Abhishek Bachchan Enters Guinness Book:

Actor Abhishek Bachchan had a tiring day on 22/02/09 Sunday, but one that has saw him make a world record. He has made a new record of maximum public appearances in different cities. Abhishek Bachchan's marathon seven-city promotional tour for the movie Delhi-6 kept the security staff busy in managing his fans and led to some moviegoers missing their films but the actor exuded confidence in getting his name listed in the record books.




As the actor rushed from one city to another in his attempt to get the feedback of audiences in different cinema halls, his fans were there all the time. In an interview, Abhishek told the reporters that "It is really exciting to get first hand response about your movie. The cinema halls were running packed wherever I went."His target cities were Ghaziabad, Noida, Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Chandigarh and Mumbai.

The actor reached a Noida cinema 10 minutes before schedule only to see a over 500-strong crowd gathering around the hall, literally threatening to disrupt the event. Though Bachchan had initially planned to interact with the audience, he had to rush out within 10 minutes.Many of the moviegoers were also caught in the crowd and missed their show as the tight security made their entry difficult.

The current record-holder in the category of the greatest number of public appearances by a film star at different cities in 12 hours promoting the same film is five by Jorgen Vogel and Daniel Brohl (Germany). They walked the red carpet, signed autographs and introduced the film Ein Freund von mir (Germany 2006) at cinemas in Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Dusseldorf and Cologne, Germany, on Oct 22, 2006. They were accompanied by the director of Ein Freund von mir Sebastian Schipper.

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.

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.

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.

Abhi will recite the poems written by Paa Amitabh

The megastar of Bollywood industry Big B will complete his 40th Filmy tour in the month September. On this very precious occassion his wife and film actress Jaya Bachchan, son and actor Abhishek Bachchan along with his daughter-in-law gorgeous and just stunning actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan are planning an event.





Abhishek Bachchan will recite the poems written by Amitabh Bachchan on the event. This program will be of its own style in which all the big personalities will be invited. The Star of the Millennium will be encrypted in the golden words.

Soon Amitabh Bachchan will be seen in a role of a mathematics professor in his forthcoming film Teen Patti and will also be seen in all new avtaar in the movie Paa where he'll be playing the son to Abhishek Bachchan. Abhishek Bachchan is starred opposite his beautiful wife Aishwarya in Mani Ratnam's upcoming movie Raavan.

Abhishek reveals his look in Paa

Amitabh Bachchan's new look in his upcoming flick Paa has already generated a lot of curiosity, even son Abhishek Bachchan has decided to go for a different look for his character in the film.

From the looks of it, Abhishek plays a politician in the film and has modeled his look on the lines of the famous young politicians Sachin Pilot
and Milind Deora. Abhishek Bachchan dressed in a crisp white kurta-pyjama and sporting a bespectacled look, looks like the quintessential politician.

While some feel that his look bears an uncanny resemblance to the Congress' Rahul Gandhi, Abhishek dismisses all rumours by saying that he has modeled his look and style on Sachin Pilot while his character is based on Milind Deora.

Besides the baap-beta jodi of Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan, Paa also stars Vidya Balan as the leading lady in the film.

Abhishek reveals his look in Paa

Amitabh Bachchan's new look in his upcoming flick Paa has already generated a lot of curiosity, even son Abhishek Bachchan has decided to go for a different look for his character in the film.

From the looks of it, Abhishek plays a politician in the film and has modeled his look on the lines of the famous young politicians Sachin Pilot
and Milind Deora. Abhishek Bachchan dressed in a crisp white kurta-pyjama and sporting a bespectacled look, looks like the quintessential politician.

While some feel that his look bears an uncanny resemblance to the Congress' Rahul Gandhi, Abhishek dismisses all rumours by saying that he has modeled his look and style on Sachin Pilot while his character is based on Milind Deora.

Besides the baap-beta jodi of Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan, Paa also stars Vidya Balan as the leading lady in the film.

Abhishek shoots for Jai Jawan

Abhishek Bachchan just got back from Singapore on last Wednesday. But the actor had to pack his bags and head out for the shooting of Mani Ratnam's Raavana, immediately.

