I will tell you that some really good points were raised in favor of and against both actresses. Certainly we agree that both Kareena and Aishwarya are fine actresses and has done some really good movies. However, Kareena has failed to get roles that would get her more critical acclaim. On the other hand Aishwarya Rai had been very successful in getting roles that won her praise from critics and masses. Aishwarya’s roles in the movies like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devdas, Jodha Akbar, and Umrao Jaan were well written and had a lot more room for her to show her talents.

Kareena’s performances are appreciated by critics in movies like Chambeli, Om Kara, and Jab We Met. But none of her roles were as strong as Paroo or Princess Jodha. Kareena is more famous among the young audiences. Her zero size figure and her styles are followed by many around the globe. She is always in the news, the media covers her love life more enthusiastically than her professional life.

Aishwarya on the other hand is married to Abhishek Bachchan. So their is no more juicy love affairs for the press anymore however things might get exciting if Aishwarya and Abhishek get divorced, Aishwarya would be really dumb to do that. She has done powerful roles in good movies and has some brilliant movies to come. She is trying hard to make her way into the Hollywood as well. Though she hasn’t had much success there but whatever she has done is more than any other Indian actress. While Kareena is cute and attractive in a generic way, Aishwarya is considered outstandingly and amazingly beautiful.

So what you guys think who is your favorite Aishwarya or Kareena?

Aishwarya Rai has her hands full with great movies to come. In this post we will tell you about Aishwarya Rai’s upcoming movies and why all her projects are so great. Apart from the list below remember that Aishwarya Rai will also appear in Ben Kingsley’s ‘Taj‘ in this movie Aishwarya plays the role of Mumtaz Mahal the great Mughal queen whose husband Shah Jahan made the Taj Mahal in her memory. You think this is going to be an exciting movie well have a look below and you will find out that she has more interesting movies to come. If atleast two of these movies go well on box office, then it is certain that 2010 will be Aishwarya Rai’s year and she could even beat her male colleagues in terms of box office value

Raavan
Aishwarya Rai joins Mani Ratnaam once again for the Tamil language film Raavana which is simultaneously being made in Hindi as well. The Hindi version has a slightly different cast. As I wrote in my previously post that if any one wants to cast someone from the Bachchan family they must cast atleast two of them. For example Abhishek Bachchan is doing Paa with his father Amitabh Bachchan. In Raavan you will see Aishwarya Rai Bachchan with Abhishek Bachchan. The music of Raavan is composed by academy award winning composer A. R. Rahman.

Action Replay
Action Replay is time travel movie set in 1950s. Directed by Vipul Shah, Action Replay’s cast includes Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai and Randhir Kapoor father of Karishma and Kareena Kapoor. There is a slight confusion about the movie’s plot as Warner Bros, issued a warning in the Indian Newspapers to claim that no one has rights to remake ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ in Hindi Language. Rumors are that the warning was targeted to Vipul Shah who when contacted said that his film is not based on the Curious Case of Benjamin Button and that it is actually based on a Marathi play. Whatever the case maybe, one thing is certain that Action Replay has an interesting concept.

Endhiran
Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai work together in the science fiction Tamily Language film Endhiran. It is said that the movie has the highest ever film budget in the history of Indian cinema. The film’s story is based on a Robot who falls in love with a woman. Set to be released in 2010, Endhiran will be Aishwarya Rai’s second Tamily movie in 2010.

Guzaarish
After the disastrous failure of Saawariya, director Sanjay Leela Bhansali once again signs Aishwarya Rai for his upcoming movie Guzarish. The cast of Guzarish includes Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan, music is composed by A. R. Rahman. There are Rumors that Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan will sing a song in their own voices for the movie. The story of Guzaarish will revolve around a married nurse (Aishwarya Rai) who looks after a papaplegic patient (Hrithik Roshan).

Gone are the days when Bollywood was all about fantastically choreographed dances, music, songs, romance, comedy and fun. Today’s Bollywood is becoming more and more sick and full of diseases. Every other manjor film is about the main lead actor suffering from some rare disease and the plot of these movies revolve around their hardships. Bollywood follows the trends and rare diseases are the latest trend. Bollywood’s first family the Bachchans are all about influence. And whats better way to gain influence than to win Awards? To win Awards it is important that Bachchans do projects that follow the latest trends and offer work to atleast two or members of the Bachchan family.

Paa is a the story of a 13 year old child Paa suffering from a rare genetic disorder which causes him to grow older faster than normal people. Amitabh who is 67 year old is playing the role of Paa in this movie and his son Abhishek Bachchan is playing the role of his father. The synopsis of the movie reminds me so much of Brad Pitt’s oscar winning ‘The curious case of Benjamin Button’. However, it doesn’t look like that Paa will start getting younger like Benjamin Button and I thank God for that. I can’t watch Amitabh getting younger. Forgive me but I am tired and sick of watching Amitabh in every other movie.

Abhishek Bachchan, playing the role of Paa’s father Amol Arte. Mr. Arte is an ambitious politician with a mission to save the universe. Vidya Balan plays Paa’s mother and Paresh Rawal plays the Grand father. The film’s music score is composed by Illayaraja.

