Award studded affair

2010 ended for actress Aishwarya Rai with four releases including Raavan, Robot or Endhiran, Action Replayy and Guzaarish. The reviews for her performances from critics have been good, openly clarifying that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been able to create and give a new life to each character she has portrayed till date.


The cherry on the cake has been those various awards bestowed on her for these films. Aishwarya started the season of awards with a bang as she was awarded Actress Of The Decade at the Big Star Entertainment Awards. At the Apsara Awards Producers Guild Awards 2011, she was conferred with the PRESIDENTS HONOUR for the cinematic excellence of her work as the leading actress in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Guzaarish opposite Hrithik Roshan. She also bagged the Best Actress-Critic's Category at the Zee Cine Awards organized at Singapore and after that she was honoured with an award for the Best Actress-Drama Category for her role in Guzaarish at the Stardust Awards.

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Ranbir turns Aish

When actors Imran Khan and Ranbir Kapoor get together to show their talents, expect a big blast for the evening. The duo entertained the audiences at the Filmfare Awards in Mumbai on Saturday night by acting like a few popular acts of the year, but nothing could beat their parody of Ethan and Sophia, played by Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai, from the flick Guzaarish directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.


Imran Khan was dressed up as the magician ‘Ethan’ and Ranbir was asked to play the nurse Sophia. They together made everyone laugh with their act….

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Aish nominated as the Best actress category

For the last few years, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been getting pipped at the post by the likes of Vidya Balan or Priyanka Chopra. But this year, Aishwarya Rai’s cosmological performance as a nurse looking after a death-seeking quadriplegic in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s movie Guzaarish, has won many a heart, though the flick may have failed at the box office.


Other noticeable performances came from Vidya Balan in Ishqiya, Kajol in My Name Is Khan and Katrina Kaif in Rajneeti. The most surprising thing is that the audiences voted 10,867 votes, out of which an overwhelming majority i.e., 77 percent voted for Aishwarya Rai.

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Aishwarya’s smoking scene was essential

The co-producer of recent Bollywood release Guzaarish has justified the controversial promotional posters of the movie that showcased Aishwarya Rai Bachchan smoking a cigarette as it was a requirement of the script.


A letter issued by UTV Software Communications Private Limited to the National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE), a tobacco vigilante organisation headquartered in Goa, has manetioned that Aishwarya's smoking act on the posters was necessary. A spokesperson of UTV Software communications limited has said in a letter to an anti-tobacco organization, that te scene in which the character, played by Aishwarya Rai, is shown smoking was merely a creative requirement for the script.

It has been clarified that neiher does Guzaarssh is based on smoking in any manner whatsoever. In the past made actors Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan and Vivek Oberoi among Bollywood biggies either shell out fines to the court for directly or indirectly promoting tobacco on the screen and off it. Guzaarsih also starred Hrithik Roshan.

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Aish the caring bua

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has decided to stay at home for two months and help her bhabhi Srima with her baby boy, who was born on November 26, 2010. The actress will avoid most public appearances in the next couple of months, as she wants to spend as much time as possible at home only.


Aish will only attend those she had earlier committed to. According to a source, "Post-Guzaarish, she missed the promotions so she could be with her sister-in-law. Everyone is very excited about the baby. The actress had already warned all her producers, organisers and media manager about the situation. Now she’s all set to play the caring bua to the baby in real life now. After the gap of two months. Aishwarya Rai will finalise her next batch of films with Vishal Bhardwaj, Shyam Benegal and Madhur Bhandarkar.

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Aishwarya smoking sets anger

Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who will be seen smoking in her forthcoming release Guzaarish, has set the anti-tobacco lobby aflame with anger. Dr. Shekhar Salkar, general secretary of the National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) said that the display of the posters showing Aishwarya Rai smoking have raised question of worries in the minds.


The group has written to the actress as well, and asked her to withdraw posters of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's latest movie Guzarish, showing her smoking a cigarette. Shekhar Salkar said many film stars, who confess about their hatred to smoking in private, routinely smoke on screen, taking shelter in phrases like 'freedom of expression'. . The group had also complained against Ajay Devgn, who was photographed smoking while shooting in Goa for Golmaal 3.

