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Bachchan Family Visited Mumbai Temple to Celebrate Durga Puja

Biplob — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:38:44 +0000

Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan, his wife actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and his mother former actress Jaya Bachchan have recently spent an hour at a temple in Khar in the city of Mumbai on Saturday in order to celebrate Durga Puja festival. They also prayed to goddess Durga during their stay. It was the Maha-ashtami of the nine-day festival. Amitabh Bachchan was also seen during the visit the temple.

Durga Puja is the biggest festival for the Hindu Bengalis and it is celebrated with great sanctity among the Bengali people. Here it is noteworthy that yesteryear Bollywood legend Jaya Bachchan is a Bengali.

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to Begin World Tour along with Kajra Re in July

admin — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:00:00 +0000

Since the much-awaited marriage between Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan last year, the media has been abuzz with Aishwarya Ria Bachchan’s speculated pregnancy news. However, proving all these rumors false, the actress has recently declared that she is going to star world tour along with her Kajra Re team and her family members including husband Abhishek Bachchan and father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan. Mother-in-law Jaya Bachchan could also be with them on the tour.

Kajra Re is a popular music score from 2005 movie Bunty Aur Babli. Aishwarya, Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan all performed together in that music score. Aishwarya’s dancing was critically acclaimed in the song. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan later on performed with this song on the stage. However, Aishwarya is going to perform on the stage once again with this song on her world tour, but this is going to be the first time after her marriage.

Jaya Bachchan: We are not going to celebrate Holi

admin — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:34:00 +0000

Bachchan family is not going to celebrate the upcoming Holi festival because of the death of Teji Bachchan, the mother of Amitabh Bachchan. A few days ago, Amitabh’s wife Jaya Bachchan cleared that there would not be any Holi celebration this year because of the death of her mother-in-law a few months back. Both Amitabh and Jaya was attended a book-launching ceremony held in the capital of the country. The book “Icons: Men & Women Who Shaped Today’s India” by Anil Dharkar was unveiled on the ceremony. Among the 20 iconic figures featured in the book includes Amitabh Bachchan. However, to Jaya Bachchan, her grandson is her icon. Jaya Bachchan did not forget to give the credit to all the member of Bachchan family when asked if she would give the credits to her husband for all of her happiness.

Hindustan Times reported:

When asked about her icon, Jaya said, “My grandson is my icon”.

Asked if she would give credit to her husband for her happiness, Jaya said, “Of course. In fact I will give credit to my entire family – my kids, my son-in-law (Nikhil Nanda), daughter-in-law and my grandchildren (Agastya and Navya Naveli) for my happiness.”

She added that real happiness comes from “positive thinking and one should be always positive in life”.

The Big B features as one of the 20 icons in Dharker’s book, and when the journalists asked her about her husband’s iconic status, Jaya smiled and said: “Ghar ki murgi daal barabar (familiarity breeds contempt).”

Actually, this is going to be the first Holi for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as a member of Bachchan family. The actress got married with star actor Abhishek Bachchan last year in a lavish wedding ceremony. Jaya Bachchan’s upcoming movie “Love Songs – Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow” is going to hit the screens very soon.

Aishwarya Brand Value Increases the Brand Value of The Bachchans’ Brand Value

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:10:00 +0000

Aishwarya Rai is now a member of the famous Bachchan family as she got married to Abhishek Bachchan, the son of Bollywood icon Big B nicknamed Amitabh Bachchan and former Bollywood actress Jaya Bachchan. Both Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan are brand ambassadors of various products. In addition, former Miss World Aishwarya Rai is also one of the most popular celebrities in India and she is also has a great brand value in India. That is why; with the inclusion of Aishwarya Rai in Bachchan family has triggered the brand value of Bachchans. Indiapost reported:

With the gorgeous Aishwarya Rai entering the Bachchan family-fold, the “Bachchan brand” value has now crossed the above Rs 700 crore mark. According to financial analysts and trade experts, the Bachchan brand value is worth Rs 700 crore as Bollywood mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan are brand ambassadors for various products.

Ash, becoming a part of the family now, could add to that value by several crores. Among the actors who endorse products, Bachchan, Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan are the highest paid stars who charge between Rs 4-5 crore for a single brand. Ash, who was chosen by Time magazine’s Asia edition as one of Asia’s ‘100 most influential people’, is the brand ambassador for products like L’Oreal, Nakshatra Diamonds and Lux, to name a few.

I think the whole Bachchan family is now one of the most powerful families in India with some of its mega stars in the history of Bollywood. So, it is as usual to see the uplifting brand value of Bachchan family.

