Aishwarya Rai dazzles at Cannes opening

Agencies - May 14, 2009

Bollywood diva Aishwarya Rai Bachchan stood out amongst the bevy of international beauties at the opening of this year's Cannes Film Festival in her off shoulder white Roberto Cavalli gown. 

The 35-year-old actress attended the premiere of the inaugural film 'Up' at Palais De Festival in Cannes on Wednesday with the newly announced L'Oreal world spokesperson, Elizabeth Banks. The actress, who was accompanied by her actor husband Abhishek Bachchan, sashayed down the red carpet in the ruffled gown that accentuated her stunning figure. 

Aishwarya accessorised it with red peep toe heels, swarovski red box clutch, pearl drop earrings and chunky rings. The actress paired her designer gown with minimalistic makeup and her hair with auburn highlights, was elegantly styled in an updo. Her latest Cannes outings are a far cry from her first appearance at the French festival where she was criticised for her bad fashion choices. 

Aishwarya, who became the first Indian actress to become a part of prestigious Cannes jury in 2003, said, "As a jury member at Cannes I had the experience of enjoying cinema as it is irrespective of where it come from, who is the maker from which country which is similar to the diverse Indian cinema."

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Hrithik-Ash set to dazzle silver screen again

Agencies - May 12, 2009

Actors Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan are all set to dazzle the silver screen again with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's ‘Guzaarish’. 

The film, being co-produced by UTV, goes on floors in July. The high point is that Bhansali has turned music composer with ‘Guzaarish’, sources said. 

According to sources, Bhansali has completed four of the proposed eight tracks in the film. The two good looking actors have been earlier paired in ‘Dhoom 2’ and ‘Jodhaa Akbar’, both huge successes. 

Presently, Hrithik is busy with his home production ‘Kites’ and Aishwarya is shooting for Mani Ratnam's bilingual Hindi-Tamil film ‘Ravan’.

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Abhi-Ash halt at Bhopal to visit grandma, relatives

Agencies / May 09, 2009

Bollywood star couple Abhishek Bachchan and wife Aishwarya Rai left for Mumbai on Saturday after a brief halt in the lake city, where they paid a visit to the actor's grandmother Indira Bhaduri and other relatives. 

The couple landed in Bhopal on Friday evening at the Raja Bhoj airport and went straight to the house of Abhishek's grandma, Indira Bhaduri at Vaishali Nagar. They also called on uncle Rajiv Verma and aunt Rita Bhaduri and spent two-and-a-half hours with them before proceeding to Jehanuma Palace Hotel, where they stayed on Friday night. 

Both the actors did not talk to the media. However, they posed for the shutterbugs. Abhishek was wearing white Pathani suit while Aishwarya was clad in a traditional salwar-kurta.

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