Abhishek has been on the move for the last few months. After completing the Mumbai schedule of Pa in the first week of June, he flew straight to Macau for the IIFA Awards, where he performed to his hit tracks from Delhi 6 and Dostana. From Macau, the actor flew directly to London to complete all the crucial scenes of the climax of Pa.

After his return to Mumbai in June end, Abhishek and his close friend, cinematographer Sameer Arya flew to Kargil for four days to shoot for NDTV's show Jai Jawan.

Recent news confirmed, "Abhishek Bachchan shot with the soldiers at Kargil. It is a special shoot as Kargil War celebrates its 10th year. The episode will be telecast on Independence Day."

The show showcases at the fitness levels of the actors who have come on the show. Perhaps the most noteworthy of all the Jai Jawan episodes was Mahendra Singh Dhoni's time with the Rapid Action Force and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan scaling the Siachen Glacier.

Abhishek Bachchan's episode will be telecast on 15 August.

Abhi will wrap up Raavan shoot soon

Mani Ratnam is planning to shoot the climax of his mega film Raavan in his favourite Chalakudy forest locations from July 16.

The news doing rounds in the tinsel town is that the bollywood hot-shots who are doing this tri-lingual in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu mainly Abhishek Bachchan, Vikram and Aishwarya Rai have told the director that they have already given him over 100 days, and they cannot spare any further dates.

Mani and his friend-cum-colleague cameraman Santosh Sivan is planning to shoot the climax for the next 45 days in Chalakudy and Mysore forest areas. They have to shoot deep inside forest areas, for which permissions have to be granted by the respective state governments.

Added to that a few helicopter scenes inside forest areas have to be shot, for which special permission have to be obtained.

Let us hope that Mani is successful in his mission to complete Raavan, this time.

Ravan Film Caravans Seized

Abhishek Bachchan via last.fm

Two caravans used in the shooting of Mani Ratnam's multilingual movie 'Ravan', starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, in Ooty have been seized for having forged vehicle documents. The two caravans had the same registration number.

The vehicles were seized in Ooty, some 550 km southwest of here, have been valued at Rs.12 million. Both Abhishek and Aishwarya are said to have used the vehicles during the shooting.

Hence, the shooting of 'Ravan' has been shifted to another hill station, Hogenekkal (some 300 km southwest of here). The racket may be much bigger since all top stars use high-priced caravans.

Police teams have left for Mumbai and elsewhere in Tamil Nadu to look for other similar vehicles.

'Ravan' is being made in Hindi and Tamil. It also stars Tamil actors Vikram and Karthik. Since shooting began last year, minor problems have dogged the venture, including Ratnam being laid down with a mild heart problem, and cinematographer Manikandan handing over the work to
another celebrated cameraman Santosh Sivan.

Abhi-Aish at IIFA Awards 2009

The big Khans of Bollywood Aamir Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan and Saif Ali Khan are not attending this year's IIFA Awards function but Bollywood's power couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Bachchan have managed to heat up Macau.

Abhishek Bachchan and his wife Aishwarya have arrived Macau for the 10th edition of IIFA Awards. The couple looked happy and excited. Abhishek Bachchan even got hold of the video camera of one of the journalists and gestured to the onlooking fans.

Amitabh Bachchan is the brand ambassador of the IIFA Awards 2009. Actress Lara Dutta will host the awards ceremony along with Boman Irani and Riteish Deshmukh. Jackky Bhagnani, who is making Bollywood debut with Kal Kissne Dekha, is going to perform at the event. The event would be fantastic.

Abhi-Aish at IIFA Awards 2009

The big Khans of Bollywood Aamir Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan and Saif Ali Khan are not attending this year's IIFA Awards function but Bollywood's power couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Bachchan have managed to heat up Macau.

Abhishek Bachchan and his wife Aishwarya have arrived Macau for the 10th edition of IIFA Awards. The couple looked happy and excited. Abhishek Bachchan even got hold of the video camera of one of the journalists and gestured to the onlooking fans.

Amitabh Bachchan is the brand ambassador of the IIFA Awards 2009. Actress Lara Dutta will host the awards ceremony along with Boman Irani and Riteish Deshmukh. Jackky Bhagnani, who is making Bollywood debut with Kal Kissne Dekha, is going to perform at the event. The event would be fantastic.

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.