The other side of Abhishek Bachchan | Aaradhya Bachchan

Incomplete without Ash, Aaradhya: Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan says it's tough to choose between his wife Aishwarya Rai and daughter Aaradhya.

"No father on the earth can ever answer that question like that. Both are an integral part of my life and I need both of them to complete me," Junior B said.

The 36-year old was at the 92.7 Big FM studio here to chat with listeners.

Abhishek and Aishwarya welcomed their first child Nov 16 last year.


Abhishek Bachchan holds special screening of 'Bol Bachchan'

Actor Abhishek Bachchan held a special screening of "Bol Bachchan" for his "Dostana" friend John Abraham, and the two couldn't stop themselves from showing their admiration for each other.

The screening was held Friday.

Asked for his reactions on the comedy film, John said: "The movie was good. Genuinely I love comedies, I enjoyed the film so much. Ajay (Devgn) is brilliant, Abhishek is just outstanding and I am so happy seeing him in the film because he really made me laugh."

Abhishek Bachchan indulged in some real life 'Dostana' with John Abrahim

"He (John) is biased about me. He is my jiggly-poo right... and so I am biased towards him as well. I am very happy he saw the film," said Abhishek.

The duo are excited to be seen together once again in the sequel to their 2008-hit "Dostana".

"We are waiting for (writer-director) Tarun Mansukhani to finish the script. We will go and ask him about it and when can we start shooting for it," said Abhishek.

"But we are excited, the boys will be back," added John.

"Dostana 2" will see Abhishek and John reprise their roles while Katrina Kaif replaces Priyanka Chopra as the female lead.

What are your thoughts about Dostana 2?


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(Courtesy: IANS)

Abhishek Bachchan | Bol Bachchan Box Office Collection

Bol Bachchan Box Office Collection: After a promising opening day collection of Rs.12.10 crore, Rohit Shetty's action-comedy "Bol Bachchan" went nearly houseful on the weekend and amassed Rs.50.13 crore by Monday.

Said to be inspired by 1979 movie "Gol Maal", "Bol Bachchan", made on a budget of Rs.70 crore, features Abhishek Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Asin Thottumkal and Prachi Desai.

The movie collected over Rs.43.10 crore during the weekend after it released July 6. Post the opening day collection of Rs.12.10 crore, the movie made Rs.14 crore on Saturday, and approximately Rs. 17 crore.

Presented by Fox Star Studios, the Shree Ashtavinayak Cinevision and Ajay Devgn Films- produced movie is reportedly Devgn and Shetty's biggest opener, having generated 36 per cent higher figures than "Singham" and around 43 per cent bigger than "Golmaal 3".

Distributor Rajesh Thadani of Mumbai-based Multimedia Combine, says the film did well on Sunday and there wasn't a big dip in the footfalls Monday.

"'Bol Bachchan' has done pretty well all over India during the weekend. It had a business of Rs.38 crore all over India. The film picked up quite well on Sunday, and there was not a great fall on Monday either," Thadani told IANS.

A comical entertainer, "Bol Bachchan" has been able to pull in audiences in large numbers.

"It is basically family audience that came together to enjoy the film," Delhi-based distributor Joginder Mahajan, told IANS.

"The film has got a tremendous response. It managed to collect Rs.7.80 crore in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh and Rs.3 crore in Punjab in first three days. Since school holidays got extended, lots of families came in to watch the movie together and had a good time, said Mahajan.

Piyush Raizada, director, Delight Cinema says despite rains, it was nearly a houseful for "Bol Bachchan".

"Bol Bachchan has received an amazing response and is appreciated among classes and masses. It did extraordinarily well on Friday and Saturday, and went houseful despite the rains," Raizada told IANS.

Internationally too, "Bol Bachchan" is doing extremely well when compared to other recent releases overseas.

It earned a total of $2.06 million over the weekend -- $540,000 (US), $255,000 (Britain), $650,000 (Middle East), $167,000 (Australia) and $450,000 from the rest of the world.

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Bol Bachchan has terrific opening in North America: Indian comedy adventure "Bol Bachchan" starring Ajay Devgn and Abhishek Bachchan scored a terrific opening in North America generating the best debut this summer for any Bollywood film.

Released by Fox International Productions, Rohit Shetty's comic hit grossed $562,000 in its first three days beating the opening of Akshay Kumar's "Rowdy Rathore" by a remarkable 47 percent despite playing in fewer theatres, according to Boxofficeguru.com.

It also debuted bigger than "Teri Meri Kahaani" starring Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra. In addition, "Bol Bachchan" more than tripled the opening weekend of the last Rohit Shetty-Ajay Devgn project "Singham" which released in July of last summer.

The Hollywood Reporter remarked that Abhishek Bachchan gives "one of his best performances to date" and that the film is filled with "engaging performances and ever-spiraling hysteria."

"Bol Bachchan" landed in the Top 20 at the North American box office and also scored a huge number one opening in India.

Will Bol Bachchan join the 100 Crore club?

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Raavan: India’s answer to the Oscars?

Mani Ratnam makes another entry into Bollywood with his much awaited film Raavan, soon to hit the silver screen i.e. the release date of Raavan is 18 June 2010. The star cast of Raavan includes Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and the Tamil film star, Vikram.

It is for the second time in a row that the team of 5 strongholds in the Indian film industry (Mani Ratnam, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Gulzar along with A. R. Rahman) will be seen making a film together (Raavan) following their previous chartbuster ‘Guru’.



The plot of Raavan: Raavan’s storyline is said to be based on the theme of ‘Ramayana - where Sita is abducted by Raavan.’ However, director Mani Ratnam claims that Raavan is a modified version of Ramayana peppered with filmi twists & turns.

Music of Raavan: Raavan’s music has been composed by music maestro A. R. Rahman and the songs of Raavan have already started to create a buzz among listeners. Specially the songs like Beera-2 and Ranjhaa-2.

Mani Ratnam is a filmmaker known to bring out the best out of his actors and Raavan should be no different if things work out as usual.

Star cast:Abhishek Bachchan fans are in for a real treat as Bachchan Junior will be seen in the new avatar of Raavan.

Abhishek Bachchan has generally played shady roles in Mani Ratnam movies (Guru & Yuva) and it will be interesting to see how Abhishek Bachchan is utilized in Raavan.



Vikram: Tamil film star Vikram makes his debut in Bollywood with Raavan. Vikram is a renowned star in the Tamil film industry and is also a recipient of the National Film Award and the Film Fare Award (Best Actor) for his film, Pithamagan.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: Filmi fans are desperate to see Aishwarya Rai in yet another new avatar in Raavan. Aishwarya Rai plays the character of Ragini (Vikram’s wife in the film).



Will Raavan be India’s answer to the Oscars? Will A. R. Rahman’s music bag him another bundle of awards? Will the Bachchans (Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) set a new bench mark in acting?



Well fingers crossed; let’s wait and watch!