Aishwarya.

Robo movie review: Endhiran Tamil movie reviews put Aishwarya on the margins as Rajnikanth is the only one being talked about. This is a reality, though onscreen and people are loving it like nothing else. Rajnikant and Aishwarya Rai starrer Robot or Endhiran is going very strong at the box office and film pundits are of the opinion that this film may set a new record in high film grossing.
It is the third day of the launch and you can see the long queues of film buff standing outside the theaters in search of the elusive tickets.
But sadly the tickets are not available and people have to return empty handed. But if you are lucky and you find someone selling the ticket, you may have to shell out extremely high price for it.

The celebrations will culminate in a Hindu wedding on Friday, a union that many say will create Bollywood's ultimate power couple. Rai is a former Miss World and Bachchan is the heir to India's most celebrated film family.
"Abhiash," as the Indian media dubs them, have been likened to Hollywood celebrity couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
The traditional pre-wedding party known as the "sangeet" will be held on Wednesday at the Bachchan residence in Mumbai.
The celebrations move on Thursday to Rai's home where the bride's hands will be painted with henna from the western state of Rajasthan, where British actress Elizabeth Hurley married her Indian husband in a Hindu ceremony last month.
Friday's wedding will be a low-key Hindu ceremony attended by a small group of friends and relatives because the groom's octogenarian grandmother is unwell, Indian media reports said.
Rai, 33, and Bachchan, 31 - son of iconic actor Amitabh Bachchan - got engaged in January after a short romance.
The Bachchans are guarding their privacy fiercely and have reportedly asked guests to keep mum about wedding details.
"The Bachchans have asked us not to speak about this wedding," said Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty, an invitee.
The wedding is top news for the celebrity-obsessed Indian media, which has been seeking out every detail from the guest list to the couple's attire and their honeymoon plans.
HAVES AND HAVE-NOTS
An invitation to the Bachchan wedding appears to be so coveted that it has split the Indian film industry into haves and have-nots - those invited and those not invited.
Indian media said a noticeable omission from the guest list was Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan with whom the elder Bachchan has a running popularity battle, revealed in their recent veiled digs at each other.
"I have not been invited to the wedding. Regardless, I wish the couple best," Shah Rukh Khan told Mumbai tabloid Mid-day

Several celebrities attended the Red Carpet ceremony to mark the opening of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival this evening. They included Aishwarya Rai, who has been a permanent Cannes attendee for many years, since her movie, Devdas screened at the Festival in 2002. Some of the others who were part of the opening night celebration were the lead stars of the inaugural film Robin Hood.
Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchet. Salma Hayek, the sultry actress from Mexico who was part of the Festival jury along with India's Nandita Das in 2005, was also to be seen. Incidentally, Hollywood stars were conspicuously absent in a year that is gladly being seen by cinema lovers and critics as low on spice and sugar and high on art.
Rai is here as part of Mani Ratnam's Ravan, whose first look will be unveiled on May 17. Actors Abhishek Bachchan and Vikram (who performs in the Tamil version) will attend the evening along with Mani Ratnam. The bilingual work has been produced by Reliance Big Pictures and is slated for a June release.

Former Miss India Universe Pooja Gupta is all set to join the likes of beauties like Aishwarya Rai, Sushmita Sen, Priyanka Chopra and others as she is foraying into the Bollywood with the film F.A.L.T.U.. The film will be hitting screens tomorrow (April 1, 2011).

She played a bubbly youthful college girl in the film. The actress, who is quite happy with her role in the film said that she wasn't missing being a quintessential 'sexy young' heroine in her debut effort.   