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Bachchan Family Have No Problem with Aishwarya Rai’s Continuing Acting

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:48:00 +0000

Amitabh Bachchan has recently said that her daughter-in-law, Aishwarya Rai, will continue acting and the Bachchan family will have no problem with her acting in Bollywood. Moreover, Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan has also said that he will feel comfortable both in acting and dancing with Aishwarya Rai. Here, it is noteworthy that Amitabh Bachchan was earlier seen dancing with Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan in a movie named “Bunty aur Babli”, super hit movie of 2005. Reuters reported:

Rai’s marriage last week to Abhishek Bachchan, also a top film star, captivated film-crazy Indians, who wondered if the former Miss World would continue her career.

“Jaya and I have insisted that Aishwarya must continue with her acting career,” Bachchan told the Times of India, referring to his actress wife who disappeared from the screen after marriage and resurfaced nearly two decades later.

Bachchan said he would be comfortable acting and dancing with Rai, with whom he and his son shared a superhit dance number in the 2005 blockbuster “Bunty aur Babli”.

The family faced criticism for Rai and Abishek’s fiercely private wedding, to which only a select few were invited. But the actor defended the decision, saying that if he had to invite all his friends, the number of guests would have crossed 20,000.

There was a speculation since the engagement of Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan that after marriage Aishwarya Rai would take a long brake from acting. The speculation got extra pace when Amitabh Bachchan’s wife, former actress Jaya Bachchan earlier was not agreed in this marriage because of Aishwarya Rai’s reluctance to quit acting after marriage. Let’s see what is going to happen in reality.

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Jaya Bachchan Chooses Bengali Jewelry for Aishwarya Rai

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:55:00 +0000

Jaya Bachchan chooses Bengali jwelery for her would be daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai. The much-awaited Aishwarya-Abhishek marriage will take place on 20^th April. With this marriage, the whole India is now excited. Aishwarya Rai, the former Miss World 1994, is now one of the leading actresses in Bollywood arena. Abhishek Bachchan is also one of the popular actors at this moment in Bollywood. There was news that Jaya Bachchan was initially reluctant to get Aishwarya Rai as her Bahu as Aishwarya did not agree to quit acting after marriage. News.sawf reported:

While Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai enjoy the clement weather of springtime in England as a prelude to their wedding, news comes that Jaya Bachchan is reliving her experience of choosing traditional Bengali jewelry for her daughter-in-law-to-be.

“She had chosen exquisite Bengali jewelry for Ash during the time she was enacting an important role in Rituparno Ghosh’s film Chokher Bali,” say the renowned jewelers from the City of Joy, “Now she is once again consulting the same jewelers to order custom made jewels for Aishwarya’s welcome into the Bachchan family.

This is true that the marriage is going to make a huge business bonanza. However, the most important thing is that both Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan are superstars. This is why; it would be much more interesting to see how successful their married life would be.

Jaya Bachchan Celebrates Her 59th Birthday

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:33:00 +0000

Just before the marriage of Abhishek Bachchan with Aishwarya Rai, Bachchan family got another occasion to cheer on as Abhishek’s mother and legendary Bollywood actress Jaya Bachchan turns 59 on 10^th April, 2007. Both Abhishek Bachchan and Shweta Bachchan arranged a party on this occasion at Jalsa, Bachchan’s residence. Jaya Bachchan is a current member of the Indian parliament. Apunkachoice reported:

The 59th birthday of Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan ‘s wife also comes ahead of the wedding of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai scheduled for April 20.

The Bachchan residence ‘Jalsa’ in suburban Juhu was decorated with flowers, and caterers and decorators vans stood outside as a flurry of activity was evident inside.

Both her children, Abhishek and Shweta, have planned a party for the actor-MP, it is believed and the affair will be attended by close family members and friends.

However, with the celebration of Jaya’s birthday, Bachchan family is also preparing for the upcoming marriage ceremony of Jr. Bachchan Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai. The marriage has already got a huge media attention. Both Bachchan and Rai family are reluctant to give any information regarding the marriage to the public. I think both the families want to avoid media attention. Now, let’s see to what extent they can avoid this media bonanza.

Aishwarya Rai or Aishwarya Bachchan?

admin — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 17:21:00 +0000

Aishwarya Rai, one of the leading actresses in Bollywood, has already been engaged with leading Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan. Their marriage upcoming marriage ceremony has already got a big media attention in India. There is news that the marriage ceremony will take place on 20^th April.

The interesting thing is that Abhishek’s father Amitabh Bachchan, the legendary actor of Bollywood, is also married to legendary Bollywood legendary actress Jaya Bachchan. Jaya’s birth name was Jaya Bhaduri and she was also known by this name when she came to Bollywood. However, after the marriage with Amitabh Bachcha, she changed the title of her name to Bachchan. Yes, it is true that this is a common practice in India to change the wife’s family title to husband’s family title after the marriage. Now, it is yet to see whether Aishwarya Rai would do the same as her would be mother-in-law did after marriage. Yes, this is a million dollar question if Aishwarya Rai will become Aishwarya Bachchan.