According to Kannada newspaper ‘Vijayakarnataka’, Aishwarya and Abhishek will tie the knot sometime in February, 2007 and Aishwarya will officially announce the news on her birthday, November 1.
The story was revealed to the newspaper by Bachchan family's astrologer Chandrashekhara Swamiji. According to him the year 2006 will be unlucky for the married couple and so he advised Aishwarya and Abhishek to marry in 2007.
There is, however, no official confirmation of the reported wedding. The two stars, who have been romantically linked since over an year now, have consistently refused to confirm media speculation on the issue.
Past media reports have suggested that the couple have kept their wedding plans in abeyance pending a nod from the
Bachchan family, something that has so far not been forthcoming. In the recent past Ash has made great efforts to assuage any misgivings that the Bachchan family may have harbored about her abilities as a homemaker. Her efforts at winning the hearts of the Bachchan family include a hospital visit to Abhishek's grandmother Teji Bachchan and frequent visits to the Bachchan home. Recently she and her family spent their Diwali with the Bachchans.
According to the report, Aishwarya (born in Dhanu Rashi) and Abhishek (born in Kumbha Rashi) marriage was likely to face roadblocks in 2006 problems but, from October 27, when the planetary positions change, both Ash and Abhi will have the support of Jupiter (Guru-bruhaspathi).
A horoscope match was confirmed in Nov 2005 when Amitabh's brother, Ajitabh, visited a priest in Bangalore in the company of Abhishek, at the behest of Teji Bachchan.
It is reported that the ailing Teji Bachchan is very keen to see her grandson wed.
However it still remains to be seen how much truth lies behind all these rumours. Aishwarya has always been tightlipped about the relationship while Abhishek has managed to evade the topic whenever he has confronted the issue.
Is it another publicity gimmick ahead of the release of Aishwarya and Abhishek starrer movies - Dhoom 2 & Umrao Jaan?
Source: Santabanta
Monday, October 30, 2006
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Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Abhishek, Rani paired again
Abhishek Bachchan and Rani Mukherjee make one of the hottest couples on screen.
Abhishek is bound to be envied by his peers. He is considered as the most suited hero to Bollywood’s two top heroines – Aishwarya Rai and Rani Mukherjee .
Last seen with Rani in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna , Abhi now awaits two films, Umrao Jaan and Guru , with Ash.
And now the latest tinsel tattle has it that Abhi and Rani have been paired once again for a Yash Raj flick. Filmmaker Aditya Chopra is said to have planned his next venture even as his present project Tara Rum Pum is on the floors.
The film will be a multi-starrer featuring a host of Bollywood stars. Apart from Abhi and Rani, Chopra is learnt to have finalized Konkana Sen , Kunal Kapoor , Jaya Bachchan and Anupam Kher .
The movie will mark the coming together of Abhishek and his mother for the first time in full-fledged roles in a Bollywood film.
The yet-untitled film will be based on a female centric theme. Rani and Konkana will play daughters of Jaya Bachchan and Anupam Kher. Abhi will be paired with Rani, and Kunal will play Konkana’s love interest.
Pardeep Sarkar director of critically acclaimed film Parineeta , has been roped in to direct the movie.
Earlier, Sarkar had approached Vidya Balan for the same role which is now offered to Konkana. But Vidya couldn’t be part of the project because of date problems.
The movie will be shot in Varanasi after the completion of ‘Tara Rum Pum’, which stars Rani and Saif Ali Khan.
Source: Apunkachoice
Abhishek is bound to be envied by his peers. He is considered as the most suited hero to Bollywood’s two top heroines – Aishwarya Rai and Rani Mukherjee .
Last seen with Rani in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna , Abhi now awaits two films, Umrao Jaan and Guru , with Ash.
And now the latest tinsel tattle has it that Abhi and Rani have been paired once again for a Yash Raj flick. Filmmaker Aditya Chopra is said to have planned his next venture even as his present project Tara Rum Pum is on the floors.
The film will be a multi-starrer featuring a host of Bollywood stars. Apart from Abhi and Rani, Chopra is learnt to have finalized Konkana Sen , Kunal Kapoor , Jaya Bachchan and Anupam Kher .
The movie will mark the coming together of Abhishek and his mother for the first time in full-fledged roles in a Bollywood film.
The yet-untitled film will be based on a female centric theme. Rani and Konkana will play daughters of Jaya Bachchan and Anupam Kher. Abhi will be paired with Rani, and Kunal will play Konkana’s love interest.
Pardeep Sarkar director of critically acclaimed film Parineeta , has been roped in to direct the movie.