The beautiful actress further said that her character in the film took her back to her college days and gave her back what she had almost missed. (Pooja had dropped out of college to contest in Miss India in 2007).
Pooja will be seen flaunting her to-die-for figure in a bikini in the film. When asked if she was uneasy wearing it, she answered not at all and said that they had a swimsuit round in Miss India as well. She added that it has been done very tastefully and nobody woud have any apprehensions about it. 
F.A.L.T.U is a fun-filled comedy entertainer directed by a debutant Remo D'Souza. It is produced by Vashu Bhagnani under the banner Puja Entertainment (India) Ltd. It stars Jackky Bhagnani, Puja Gupta, Riteish Deshmukh and Arshad Warsi. Many big stars like Akshay Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Salman Khan, Sushmita Sen, R Madhavan, Sahil Khan and Kareena Kapoor appear in cameo roles as themselves.
Aishwarya Rai (Ash) is one of Bollywood's pre-eminent leading ladies. This Indian darling burst upon the world stage when her striking beauty, poise and commanding intelligence won her the Miss World crown in 1994. This former architecture major soon became one of India's most famous models landing a prestigious Pepsi campaign and appearing in Vogue Magazine. India's top Bollywood directors were soon lining up to work with Ash. Her film debut in Mani Rathnam's 'Iruvar' (1997) received critical acclaim and her performance in Aur Paar Ho Gaya' (1997) directed by Rahul Rawail garnered her the Best Female Debutante Award. In 2000 she was awarded Best Actress by FilmFare and Zee Cine for her work in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam", in that same year, nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her special appearance in Aditya Chopra's Mohabbatein (2000). In 2001 Ash was nominated for FilmFare's Best Actress Award for Satish Kaushik's "Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai".
Ash's star continued to rise in 2002 working again with Sajay Leela Bhansali in 'Devdas'. 'Devdas' is the most ambitious and most successful film in Bollywood history. It became the first Bollywood picture to ever receive a special screening at this year's Cannes Film Festival and broke box-office records in India and the United States.
2003 brought even more exciting opportunities. Ash became the first Indian actor to be a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival. She is also the latest member of the elite L'Oreal Dream Team, joining beauties Catherine Deneuve & Andie MacDowell as their international ambassador. She graced the covers of India Today and the prestigious TIME Magazine. Time Magazine has also listed her on their list of the "100 Most Influential People in the World Today". She has graced numerous covers worldwide including USA, UK, China, Russia, Israel, United Emerites, Italy, Spain and France. Ash was also listed on Rolling Stone Magazine's annual "Hot List", Hello Magazine's Most Attractive Women in the World", Stuff Magazine, FHM magazine, V-Life from Variety Magazine, GQ Magazine, New York Times Magazine, Harper's & Queen and countless others.
2004 saw Aishwarya take on the leading role in her first English language film for Gurinder Chadha in "Bride & Prejudice". She also became the first Indian female to be immortalized in wax at the world famous Madame Tussaud's wax museum in London.
With over 17,000 websites dedicated to her, Ash finally launched her "Official Website" www.AishwaryaWorld.com
2005 started with appearances on "60 Minutes", "David Letterman Show" and the most watched television program in the world the "Oprah Winfrey Show". Aishwarya's career continues to grow even stronger - she will soon be seen in Mistress of Spices for director Paul Berges, Jag Mundhra's Provoked, Sanjay Gadhvi's Dhoom 2 and legendary film producer Dino De Laurentiis's The Last Legion opposite Colin Firth and Sir Ben Kingsley. The Queen of Bollywood is already becoming the talk of tinseltown and is currently in negotiations on two major motion pictures.
Though many from Bollywood will be in Mohali to watch the face-off between India and Pakistan in the World Cup’s semis today, actress Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan, it is learned, will not be there. Pak Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will miss out on meeting Rai-Bachchan, apparently his favourite Bollywood actress.
The Pakistani PM has reportedly confessed, time and again, that he is a great fan of the doe-eyed beauty. Not only that, Gilani has also apparently written about his admiration for Rai-Bachchan in his book that he wrote when he was imprisoned during the regime of former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.
“Gilani has clearly written in his book, Chah-e-Yousuf Saay Sada, that he used to watch Rai-Bachchan’s movies on his laptop while he was in prison (during 2001-06) during the Pervez Musharraf regime. Since then, he’s been an ardent fan of the actor. We had discovered that while doing our research in scheduling his meeting with the then external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee in 2008,” says Mukherjee’s former aide.
Rai-Bachchan’s films had earlier played a part in diplomacy in 2008, when Pranab Mukherjee visited Pakistan. He had carried a DVD box of Rai-Bachchan’s movies. “It was a pleasant surprise for Gilani who has always listed Aishwarya and Shahrukh Khan as his favourite film stars. He was very happy and described it as a ‘pleasant surprise’ when he opened the box,” reveals the aide.

