Abhishek, Aishwarya urged to help lovebirds

October 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Aishwarya Rai has refuted rumours that she was to play the female lead opposite her husband Abhishek Bachchan in Ashutosh Gowariker's next "Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se. The actress says that the director knew about her packed scheduled and the discussion never took place.

October 1st, 2009 Bollywoods world famous couple- megastars Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan- live with Abhisheks parents, the couple told The Oprah Winfrey Show on September 28. With about five billion fans globally, Filmfare Award winners Aishwarya Rai (Devdas), 35, and Abhishek Bachchan (Bunty Aur Babli), 33, described it as normal and absolutely natural.

August 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - Abhishek Bachchan admits he is going to team up with wife Aishwarya Rai for Rajiv Menon's next project - a remake of the 1973 evergreen hit film "Abhimaan". But Abhishek clarifies that it wouldn't be an exact copy of the film his parents starred in.

August 17th, 2009 There have been widespread media reports in last few days about Abhishek Bachchan being the next in line to tattoo his super star actress wife Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s name on his forearm. It was also reported that Abhishek who is presently shooting down South for his Mani Ratnam film Ravana has taken an appointment with the same tattoo artist who did the tattoo for Hrithik Roshan of wife Suzzanne.

August 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Actress Aishwarya Rai is down with a chest infection and "flu-like symptoms and her father-in-law, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, is worried. Aishwarya has taken ill and is down with chest infection and flu like symptoms.

August 4th, 2009 CHENNAI - Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai is elated over bagging the main leads in two mega south Indian projects - Mani Ratnam's "Ravan" and Shankar's "Endhiran". "Shankar had approached me previously to work with him, but it never materialised.

August 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan could have been a part of Karan Johar's hit film Dostana but refused as industry heavyweights Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan were expected to be a part of the movie when it was offered to him. Contrary to popular belief that Saif declined the offer because its theme was homosexuality, the 38-year-old actor says he didn't really chicken out of the role.

July 30th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The shooting of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai starrer "Raavan", disrupted when an elephant ran amok in the jungle where it is being shot, will resume Friday, cinematographer Santosh Sivan said here Thursday. "We will resume shooting tomorrow (Friday)," Sivan told IANS.

July 24th, 2009 By Subhash K Jha It seems to be the season of health-based adjustments for Bollywood’s first-couple Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. First, an important schedule of Mani Ratnam’s Raavan got postponed because of the director’s health scare (it’s expected to resume any time now).

June 14th, 2009 MACAU - For Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, the IIFA week could well have been a second honeymoon. The couple, clearly very much in love in their second year of marriage, showed something rather rare in their public life otherwise - their affection for each other very publicly at the various International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards events and also during stage activities at the grand finale show at this entertainment and gambling hub that is a Special Administrative Region of China.

May 29th, 2009 MUMBAI - Director Karan Johar's birthday bash turned out to be an occasion for a grand reunion between Bollywood stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor. The two giggled and danced together, ending the long-standing cold war between the Bachchan and the Kapoor families.

May 18th, 2009 MUMBAI - Bollywood superstars Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai rushed back to Mumbai after attending the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival as they wanted to be home in time to hear the election results. The couple even skipped a big Bollywood party held by the Committee Of Indian Industries hosted by flamboyant industrialist Vijay Mallya Saturday night at Cannes.

May 15th, 2009 Abhishek Bachchan along with wife Aishwarya found time from his busy schedule for another member of his family, he’s close to. That member happens to be Jaya Bachchan's mother who he met in Bhopal, just before he and wifey flew to France to attend the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.

May 14th, 2009 MUMBAI - It's a busy time for Abhishek Bachchan and wife Aishwarya Rai; still, the two decided to pay a surprise visit to Jaya Bachchan's mother in Bhopal, just before they flew to France to attend the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. 'It was a flash visit last week.

May 14th, 2009 It’s been a time  of  incredible traveling and stock -taking for  Bollywood’s golden couple who are now in Cannes. But believe  it or not, just a few days earlier  they were  in Bhopal, visiting Mrs Jaya Bachchan’s  mother who lives in  the city.