I personally think that Paa the movie is a silly attempt to gain critical acclaim and emotionally blackmail the audiences into liking the sad story. Paa is also an attempt to build further upon Amitabh Bachchan’s legendary status. If the film succeeds on the box office then we will have to watch him in television ads and see him in movies like Aladin for another decade or so.

I don’t know if it is just a rumor or a fact but it seems like the web is booming about the news of Aishwarya Rai getting infected with Swine Flu virus. We tried to dig the source of this rumor and we found out that these rumors are based on a blog entry by Amitabh Bachchan on his blog. Mr. Bachchan wrote:

Aishwarya has taken ill and is down with chest infection and flu like symptoms. Had a high fever yesterday but is settling down today. Its worrying to be so far away from children and not be there to look after them.

Mr. Bachchan has never said that Aishwarya is infected by Swine Flu virus. So we hope that it is just some ordinary flu that would eventually go away with little rest. But how could she rest now when she has an important project at hand. Yes we are talking about Ravaan in which she is working with her husband Abhishek Bachchan. However Abhishek is not her love interest in the movie.

Aishwarya Rai is going to play Sita (The Indian Goddess) in Mani Ratnam’s upcoming movie Ravana. Guess who is going to play Ram? No its not, Abhishek Bachchan. According to people on locations for the film, Aishwarya looked heavenly beautiful in a gorgeous Sari. It is reported that Aishwarya’s Sita makeover is designed by Sabyasachi Mukherjee.

This is great year of Sabyasachi Mukherjee. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is not the only one in the Bollywood who has ditched designers and went on with Sabyasachi’s creations. A. R. Rahman also ditched Rohit Bal and wore a Sabyasachi Sherwani during his live performance at the Oscars. Rahman’s wife Saira, also wore a Sabyasachi creation for the big night.

Hrithik Roshan chartered a special flight to Goa for his wife Sussane and two sons, Hrehaan and Hridaan to attend sister in-law Farah Ali Khan and her husband DJ Aqeel’s wedding anniversary. Farah Ali Khan who was disappointed that may be Hrithik and Sussane won’t be able to attend her anniversary, was delighted to hear the news of couple’s arrival. She said:

Hrithik is a Capricorn like me, and we are the kind of people who always keep our promises. So last minute when he said he couldn’t make it because of a shoot, I was very disappointed and let him know through an SMS. The next thing I know, at around 9.30pm after the ceremony, he lands up at the celebration. I was really happy, as then my entire family was there as were my pals

You will be seeing Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for about two or three minutes in the upcoming Hollywood movie Pink Panther 2. Its a small role, compared to what she got back at home. If you compare Pink Panther 2 with Devdas or Guru, then Pink Panther is a total trash. But hey it has white guys acting in it so it’s better than any Hindi movie. When Aishwarya Rai was asked about how much footage she has in the movie, she replied:

I didn’t work in ‘Pink Panther 2′ because it was an international project. I got the script. I happily chose to be part of the film. They shot exactly what I was offered. I don’t need to work with stardust in my eyes.

The choices I’ve made in my career aren’t just about footage but an opportunity to work with actors, directors and technicians who enrich my life. Believe me working in ‘Pink Panther’ was a joy.

She appeared at the New York premier of the movie accompanied by her husband Abhishek Bachchan wearing beautiful black dress that showed too much of her cleavage (picture on the left click to enlarge, Gossip Girls has more pictures). After celebrating hubby Abhishek’s birthday, Aishwarya will be traveling to Paris, Berlin, Moscow and Madrid to promote Pink Panther. She is really a hardworking lady. Even though she has already conquered the hearts of Hindi Cinema viewers but she does not rest and she wants to conquer the entire world. But still this is too much work for a two minute role. May be she is hoping that the success of this movie will get her more Hollywood movies in the future?

While in US she also appeared in the Martha Stewart show. Now Martha Stewart show is popular but not as popular as Oprah. But hey atleast she got interviewed on a US television show by a white woman. So much for the Indian pride.

Shahrukh Khan is always in the news and he should be after all he is the King of Bollywood. But it seems like not every one is happy with the King Khan. Recently he had a fight with Salman Khan on Salman Khan’s girlfriend Katrina Kaif’s birthday party. Apparantely some people say that it started when Shahrukh Khan commented about Salman Khan’s relation with Aishawarya Rai who dumped Salman Khan and married Abhishek Bachchan. Both stars kept quite about the incident for a few weeks but now Salman Khan has talked to the media about the incident and admitted that he had a spat with Shahrukh Khan that night. He said that Shahrukh and I are two very different individuals and we could never be friends.

On the other hand Shahrukh Khan’s production house red chillies has lost the case where legendary Indian actor Manoj Kumar filed a suit in Mumbai session court asking for the deletion of the scenes where his patriotism is spoofed in the movie Om Shanti Om.

Shahrukh Khan’s house “Mannat” which always remained in the news for its real estate value, historical significanc, ideal sea facing location and numerous complains filed by several social organizations, political activists and government authorities. Recently another social activist Simpreet Singh filed a petition against the construction Shahrukh Khan’s house, Mannat.

Rediff News asked their readers if they think that Shahrukh Khan is the most unpopular star in bollywood?