Earlier, Sarkar had approached Vidya Balan for the same role which is now offered to Konkana. But Vidya couldn’t be part of the project because of date problems.
The movie will be shot in Varanasi after the completion of ‘Tara Rum Pum’, which stars Rani and Saif Ali Khan.
Source: Apunkachoice
Monday, October 16, 2006
The Mallika Sherawat item song with Abhishek in Guru
Here are some exclusive pictures from Mani Ratnam’s forthcoming film Guru… and remember you saw it first only on IndiaFM. Firstly we see Abhishek Bachchan in a clean shaven look after a very long time. It is rumored that he is playing the reel life role of the late business magnate Dhirubai Ambani. Check him out in his polished suit in this title role. On the right corner is him again in another look, however this time being more casual with a cap on.
In the picture in the middle we see Abhishek and none other than Mallika Sherawat on a horse carriage somewhere in Europe. This is taken from the special ‘item number’ song that has been picturized on Mallika. The song is the only part of the film where she will be prevalent.
Apart from Abhishek Guru also stars Aishwarya Rai as his lady love with Vidya Balan, R Madhavan, Arya Babbar and Mithun Chakravarthy in pivotal roles.
Source: IndiaFM
Monday, October 09, 2006
I want to work with Shah Rukh again: Abhishek
Actor Abhishek Bachchan has dismissed rumours of tensions between him and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and says he would love to work with Khan again.
"I don't know where these rumours came from! Shah Rukh is the country's biggest star. Who am I to be insecure about Shah Rukh? I'm thankful to just be in the same film as him. After 'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna' (KANK), I told Shah Rukh and Karan (Johar) to please consider me for their next film. Because I want to work with Shah Rukh again and I've learnt so much from him! I just wanted to spend as much time as possible with him."
Abhishek can't stop praising Shah Rukh, who he says loves taking care of people.
"He's very hospitable. On the sets he was concerned about everyone. He never indulges in petty bickerings. He's the most selfless person on the sets... He's bothered only about the film, never about himself," Abhishek told IANS.
And the actor reasserts that there were no tensions between anyone on the set of 'KANK' in New York.
"We really had a ball in New York. It couldn't have gotten any better. I've never seen a more organised producer than Karan Johar and I've never been happier on a film set."
Bachchan Junior agrees that a lot of his own personality has gone into his performance in 'KANK'.
"Since Karan has observed me closely from my childhood, he knows me as a person - my mannerisms and even my emotions. I think he absorbed a lot of these into my performance."
He considers himself lucky to be part of the film as it gave him the opportunity to work with the biggest Bollywood stars.
"I've never worked in a film so big before. You've the country's two biggest stars - Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan in the film. And I was the junior-most member of the cast, given the chance to stand in the same frame as them. I felt very lucky."
The actor says that 'KANK' is one Karan Johar film that didn't overwhelm him.
"Karan's cinema always overwhelms you with the grandeur, the larger-than-life treatment. In 'KANK' I came out quiet and thinking."
Abhishek also hit out at Karan's critics and said that making a film like he does was actually very tough.
"I always thought making his kind of cinema is very tough. Now after working with him, I respect Karan's cinema even more. Even those who don't like cinema will sit up and take notice. He's taken a subject no one expects him to and has tackled it sensitively."
"Karan has beautifully juxtaposed a very commercial language with real believable characters and situations," remarked Abhishek.
Despite being the junior-most member of the crew, Abhishek felt as though the whole shoot was like a holiday due to the comfort level he shared with all his co-stars.
"I was working with my friends - Rani, Preity, Shah Rukh and Dad ... They're people I hang around with regularly. It was like a holiday and it was a bonus with Rani there as I have worked with her extensively earlier. Shah Rukh and Preity are friends ... We meet at Shah Rukh's house often. Instead of meeting after work we met at work as well," said Abhishek.
Source: IANS
"I don't know where these rumours came from! Shah Rukh is the country's biggest star. Who am I to be insecure about Shah Rukh? I'm thankful to just be in the same film as him. After 'Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna' (KANK), I told Shah Rukh and Karan (Johar) to please consider me for their next film. Because I want to work with Shah Rukh again and I've learnt so much from him! I just wanted to spend as much time as possible with him."
Abhishek can't stop praising Shah Rukh, who he says loves taking care of people.
"He's very hospitable. On the sets he was concerned about everyone. He never indulges in petty bickerings. He's the most selfless person on the sets... He's bothered only about the film, never about himself," Abhishek told IANS.
And the actor reasserts that there were no tensions between anyone on the set of 'KANK' in New York.
"We really had a ball in New York. It couldn't have gotten any better. I've never seen a more organised producer than Karan Johar and I've never been happier on a film set."
