Aishwarya refuses Bhansali's movie; Sonam fills in

Aishwarya refuses Bhansali's movie; Sonam fills in
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Sort of bad news for Aishwarya fans. Looks like she doesn't want to focus on anything else other than her daughter at the moment. Oh well..!! As long as she is happy. That is all that matters.

By Deccan Chronicle

Her films may have been classified as non-performing assets by the filmi duniya, but Sonam Kapoor is still considered a hot-and-happening star. Even before the ghost of Players is laid to rest at the box office, Sonam’s already — as is her wont — moved on to her next big project. This time, it’s her mentor Sanjay Leela Bhansali who’s signed her on.

But Sonam — who Sanjay launched in Saawariya — wasn’t the auteur’s first choice. She wasn’t even his second. It seems Sanjay had desperately wanted his muse, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to star in his directorial project. But Ash backed out of the film. Then there was talk that Sanjay had approached Preity Zinta for the same project, but with one thing and another, the bubbly actress couldn’t be finalised either. That was when Sanjay settled on Sonam. “Sanjay sees a lot of potential in Sonam. All she needs is the right script and a good director,” a source revealed. Sonam too confirmed, “I am doing Sanjay’s film.” The project is a crucial one for Sanjay, as he needs to get over Saawariya and Guzaarish. So will this be their lucky chance?




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Anonymous's picture

@BOLLYWOOD: I have followed recent comments of yours on Ash posts and your venomous posts were filled with pessimissim. Chokher Bali, Jeans and Bride and Prejudice are certified hits. Provoked did better business than Tabu's Namesake and yes, Mistress of Spices and Umrao Jaan didn't run. Also, I would like to add Taal. Akshaye Khanna was no star and Anil Kapoor was on the wane and the film was centered around Ash and it was still a success.

Anonymous's picture

no one is hater...it is only a word created by hot aishwarya defenders who have been trying to promote her each and eevry moment ...i just laugh at suuch agressive minds....going nuts just because of a celebrity...are you primary school students? dont come here then if you cant handle all the views maturely ...there is freedom of speech ..you a group of people cant decide where we click what we type...as you have thhe right to enhance and promote aishwarya ...we are here to show realities to people ...take it easy ...you are not alone in the advertising world:))) but yeah you also greedy like your idol ash and want alll all all the time....

Anonymous's picture

go on promoting ash obsessed people....you wont be able to save her....she will always stay as the bachchan bahu in india,loreal guest at cannes and pretty brand ambassdor of longines....no talent ...:)))

BOLLYWOOD's picture

BTW anon Chokher Bali, Jeans, Umrao Jaan, Provoked, Bride and Prejudice, Mistress of Spices are all FLOPS!!! proves that aishwarya cant deliver a hit without a male superstar. hahahaha

Anonymous's picture

aishwarya is a gifted actress, dancer and beauty and has prooved how important her contribution has been to hddcs, devdas and guzaarish. Nandini, paro and sofia are all iconic characters. if the role was meant to be for aishwarya it would have been another challenging role. But frankly sonam cant act to save her life. her dialogue delivery sucks. her expressions are always frozen. Imagine if she cant do simple roles like thank you, delhi 6, aisha well, she can never do a challenging role convincingly.

Anonymous's picture

Wed, 2012-01-25 12:45 — Anonymous

That message was for haters, if you don't consider her a hater, why are you even replying? You're just contradicting yourself and indirectly admitting you're a hater. And all the so called 'facts' you posted are distorted to the power of infinity.
All those films she turns down become hits? Mangal Pandey, Baabul, Game, Saat Khoon Maaf etc didn't become hits. And u must be living in denial if u think she cant act. How did she manage to get appreciated from critics as well as audiences as well as sweeping all the awards for HDDCS within first 2 years of her career that too w/o any acting training? She naturally has a spark and knows her craft well which u refuse to acknowledge. And she has done so much variety and proved her versatility as an actress - ranging from period movies to action to drama to romance to comedy to real life stories! Sure she did some not so great films but tell me one actor who only does good films without any bad ones? NONE. But the fact that u dont want to acknowledge explains how biased you are and hence people perceive u as a hater, which could be very well true.

