Much had been said about Deepika Padukone stealing away the show from the former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan with her traditional Indian look. Now, Ash has taken up the opportunity to silence her critics and she appeared in a true Indian flavour as the trailer of Mani Ratnam’s bilingual Raavan/Raavanan was screened to the media at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival. The event was attended by the lead stars of the movie, Vikram, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai who looked stunningly beautiful in her black saree.
Suhasini Mani Ratnam, the film’s co-producer and dialogue writer for the Tamil version, said that the film would help “Us understand the grey parts that all of us have in us…None of us is completely white or black”. She also praised A R Rahman for his work and said, “In fact, the music accentuated picture. Songs have a great role to play. They do take the plot forward.”
Ash was also there for the premiere of Oliver Stone’s latest flick, ‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps’, starring Hollywood big shots Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan, Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas and Susan Sarandon on Friday and she wore a stunning pink Gucci gown for the occasion.

Bollywood’s super couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai rocked together at the green carpet for Paa premiere. Aishwarya Rai wore a lacy black Sabyasachi saree and made her look sexy by sporting red lips.

Talking about Paa, Aishwarya said, “I hope people will enjoy the film. Paa is a simple story said beautifully. It’s about human relations and it’s perfect the he touched upon a subject that needs attention.”

The premiere of Amitabh Bachchan was a star studded affair. Amitabh Bachchan and his wife Jaya Bachchan looked really rocking together. Abhishek Bachchan and Vidya Balan who play Amitabh’s parents are also seen at the green carpet. Vidya is wearing a Sabyasachi saree.

Ajay Devgan and Kajol were spotted after a long time at the Paa premiere. Kajol wore a Manish Malhotra saree with a red velvet blouse.
Hrithik Roshan and Suzanne Khan also attended the premiere.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan walked the ramp in Delhi on the first day of December to endorse a Watch Brand. She was dressed in a White gown with Black trimmings with a tight fitting bodyline and a flowing lower portion.

She was looking ravishing and indeed it was as if her feeling of regret for not being able to walk the ramp for the Barbie Doll campaign was being satisfied here. The dress according to sources was a Barbie Doll one and it was all very evident from her face how happy she was to walk the ramp in it. At the event she even fulfilled her duty of being a perfect Daughter in law by speaking about the family production ‘Paa’.

She tried to explain to all present there that it was a simple film with simple ideas of showing the warm relationship between a fat her and a son who was effected with a disease called Pregoria. She said it was rather based on the human relationships and not on the disease itself.

The other celebrities who made it to Paa premiere are Ben Kingsley and his wife, Juhi Chawla, Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Ambani, Shamita Shetty, Dia Mirza,Ayesha Takia and many others.

It is learnt that since the time, Amitabh Bachchan had said that Vidya Balan reminded him of his favourite actress Waheeda Rehman, the actress just can’t stop blushing. The senior Bachchan had said in a recent interview that Vidya “has the grace and beauty of Waheeda Rehman”.

He had further added that Vidya’s Indianness reminded him of the star with whom he worked in his earlier films like Trishul, Kabhie Kabhie and Adalat. A pal of Vidya’s reveals to us that Vidya is extremely delighted by the superstar’s compliments.

“What more she could ask for. She is deeply humbled and at the same time dumbfounded.” The pal tells us. Vidya has stated in this regard. “It was very kind of him (Amitabh Bachchan) to say something like that. Waheedaji was known for her beauty and grace and being compared to her is like receiving a great award.
Amitji has been generous with his compliments. I’m speechless.”She further adds, “I got the opportunity to work with him and Abhishek and it has been a great experience. I sincerely wish I get more roles like this in the future.”

Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan are leaving no stone unturned to promote their upcoming films "Paa" and "3 Idiots" respectively - the two are meeting Sunday to discuss marketing gimmicks for both the films. "Paa" is releasing Dec 4, while "3 Idiots" hits the screens Dec 25.

"Aamir comes over Sunday at my initiative to discuss a few promotional points for our respective films. It is always a joy to meet him... We have always spent time together discussing various topics of common interest and yes films is one of them. Lets see how things go.

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Amitabh Bachchan is an incredible actor. His body of work proves it. The actor continues to surprise you to this date. Yes, we're talking about his new film PAA. It wouldn't be erroneous to state that PAA is the first film, after GHAJINI, which has aroused such reactions from all quarters - the industrywalas as well as the paying public. The veteran actor's look is being widely discussed [and praised] by one and all.

PAA has become a hot proposition overnight, soon after its very first promo was unveiled. The distributors are super-excited, the exhibitors are waiting to lay their hands on the film and the moviegoers are waiting with bated breath to watch the superstar transform into a kid.

Not many are aware that the production reins of PAA have been handled by Abhishek Bachchan himself. "It was a great learning experience," he tells me. Abhishek seems to have learnt the ropes pretty fast, since the first thing he did, before the film went on floors, was to keep the economics of PAA in check.

"Making an economically viable project is most important in today's times," Abhishek says. The film hasn't cost its makers a fancy amount, despite the presence of A-listers such as the Big B, Abhishek himself, Vidya Balan and Paresh Rawal. PAA is produced by AB Corp and Sunil Manchanda and directed by R. Balki.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is playing the role of a 12 year old progeric in his upcoming flick Paa and his inspiration for the role are his grand kids.

Amitabh says, “A lot of prosthetics went into making me look like a 12-year-old in ‘Paa’. I did try to watch kids and took a little bit of hints from my own kids’ childhood, but I took most from my grandchildren. They were quite an inspiration for me for ‘Paa’.”