  Bollywood hunk Hrithik Roshan says that his upcoming movie Guzaarish, which releases on Nov 19, is special to him because it changed the way he sees the world.
The actor unveiled the first look of the film, which stars Aishwarya Rai
Bachchan opposite him.
The 36-year-old actor plays a popular magician in the movie who becomes paraplegic after meeting with a near fatal accident.But, as luck would have it, Rai-Bachchan and Gilani will apparently not meet even as the Pakistani PM lands in Mohali for the India-Pakistan semi-final today.
According to a source, Aishwarya and Abhishek had originally planned to watch the match in Mohali. But “Aishwarya and Abhishek won’t be going to Mohali to watch the match this time. Theymight be at home watching the match,” says a source.
Hence, even though Indian officials would have loved it, Rai-Bachchan and Gilani won’t be meeting this time. However, rumours that efforts are on for arranging a meeting were doing the rounds.

Katrina Kaif Biography.

Katrina Kaif is one of eight siblings, all girls, from a mother who is a Caucasian of British Nationality, and a father who was formerly from Kashmir, India, but who has since acquired British citizenship. Her mother is now re-settled in Chennai (formerly known as Madras), the Capital of the state of Tamil Nadu in India.
She spent subsequent years in Hawaii, and then in London, Britain, She started modeling accidentally when she was in Hawaii at the tender age of 14, when she was approached for a jewelry campaign. Thereafter she continued modeling in London.
Continuing to model was the reason she got her break in a Bollywood movie 'Boom' offered by none other than film-maker Kaizad Gustad.
She was flooded with modeling assignments the minute she set her foot on Indian soil, especially with her innocent expressive face, hour-glass figure, and drop-dead gorgeous looks.
Professionally she started off as a model with photographer Atul Kasbekar, and upon being accepted, she received offers from LG, Cola, Fevicol, Lakme, & Veet. It was the Lakme commercial that got her noticed. She retained Matrix as her Manager to accept work on her behalf and at the price she deserved.
Moving to different culture and country was not much of a culture shock for her, as she states that no matter where you come from, the bottom line is that everyone wants to be loved, respected, and cared for.
Despite of her positive attitude, she had been stereotyped as "Indian" by extreme right-wingers in Britain who made it clear that she did not quite fit-in with their "Blonde" Caucasian culture; while on the other hand in India itself she had been ranked as an 'outsider' very much like Sonia Gandhi.
Unlike other artistes from foreign lands, Katrina did not experience any difficulties in getting a visa nor of getting it extended in India.
Although linguistically challenged, Katrina puts on a bold face and states that other Bollywood artistes like Sridevi, who did not know Hindi, did get offers from Bollywood film-makers, and she is no different. She has taken Hindi and dancing lessons to fit in with the Bollywood culture. She likes to display a picture of her learning Kathak dancing where she used to dance 7 hours a day non-stop.
Adorned with soft gorgeous looks, she is not easily intimidated, but admits that she is very emotional, sensitive, and concerned about her privacy, Almost an incurable romantic, she prefers to wear comfortable non-revealing clothes when at home, hates to do her hair, and above all dislikes make-up. Admitting to being lonely in the beginning, but now has several friends who she can hang out with.
Although her first movie 'Boom' was panned by the critics and shunned by the audiences, two other Telugu movies 'Malliswari' and 'Pidugu' did get her noticed. She grossed 70 Lakh Rupees for 'Malliswari' - making her top the list of the highest paid actresses during a South Indian movie
