Welcome home Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai finally returned home with her little baby girl, accompanied by her pa-in-law Amitabh Bachchan, hubby Abhishek Bachchan and her parents, yesterday.

Welcome home Aishwarya Rai

In the picture, the baby, though snapped from a distance, can be seen, carried protectively in his arms by Big B.

Abhishke Bachchan writes on Twitter, “Brought the girls home today. I hope beti B realizes the joy she has brought with her. The house is bursting with pink and proud grandparents.”

Finally, Aishwarya Rai’s delivery: YES.
Aishwarya Rai’s arrival at Jalsa, with Beti B: YES.
Naming ceremony of Beti B: Yet to happen.

Stay tuned!

Welcome home Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Bollywood star, has baby girl

Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has given birth to a baby girl, husband actor Abhishek Bachchan has tweeted.

Father-in-law Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan also tweeted: “I am Dada (grandfather) to the cutest baby girl”.

Aishwarya was admitted to the Seven Hills Hospital in the Indian city of Mumbai early Tuesday morning. This is her first child.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Bollywood star, has baby girl

There has been tremendous interest in Aishwarya’s pregnancy from the media and her fans.

“It’s a girl!,” Abhishek wrote on the micro-blogging site at 0952 local time (0422 GMT).

Amitabh Bachchan said he was “ecstatic” to be a grandfather and thanked all those who sent out congratulatory messages.

Aishwarya’s pregnancy had been keenly watched since June when Amitabh Bachchan announced the pregnancy of his daughter-in-law.

“News news news!! I am going to become a grandfather. Aishwarya expecting. So happy and thrilled,” he had tweeted.

According to reports, bookies had bet 1.5 billion rupees (around $30m) on whether Aishwarya would deliver on 11 November or not.

The Bachchans are known as the “first family” of Bollywood and have millions of fans following their every move.

Often called the “queen of Bollywood”, Aishwarya, 37, married Abhishek in 2007, forging the ultimate Bollywood dynasty.

She first charmed the nation at just 21, winning Miss World in 1994. She has acted in several Hollywood films too.

She was the first Indian actress to sit on the Cannes jury in 2003. She has also appeared on the cover of Time magazine as the global face of Indian cinema.

Because of her popularity in India and outside, she has long been the face of cosmetic giant Loreal and high-end Longines watches

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Bollywood star, has baby girl

Aishwarya admitted to Seven Hills hospital in Andheri

Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who is expecting her first child, has been admitted to a hospital here in suburban Andheri.

Aishwarya admitted to Seven Hills hospital in Andheri

She was admitted to the Seven Hills Hospital in Andheri late on Monday night, spokesperson of the Bachchan family told the media.

However, it is not known yet when she is expected to deliver the baby.

Earlier, megastar and father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan tweeted, “A day of expectation….but another day! The lord has his way and they are most special….we wait!!.”

Last week, Aishwarya had visited the hospital for her regular check-up.
Aishwarya admitted to Seven Hills hospital in Andheri

Video: Pregnant Aishwarya Rai with family

Aishwarya Rai is indeed blessed with a loving husband, Abhishek Bachchan and a loving family. The actress who is eight months pregnant, celebrated Durga Pooja with her husband and mother in law Jaya Bachchan. The soon to be father Jr Bachchan has taken a two month break from his work, putting his upcoming projects on hold to take special care of his wife until her delivery. Her due-date sometime next month which is her month of birth as well. Everbody is eagerly waiting for the suspense to end. Are we going to greet a prince or a princess!!

Video: Pregnant Aishwarya Rai with family

In the video Aishwarya who is seated on a chair is seen with hubby Abhishek sitting right besides her with his mother Jaya Bachchan. She looks ravishing even with the baby bump. May god bless you with a healthy baby Ash-Abhi

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Video: Pregnant Aishwarya Rai with family

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan star studded Baby Shower

Jaya Bachchan held a baby shower for her pregnant daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on Tuesday 18th October at their residence in Mumbai.