Wed, 2012-01-25 10:10 — Anonymous

Really? Tell me who were the STARS in Chokher Bali, Jeans, Umrao Jaan, Provoked, Bride and Prejudice, Mistress of Spices etc? Your theories are so silly and desperate.

Anonymous's picture

Tue, 2012-01-24 20:52 — Anonymous

WELL WELL WELL. this is going to upset the haters much more than her fans. Her fans know she will come back when she's ready.. but meanwhile, her haters will have to spew their venom on someone else.. but who .. who .. who... oh, Pinkvilla is already so lonely with Aish hiding from the limelight...

PLEASE SPARE US THE TORTURE..U GUYS NEED A REALITY CHECK BEFORE CALLING ANY ONE A HATER..ACCORDING TO YOU ALL THOSE WHO DONT ACCEPT THE BULL CRAP FOR EX:. God just made one of this kind and broke the mould!! WE ARE HATERS AIN'T WE?..COME ON..WE DON'T FIND HER ALL THAT AND MORE LIKE YOU PEOPLE DO..THATS IT, NEITHER ARE WE MODELS OR HAVE A FILM CAREER TO HATE HER OR BE JEALOUS OF HER..YOUR REASONING DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE..AND THERE ARE BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN HATE AN UNKNOWN ENTITY..
ANYWAY ALL THOSE FILMS WHICH SHE TURNS DOWN, GO ON TO BECOME HITS SINCE BETTER ACTRESSES HAVE FILLED IN THOSE ROLES..AS FOR SONAM, THIS IS NOT GONNA WORK EITHER.EXCEPT FOR DANCE AISH NO WHERE A GREAT ACTRESS COMPARED TO SONAM..20+ YEARS AND STILL CAN'T ACT, THAT MUST BE SOME ACHEIVEMENT Y DONT WE LAUD FOR THAT TOO!!!!!HUH!!..SONAM IS A FEW FILMS OLD, IF SHE TAKES HER ACTING SERIOUSLY, SHE HAS EVERY CHANCE TO IMPROVE..NOT AN OLD AISH, SHE NEVER MADE AN ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE HER ACTING WHEN SHE COULD TOO, SHE USED HER FACE AS A MASK AND NOW ITS TOO LATE!!!

Anonymous's picture

we have already seen and experienced over the years ...without a male star alongside aishwarya alone is nothing ...she is clever ...never accepts the role as long as its not aishwarya-centered ...

Anonymous's picture

aishwarya takes the roles in movies only when there s a star to carry the movie to top then aishwarya is there to suck all the fame and take all the share....by the way if aishwarya can act ,who is only a pretty face, who is just a beauty pageant winner then anyone else can do any role...she is not that talented thats why she always failed abroad other than few PR arranged awards and being ambassador which doesnt require any acting talent

i dont know why people gets so subjective when the topic is aishwarya ...for example im pretty sure while you looking the photos above you see that " oh how beautiful is aishwarya .naturally fair "and about sonam " she is dark..." whereas the both ladies are brown whereas the both are whitened indian society embraces aishwarya and sidelines others because aishwarya is the reflection of indian society:whitened brown face the dream of each and eevry indian girl:whitened dark complexion thats why everyone obsessed about her because aishwarya the reflection of yourr dreams making it true and also she represents the fair side of india globally however she is not that light with her real skin tone...like it is said below...yes...aishwarya you are miss world and dont get afraid brown ladies can also be beautiful,most beautiful stop bleaching your dark complexion and embrace your true colour...

Anonymous's picture

Sonam once said "If my career is 10% of Aishwarya's I would be very happy" This is her chance.

bebo_pclover20's picture

no, not again!! under good direction, sonam can at best pull of an ok performance - she doesn't have raw acting talent. the only good thing about sawaariya was ranbir's performance which rightly so was rewarded.i'd have loved preity doing this film though!

