For Ash it's all in the family!!!

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is back from promotion tour of Pink Panther 2 and is now busy with her forthcoming ventures. The lady was on a Hollywood trip of some 15 days. She has now decided to widen her genres. Reportedly, Ash would playback sing for an entire song in her forthcoming film Ravana with hubby- Abhishek .

Down the memory lane, the blue-eyed lady had exercised her vocal chords eight years back with Shah Rukh Khan in Josh. The song 'Apun bola...' had made big waves at that time and also had bagged appreciation for the playback. So will the actress be able to recreate the same magic? Let's wait and watch!

Smiling through the recession that has affected Bollywood in a major way, Ash is one actress who is smiling her way through. She has recently charged Rs six crore for Enthiram, where she has been cast opposite Rajinikanth.

Age cannot wither Ash, who is 35, is still on the top of most polls listing the most beautiful or the sexiest women in the world, steadily leaving behind veterans of such lists like Angelina Jolie, Scarlett Johansson etc.


Though Abhi-Ash didn't really have a hit together, Ash's first director, Mani Ratnam, signed them together for his comeback to Bollywood film, Guru. The two also appeared together (and with dad Big B) in Ram Gopal Verma's Sarkar Raj and are getting ready for Mani Ratnam's next, Raavana, the shooting for which was delayed because of Big B's illness, but is now back on track.If Talisman materializes, it will go the floor in December.

Aishwarya has also signed up Excel Entertainment's untitled thriller to be directed by Abhinay Deo, who is currently busy shooting his directorial debut Delhi Belly. For the film, Aishwarya will once again team up with hubby Abhishek.

Is it not true...for Ash... it's all in the family and she has made all proud too!!!

Aishwarya to play Jhansi Ki Rani in Ketan Mehta's film

Soon after Sushmita Sen's directorial debut based on Rani Laxmibai was shelved, Ketan Mehta wasted no time in grabbing the opportunity to revive his magnum opus based on the same subject. Incidentally, Ketan had aborted his project after he got to know that Sushmita was making a film on similar lines. Aishwarya Rai might play the title role in Ketan’s film.He is now working on the film and is also in talks with Aishwarya Rai to play the title role.” Ketan said, “Such things are common in the film industry. At times, films are shelved or put on hold for various reasons.” When asked if the project will have Aishwarya Rai playing the warrior queen, Ketan said, “I will comment on that after a few days.”



Ketan had started work on the period film, which is based on the life and times of the famous Hindu warrior queen of Jhansi, Rani Laxmibai.

During the scripting and pre-production stage, Ketan had signed Aishwarya Rai to play the lead role. In fact, Aishwarya was all set to undergo training in horse-riding, sword fighting etc to prepare for the role.


Sushmita Sen’s loss is Ketan Mehta’s gain...even Ash's gain!!!