Deepa Mehta a director of International acclaim is busy with the promotional activity for the release of Water scheduled for the 9th of March.
She is busy preparing for her next project, which was earlier known as Komagata Naru and is now named Exclusive. She was very keen that Amitabh Bachchan, play the central role in the film. She is thrilled to have finally convinced him to act for her. Big B will be enacting the role of a nationalist who challenged the British in a unique and extraordinary way.
Deepa will be repeating John Abraham – he has worked with her in Water. The other stars are Seema Biswas, Kabir Bedi, and well-known British actor Terence Stamp.The movie is to be produced by David Hamilton and the music composer is A R Rahman. Javed Akthar will be the lyricist.
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A two-hour special show will celebrate Valentines Day for TV viewers. It promises to be a magical evening of romance, fun and laughter.
Three special couples have been invited to participate in the show.
Shahrukh makes an entry, amidst heart shaped balloons and to the background score of the “Main Hoon Na” title song. Day, mood by making them discuss the romance in their personal life and marriage. They dance to “Chaiyya Chaiyya”at the end of their segment.
The sister – brother duo, of Zoya Akhtar and Farhaan Akhtar, follows this sizzling couple. Under Shahrukh’s expert tutelage Zoya reveals some of Farhan’s secrets which leave him embarrassed and laughing helplessly.
The third couple on the hot seat is Farah Khan and Karan Johar. Both of them are good friends and good friends of Shahrukh too. They are entertaining with their infectious humour.
All three couples will donate their prize money to charities close to their heart.
Arbaaz and Malaika to St Anthony’s Home for the Aged.
Zoya and Farhaan Akhtar to Nivara Hakk Welfare.
Karan and Farah to The Bal Jeevan Trust.
At the end of the show they all dance to- Karle Karle Tu Ek Sawaal – Shahrukh’s new video album, sung by Ganesh Hegde.
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According to Amitabh Bachchan, there was no reason why his would be daughter-in-law would discontinue her film career.
He said there was no problem in her pursuing her career after marriage.
Tongue in cheek he also said that if her acting prowess proved to better than Abhishek’s than it was their problem not his.
He saw Shahrukh on “Kaun Banega Crorepati” and felt that Shahrukh had done a fine job in it.
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Shruti Singh a lawyer in the Patna High Court has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against Aishwarya Rai.
Aishwarya is a Manglik (Ruled by Mars) and this according to Hindu astrologers is not auspicious to her marriage to Abhishek Bachchan who is a non-Manglik. To overcome the negative effect of this, Aishwarya was married to a Peepal tree in Benaras and a Banana tree at a temple in Bangalore. Then she was married to an idol in a temple in Ayodhya.
According to Shruti such practices come under the Untouchability Act as in Article 17. It also violates fundamental rights. She says that the rituals performed by Aishwarya under the guidance and consent of the Bachchan family promotes superstition and blind faith among the common people
Shruti is a Woman’s Rights Activist. She has requested the court to issue a directive to stop the practice of Manglik girls first marrying a tree, an idol or an animal.
She demanded a public apology from the Bachchan family and also said that an FIR should be filed against Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan and Samajwadi Party leader, Amar Singh.
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An interesting article on this topic on:
http://www.blogbharti.com/krishnan/women/aishwarya-rai-and-feminism/
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The Legion d’honneur award was bestowed on the First Man of the Bombay film industry – Amitabh Bachchan.
Saturday evening saw the Capital’s glitterati present to witness the event at the French Embassy. The entire Bachchan clan, including Amar Singh was present. Aishwarya, their soon to be daughter in law was present with her parents. This was her first public appearance with the Bachchan family after her engagement to Abhishek Bachchan.
The French Ambassador, Dominique Girard conferred the award on him. The Legion d’honneur award is the highest French distinction. Napoleon Bonaparte created it in 1802. Among the Indians to receive this award were, filmmaker Satyajit Ray and Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar.
Ambassador Girard spoke eloquently about Amitabh’s achievements and summed up his journey from Saat Hindustani to Sholay. He added mention of his charisma in the television program Kaun Banega Crorepati.
He said that Amitabh is a unique symbol in India. He is an ideal husband, is the father of 2 wonderful children and the star of all times.
Amitabh Bachchan looked dignified in a ‘bandh gala’ black suit. He said, “ I am truly humbled, I consider the honour not a personal achievement, but a recognition of the manifold achievement of Indian cinema”. He also said that, “Our cinema has evolved in consonance with the nation’s progress. When National economy has made a leap forward so has cinema.” He said Indian cinema was like a woven tapestry – vivid and multi-hued.
“Penguins – A Love Story” was screened on the occasion. It was the first French film to be officially released. Amitabh Bachchan did the narration of the film. This is an Oscar winning documentary.
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Finally Bollywood’s hottest and most talked about pair are engaged. Though this was on the cards for sometime now – so it was not exactly a bombshell to anyone, the family was still surprised when Abhishek popped the question to Aishwariya after the international premiere of their movie Guru.
They were engaged in a quiet ceremony at Aishwariya’s residence “Le Mer”. Jaya Bachchan who was in Delhi flew to Bombay accompanied by family friend and well wisher – Samaj wadi Party Gen Secretary Mr. Amar Singh.
At Amitabh’s residence “Jalsa” they were joined by Anil Ambani and Tina Ambani and together they took the Shagun to Aishwarya’s residence. The ceremony took place between 8.30 and 9 pm. They both had their family’s blessings. This is obvious from the fact that they – Amitabh, Jaya, Abhishek, and Aishwarya along with Abhishek’s sister Shweta had offered prayers at the Kashi Vishwanath temple and the Sankatamochan temple about a month and a half back.
They have paired together in Dhai Akhsar Prem Ke, Kuch Na Kaho, Umrao Jaan and now Guru.
The wedding is set for the 19th of February. Teji Bachchan - Amitabh’s mother is critically ill so Amitabh hopes to have an early wedding.
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The Bachchan’s seem to be mired in quicksand, which may either pull them in or the veritable straw will be enough to see them bounce back to the top.
Firstly the debacle with the TV channel Star for “Kaun Banega Crorepati”. After the magical success of KBC, which had the highest TRP”s and Star was at the top. Amitabh also benefited greatly as the popularity and the money earned bailed him out of imminent bankruptcy.
KBC 2 was launched, but failed to scale the TRP’s of the first glorious season. With 20 episodes pending Amitabh fell seriously ill. Star was only too willing to wait for him to recuperate. As they had paid him for all the episodes well in advance, but on approaching Amitabh they were in for a shock. Big B wanted to forget about the Season 2 and start fresh with Season 3. When Star suggested that he should complete Season 2 first, Big B was mightily upset and asked them to look for another anchor. He fully expected them to come back to him.
It looked like Star accepted Big B’s decision with alacrity. They felt it was to their advantage as they felt the show needed a breath of fresh air if it had to be arrested from sliding downwards. They wasted no time in getting Shahrukh to sign on the dotted line. So instead of going back to Amitabh as he had expected, they unceremoniously dumped him, albeit at Amitabh’s instigation.
Some rumors also claimed that Big ‘B’ had asked them to take his son in his place.
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