Aishwarya Rai at Jodha Akbar Interview on MTV

Ashutosh Gowariker?s Jodhaa Akbar is the untold love story of the greatest Mughal emperor who ruled Hindustan (now India), Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar, and a fiery young Rajput princess, Jodhaa.

Set in the sixteenth century, this epic romance begins as a marriage of alliance between two cultures and religions, for political gain, with the Hindu King Bharmal of Amer giving his daughter?s hand to a Muslim Emperor, Akbar. When Akbar accepts the marriage proposal, little does he know that in his efforts to strengthen his relations with the Rajput, he would in turn be embarking on a new journey ? the journey of true love?


From the battlefield where the young Jalaluddin was crowned, through the conquests that won him the title of Akbar the Great (?Akbar? in Arabic means great), to winning the love of the beautiful Jodhaa, Jodhaa Akbar traces the impressive graph of the emperor and his romance with a defiant princess.

With Hrithik Roshan as Akbar and Aishwarya Rai as Jodhaa, this grand spectacle is produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Ashutosh Gowariker.

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By Subhash K. Jha, IANS

Mumbai, March 28 (IANS) Substance is what Aishwarya Rai is looking for in her twin roles as actress and Bollywood's brand ambassador to the West, having just wrapped most of the shooting for Paul Berges' "Mistress Of Spices" in Britain.

"Can you imagine? We've almost finished the entire shooting in just about a month. Now we shoot for a week in San Francisco and the film is ready to roll out," Aishwarya Rai told IANS in an interview from London.

She has seldom sounded happier.

After completing "Mistress..." in San Francisco, Aishwarya will return to London, from where she'll go to either Prague or Paris for an L'Oreal ad campaign. She returns to India in April.

"Gurinder Chadha's unit is like family after 'Bride And Prejudice'. Her husband Paul was with us right through the other film, and so was Santosh Sivan, who has always shot me like a dream right from my first film 'Iruvar' (in Tamil)," Aishwarya said.

"The rest of the unit is English. When we all packed up to proceed to the US we didn't feel like we had shot a movie. It was a picnic, honestly!

"And before you ask how I compare Gurinder and her husband as directors, (let me say) I don't! They are two individuals with two completely different visions.

"I mean 'Mistress' is as different from 'Bride' as 'Devdas' from 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'.

"'Mistress' tackles the age-old relationship between the Indian woman and spices." And Aishwarya is all gung-ho about her character in the film.

"The aromas from my mother's kitchen came alive in the film. Paul has gone to great lengths to connect the world of spices with the world of human perceptions. Is it a very sensuous film? I don't know! 'Mistress' tickles the palate," she revealed.

"Lalita in 'Bride' and Tilo in 'Mistress' are two different individuals. I worked really hard on Tilo's look. There was no time to prepare, no rehearsals. We had to do it on our own.

"(Tilo's) clothes, saris, attitude...they're all mine. Of course, Gurinder and Paul had their own idea of the way she needed to be projected and I respected that. I'm always a director's actress."

Last month, Aishwarya was to present a trophy at the Oscars but she wasn't able to do so due to lack of time in the midst of shooting.

"It was a big honour. Much as we tried, there was no way we could squeeze in the Oscars. I did make an effort to be in Los Angeles. But never mind! I'm sure I'll get another opportunity," she said, revelling in the attention she has garnered for "Bride..." in the US.

About the bashing the film and she got back home, there is instant defence. "We all know that was pre-meditated.

"After seeing the response in the US, I feel like I'm back to where I was when I was starting out as Miss World 10 years ago...the same attention, the unbiased critical overview. It feels wonderful and comforting.

"Even before 'Bride' they had noticed me as an actress in 'Devdas', 'Kuch Na Kaho', 'Raincoat' and 'Chokher Bali'. So 'Bride' has been a kind of culmination of the journey that began in Cannes when Sanjay Bhansali, Shah Rukh and I took 'Devdas' there.

"When I landed (in the US) for the promotion of 'Bride' everything happened so quickly. I was on David Letterman's show and then I was in Chicago recording for Oprah. They wrote about my clothes and my appearance, but not my giggling which the Indian press seems to be obsessed with.

"Honestly, this is how I've been all along," she said, justifying her titter bouts. "It isn't an overnight affectation acquired as part of my image. Please, grant me more substance than that!"

And it is just substance that she's looking for as she goes international.

Does it feel good to be carrying Bollywood to the West?

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Source : http://www.bollywood.com/archives/2005/03/interview_aishw.html

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Rai, Kingsley to star in Taj Mahal tale

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has signed on to co-star with Ben Kingsley in a movie about the Taj Mahal, the BBC said Wednesday.

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the successful star of "Bride and Prejudice" and "Provoked," will play the leading role of Mumtaz Mahal in the film, the favorite wife of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the $30 million as-yet-unnamed film, which will be shoot in India.

Role of Shah Jahan will be played by Ben Kingsley.

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All about Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai was born in the south Indian state of Karnataka in Mangalore on 1st Nov 1973. She was younger of the two siblings, her brother being 3 yrs elder. When she was about 4 years old her family moved to Bombay permanently. Her father worked as a merchant navy officer. Aishwarya did her schooling at Arya Vidya Mandir, Santacruz. Academically, she did very well and earned her position as the head girl of her school. Ash chose the science stream while at DG Ruparel College, her favorite subject being Zoology. Aishwarya wanted to do medicine, but circumstances didn't let her. Instead she chose Architecture and passed the interview at Raheja College with flying colors. By this time, Aishwarya had started getting modelling assignments. She then decided to take a break from architecture and concentrate on modelling. From that point there was no looking back. Ash became a household name with the pepsi ad campaign. She was crowned Miss Femina World and went on to win the Miss world title at Sun City in 1994. Ash had now joined the Bollywood film industry and working under many prestigious banners.

Her film debut in Mani Rathnam’s ‘Iruvar’ (1997) received critical acclaim and her performance in Rahul Rawail’s ‘…Aur Paar Ho Gaya’ (1997) garnered her the Best Female Debutante Award. In 2000 she was awarded Best Actress by FilmFare and Zee Cine for her work in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam”, in that same year, nominated for Best SUPPORTING Actress for her special appearance in Aditya Chopra’s MOHABBATEIN. In 2001 Ash was nominated for FilmFare’s Best Actress Award for Satish Kaushik’s “Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai”.

Ash’s star continued to rise in 2002 working again with Sajay Leela Bhansali in ‘Devdas’. ‘Devdas’ is the most ambitious and most successful film in Bollywood history. It became the first Bollywood picture to ever receive a special screening at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and broke box-office records in India and the United States. Daily Variety’s (06/12/02) Derek Elley describes ‘Devdas’ as “…some of the most sumptuous production values in Bollywood history…” Elley describes Ash as “almost Audrey Hepburn-like”, Moulin Rouge director Baz Luhrmann says “I loved her in Devdas” and Julia Roberts calls her “the world’s most beautiful woman”.

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