Stars such as Bipasha Basu, Saira Banu, Twinkle Khanna, Sonali Bendre, Urmila Matondkar, Manyata Dutt, Asha Parekh and Karan Johar attended the baby shower, which in true Bollywood style featured singing and dancing. Fashion wise the stars opted for Indian attire with many stars opting for white and gold outfits.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who is expecting her first child in November, opted for an orange Indian outfit and had makeup artist Mickey Contractor on hand getting the star ready on the day. Guests reported that Aishwarya was glowing with a mother-to-be glow surrounding her.
Choreographer Saroj Khan, who also attended the event, told the media about the baby shower saying, “I have never seen so many celebrity women together. All the women went up to Aishwarya and blessed her. Jayaji received each guest personally and was very warm. Even her daughter, Shweta, gave personal attention to everyone. There were a lot of songs and celebration.”
Husband Abhishek Bachchan, who wore a white and gold embroided kurta, thanked fans for their good wishes to his wife on the special day tweeting, “Good morning everyone. Thank you so much for all the wishes for Aishwarya on her Godh Bharai’. Read out some of your messages to her.”
Amitabh Bachchan could not attend the event as he is currently shooting for his latest Hollywood movie in Australia, The Great Gatsby.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan star studded Baby Shower

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan star studded Baby Shower

Amitabh Bachchan & Rajnikanth are finally coming together again. Yes, you heard it right, the superstars will been seen together in upcoming multilingual film Raana.

If sources are to be believed, Amitabh Bachchan will be doing a cameo role in K.S Ravikumar directorial Rana. The actor will be seen in a few scenes in the second half of the film. But other details about his character has been kept under wraps.

Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth have acted in many Hindi films like Andha Kanoon, Giraftar, Hum etc. However, the movie also features Deepika Padukone, Vidya Balan and Rekha in the key roles.

Oscar award winner A.R Rahman will score the music, Ratnavelu will handle the camera and Charles Darby will be the technical director of the film. Rajini’s daughter Soundarya Rajinikanth is jointly producing the movie with Eros International.
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A ghost, an eccentric theatre actor or a flamboyant genie, Amitabh Bachchan has done quite a few over-the-top roles and not delivered big hits in four years. But for filmmakers, the megastar is still a phenomenon they can’t wait to sign on.

“I would love to cast him for all my films. I just hope that I keep getting ideas where I can fit him, ” said R. Balakrishnan, director of his forthcoming film “Paa”.

Relasing Dec 4, “Paa” features Amitabh as a progeria patient.

“Amitabh Bachchan has crossed that mark of a hit or a flop affecting him. He is a phenomenon. He is the first veteran where stories are written keeping him in mind. Whether or not a film works is besides the point. He is not competing with anyone here, ” trade analyst Taran Adarsh told over phone from Mumbai.

“Every director wants to work with him at least once in his career. They’ve grown up watching him on the big screen. He is an encyclopaedia on acting. He has a different range altogether. He is a superb actor…and we can’t deny that fact, no matter what the fate of a film, ” he said.

Some of the 67-year-old thespian’s films have turned out to be over-hyped in terms of both content and characters, with the recent one being “Aladin” that was declared a dud on the first day itself. Amitabh plays a flamboyant genie in the movie.

Even his special appearance in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s “Delhi-6″ early this year, as Abhishek Bachchan’s grandfather, could not save the film from sinking. But he still rules the desire list of filmmakers.

“He is in demand because he is Amitabh Bachchan. He is a cult (figure). He has worked very hard and given success after success earlier. After his comeback from a break a few years ago, he is now having fun with cinema, ” said film critic Omar Qureshi.

“And he can afford to do that even if it means doing a crazy character in ‘Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag’. He is doing roles that he finds interesting. If the film doesn’t work, that is not his fault.”

And cinema too has undergone a sea change with time.

“Take his characters in ‘Nishabd’ and ‘Aladin’. No one could dare do that earlier. He is just going with the flow. His performance cannot be doubted. He is too good as an actor, ” explained Qureshi.

While Amitabh featured in duds like “Family”, “Darna Zaroori Hai”, “Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna” and “Baabul” in 2006, a string of flops followed in 2007 too with “Eklavya: The Royal Guard”, “Nishabd”, “Jhoom Barabar Jhoom” and “Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag”. Two of his outings the same year – “Cheeni Kum” and “Shootout at Lokhandwala” – were critically acclaimed but were not money grossers.

Last year was again disappointing with commercial failures like “Bhoothnath”, “Sarkar Raj”, “God Tussi Great Ho” and “The Last Lear”.

But writer-turned-director Rumy Jafry has no regrets for the failure of his film “God Tussi Great Ho” because it starred the Big B.

