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aishwarya-rai

Aishwarya Rai is known as the world’s most beautiful woman, but going by this rumor she would soon be known as the world’s most beautiful singer too.

Ash is all set to play a classical singer in Mani Ratnam’s next flick, Raavan. The film is based on Ramayana.

A source says, Aishwarya will be learning classical singing for this role. Ideally, she’d like to sing all her songs in Raavan, herself. She’s a very good singer in real life. But not good enough to sing classical songs on screen with aplomb. So, like Shabana Azmi in Morning Raga Aishwarya intends to take lessons in how to look convincing as a singer. She’ll be regularly taking lessons in classical singing from a guru.”

Aishwarya Rai is planning to watch sasu-ma’s Abhimaan to take some hints from her, “She wants to make sure she doesn’t goof up in the scenes in which she’ll be singing on screen,” adds the source.

The source further adds, “Ash was in any case planning to see Abhimaan again because Rajiv Menon is remaking Abhimaan with her and Abhishek in the lead role.Now, she’ll be observing her mother-in-law even more closely to take tips on how to look convincing as a singer.”

What do you guys think? Will Aishwarya Rai do justice to the role of a singer.

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Sonal Chauhan of Jannat fame is really crazy about the two Khans of the industry. Salman Khan and Aamir Khan.

And she has her own reasons as to why she likes them. She says,
“Salman Khan is the best looking man in the film industry. There’s something special about him. I love the rawness that he carries with himself.”

On the other hand she appreciates Aamir for the bundle of talent that he is,

“Aamir Khan is the most talented actor in the film industry. Coupled with hardwork and luck, Aamir has reached great heights. He is someone aspiring actors can look upto. He is also handled his career with perfect acumen.”

Fair Enough Sonal… but that I don’t think is gonna fetch you a good role in any of the Khan’s film.

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Riya Sen, who wasn’t otherwise quite professional with her work, has had a sudden fit of professionalism. Perhaps it has something to do with the big banners and directors she is working for.

She had been continuously shooting for Rituparno Ghosh’s Abohoman and a short film directed by students of Subhash Ghai’s film school. Hectic schedules took a toll over Riya’s health and she fell sick with 102 degree fever.

But she co-operated with the students because they had a limited budget and time constraints. She kept shooting despite her fever.

Now wouldn’t I call that a fit of professionalism. Of course I would!

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Lara Dutta, who is currently single after recently splitting from her boyfriend of nine-years Kelly Dorjee, has her eyes set on Dino Morea. The couple have been spotted visiting an art gallery and a cinema together recently along with a few other places. But Lara still doesn’t want to admit whats brewing between the two.

Says Lara, “I hang out with Dino, I’m not denying that. He lives two streets away and we go out together. But until I have a huge rock on my finger, I’m not married. I’ve come out of a really long relationship with Kelly Dorje and I’m not willing or ready to make any sort of commitment. I was in a committed live-in relationship with Kelly. Right now, I’m not looking for more of that. At the moment, I’m having fun because I’m young. Dino and I have known each other forever. We used to hang around in a group that also included Bipasha. However if a 10-carat rock is offered to me, we’ll see.”

Lol… Looks like the ex-Miss Universe has her priorities right in this matter.

Not only the positive currents of fame and appreciation are taking this petite babe to places also she literally went places with the ocean currents.

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During the shooting of Kidnap in Mauritius involved scenes where she was required to take a dip in the sea. During one such shot, so engrossed was Minissha in her mid-sea swim that she did not realize that the currents had pushed her far from where she was supposed to be.

The entire crew panicked as she wasn’t anywhere in the frame because with the underwater currents she was pushed about 2 kilometers away from the coastline and the water babe was blissfully unaware of the situation.

It took the crew of Kidnap a good ten minutes to finally spot the Minissha in the see before they finally sent speedboat to get her back her immediately!

Director Sanjay Gadhvi confirmed the news. “It was scary to say the least but all’s well that ends well!” he remarked.

Kidnap would be a grand Eid attraction as it is releasing on 1st Oct.

Amrita

Actresses only dream of working with a director like Shyam Benegal and Amrita has got lucky enough to bag a vital role in Benegal’s first comedy ever – Welcome To Sajjanpur.

I am super duper excited [laughs]. Being a part of a Shyam Benegal movie is a high point for me. He is somebody who is liked and revered by everyone in my community. In fact, not many people know that we belong to the same community and we speak the same language (Konkani). So, people like Girish Karnad, Ananth Nag and Shyam Benegal have always been looked up to.

Then, of course, I saw Zubeidaa when I was studying and it is one I still count among my favourite films. So when Shyamji called me for this role, I didn`t ask him any questions—I just said yes to the film. Because I so wanted to be on board under his direction.

“I play the character of Kamala in the film”, she explains. She is illiterate and cannot read or write. She plays a potter and it`s a very rustic, earthy, rural Indian character. Sajjanpur is her world, she cannot see beyond it because she has never ventured out,” says Amrita.

And Amrita has worked quite hard to get into the skin of her character. She dressed down as a simple village belle in ghagra cholis, her character had to look darker so she wore makeup that would make her look darker than she is, she also had to learn pottery because her character makes pottery for a living. And adding another feat to this long list is that Amrita along with other actors tried hard to learn the Bagelkhandi dialect of Hindi.

We hope this movie takes Amrita to new heights as an actress.

Aamir Khan eyes Oscars again as his directorial debut Taare Zameen Par will be India’s official entry for 81st Oscar Annual Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Film.

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Film Federation of India (FFI) head Suneel Darshan confirmed the news of Taare Zameen Par being chosen as India’s entry for Oscars over eight other contenders namely – Ashutosh Gowarikar’s Jodhaa Akbar, Farhan Akhtar’s Rock On, Subhash Ghai’s Black and White, Nishikant Kamat’s Mumbai Meri Jaan, Neeraj Pandey’s A Wednesday, Telugu film Ghanyam, Marathi films Tingya and Valu.

The theme and plot of Taare Zameen Par is likely to impress the jury of the Oscars for being a very universal theme yet being so Indian. What is more impressive is the handling of such a sensitive subject by Aamir Khan, who was just making his directorial debut.

We really hope this movie brings an Oscar home… In that case, Aamir Khan will officially become the crowned Badshaah of Bollywood with all the International recognition.

We wish Aamir all the Best!