Raavan: Definitely Abhishek’s Best Rating: 3.5 out of 5* Starring: Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Govinda, Ravi Kissen and introducing Vikram Director: Mani Ratnam Since the time of the announcement of Mani Ratnam’s Raavan, curiosity about how India’s most accomplished filmmaker manages to do a modern day adaptation of the mythological epic, Ramayan, has known [...]
Normally the Bachchans have a rigid rule about not mixing business with pleasure. But on Thursday morning, when Aishwarya Rai Bachchan landed in Mumbai from Paris, she broke the golden rule when she dropped in unannounced, to meet Abhishek at the Reliance Web World where he was doing out-of-town press interviews. Says a source, “Lately [...]
Three different wooden bridges for the same sequence had to be built for the climactic fight between Vikram and Abhishek Bachchan in Mani Ratnam’s Raavan. This monument of cinematic architecture between two mountains in a road-less stretch at Malshej Ghat was constructed by the famed production designer Samir Chanda and not by the distinguished bridge-architect [...]
Fierce competition is an everyday story in Bollywood; it is an essential to survive. But Deepika Padukone and Aishwarya have taken this age old saga to a whole new level i.e. global level, to Cannes. Recently it was learned that the beautiful Aishwarya Rai had captured the attention of acclaimed director Woody Allen, but then [...]
Raavan’s music which released last month in April is a sensational hit already. The music given by Oscar winning A R Rahman is beautiful as always. The lyrics by Gulzar, no need to say, make a way for themselves straight to your heart! No doubt the music of this much awaited flick is creating such [...]
Akshay and Aishwarya are thrilled. They’ll get to enact songs featuring their mother-in-law Dimple and father-in-law Amitabh, respectively. But composer Pritam Chakraborty is in a bit of a jam. Vipul Shah has decided at the last minute to re-record an entire complicated track for Action Replay for a retro-song to be filmed on Aishwarya Rai [...]
Abhishek Bachchan’s first major hit was Mani Ratnam’s Yuva. He then did Guru opposite wife Aishwarya. The trio will now come together in the upcoming Raavan. The film has generated a lot of interest, especially as Abhishek will Raavan to Ash’s Sita. Aishwarya will also do the Tamil version Raavanan, but minus Abhishek. Raavan will [...]
We have had South stars doing Bollywood films and vice versa. Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is reportedly planning to do a couple of Tollywood films. The stunner is no stranger to Tamil having debuted in Mani Ratnam’s Iruvar in 1997. She was raw debutant then. Today she is the sophisticated star and one of [...]
The music of Mani Ratnam’s film, Raavan, was launched on Saturday night amidst much fanfare and performances by the film’s lead actor Abhishek Bachchan and music director AR Rahman. Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan, the lead actress of the film, was the highlight of the event as she was the host to introduce the film, draped in a [...]
