Variety in attire will be spice of Ash's life this year

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has lined up a range of diverse looks for 2010. Her looks in Raavan, Endhiran, Action Replayy and Guzaarish promise variety.
In Mani Ratnam's thriller Raavan, fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee has given Ash what he defines as a "very organic and rustic look". Vipul Shah's Action Replayy, a story that moves through four decades, will see her sport attires defining the seventies, eighties, nineties and the 2000s.

Mukherjee is also designing Ash's attire in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Guzaarish . He promised never - before ethnic splendour for the actress in that film. Tamil bigwig Shankar's Endhiran ( earlier titled Robot ) will see the former Miss World in bright colours, often bordering on the garish, typical of South Indian cinema.

"Ash's beauty can be limiting... So, she tries to underplay her beauty by taking up diverse and challenging roles," Mukherjee said. "In Raavan , she plays a classical dancer who is an educated and urban girl. Since the character is rooted to her culture, I have designed a contemporary yet rustic look with a puritan feel and realistic sensibilities. I gave her a lot of Khadi dresses and clothes from handloom shops," he added.

Ash, on her part, said her character Ragini is a strong woman in sync with modern India. Endhiran - opposite Rajnikanth - packages Ash as a typical south heroine. Her wardrobe mostly comprises saris and dresses in loud hues and even includes feathered and jewelled headgear.

Fashion designer Manish Malhotra, has styled Ash's look and attire for the Rs 120 - crore film. The look is in sync with the masala fantasy adventure film, he said.

The actress's look in Endhiran is multi - dimensional. "Ash's character in the film is a simple one that gradually gets a contemporary avatar that borders on fantasy," Malhotra said. He shopped in New York for the right colours in Ash's costumes.

The year - end will see Ash's fourth release of 2010 — Guzaarish , opposite Hrithik Roshan. While Bhansali maintains strict secrecy on the film, Mukherjee said Ash's look will "be completely different from what we have seen till date". But Action Replayy promises the biggest variety. Ash sports over 125 dresses in it. The makers of the film said this was justified as her character travels in time. Director Shah said Ash's character "loves to wear all sorts of clothes and keeps shopping all the time". Ash will sport everything from simple salwar - kameez to funky leather attire and multicoloured wigs in the film.

In a song dedicated to seventies screen couples such as Rajesh Khanna - Mumtaz, Amitabh Bachchan - Jaya Bhaduri, Dharmendra - Hema Malini and Rishi Kapoor - Dimple Kapadia, Ash and her co - star Akshay Kumar will be seen in heavy retro gear.

Shah refuted claims that the retro look is a copy of any specific film or star.

He said Akshay, Ash and the costume design team went through videos footage, especially TV footages of live cricket matches of the seventies, to arrive at the right look.

Bhansali Gets It Rai …ght !

Sanjay Leela Bhansali has a new creative honcho in his 'Guzaarish' team. It's an uncredited honour, though. The passionate filmmaker has found a friend, philosopher and guide in his old pal Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

Known to be insanely possessive about his projects, SLB is famed for taking all the creative decisions himself. Not any longer. An insider on his set whispers, "Sanjay consults Aishwarya on everything connected with 'Guzaarish'. Her words really matter to him and he asks her to be present on the sets even when she is not required for a scene."

Apart from her stunning physicality and talent, what has earned respect for Ash in the eyes of Bhansali is her unstinting professionalism. After co star's Hrithik's recent b'day bash, when everyone partied till the wee hours of the morning, it was only Ash who reported on time for next day's shooting.Point noted. Ash Bhansali likes it!

Bhansali throws Guzaarish continuity sheets in river

While actors in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s films always have the right mannerisms and are the epitome of good behaviour, the filmmaker is known to be anything but even-tempered. In the past, Bhansali has been known to act quite aggressively with his assistants and this recent incident only proves how belligerent he can be.

While shooting on the outskirts of Goa, Bhansali threw the continuity sheets of his forthcoming Hrithik Roshan-Aishwarya starrer Guzaarish in a river when one of his assistant directors made the same mistake twice.

Bhansali had already warned the AD in no uncertain terms that the earlier mistake in continuity should not be repeated. Unfortunately, the AD goofed up the continuity once again and Bhansali refused to ignore it this time. That’s when the moody director screamed at the assistant director and threw the continuity sheets in the river.

On seeing Bhansali’s fit of rage, the entire unit trembled with fright. Failing to understand what to do next, one of the unit members immediately jumped into the river to recover the continuity sheets, which were, of course, fully soaked.

The shoot resumed after some time but everybody behaved cautiously on the sets all day.

Bhansali being paid more than Hrithik-Aish for Guzaarish?

Sanjay Leela Bhansali is said to have been paid more money for Guzaarish than the film’s lead pair Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan put together. Shocked? Well if our sources within the film’s production house, UTV is to be believed then it is true! Our sources reveal, “The Saawariya maker has been paid a whopping Rs. 35 crore for Guzaarish. But well its not just for his direction. Bhansali has been associated with the project in the capacity of a director, writer and the music director. Hrithik and Aish have been paid their market price which goes on to add another Rs. 15 crore added to that the rest cost of making has made the complete budget of the film a huge Rs. 80 crore.” A trade pundit quotes, “Sanjay Leela Bhansali may be a filmmaker but he is not less than a big star himself. He has got an exceptional script on hand with Guzaarish and its definately worth every penny that he has been paid for. His last film, Saawariya may have not emerged a big hit but he is damn sure to strike back big with this one.”

Bollywood Gosspis: Hrithiks new look for Bhansalis Guzaarish

Hrithik Roshan appeared recently at an event in a completely different avatar. The actor has grown long hair and beard for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Guzaarish. He plays a paraplegic in the movie and acquires to have this particular look.

Hrithik has grown his hair really long and also has his beard grown. While making public appearances he normally gels up his facial fuzz but has the long hair look.

"Neither Hrithik nor his director wanted use of any artificial hair. They wanted to have a natural look and one will see Hrithik with this look till the shooting is on for the movie," adds the source.

Hrithik Roshan offers help to paraplegics

Mumbai, Aug 19 Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan was so moved after meeting people affected with paraplegia while researching for his role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Guzaarish' that he has decided to help them in whatever way he can.
Hrithik is playing a paraplegic in 'Guzaarish' and met patients to be able to get under the skin of his character. While meetings the patients helped him understand his character better, it also left a deep impact on his mind.
'Hrithik is taking his role very seriously and has been reading a lot on paraplegia and watching videos to understand and study their mannerisms and behaviour. In fact, he even visited several people affected by the disease to get a first hand account of their experiences,' said a source close to the actor.
'The intensive study and frequent interactions with people suffering from the disorder have moved Hrithik to a great extent. He came across some young, talented people who were left incapacitated due to paraplegia and he immediately decided to do his bit to help them,' added the source.
Aishwarya Rai is playing female lead in the film.