Not done with South Indian movies, she has been signed in a Tamil movie 'Bheema' opposite National Winner Vikram.
She has received decent reviews for her part in "Maine Pyar Kyon Kiya", as well as a brief appearance in 'Sarkar'.
Katrina had made Mumbai her base, didn't mind singing and dancing around trees and as a result is now one of the biggest mega-stars, perhaps one of the highest paid female-lead actresses in Bollywood, and a crowd-puller whenever she makes an appearance for a live song and dance number.It’s not my style to either wear minimum clothes, to strip or to even be comfortable with a sex-symbol label. I just want to do good work instead of sporting such meaningless tags. Sex sells, but to a small extent, not always. And this is what filmmakers have to accept. The exposure has to be relevant to the film and its characters and not forced for the sake of titillation. On the contrary, some of the greatest Indian films have been devoid of all these sexual trappings. I know my comfort zone in today’s Indian culture and society.
Her thoughts on Bollywood accepting her, being an outsider British girl, into Indian cinema: “I have no complaints. I think I’m especially lucky. As you said, I’ve come from outside and I’m not even anywhere closely connected. But I have absolutely no problem here. People have been more than welcoming, even before I was ready. There was a time when I felt that I need to take time to understand more about the industry, the workings of it. I was doing my modeling, which I really wanted to do at the time. So that’s why even my entry into films was later than people expected.” (Stardust magazine, July 2006)
“I’ve been very blessed, I think, or what do you call it… mmm… lucky to get at this stage what I have. It’s not like I’ve come from acting school and done work at an academy or something. I feel I’ve been given a very huge chance and opportunity.” (Stardust magazine, July 2006)
My Hindi was bad about three years ago. I wanted to achieve a certain status in modeling. Through that I got confidence to get into movies. Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya (2005) came at the right time. I had done kathak training which apart from teaching you about dancing also teaches you about emotions. After that experience, I feel this year will be a much better year for me.
Adorned with soft gorgeous looks, she is not easily intimidated, but admits that she is very emotional, sensitive, and concerned about her privacy, Almost an incurable romantic, she prefers to wear comfortable non-revealing clothes when at home, hates to do her hair, and above all dislikes make-up. Admitting to being lonely in the beginning, but now has several friends who she can hang out with.
Although her first movie ‘Boom’ was panned by the critics and shunned by the audiences, two other Telugu movies ‘Malliswari’ and ‘Pidugu’ did get her noticed. She grossed 70 Lakh Rupees for ‘Malliswari’ – making her top the list of the highest paid actresses during a South Indian movie Debut.
She was flooded with modeling assignments the minute she set her foot on Indian soil, especially with her innocent expressive face, hour-glass figure, and drop-dead gorgeous looks.
Professionally she started off as a model with photographer Atul Kasbekar, and upon being accepted, she received offers from LG, Cola, Fevicol, Lakme, & Veet. It was the Lakme commercial that got her noticed. She retained Matrix as her Manager to accept work on her behalf and at the price she deserved.
Moving to different culture and country was not much of a culture shock for her, as she states that no matter where you come from, the bottom line is that everyone wants to be loved, respected, and cared for.

