Aishwarya Rai displeased with Amitabh Bachchan

Everything was fine in the Bachchan family but there has been rumors that Aishwarya Rai is miffed with dear ‘Pa’ Amitabh Bachchan over her upcoming flick- Robot which has become quite a woe for the Bachchan Bahu.

The reason for her displeasure is that it was Amitabh who had persuaded her for the movie but now the movie seems to have become a thing of trouble for Ash. The movie has been delayed too much and as a result Aishwarya is unable to look for new projects till she has to finish off with "Robot". There is also news of disagreements between Ash and Shankar on the last minute changes in the script, make-up and clothes.

All these occurrences have angered Aishwarya and have made her to think that she shouldn't have considered Big B’s obligation and instead made her own choice.

Aishwarya displeased with Amitabh Bachchan

It was all fine in the Bachchan familybut there has been news that the Aishwarya Rai is miffed with dear ‘Pa’ Amitabh Bachchan over her unding flick-Robot which has become quite a woe for Ash.

The reason for her displeasure is that it was Amitabh who had pursuaded her forthe movie but now the movie seems to have become a thing of trouble for Ash. The movie has been delayed toomuch and as a result Ash is unable to look for new projects till she has to finish off with "Robot". there is also news of disagreements between Ash and Shankar on the last minute changes in the script, make-up and clothes.

All these occurrences have angered Ash and have made her to think that she shouldn't have considered Big B’s obligation and instead made her own choice.

Aishwarya Rai gears up for action

After all that controversy over the name, the film, which was formerly known as Robot, starring Rajnikant and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, has now been titled Endhiran. Besides the new title, also being added to the film, its action is Chinese style.

It appears that director S Shankar, who was originally supposed Chinese stunt director Woo ping Yuen to supervise the action sequences in the film. For those who have not been able to place the name, Yuen's is the creative brain behind the phenomenal stunts of Hollywood films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the Kill Bill and the Matrix series and The Forbidden Kingdom.

He has directed actors like Michelle Yeoh, Chow Yun Fat, Uma Thurman, Keanu Reeves, Jet Li and Jackie Chang. By managing to rope in Yeuh, Shankar has managed to fulfill his desire to have slick, never seen before action sequences.

The film is reportedly being made on a stupendous budget of Rs 140 crore, probably one of the most expensive films being made in India. It is also believed that Ash is reportedly being paid something to the tune of Rs 6 crore for the movie.

Shankar is the same director who made Sivaji: the Boss with Rajnikat earlier. The film's shooting is in progress in Peru. The film is expected to release by the April of 2010.

Aish has a Busy Schedule ahead-Thanks To Delays

Plans are afoot to bring Aishwarya Rai and Meryl Streep together in an American production of 'Chaos', Colin Serreau's 2002 French movie.
Ash is slated to play a sex worker in the film.
Another international project Aishwarya has agreed to is Roland Joffe's 'Singularity' with Brendan Fraser.
Ash had asked for the final draft of the script. 'Now the time factor had to be worked out. The time they want was devoted to Mani (Ratnam) . New dates have to be worked out. There're so many projects that she wanted to do but because of the dates or a delay she can't.
In the meanwhile, Aishwarya gets ready to shoot for Shankar's 'Robot' and Mani Ratnam's film with Abhishek.
There has been a little delay in Shankar's 'Robot' also because of his writer Sujata 's death.

Should Shriya and Rajni pair together in Robot?

With the heroine in Shankar's Robot still undecided -- the makers are swinging between Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Deepika Padukone

One can't help but wonder why they aren't considering the stunning Shriya Saran.

The actress would be a good contender opposite her Sivaji star, Rajnikant.

Shriya has just wrapped up Deepa Mehta's What's Cooking, produced under the BR Films banner.

Ash declines for Robot

Just when we thought Shankar’s Robot was all set to go on floors came a bad news that Ash might eventually pull out of the ambitious project given the director’s plans to shoot the film over a period of two years.

That apparently is not acceptable to Ash who cannot afford to give so much of time to a project.
There are also news doing rounds about Deepika Padukone’s inclusion into this sci-fi Rajni starrer.
Shankar and Rajnikant are very fond of Ash, who made her acting debut in Shankar’s film ‘Jeans’. Since then, the director has approached Ash for every single film he has made except ‘Boys’, but every time Ash has turned him down for one reason or another.

It remains to be seen if she has turned him down again for ‘Robot’.

We hear, the actress has already asked Rohan Sippy to start his film Happy Birthday which stars John Abraham besides her due to delays in Robot.

However some insiders maintain that Robot is getting delayed due to security reasons and not Aishwarya refusal.

The major hurdle in rolling the project, which will be shot at different locales in India and overseas, is that the areas have to be scanned from the security point of view. Both Rajnikanth and Ash come under a high protection security network.

Post wedding, Ash’s security has beenoverhauled. All her shoot locales are now thoroughly scanned by the producers and rest of the crew.

Reportedly, Aishwarya was promised Rs 4 crore for Robot which is slated to be a bilingual venture - both in Hindi and Tamil.

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