Bachchan Junior agrees that a lot of his own personality has gone into his performance in 'KANK'.
"Since Karan has observed me closely from my childhood, he knows me as a person - my mannerisms and even my emotions. I think he absorbed a lot of these into my performance."
He considers himself lucky to be part of the film as it gave him the opportunity to work with the biggest Bollywood stars.
"I've never worked in a film so big before. You've the country's two biggest stars - Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan in the film. And I was the junior-most member of the cast, given the chance to stand in the same frame as them. I felt very lucky."
The actor says that 'KANK' is one Karan Johar film that didn't overwhelm him.
"Karan's cinema always overwhelms you with the grandeur, the larger-than-life treatment. In 'KANK' I came out quiet and thinking."
Abhishek also hit out at Karan's critics and said that making a film like he does was actually very tough.
"I always thought making his kind of cinema is very tough. Now after working with him, I respect Karan's cinema even more. Even those who don't like cinema will sit up and take notice. He's taken a subject no one expects him to and has tackled it sensitively."
"Karan has beautifully juxtaposed a very commercial language with real believable characters and situations," remarked Abhishek.
Despite being the junior-most member of the crew, Abhishek felt as though the whole shoot was like a holiday due to the comfort level he shared with all his co-stars.
"I was working with my friends - Rani, Preity, Shah Rukh and Dad ... They're people I hang around with regularly. It was like a holiday and it was a bonus with Rani there as I have worked with her extensively earlier. Shah Rukh and Preity are friends ... We meet at Shah Rukh's house often. Instead of meeting after work we met at work as well," said Abhishek.
Source: IANS
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Abhishek promotes Ganga for Dad
Abhishek Bachchan loves his dad. But the love has just extended its arms towards Bhojpuri cinema. Amitabh, who adds star value to the Bhojpuri multi-starrer Ganga, has his son promoting the trailers of the film.
Abhishek introduces the characters in the promos of the film which is doing rounds of television. Though he is not in the film, Abhishek comes in between shots of the promo.
Some days back, Amitabh made up for Abhishek’s absence for the music launch of Umrao Jaan. This indeed is a very close knit family.
Hema Malini also plays a pivotal role in the film. Ganga also stars two Bhojpuri superstars, Manoj Tiwari and Ravi Kissen along with Nagma. The film is being produced by Amitabh Bachchan’s long time make up artist, Deepak Sawant.
Source: IndiaFM
Abhishek introduces the characters in the promos of the film which is doing rounds of television. Though he is not in the film, Abhishek comes in between shots of the promo.
Some days back, Amitabh made up for Abhishek’s absence for the music launch of Umrao Jaan. This indeed is a very close knit family.
Hema Malini also plays a pivotal role in the film. Ganga also stars two Bhojpuri superstars, Manoj Tiwari and Ravi Kissen along with Nagma. The film is being produced by Amitabh Bachchan’s long time make up artist, Deepak Sawant.
Source: IndiaFM
Friday, October 06, 2006
Umrao Jaan no remake: Abhishek
London: With three back-to-back mega-buck capers lined up this Diwali, Abhishek Bachchan has a lot to cheer about. His forthcoming release is J P Dutta's magnum opus Umrao Jaan.
CNN-IBN correspondent Akanksha Banerji caught up with the star in London to get his take on the film.
Akansha Banerji: Your latest film Umrao Jaan is releasing on November 3. While comparisons are going to be inevitable, how do you think this it is going to be different than the earlier version?
Abhishek Bachchan: Unfortunately, I haven’t seen Muzzafarji's Umrao Jaan. So, I don’t have any authority to comment on his film. I think it would be unfair for me to comment upon something, which I haven’t even seen. I am not really bothered if people think they need to compare the two films. J P saab never set out to make a remake. He has only made an adaptation of the book, not of Muzaffarji's film.
Akansha Banerji: J P Dutta was the director you started your career with. What was it like working with the same director as a newcomer and now as an experienced actor?
Abhishek Bachchan: This is our third film together. We worked together in LoC in between. I keep telling him jokingly that doing a J P Dutta film is like going on a holiday for me. In fact it’s like coming back home.
Akansha Banerji: Has it got any easier for you to work with your father? Now that you two have done so many films together.
Abhishek Bachchan: It just gets worse actually. You can’t get over with the fact that you are standing in the frame with what is considered the best. It's overwhelming and overpowering. But the best part of doing films with dad is that I get to spend a lot of time with him.
Akansha Banerji: So what else is coming up this year? What are your forthcoming projects?
Abhishek Bachchan: I have got Umrao Jaan releasing on November 3, Dhoom II releasing by the end of November and also Guru which will come up by the year-end.
