Three A's makes a new film

Some years ago Raj Kumar Santoshi made a film called Khakee, it was really a good thriller. It had four aces in the form of Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai. So we can say that four aces were part of that venture.




Now, again 3 A’s or aces are coming together in a new film which is untitled. This film has Asin with Abhishek Bachchan and Aushutosh Gowarikar is directing it. If the films title starts with alphabet A then it is will be a four cornered A.

Will Aushutosh name his film with A, let us wait and watch!

Paa emotional journey for Abhishek

Shooting for the bollywood film Paa has been quite an emotional journey for Abhishek Bachchan not because he played dad to his own father Amitabh Bachchan on screen.



Abhishek Bachchan shot in Cambridge for the film where his grandfather Dr Harivansh Rai Bachchan had studied his PhD many years ago. And Abhishek Bachchan had always wanted to visit the place, walk the same streets where his grandfather had studied. It had always been his dream to visit this place. Abhishek Bachchan is all set to come with wife Aishwarya Rai in Raavan.

Abhishek and Ashutosh team up

Abhishek Bachchan has teamed up with director Ashutosh Gowariker's new flick, titled ‘Khelein Hum Ji Jaan Sey’.

The film is reportedly a period film and is based on the Chittgong uprising, will the lead Abhishek will play the character of Surjya Das.



The director is no stranger to period flicks, he has, after all directed Lagaan and Jodha Akbar in the past. Apart from Abhishek Bachchan, the rest of the supporting cast will be made up of relatively unknowns or newcomers as Gowariker plans to introduce some new talent to Bollywood.

And contrary to earlier beliefs, Aishwarya Rai will not be part of ‘Khelein Hum Ji Jaan Sey’.

The curiously titled ‘Khelein Hum Ji Jaan Sey’ will chart the events in Chittagong between 1900 and 1950, when revolutionaries and opposition movements grew during this time. Abhishek Bachchan plays Surya Sen, the chief architect of anti-British freedom movement in Chittagong.

We wish Ashu all the best for his upcoming film, WHAT'S YOUR RASHEE (releasing September 25) and looking forward to his first time teaming up with Abhishek Bachchan.

Bas Itna Sa Khwaib Hai- Abhishek Bachchan Film

ABHISHEK BACHCHAN, RANI MUKHERJEE, JACKIE SHROFF, SUSHMITA SEN starring film Bas Itna Sa Khwaib Hai as the name suggests, is the story of dreams and aspirations. Suraj Shrivastava (Abhishek
Bachchan), is an ambitious young lad who has big dreams in life.




Naved Ali (Jackie Shroff), a media baron, is the ideal guru for any young aspiring man. Suraj is in awe of Naved and considers him as his ideal.

Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai traces Suraj's journey towards his ultimate goal and the dreams and desires of this boy, that change along the way. They change every time he achieves one goal and finds that it is not pacifying him till the time he decides that, "All I want is everything" In his pursuit of everything, he finds love in Pooja (Rani Mukherjee), understanding in Lara (Sushmita Sen), and a driving force in Naved Ali.

But somewhere along the way, he decides that everything is not truly what he wants, it is in fact the little things that he once had, that gave him the happiness and now he desperately seeks them. So he sets out to make things right once again.

Watch "Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai", to find out that whether he regains his lost happiness or not.

Abhi with wife on Oprah

The power couple of Indian film industry viz. Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachachan always finds a way of being in the limelight. The big news doing the rounds is that both Bachchan Jr. and Ash has been invited by none other than Oprah Winfrey on her show.



It is learnt that both had flown to the US recently to shoot for an episode on Oprah.

She has been there before back in 2007. This is not for the first time that Ash has been invited for the show. However, this time she would be accompanied by her hubby Ahhishek Bachchan.The two will share views on family values and about their life after marriage.

Notably, several big film personalities have opened their hearts out like Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman etc on Oprah Winfrey's show. So don’t miss the exciting moments.Certainly, we will not.

Nayantara refuses to play Shoorpankha in Raavan

Nayantara is in no mood of becoming Abhishek Bachchan's sister. Mani Ratnam had approached Nayantara to play Shoorpankha’s character in his Abhishek nad Aishwarya starrer film Raavan but Nayantara refused for the role as she said that the role was not of her interest.



There is news all around that now when a half a movie has been shot the script had missed out the important character of Raavan's sister Shoorpankha. Mani has now approached National Award winning actress Priyamani to play the role and she has given her nod.

Raavan is a modern day adaptation of the epic Ramayana. Tamil superstar Vikram will be playing Ram with Aishwarya Bachchan playing the role of Sita. Abhishek Bachchan will be palying the character of Raavan who kidnaps Sita. The movie which is also being made in Tamil is expected to hit the theatres in January 2010.

Abhishek Bachchan will be paired with Vidya Balan in his upcoming flick Pa where he'll be playing father to Amitabh Bachchan. Abhishek, a former LG Electronics' brand ambassador, now represents Motorola and Samsung phones in India.