Katrina Kaif In Saree.

Katrina Kaif’s health is starting to worry those who know her. Only a little while after recovering from a long illness in the past few months, she has fallen ill again. The actress has been suffering from food poisoning since Monday night. She has been advised complete bed rest by doctors. However, this will create problem in her busy schedule. She needs to dub for Prakash Jha’s ‘Raajneeti’ and it is a major cause of stress for her as it involves pure Hindi; something Katrina’s having trouble with. She has even admitted to having difficulty with the language as everyone else on the team can say the dialogues with ease while she has to struggle with it.
Stars overhead automatically seem to align in their favour whenever Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif come together on the silver screen. From Namastey London to Blue, the duo has enthralled and enchanted the movie buffs with their unmatched chemistry.
Now, the Akshay-Katrina juggernaut rolls on further with this Friday’s release De Dana Dan.
“In the film my character is crazy about Katrina. But he’s poor and she’s rich. So he has to find ways to impress her. For this he even commits a crime which goes wrong…the film is a non-stop comedy,” Akshay said about the movie.

Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif have marked the wrap-up of De Dana Dan’s shoot with a promotional number. Shot at Mehboob Studios in Mumbai during a six-day schedule, the track choreographed by Ganesh Hegde is titled Main baarish kar doon paison ki. Meanwhile, Katrina Kaif, who was wearing a sari while shooting for another song, had a little wardrobe disaster when her sari shrunk in length after getting drenched in the artificial rain. Director Priyadarshan ensured that the shoot went on smoothly by opting for close-ups of the actress, thus avoiding the need to arrange for another similar sari. The schedule also saw them teaming up with other lead actors – Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Sameera Reddy and Neha Dhupia – to finish patchwork scenes for the film. The Screen photographer spotted Sameera Reddy arriving at the studio in a bright, chirpy dress, just the right thing to drive away the monsoon blues.

Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif have marked the wrap-up of De Dana Dan’s shoot with a promotional number. Shot at Mehboob Studios in Mumbai during a six-day schedule, the track choreographed by Ganesh Hegde is titled Main baarish kar doon paison ki. Meanwhile, Katrina Kaif, who was wearing a sari while shooting for another song, had a little wardrobe disaster when her sari shrunk in length after getting drenched in the artificial rain. Director Priyadarshan ensured that the shoot went on smoothly by opting for close-ups of the actress, thus avoiding the need to arrange for another similar sari. The schedule also saw them teaming up with other lead actors – Suniel Shetty, Paresh Rawal, Sameera Reddy and Neha Dhupia – to finish patchwork scenes for the film. The Screen photographer spotted Sameera Reddy arriving at the studio in a bright, chirpy dress, just the right thing to drive away the monsoon blues.

Bollywood’s two leading actors make the most popular pair of today. They have a marvelous onscreen chemistry, and have already delivered three hits out of four films that they have done together. Both started together in the likes of ‘Namaste London’, ‘Welcome’ and then ‘Singh is King’, all under the banner of Vipul Shah. However, the pair will now be seen on the silver screen in Venus Records and Tapes’ owner Ratan Jain’s next multi-starrer titled ‘De Dana Dan’. This is going to be a comedy with a huge cast of seniors including great comedian Paresh Rawal, pretty girls – Neha Dhupia and Sameera Reddy- and also the tinsel town’s macho man Sunil Shetty! However, Priyadarshan will direct this time as he is known for laughter riot movies.

Bollywood’s two leading actors make the most popular pair of today. They have a marvelous onscreen chemistry, and have already delivered three hits out of four films that they have done together. Both started together in the likes of ‘Namaste London’, ‘Welcome’ and then ‘Singh is King’, all under the banner of Vipul Shah. However, the pair will now be seen on the silver screen in Venus Records and Tapes’ owner Ratan Jain’s next multi-starrer titled ‘De Dana Dan’. This is going to be a comedy with a huge cast of seniors including great comedian Paresh Rawal, pretty girls – Neha Dhupia and Sameera Reddy- and also the tinsel town’s macho man Sunil Shetty! However, Priyadarshan will direct this time as he is known for laughter riot movies.

Her illness may have been brought on by her stressful routine. Now that she has been advised rest, she even had to skip the announcement of the Filmfare awards on Tuesday. She feels bad about being unable to attend the event and hopes she recovers soon.

Salman bans Katrina.

Out to avenge his lost emotions, Khan is now making sure that he proves to be a major hindrance in Kaif's career graph.
According to our source, "Salman Khan has done everything in his capacity to make Katrina a leading star.
However after their break up and her alleged relationship and break up with Ranbir Kapoor, Salman is out to seek revenge.
He has already asked people close to him not to work with Katrina. If anyone dares to work with her, clearly, he will not be a part of the project.
In fact, during the shooting of Ready, an A-lister actress was needed for a cameo but Salman suggested Zarine Khan's name in spite of Katrina being in the discussions.
Salman, it seems, has also told that he would not want to work with Katrina in his film and Priyanka should step in."
Another source added, "Salman has never been like this but he is definitely not happy with Katrina's behaviour. It was evident during the shoot of Bigg Boss when Salman had taken digs at her. The anger has only multiplied."
However a source close to Katrina said, "There is no tension between Salman and her and everything is fine. She still considers Salman as one of her closest friends in Bollywood and will always continue to do so." Seems like Ranbir Kapoor has finally had enough of his Casanova days. After incessant link ups to his co-stars and public attention to his private life, Ranbir's parents are not amused and Ranbir has decided to call it quits, at least for a while.