Aishwarya Rai Unofficial

Producer-director Vipul Shah whose had four hits to his credit is now on a new high. the producer director has started working on his next venture titled Flash Forward with Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai and Arjun Rampal in the lead.

The director is on the look out for a young actor. He is now on the look out for a young actor. Vipul has a penchant to shoot his films on outdoor locales especially Punjab. But Unlike all other films this film will be shot in N.D. Studios with a start to finish scehdule.

The film is based on a play titled Action Reply. The film is being produced in association with Akshay Kumar’s banner Hari Om Production.Meanwhile the producer-director is going on in full swing with his forthcoming venture London Dreams at Chandigarh.

The director is busy wrapping up the shoot with Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan and Asin in the lead and has planned to release the film on August 14.Incidentally Vipul Shah’s last release Singh Is King starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif was the biggest box office success.Vipul believes that the August month is favourable to him, especially the independence day. Hence he has set the date in advance for his on August 14. -Sampurn Media

Aishwarya Rai’s first release this year isn’t a Bollywood film, neither is it a regional film. It is in fact the much awaited Hollywood film The Pink Panther 2. This sequel to the 2006 successful film The Pink Panther releases across cinemas in the US on Feb 6, 2009. The film is slated to release in India on Feb 20.

In the film, Aishwarya Rai would be seen sharing screen space with Hollywood legends such as Steve Martin, Andy Garcia, Jean Reno, John Cleese and Alfred Molina. The Pink Panther series narrates the adventures of bumbling detective Insp. Jacques Clouseau played hilariously by Steve Martin. This time round, he is on a mission to stop a globe-trotting thief who specializes in stealing historic artifacts. Aishwarya’s character in the film is called Sonia.

This is not Aishwarya’s first attempt at being part of a Hollywood film. In fact, the Bollywood beauty and former Miss World is one of the few Indian actresses who has featured in many international productions such as Bride & Prejudice, The Mistress Of Spices, Provoked and The Last Legion.

While Ash did manage to get her fair share of attention with some of these films, she would surely be hoping to get even more international fame and worldwide recognition with The Pink Panther 2.

The buzz is that chances are Aishwarya Rai Bacchan would turn towards politics. Apparently efforts are on to persuade the ethereally beautiful actress to enter politics.

If all goes well, she could contest in the forthcoming parliamentary elections that are due in a couple of months.

Now we all know that Bachchan’s have a strong connection with the Samajwadi Party and that Amar Singh is a close family friend.

Ash’s mum-in-law Jaya Bachchan is currently a member of the Parliament on the Samajwadi ticket. The party is trying to rope in other B-town candidates and field them against top politicians.

Sanjay Dutt could contest against the former Prime Minister Vajpayee from the Lucknow constituency.