Source: CNNIBN
CNN-IBN correspondent Akanksha Banerji caught up with the star in London to get his take on the film.
Akansha Banerji: Your latest film Umrao Jaan is releasing on November 3. While comparisons are going to be inevitable, how do you think this it is going to be different than the earlier version?
Abhishek Bachchan: Unfortunately, I haven’t seen Muzzafarji's Umrao Jaan. So, I don’t have any authority to comment on his film. I think it would be unfair for me to comment upon something, which I haven’t even seen. I am not really bothered if people think they need to compare the two films. J P saab never set out to make a remake. He has only made an adaptation of the book, not of Muzaffarji's film.
Akansha Banerji: J P Dutta was the director you started your career with. What was it like working with the same director as a newcomer and now as an experienced actor?
Abhishek Bachchan: This is our third film together. We worked together in LoC in between. I keep telling him jokingly that doing a J P Dutta film is like going on a holiday for me. In fact it’s like coming back home.
Akansha Banerji: Has it got any easier for you to work with your father? Now that you two have done so many films together.
Abhishek Bachchan: It just gets worse actually. You can’t get over with the fact that you are standing in the frame with what is considered the best. It's overwhelming and overpowering. But the best part of doing films with dad is that I get to spend a lot of time with him.
Akansha Banerji: So what else is coming up this year? What are your forthcoming projects?
Abhishek Bachchan: I have got Umrao Jaan releasing on November 3, Dhoom II releasing by the end of November and also Guru which will come up by the year-end.
Source: CNNIBN
Ash-Abhishek in Yash Raj's next?
The audience will perhaps have an overdose of Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan this year. They have a spate of films lined up. They will soon be seen in UMRAO JAAN, DHOOM 2, GURU and SARKAR 2. Looks like the smashing jodi is all set to rule hearts this Diwali. Well not only that, their fans are in for yet another treat! If the grapevine is to be believed, they have signed another film together. Yash Raj's next venture to be directed by an in-house debutant will see them sizzle again. However Aishwarya's Business Manager, Harii Singh said that he was not aware of any such news.
But for now keep your eyes glued to UMRAO JAAN and DHOOM 2 that has them in diametrically different looks!
Incidentally Abhishek Bachchan has been roped in as the brand ambassador for BIG FM Chennai, radio station. The ADAG Adlabs radio venture will take off in Chennai and Hyderabad next week. South starlet Asin is the female brand ambassador.
Source: Bollywood Trade News Network
But for now keep your eyes glued to UMRAO JAAN and DHOOM 2 that has them in diametrically different looks!
Incidentally Abhishek Bachchan has been roped in as the brand ambassador for BIG FM Chennai, radio station. The ADAG Adlabs radio venture will take off in Chennai and Hyderabad next week. South starlet Asin is the female brand ambassador.
Source: Bollywood Trade News Network
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Aishwarya, Abhishek speak cautiously about their relationship!
Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan have kept their fans guessing whether the relationship between them is just friendship or something more.
Trust Aishwarya to be tightlipped and Abhishek to be diplomatic when answering the questions regarding their relationship. In a recent TV interview, the two spoke about each other, but in very cautiously chosen words.
Ash said she and Abhi have grown to be 'very good friends' who are 'very comfortable working with each other'. Ash added that she shares 'a wonderful camaraderie' with Abhishek.
Abhishek, on the other hand, called Ash 'a very close friend' with whom 'it is always a pleasure to work.'
He also took a jab at the media by insisting that the private lives of actors should be left to themselves and should not become grist for rumour mills.
Ash and Abhi will soon be seen in two movies : J P Dutta's 'Umrao Jaan' and Mani Ratnam's 'Guru'. They will also work together in Ram Gopal Varma's 'Sarkar 2'.
Source: ApunKaChoice
Trust Aishwarya to be tightlipped and Abhishek to be diplomatic when answering the questions regarding their relationship. In a recent TV interview, the two spoke about each other, but in very cautiously chosen words.
Ash said she and Abhi have grown to be 'very good friends' who are 'very comfortable working with each other'. Ash added that she shares 'a wonderful camaraderie' with Abhishek.
Abhishek, on the other hand, called Ash 'a very close friend' with whom 'it is always a pleasure to work.'
He also took a jab at the media by insisting that the private lives of actors should be left to themselves and should not become grist for rumour mills.
Ash and Abhi will soon be seen in two movies : J P Dutta's 'Umrao Jaan' and Mani Ratnam's 'Guru'. They will also work together in Ram Gopal Varma's 'Sarkar 2'.