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Aishwarya is a wonderful dancer says Longinus Fernandes

Indian choreographer Longinus Fernandes made stars dance to his amazing tunes in Slumdog Millionaire and he also directed a sequence in Hollywood movietitled Eat, Pray Love, but this time it’s Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai who bowled the choreographer over with her dream like dance steps.. Longinus Fernandes has choreographed the song Udi udi in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming film Guzaarish.

The choreographer has all praises for the actress, as he states that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a wonderful dancer and it didn’t take her long to learn the steps but at the same time it did take her some time to perfect it and to get into the mood of the character. Longinus further told that Sanjay Leela Bhansali wanted to make the song totally different and unique. The choreographer asked him if they can add a little bit of Spanish touch to the song and give it a earthy feel too.

The filmmaker liked the thought, so it was decided that the whole dance will have a rustic look to make the song more natural. Longinus Fernandes , who won a Filmfare Award for best choreography for the song "Pappu can't dance sala..." in Imran Khan starrer flick Jaane tu Ya Jaane Na, had assisted Farah Khan for a couple of years. Also starring Bollywood hunk Hrithik Roshan as paraplegic patient, the movie is scheduled to hit screens on November 19, 2010.

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Aish is a sharp actress says Sanjay

Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who has made a third film with his favourite actress Aishwarya Rai, said that she is not just beautiful but has a very sharp mind too. Sanjay gave Aishwarya’s career great encouragement when he presented her as Nandini in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.

Then with the success of Devdas, Aishwarya was presented as Parvati, the duo celebrated the magic of their creativity once again. Now with the upcoming release Guzaarish, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will be playing the character of a nurse named Sofia. Guzaarish, going to be released on November 19, also has Hrithik Roshan portraying the role of a magician who becomes a paraplegic when a magic trick goes wrong. Sanjay Leela Bhansali has made successful movies like Khamoshi, Devdas, Black.

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Love is in the air for Hrithik-Aish

The flawless, suave actress who has spelled her charm all around Bollywood Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and the talented actor Hrithik Roshan have proved that they share a great on-screen chemistry. It has been learnt that Sanjay Leela Bansali's latest flick 'Guzaarish' which is salted for release on November 19, is likely to showcase romance between the two outstanding celebrities.


In the film, Hrithik Roshan is showcased as a wheelchair-bound paraplegic magician. Whereas, on the other hand Aishwarya Rai enacts the character of a married nurse who takes care of Hrithik. And as the time passes on, the bond between the two grows stronger and stronger and both the couple fall in love with each other immensely. It has been reported that the film would also offer a very romantic scene between Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's way of flaunting the visual splendour in his movies and cinematographer Ravi. K. Chandran's awesome job with the camera promises to be a visual treat. Sanjay Leela Bhansali also debuts as a music director as he has also scored the music for the flick. This will be Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan's third film together after Dhoom 2 and Jodha Akbar. So guys, you don't have to wait much to let the magic spell on you!!!!

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Aish SLB's muse

The renowned flawless filmmaker sanjay Leela Bhansali is back again with his next project titled Guzaarish. And at the same time SLB(Sanjay Leela Bhansali) has once again teamed up with the outstanding Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai and said that she is his muse. Sanjay Leela Bhansali described Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as a timeless actress of Bollywood.



In an interview, the filmmaker mentioned that Aishwarya is his muse, and he gets terribly excited when he make a film with her because the actress is very, very special for him. This is Sanjay's third movie with Aishwarya after Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam that was released in 1999 and the 2002 flick Devdaas.

The director also praised actor Hrithik Roshan by stating that he have never enjoyed working with any other actor as much as he have enjoyed working with Hrithik Roshan.. Hrithik will be seen as a magician in the movie, while Aishwarya Rai plays a nurse who is separated from her husband. The film will reportedly touch the issue of controversial mercy killings.

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