Srinivas Padma: Personal Musings on Life, Growth, and Connections

Aishwarya Bachchan talks about life after marriage for the first time You took a major decision in your life some time back. Now tell us about your life, post-marriage. Yes, I took a very important step in life and I’m very, very glad about it. I feel blessed, I think it’s wonderful to be married to your best friend. There is immense love and respect. I have the most wonderful father-in-law and mother-in-law, who treat me like their daughter. And what kind of a husband is Abhishek? Arre, if I start on that, we’ll have to get onto an autobiography.... In short, I’m in a happy place. Now will you be doing more films with Abhishek? It’s a good thing if we get to work together. Time is precious and we actors always have hectic schedules. Abhishek and I have done many films together in the past and he has been a wonderful co-star. As a colleague , it was always fun to work with him. It will be great to work with my husband as we will get to spend more time with each other. There were many c...

The Bachchans are a religious lot as has been proven time and again. First it was the temple trail before the wedding and then the newlyweds - Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan - along with dad Amitabh Bachchan, mom Jaya Bachchan and close friend Anil Ambani were visiting the Tirupati temple seeking blessings of Lord Balaji. The two were flown to Tirupati in Anil Ambani's private jet , with the tycoon's wife and former actress, Tina Ambani in attendance. The newlyweds visited the temple on April 22, two days after their wedding. The VIP group spent nearly 20 minutes at the Ranganayaka Mandapam. Devotees at the Tirupati Balaji temple had to wait for almost one-and-a-half h ours before they got admission into the temple last Sunday as VIP treatment was given out to Bollywood's first family during their visit. Almost a kilometer of the walk was cordoned off for the Bachchans when the norm is to cordon off simply a few meters when the President or the Prime Minister are vi...

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma is a happy man, now that he has finally got Abhishek Bachchan to make an appearance in his film Ram Gopal Varma Ki Sholay. Abhishek was to play the role of Veeru, played by Dharmendra in the original, but unfortunately had to opt out of it. The immensely popular Mehbooba Mehbooba number rendered by R.D. Burman and filmed on Amjad Khan and Helen in the original, will now have Amitabh Bachchan, Urmila Matondkar and Abhishek dancing and crooning to it in Ramu’s venture. Choreographer-turned-singer Ganesh Hegde, who for the first time has also scored the music for this number, said, “When Abhishek heard my track of Mehbooba Mehbooba, he was impressed and told Ramu that he also wanted to be a part of the song along with Amitabh and Urmila. To have Amitabh and Abhishek on a song that I have scored music for, is like an honour for me. What more can I ask for?”

Abhishek Bachchan roped in to dance in RGV’s ‘Sholay’ Shubha Shetty-Saha: RAM Gopal Varma’s ‘Sholay’ has yet another glittering star addition. Abhishek Bachchan will be dancing along with Urmila Matondkar to the melody of the famous ‘Mehbooba Mehbooba’. “Abhishek is doing the song. Other details, like his look, have yet to be finalised. He just happened to hear the track recorded by Ganesh Hegde and loved it immensely He got . so excited that he volunteered to perform,” confirms Varma. Helen and Jalal Agha were the original performers in the Ramesh Sippy’s ‘Sholay’. What’s interesting in the new version is that senior Bachchan, who’s playing Gabbar Singh in the remake, will be watching his son and Urmi dance to the song. According to sources, Amitabh will also be dancing towards the end of the song. Senior and junior Bachchan had earlier danced together to ‘Kajra Re’ in ‘Bunty Aur Babli’ and more recently to ‘Soniye’ in ‘Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna’. Both ended up being huge chart-busters....

India’s ambassador to international cinema and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai on Wednesday celebrated her 33rd birthday, with the screening of her latest Hindi movie Umrao Jaan and a visit to a temple. “Aishwarya ushered in her birthday at midnight with a screening of Umrao Jaan, organised by the film’s director J.P. Dutta and was thrilled to be watching the results of six months of hard work,” Rai’s business manager Hari Singh said. “She visited the Siddhivinayak temple this morning and will spend the day attending to phone calls, SMS’ and emails by her friends, relatives and numerous fans. Since she has not been here for the last few years on her birthdays, she is making the most of it and spending time with her family,” he said. Rai has been seen in public after a long absence, promoting her forthcoming film Umrao Jaan, in which she plays the lead role with Abhishek Bachchan. The anticipation for the movie has been heightened after speculation in the media that she and Abhishek wer...