“It’s a dream for every director to work with him. Despite his age, he still works as a student and is completely a director’s actor. Neither does he interfere in anything. Look at ‘Paa’ for instance. He sat for close to five hours just for the make up and that shows his patience, ” said Jafry, who cast the Big B as God Almighty in the movie.

Jafry can’t stop praising the veteran’s professionalism.

“The whole world knows that there is no bigger actor and star than Amitabh Bachchan. There is no star in the industry more disciplined than him. Even if he was 10 minutes late, he would make sure to inform, while there are actors who are over two hours late without any notice, ” Jafry told.

But Bachchan prefers to be modest and says he is just a character artist nowadays.

“May be in the early years, they (audiences) came to watch my films because I was in it. But now I am just one of the credit titles. I am not that important, ” Amitabh had told in a recent interview.

“I am a part of the crew and the cast. Even in my early years, I used to think that. I think the product itself is more important. It’s the film that is going to make you or your name or give you visibility. If that goes wrong then everything goes wrong. So one must work as a team so that the product works, ” he added.

The star is still on a signing spree and has four projects lined up – “Paa”, “Teen Patti”, “Rann” and “Johnny Mastana”.

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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who caught up with actors Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif on the sets of reality show “Bigg Boss 3″ recently, is all praises for the latter and says she is a “modern day marvel”.

“Katrina is a modern day marvel. From a non-Hindi speaking young shy and uncertain lady of ‘Boom’, she has grown and grown to become one of the most desired actresses in our fraternity, ” Amitabh posted on his blog bigb.bigadda.com.

While Amitabh hosts the reality show, Ranbir and Katrina had appeared to promote their film “Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani”, which released Friday.

“They (Ranbir and Katrina) were charming and involved and sweet. Ranbir as you all know is related to me. His cousin – Rishi Kapoor’s elder sister’s son is married to Shweta, my daughter.

“I wished them happiness and success, ” he said.

In the meanwhile, Amitabh is himself busy charting the marketing plans of his forthcoming movie “Paa”, being touted as his best work so far. He plays a 13-year-old suffering from progeria, a rare disease which causes premature ageing.

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Neeraj Pandey needs a cast of 26 actors and he finalized Abhishek Bachchan for the lead role of conman Mohan Singh. This is because the character hails from UP and so does Abhishek Bachchan. The rural look suits the rugged AB. Also, the character is in his mid-30s and AB falls in the same age bracket. Like the other Rohan Sippy film he is doing, this film will also require plenty of research and character study as Neeraj wants Abhishek to get into the skin of the character.

Abhishek agreed to do the film because he thought A Wednesday was a brilliant film and Neeraj is a very sharp director who will bring out the best in him.

Meanwhile, Neeraj has decided not to make a prequel to A Wednesday and do something different which is why he is making Special Chhabis, which is based on a true story of the 1987 Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri robbery case. A conman, Mohan Singh recruited 26 officers. They posed as income tax officers and raided the showroom and stole jewellery worth millions of rupees in broad daylight. The film will go on the floors in mid 2010 once Neeraj Pandey manages to cast 26 actors who are perfect for their roles. The film will be shot in Mumbai and will be a taut thriller.

Neeraj Pandey said, ‘I am not going to deny Abhishek’s presence but I will make an official announcement once I have my entire cast on board.’ Neeraj is also producing a film called 3 Large, 1 Small which is the story of man who reflects upon his life. He is looking for a director and cast for the film.

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After the success of Hera Pheri sequel, the trio Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Suneil Shetty are once again coming together for Hera Pheri 3. The movie will also have a fourth important character – Amitabh Bachchan.

A source reveals, “After the success of the sequels, they decided to add some more masala to the film. Director Anees Bazmee has scripted a very strong character which is the fourth character and of a lot of importance to the story.”

The source continues, “This third sequel will have more twists and turns and one had to play more with the characters. Mr. Bachchan is a wonderful actor and it was very long since one saw him in a comedy role. He will very beautifully essay the role.”

Director Anees Bazmee says, “We are still in the scripting stage. The script is being written keeping Amitabh Bachchan in mind. I still have to narrate the script to him. We both are keen on working with each other. Things yet have to be finalised.”

The movie will be produced by Firoz Nadiadwala and will be directed by Anees Bazmee. The movie will go on floors in March 2011 with Katrina in the lead. The movie will be called Hera Pheri 4.

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