Aishwarya Rai Pictures

oh lord, what kind of pr stunts does she pull?

O.K. I’ll bite give over tell all the dirt about her. Don’t really know much about her I say pride and Prejudice and I thought she was really beautifull and o.k actress. O.k. dish the dirt…………..

I think that she is absolutely beautiful…always have. If her PR stunts don’t top Tom Cruise, then I’m cool.

she is indeed very beautiful!

Hey, i can say what i want.First she can’t act. Then since you know about her, you know she uses her boyfriends (which she refuses to recognize them as her boyfriends) to further her career. The woman is more image and less talent. And she is smart at using her image too. About the boyfriends, She dated salman,dumped him when his career started to go down, then Vivek, who was starting out well and started to suck, dumped him, and now Abishiek. You know he wasn’t doing well for a long time and now all of sudden that he is doing well, we all start to here she dating him. She never wastes anytime. She claimed in a 60 minute interview she didn’t want to do kissing scenes cause she tries to protray this "pure" woman and the next thing you know, her next few movies have her doing kissing scenes, bedroom scenes. She can do whatever she wants, just don’t be hypocritical about it. And if all those bollywood forums say the same thing, then i’m not the only who thinks that.She has such fakeness to her. I have yet to see her truly act with the likes of Madhuri Dixit or Rani. Why do you think she has come this far? I’ll admit it as an Indian, Indians usually go for beauty over talent. When we see a woman with fair skin, light-green eyes we drop to her feet. She is beautiful no doubt, but certainly overrated when she keeps being called the "most beautiful woman in the world".

to #10, you sound like a crazy salman fanatic. look, you are entitled to your opinion! You do know what you just wrote is your OPINION..this is hwo you foresee things. Me and you don’t know that it is fact or not. Only she and salman would know this. I admire her for professional life, not her personal. I am not one of those crazed fans who worship their favorite stars. Grow up! A million and one things can be said about salman khan too…but you know what, i don’t know him personally, so i won’t judge. And again, how do you know again she’s fake???This is soo immature. Grow up. seriously…..

This woman acts solely with her eyelashes. It’s a good thing she’s pretty because she certainly can’t act.

The Ash SyndromeIn Bollywood perception is all. Image scores over reality. Box office hits do not really matter. Take for example, Aishwarya Rai. Everybody, especially the media, considers Ash to be in their list of the current top three Hindi actresses. Yet, in her resume of 30-odd films, how many hits has she delivered?Just two. Hum Dil Deke Chuke Sanam(1999) and Devdas(2002). Taal (1999) was not a hit in India though it worked very well abroad. And those who think her special appearance in Mohabatein made it a box office success need to have their head examined. Some would go on to say that even her two hits were largely because of the brilliance of Sanjay Leela Bhansali (why hasn’t Ash delivered a solo hit with any other director?) but let us overrule such objections. A hit is a hit. Today Ash does not have dates for almost a year if you want to make a film with her. She gets paid between one-two crore for an Indian film. All because of the public, media and industry’s perception of her.So what makes Ash so hot? Not her box office record. Not her acting prowess—Rani Mukherji and Preity Zinta are better at histrionics. Ash is simply the most beautiful of them. Women who are beautiful and can also act a bit are always in great demand. That is why Katrina Kaif has a rosy future.Perception rules Bollywood. And Ash has understood this better than most. Brand managers and corporates should learn from her on how to build terrific brand equity for a moderate product.The chasm between perception and reality is all the more glaring when you consider what actors perceive themselves to be. Sunny Deol perceives himself to be an action hero and he feels people will reject him if he does any other kind of role. But is he the action hero who you want to see on the screen now? When a Bruce Willis can do Unbreakable or Sixth Sense why can’t Sunny try roles which depict him as a quiet, restrained chap? Ajay Devgan rediscovered himself by doing such roles in Company and Bhoot. When I mentioned this to someone who knew the Deols he said, “Don’t be silly. Sunny will never play a negative character. He thinks it will damage his image.” Hello? Isn’t he an actor? Or is he just an image—of what he thinks the public thinks of him? Let’s take another example of image over reality. If you have seen Aashiq Banaya Apne and Mixed Doubles—both of them performed dismally at the box office– you would have no doubt who the better director is. Yet Rajat Kapoor has to struggle his ass off to make a film whereas Aditya Dutt has three films up his sleeve. The truth is you don’t have to be a good director to make more films. You need to be perceived as a hot director. Like Satish Kaushik. The image versus reality phenomenon is most obvious in the film promos/and trailer business. Earlier people thought that if promos are good and entertaining, the film will be too. Alas, that hardly happens now—most of the time the promos are better than the film. But if you deliver in the theatre what you promised in the promos, audiences will go home satisfied. Yash Raj Films has mastered this art. Look at their promos and you expect good songs and dances, lots of family melodrama, wonderful locations, nice looking men and women. And that’s exactly what you get, except in the case of Neal ‘N Nikki. More recently when the Rang De Basanti promos were aired first it promised to be a youth-centric, fun Dil-Chahta Hai-kind of film. It was that. And much more.Incidentally, Rang De Basanti is also an interesting example of how the initial perception of the project did not, thankfully, match the reality of the finished film. While the film was being cast it was supposed to be big banner cast with Aamir Khan being joined by Hritik Roshan playing Karan Singhania’s role and Shah Rukh Khan coming in a guest appearance as Flight Lieutenant Ajay Rathod. Both Shah Rukh and Hritik declined the offer.Imagine what would have happened if RDB had Aamir, Hritik and Shah Rukh! I am willing to bet that it would not have been as successful as it is now. Why? For the simple reason that Sidharth and Madhavan did not stir up any image or expectation in the cinemagoer’s mind. In the film they looked real as their characters.

ummmm…….. okay she is very pretty, but umm why does one her eyebrows look like it is being pulled up so much…………. and her nose looks kinda of beak like…….. but still pretty.

Sharuhk Khan and Rani Mukherji are my favorite Bollywood stars! Anyway, one of Sharuhk’s interview last year, he said Angelina Jolie is the most beautiful woman in the world! ;D

not her again. i thought if i came to a predominately hollywood based blog, i wouldn’t have to see her again. thanks alot jared! Just kidding :)But seriously, wayyyyyyy overated.Piyutra: I love rani too. She is petite but is a powerhouse of an actress. I lover her smile too. Quick question: what are some of your favorite bollywood movies? and other favorite actors?

# 22 | yuck!this is my top 5 :D1 Chalte Chalte2 Davdas3 K3G4 Kal Ho Na Ho5 Kuch Kuch Hota hai