Raavan in last shoot schedule now

On August 27, Mani Ratnam's epic film shall enter into its last shooting stint. The bilingual drama shot simultaneously in Hindi and Tamil with music by A.R. Rahman, the Hindi version of Raavan stars Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Vikram, Govinda and Nikhil Dwivedi.




This will happen in a place near Mahabaleshwar which would last for 40 days. Every scene is shot twice with a change in actors taking place as well. You have to factor this as well before jumping to conclusions around the film being over shot.

Total shooting days for the film would read 110-115 days. For a movie of this scale, budget, canvas and subject, it is but natural to have an extended shooting schedule. Moreover, there is a lot of outdoors required in the film as well that includes rock climbing and some rough terrain.

Since this is the last shooting schedule for the film, Raavan would get into post production soon after the wrap is announced in early October. The entire post production is going to be an intense exercise as well.

The film is expected for an April/May 2010 release.

LOC Kargil - Abhishek's "Dil Maange More" film

LOC Kargil is a 2003 Bollywood war film based on the Kargil War fought on Indian battle-ground in 1999. It was directed and written by war-film specialist film-maker J. P. Dutta. The film starred a large number of Bollywood stars. LOC KARGIL is the story of Indian soldiers fighting in Kargil and being remembered by their family.




In the film, there was a huge star cast each with a touching story of his. Yet, the character displayed by Abhishek Bachchan of Vikram Batra , a daredevil soldier who won Param Vir Chakra for his bravery was among the best. His dialogue Dil Maange More became very famous.

Manoj Pandey (played by Ajay Devgan), a poet by nature laid his live and was served with Param Vir Chakra too. The toughest of all the soldiers was Lt. Balwant Singh (played by Akshaye Khanna) awarded the Mahaveer Chakra. Major Deepak Rampal (played by Sanjay Kapoor) was on leave when the call for war came. He was the backbone of the unit, awarded VIR CHAKRA. Lt. Col. Y. K. Joshi (played by Sanjay Dutt), a daredevil soldier was too awarded VIR CHAKRA. Captain Anuj Nayyar (played by Saif Ali Khan) for whom death was just another game lived his life and was awarded with Mahaveer Chakra.

Abhishek Stands Out in IIFA 2009

Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan gave an emotional speech while collecting his trophy for Best Performance in a Comic Role at the IIFA awards here today.

No other actor in any Bollywood awards history till date has managed this honour. The nominations for Abhishek for IIFA 2009 were in the following categories - Best Actor in a Leading Role Male for Dostana, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Male for Sarkar Raj, Best Actor in a Comic Role Male for Dostana and Star of the decade Male.

The 33-year-old star won the award for his performance in the gay comedy 'Dostana' beating off competition from Anil Kapoor (Race), Rajpal Yadav (Bhoothnath) Shreyas Talpade (Welcome To Sajjanpur), Tejpal Singh (Jodhaa Akbar) and Tushar Kapoor (Golmaal Returns).

Abhishek was teary eyed as he gave his acceptance speech thanking his father, superstar Amitabh Bachchan for his support and love.
Abhishek dedicated the award to father Amitabh and said that he drew inspiration from his act in the film 'Amar Akbar Anthony'.

Big B and beta Abhishek shoot in Delhi

The father-son duo has been shooting their film Pa in Delhi. Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan are in the capital, braving the summer heat since the last few days and shooting director Balki’s film ‘Pa’ in which, quite surprisingly, Amitabh plays Abhishek’s son.
Amitabh Bachchan's character in the film suffers from a condition in which he ages at a faster pace and thus looks much older than his actual age and even older than his father (Abhishek).

Both bollywood actors, along with Vidya Balan , earlier shot a couple of scenes at Rajpath. The scenes had Big B sporting a bald look which was zealously guarded by the film’s crew from the cameras of the onlookers.

The crew also shot in Metro train. They had got prior permission to shoot at the stations and inside the train. Several shots were canned at the Tagore Garden station on the CP-Dwarka route. However, some of the commuters had to wait at the Dwarka Sector 9 Metro station because they were kept out of bounds due to the shoot.

Role Reversal

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Abhishek Bachchan is set to play Amitabh’s father in R. Balki’s forthcoming film “Pa”. This role reversal is indeed the USP of the film apart from Big B’s look in the film which is a huge secret and from what we hear, he takes about five hours to do his make-up.

The entire project is being shot in secrecy and no one from outside the unit is allowed in. People from the set are also not permitted to speak about the film to the media.

Our sources tell us that in “Pa” Amitabh plays the alienated and slightly retarded son of Abhishek. His look has been designed by make-up men specially flown in from London.

This is not for the first time that the father-son is playing likewise on-screen. They have shared screen as father and son in Sarkar series.

This is something to wait for... so wait and watch!!!