Anonymous's picture

What about Asin?
Cast her as heroine.you will have a hit in your hands

Anonymous's picture

I dont think Sonam will be agood choise for SLB, his films require a lot of talents, wich is lacking in Sonam.

BOLLYWOOD's picture

Sanjay Leela Bhansali has this thing for bimbos right??? first ash and now sonam!!! duh

Anonymous's picture

the only SLB film I didn't like is Saawariya. That's all.

Anonymous's picture

Endhiran was a blockbuster due to Rajini's cult status in the south not because of this over hyped Ash Bachchan. All of Rajini's movies are blockbusters no matter who the leading lady is. Endhiran was Rajin's movie it would of become a blockbuster even without her. All her movies are terrible flops.

Anonymous's picture

Aishwarya will always get great roles in good movies and she will continue to rock. But just not this year. This year is for her baby.

Anonymous's picture

look at the photos above ...two indian brown ladies whitened excessively!! enough of this complexion ladies embrace your true colour...

Anonymous's picture

aishwarya looks so gorgeous in that photo

Anonymous's picture

Well sanjay is one of Ash's fav directors. She won't turn him down just like that. May be its because she wants to focus on her daughter at the moment, so she would've asked him to wait or go ahead with another actress. May be SLB is really waiting for Ash and has signed on Sonam for another project. Because I frankly cannot see how a non-actress like Sonam can perform the challenging roles that Ash usually takes up.

Anonymous's picture

So Sonam will do Aunty Jee roles now??

Anonymous's picture

Tue, 2012-01-24 17:10 — Anonymous

Are you kidding me? No other actress could have done HDDCS, Devdas or Guzaarish better than Aishwarya. She got Best actress awards for ALL of these films. Priyanka, Anushka are mediocre actresses. Vidya is good but not anything great either.

SLB's actress has to be amazingly beautiful, be an outstanding performer and dance like a dream...Ash fits the bill perfectly.

Anonymous's picture

yeah for sure...aishwarya only refuses!! all the roles first offered to aishwarya then if she doesnt accept only then the others can take those roles...stop this stupid mentality and shallow media games

who knows what has happened truly....no one

Oxygen's picture

Looks like this is the Musical film SLB wanted to make ,where he was going to cast Ranbir.The article doesn't seem reliable, so can't say anything

@Tue, 2012-01-24 11:57 — Anonymous Ash has the biggest Blockbuster In India ,Endhiran.

The Muse's picture

What role could POSSIBLY fit Aish and Preity AND Sonam? That doesn't even make any sense!

Anonymous's picture

Aishwarya looks divine in the above picture..... God just made one of this kind and broke the mould.

Anonymous's picture

ash pls come back. we miss u. bollywood sucks without you..

Anonymous's picture

Very few have the luxury of saying no to the prestigoius Mr. Bhansali. Very few indeed.

At the top, Aishwarya.

Anonymous's picture

WELL WELL WELL. this is going to upset the haters much more than her fans. Her fans know she will come back when she's ready.. but meanwhile, her haters will have to spew their venom on someone else.. but who .. who .. who... oh, Pinkvilla is already so lonely with Aish hiding from the limelight...

Anonymous's picture

It doesn't matter if the film is the biggest thing ever.. and everyone runs after it. let them. Aish is the top superstar... these are just crumbs for her. what she needs and wants is privacy for a while now. She never lets her fans down.. but all in good time.

reading some hateful comments on Aish, Aish did 100% the right thing in keeping away from the limelight and keeping Beti B away too. Beti B is just an innocent little sweet kid.. but imagine if they did release photos of her. it would be a RIOT.. a mad RIOT. they would say things like she wore contacts, pancaked herself up.. compare her to an average South Indian random baby, et all. You know how mad things get on blog-world.. would they have spared the little kid??!!!

So yes, hats off to Aish for saying no to a film the rest of the world would hunger for. good for you!

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