Pairing with hubby dear excites Aishwarya

Aishwarya Rai is excited about teaming up with hubby Abhishek Bachchan for Mani Ratnam's next film but reluctant to reveal much about the movie.

"It's a really exciting thought for me and Abhishek to be coming together again with Mani Ratnam. All I can say about the film is that it goes into a completely different theme from 'Guru'," Aishwarya, who turns 35 Saturday, told IANS.

"You can't expect Mani sir to go into the same space twice. Working with him is an exciting thought for any actor. The way he connects to his actors is very clear in the films that he makes. He creates magic on screen," she added.

Aishwarya considers "Guru", in which she paired with Abhishek, a very precious experience.

"It has been a very precious experience on every level, and not just on a personal level. I'd say it was professionally very fulfilling."

The last couple of months have been very hectic for the actress.

"I had joined Abhishek in Jaipur where he was shooting for 'Dilli 6'. Then I was with him in Miami for 'Dostana'. I also packed in Cannes and Paris. Life is beautiful. It really is. You know, life is as special as you make it for yourself. Of course, you can't live your life in a bubble. There're people who want to rain on your parade. It's up to you how you protect your space," said Aishwarya who just finished the first lap of the world tour 'Unfogettable'.

She is also doing Shankar's "Robot" and has teamed up with Tamil superstar Rajnikant in the movie. It got delayed because the film's writer passed away in February this year, thereby pushing the project back by some months.

"After Sujatha sir's sad demise, the project got delayed slightly. People chose this tragedy as an occasion to spread all kinds of rumours when the fact is death slowed down 'Robot'. But we're back on track, though now we need to work on a tighter schedule."

Explaining why the film needs extra planning, she said: "'Robot' has loads of special effects. And the film will be using a lot of crew from overseas. All this needed re-scheduling."

"Robot" wouldn't be the first FX driven film in Aishwarya's career.

"There was 'Dhoom 2'. And right at the start of my career I did 'Jeans'. And that too had very complicated special effects. And I had to do it in Tamil. So I learned a lot during 'Jeans', as I hope to do during 'Robot'."

Clearing another misconception about "Robot", she said: "People seem to think it's in Tamil and Hindi. But it's only in Tamil."

Tell her she's now equipped to direct a film, and Aishwarya laughs. "Everyone says that. I don't know, maybe one day."
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Kareena Kapoor- The new brand ambassador of "PepsiCo"

Actress Kareena Kapoor has been appointed the new brand ambassador of soft drinks giant PepsiCo's snacks. She will be seen with boyfriend Saif Ali Khan, actress Juhi Chawla and cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni in a new ad campaign for the product.

"It is a privilege to be associated with the brand as it is a big hit among youngsters. I'm excited and looking forward to a long and fulfilling association with the brand," said Kareena in a press statement.

The new TV commercial will go on air in mid-November.

"Kareena's vibrant persona, pan-India appeal and her confident attitude makes her a great fit for our brands," said Deepika Warrier, PepsiCo's marketing director.

Apart from its carbonated and non-carbonated drinks, Pepsico is known for snacks range that includes Cheetos, Munchies and many more.
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Naseer as a chef

Playing the role of a chef has made the veteran actor Naseerudin Shah much more enlightened about the intricacies of cooking dishes.

It was a completely new experience for the actor as he is a person who till this time has not cared for making any kind of food except omelette.

Naseer plays the character of a very jolly minded cab driver who becomes a chef in the movie titled as '7 To The Palace'.

The film is directed by David Kaplan and tells the story centered on an Indian restaurant named as The Palace in Queens at New York.

Although for most of the time during the shooting, Naseerudin Shah just had to fake cooking, the two things the director wanted his central character to learn was to chop onions and garlics.

So Naseer before going to New York for the shooting sought the help of his friend Pushan Kripalani , a chef who runs a restaurant in Versova to learn how to do the tasks assigned by the director like a true professional

Madhur Jaffrey who is a very famous culinary expert and one who is considered as the queen of cookery appears with Naseer in a scene in '7 To Palace'.

Asif Mandvi who is the scrip writer also plays the role of a trainee cook in the movie.

The director David Kaplan is a big lover of all kinds of foods and likes everything related with it.

His last movie titled as 'Year Of The Fish' also had its main theme in cooking as it narrated the tale of a Chinese restaurant.
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Meera’s unpunctuality costs her 25 lakhs!

Looks like the petite Meera Jasmine’s acting career is as jinxed as her personal life. The talented actor’s career is on a downhill with her expulsion from the Malayalam film industry for her alleged breach of contract. Meanwhile, complaints of her displaying lack of interest in the committed projects are on the increase in Telugu and Tamil movies as well.

Recently, she was shown the door from the S Pictures production venture ‘Anandapurathu Veedu’. Director Naga alleged that she was a regular late-comer for the shoots and immediately dropped out of the movie when questioned. Production Manager Vimal has lodged a complaint against Meera at the Producers’ Council requesting the authorities to instruct her to return the compensation of 25 lakhs.

Meanwhile, Director Naga has roped in Caaya Singh to play the part opposite Nanda now and shoots are on.
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Yuvan Shankar Raja turns producer

He has started a new production company called Pink Stone. The film he produces is directed by S D Sabha. Siva, who starred in 'Chennai 600028,' is the hero of the film. The heroine, title and rest of the cast have not yet been finalized.
Speaking about his venture, Yuvan says, "I want to present some things in music, but situations does not make it possible. So I planned to make the film and make my wish come true through that. That's a main reason why I started this company."

One may recall that Yuvan and Selvaraghavan had stated a joint production company White Elephant but that fell apart. "The white elephant ran away into the forest," says Yuvan when asked about it. Yuvan does have a comic side to him!

Does he have any plan to direct and act in a film? "That could happen," says Yuvan.
Just because he has turned producer, would his music composing suffer? No. There's a team to take care of the production work, says Yuvan clearly
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Ramya: Life in the fast lane

Ramya, one of the most happening stars in Sandalwood, disclosed that she is scared of too much speed. She was speaking at the muhurat of her next film Ullasa where her hero is national and international motor race champion C. Vijayakumar. She revealed that she is apprehensive about shooting scenes where she needs to pillion ride with Vijayakumar.

Ullasa went to the floors at the Manyatha Embassy Park at Nagavara with Transport Minister R. Ashok flagging off and Shivaraj Kumar sounding the clapboard. The director of the film is Prakash. Suman, Sharat Lohitashva, Sharan, Avinash, Bullet Prakash, Anil, Appu Venkatesh are also in the cast. The film is being produced by P. Nagaraj and K. Ramesh under the banner of Nagaraj combines.

Termed as an action adventure, this film has several stunt sequences involving a

speeding train for which the director is yet to get permission from the Southern Railway officials. Speedster Vijayakumar is very confident that he can jump over a running train for the shoot. Now it seems Ramya will have a difficult time acting this scene in the film unless she opts for a dupe.
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entertainment.oneindia.in

Ileana signs three big movies

Recently it was rumoured in Tollywood that top notch and highly paid heroine Ileana is going to stop acting in telugu cinema and is going to concentrate in Bollywood. Putting a stop to all these rumours, Ileana signed three big movies.

Ileana signed these movies after returning from a long holiday. She went on a holiday after the release of Jalsa movie in which she was the main heroine.

The first movie will be directed by YVS Chowdary. It was YVS who introduced Ileana to Tollywood through Devadas film. She will be acting in her mentor’s movie after a gap of two years.

The second movie will be directed by Surendher Reddy and will have Ravi Teja in the lead role.

The third film will be by BVSN Prasad.

All the three movies will start their shooting in this year only