Source: ApunKaChoice
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Abhishek promoting the upcoming films of his dad
In a classic case of a young boy turning into a matured individual, it is a heartening sight to see Abhishek Bachchan promoting one of the upcoming films of his dad.
Yes, you heard it right. Abhishek, who is all set to rule the last quarter of 2006 with 'Umrao Jaan', 'Dhoom - II' and 'Guru', is batting for 'Ganga', a 'bhojpuri' film starring Big B as a family patriach. He has been roped in to introduce the film and its male leads Ravi Kissen and Manoj Tiwari for the promos.
He can be seen on the music channels introducing the film in an interacting mood with the viewers while clips of 'Ganga' fill the gaps between his statements. The film is also special for Chota B since it marks the film making debut of Deepak Sawant, the makeup man of Big B.
Also starring Hema Malini and Nagma, 'Ganga' directed by Abhishek Chadda is touted as the biggest film coming out from Bhojpuri land!
Source: IndiaGlitz
Yes, you heard it right. Abhishek, who is all set to rule the last quarter of 2006 with 'Umrao Jaan', 'Dhoom - II' and 'Guru', is batting for 'Ganga', a 'bhojpuri' film starring Big B as a family patriach. He has been roped in to introduce the film and its male leads Ravi Kissen and Manoj Tiwari for the promos.
He can be seen on the music channels introducing the film in an interacting mood with the viewers while clips of 'Ganga' fill the gaps between his statements. The film is also special for Chota B since it marks the film making debut of Deepak Sawant, the makeup man of Big B.
Also starring Hema Malini and Nagma, 'Ganga' directed by Abhishek Chadda is touted as the biggest film coming out from Bhojpuri land!
Source: IndiaGlitz
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
“Abhishek Is Very Clued-in,” says Ash Jaan
“Abhishek is very clued-in,” said Aishwarya Rai at the Music Launch of her Big Ticket Period extravaganza ‘Umrao Jaan’ in a plush Mumbai hotel. It was after a long wait of eight months that Ash was coming before the Media Bazaar. Dressed in a creamy-white-golden saree, she looked svelte in that Dhoom physique and Nakshatra Diamond smile.
Abhishek’s absence was more than made up by his illustrious Dad Amitabh Bachchan who graced the occasion with élan. And as the ‘Kajra Re’ duo hugged warmly, the shutterbugs went in a dizzy….One more….They screamed….
So guys, if you are reading all this in a management school in Australia or UK and are a super Hindi filmi buff, then I can safely say…All this Jhakaas Nights happen only in Mumbai. The city rocks. In spite of every thing. Well, talking about the night of music and classical tastes, ‘Umrao Jaan’ is one of the most eagerly awaited films of the year. And considering it’s trying to match the sheen of Muzaffar Ali’s classic a good twenty five years ago, all eyes-n-ears are eager to dole out their bit of criticism-n-praise.
Lemme give you the dope on the who’s-who present that eventful night. Well, apart from AB Senior and Ash (They unconsciously competed with who gets more flashbulbs), there was loudmouthed director J P Dutta (Dude, chill a bit, why do you have to take yourself so seriously), his wife actress of yesteryears Bindiya Goswami, Shabana Azmi (Looking lovely in a peacock colour saree…But alas she just couldn’t handle the cameras hogging Ash while she was left with a stray limelight on her face in the grim night), Lyricist Javed Akhtar (Jovial as ever), Lata Mangeshkar (She preferred to keep quiet but her presence is terrific), volatile music composer Anu Malik (Must say, the guy is a paragon of positive energy), the managing director of T-Series Bhushan Kumar (Take my word, this success story is very humble…I literally bumped into him unconsciously…But he just smiled back without a trace of indignation) and dress designer Anna Singh (Her costumes are gorgeous but she seemed to be in a bad mood that day). One could also trace Divya Dutta, Puru Raj Kumar, Alka Yagnik and Parikshit Sahni other than a deluge of media force.
The promos of ‘Umrao Jaan’ were shown on a big screen while the set by Bijon Dasgupta specially created in the Hotel premises were Grand. Now, it would be improper to compare the two ‘Umrao Jaan’s’. For they represent two different generations and mindsets. As for the music of the film, when you compare it with the present lot, it’s most certainly original. The semi classical raag based songs soulfully sung by Alka Yagnik and Sonu Nigam do evoke curiosity and interest. It remains to be seen whether it manages to withstand the passage of time that the earlier version so successfully achieved.
‘Umrao Jaan’ may just steal the thunder from ‘Don’ and ‘Jaaneman’ due to the super chemistry between Ash and Aby Baby. It’s time to wait and watch.
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