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Farhan Akhtar’s director sister Zoya Akhtar has taken a leaf from the book of Farha Khan’s book, I guess, as she has roped in 20 Bollywood stars for her debut flick Luck By Chance, starring brother Farhan Akhtar.

The audience will get to see superstars, Aamir Khan, SRK, Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Ranbir Kapoor, Akshaye Khanna, Kareena Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, Dia Mirza, Vivek Oberoi, Boman Irani and many others,

The stars did not charge a single penny from Zoya.

Amitabh Bachchan expressed his feelings on his blog on daughter-in-law Aishwarya’s felicitation with the Padmashree Award.

“Aishwarya’s Padma decoration is the fifth in the family. My father received Padmabhushan, myself with (two) Padmashri and Padmabhushan and Jaya was receipient of Padmashri. Five Padma awardees in one family. God is generous and kind,” Bachchan wrote in his blog.

We hope Abhi gets the sixth one… sooner or later!

Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai had been totally cut off over the last few days thanks to Mani Ratnam’s shooting venue in the jungles of Kerala that rendered the couple totally inaccessible to the world.

Jaya Bachchan fell ill last week and this left the leading couple of Mani Ratnam’s film with no choice but to take a day off from shooting. When Abhishek left with Rakeysh Mehra to Dubai he was absolutely out of contact with dear wife Aishwarya and not only family every one in the industry could not access the couple who seem separated from the rest of the world.

Says Abhishek, “This wouldn’t have been possible if we weren’t for the fact that we wrapped up shooting at one location and we were moving to another location. So that gave me manoeuvring power.

It’s not so much the distance but the inaccessibility. Out there in the jungles me and Aishwarya were totally cut off from Mumbai and the rest of the world. That really had us worried about the family.”

Directors Sanjay Bansali and Vipul Shah got extremely frustrated because they wanted to lock Aishwarya’s dates before she commits to someone else.

“I’ve been trying to contact Aishwarya for weeks. She’s totally unreachable. I’m willing to fly down wherever she is. Now if she’s moving to Ooty she’d be more accessible,” says a desperate Vipul Shah.

For Aishwarya Rai, who turned 35 yesterday, life has never been more beautiful. She is happy and married, her career has reached a peak and she is keeping up there with new projects on hand.

Aishwarya is particularly excited for her forthcoming film with Abhishek by Mani Ratnam.

“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 turned 35 today, told an Indian newspaper.

“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.

Talking about her last film with Mani Ratnam opposite Abhishek Bachchan, she said, “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.”

Despite their busy schedules, Abhi and Ash find ample time to spend with each other.

“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.

Perhaps that was a pointer to – ehem ehem.. You know who!

Amitabh Bachchan is finally home after being discharged from Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital yesterday. As soon as he was in the comfort of his own home he got time to update his blog and write about his experiences.

Big B was really overwhelmed by the concern and well wishes of his fans as he wrote,

“Your love overwhelms me. Your concern for my well being humbles me. I owe so much to you.”
“My sincerest thanks to all who gave me strength to fight another medical battle. The fans and well wishers. The media friends who wrote in on my mobile. Friends who visited me at the hospital and those that wrote in. Strangers who I never met or know.”

He really lashed out at the media on his blog on how the literally harrassed him the night he was being taken to the hospital.

“There is a muted silence outside…No one says a word, except the media. They clamour and scream for that exclusive shot, invading the sanctity of the ambulance. They would never understand the sensitivity of the situation,” he wrote.

He added: “Media is an added hindrance to a smooth, quick emergent ride to Nanavati. If they had their way they would ideally want to be seated on the stretcher with me and have me answering questions – ‘What would be the celebrations for the birthday sir and will you be inviting Shah Rukh’. Insensitive. Callous.”

Talking about his plans now, he said he plans to rest and recuperate and give company to women at home who would be celebrating Karva Chauth.

Aishwarya did not even get time to heave a sigh of relief as her dad Krishna Raj got admitted to hospital as soon as dad-in-law Amitabh Bachchan got discharged.Krishna Raj Rai, who has been diagnosed with cancer, was admitted to hospital on Thursday after complaining of  restlessness.

Both Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai had visited Mr. Rai in hospital.

While the Bachchans boys bonded well at the premiere of Drona, the ladies of the family maintained distance. Jaya Bachchan is obviously not pleased with Shahrukh and she made it very obvious at a press conference of a lifestyle magazine ‘People’.

She was asked to comment on the Salman-Shahrukh brawl which was a result of Shahrukh making a nasty comment about Aishwarya Rai. She said that that she would have slapped Shahrukh if he had made any infamous statement about her respective and down-to-earth bahu in her presence.

Jaya said she will ask Shahrukh if he really remarked badly about Ash and if his answer is positive, she will slap him.

In that case Shahrukh, you know what to say to avoid the slap… Jokes apart… wonder if she really meant that!

Aishwarya Rai who was recently at the inauguration of a Longines store in New Delhi, was more than forthcoming talking about her hubby dearest Abhishek Bachchan. She was her usual chirpy self and could stop gushing about Abhi.Drona might not have got rave reviews but Ash is all praises for Abhi.

“I think he’s a wonderful actor. I’ve always admired his approach to his work. You have to admire all the actors (in Drona), I did. Abhishek played Drona realistically. I viewed the film through a child’s eyes. It has to be perceived as a fantasy adventure,” she said.

Ash maintains that Abhi is a mature actor who understands cinema well enough to make good career decisions.

He understands cinema so well that he is not afraid of taking risks. He stands by his family, friends all the time and because of this I identify a lot with him,” she gushed.

“I know him for a very long time now. Together we have grown from actors to colleagues to friends and now we share a very special bond. It is definitely a nice feeling,” she added.

Okay Ash… We know you are madly in love with him… but stop being so ‘politically correct’ always…

Drona has hit the theatres and whether or  not the film is drawing good crowds, only time will tell. Meanwhile we’ve got for you the the exclusive pictures of Drona’s star-studded premiere.

Check them out.

After King Akshay Kumar recording a song with Snoop Dog,  its Abhishek’s turn to sing alongside famous American rapper Wyclef Jean. And Jean is really floored by Abhishek Bachchan.

“Abhishek hypnotizes you with the way he talks, his tone has that automatic swagger in it; I wanted to put the whole synergy where we come from and where he comes from and put it on one record,” says Jean.

Jean also met Big B and he is impressed by him too. “I had a great conversation with Abhishek’s dad, he is like one of the sharpest men I’ve ever met in my life. So it was a great thing.”

He couldn’t meet Abhishek’s wife though, “I was supposed to meet her in California, because I was doing a show there, but our schedules conflicted. I’m still looking forward to meeting her.”

Wonder if he knew Abhishek’s dad is the biggest star of India.