No cheating tactics for Aishwarya
How she got the dialogues right for 'Raavan' in Tamil
She did it, but without prompting. Aishwarya Rai will be seen in the Hindi as well as Tamil versions of ‘Raavan’ that is releasing Friday, but says she didn't use any prompting for either and relied on memory for her dialogues in both the languages.
"I can't take prompting. First of all, I don't know the art of someone holding a placard and me reading it," Aishwarya, 36, said.
"I tried it once, but it was such a flop because I was in the water and they were holding the placard behind the camera and suddenly Vikram enters the frame and he started acting his bit. Then I had to bank on my memory because Vikram came in front, blocking the placard.
"I don't know how to go with these cheating tactics. So prompting doesn't work. I tried, but it didn't work because of the waterfall. You can't hear a thing. So I literally had to rely on memory," she said.
Aishwarya plays the female protagonist in both versions of Mani Ratnam's much-awaited movie that is titled ‘Raavan’ in Hindi and ‘Raavanan’ in Tamil. For the Hindi version, she has teamed up with southern star Vikram, who plays her husband, and her real life partner Abhishek, who is seen as her tormentor.
Is your Tamil as good as Hindi?
"No, no it was memorising and delivering. But if you keep it in front of me, I would be able to pick it up and do it again," she said.
Asked whether she could give equal energy to both the Tamil and Hindi versions of the film, Aishwarya said: "As an actor I have tried giving as much, if not more, when I am working in the Tamil version because I would not want to be accused of trying to give more to one language than the other. Both were equally important to me as I have genuinely worked on two films."
The former beauty queen says though she and Abhishek don't take their personal relationship to the sets of a movie, their natural chemistry reflects on camera.
"We, of course, separate our personal life in front of the camera. But when Abhishek and me are framed together, you naturally see the connection. Even if it was another Hindi actor, may be you would see a more natural connection than you would see between Vikram and me but that is not because of anything else but probably the familiarity of seeing people together."
Talking about Vikram, she said: "Vikram and I were new to each other. After doing 'Iruvar', a lot of films in the south were offered to me with a lot of different actors, him included. My schedules didn't allow me to do south films. I am doing two films this year, 'Raavan' and 'Endhiran'.
"Vikram is senior to both Abhishek and me in terms of experience. Having said that, what's wonderful about working with Mani is that all the actors who come to the table are literally like students who are working for the first time. So no one got down to recognise anyone's seniority or experience or familiarity or personal relationship like Abhishek and me."
In the Tamil version, Vikram is playing the antagonist Beera, while Prithviraj will be seen as Aishwarya's cop husband.
"Mani would always go with the Hindi version first. The beauty of cinema or experience we already have has built an ability to suddenly transport us into a so-called almost fresh Tamil film. Vikram had brought his best to the fore without this assumption that Abhishek has just done it before him. As he is also playing Dev (her husband) in the Hindi version, Mani never brought these two chapters (Beera in Tamil and Dev in Hindi) at the same time, except one fight scene where Vikram didn't have to switch between Dev and Beera.
"Prithviraj has done a very commendable job as Dev in the Tamil version. Specially because Vikram is a Tamil-speaking actor who has done Hindi, Prithviraj, a Malayalam-speaking actor, has done Tamil; so we have all challenged ourselves beyond the norm and really worked hard to make this film."
But she refused to answer who's better as Beera - Abhishek or Vikram!
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Dressed all in white and just one button in place Ameesha Patel is this month's Maxim cover girl!
This actress is very well known for her homely appearances in movies but she is surely not afraid to show some skin as she does look very stylish.
She reveals a lot ( not just skin 
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Shah Rukh earns a smaller amount from movies than endorsements
If tax figures are to be believed, King Khan is a bigger king of the marketing world too.
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A major share of his advance tax money has gone into paying for his income from endorsing a swerve of products and other sources, which is a whopping amount of Rs.270 million. Sources in the advertising agency for which the superstar has worked divulged that his income from endorsements fetches him Rs.1.5 billion ($38 million) a year, the highest for any Indian advertising "model".
Amitabh Bachchan does more endorsement that King Khan, but his annual endorsements do not cross Rs.1.2 billion.
King Khan will continue to hold this position for more years as he has a strong threshold in the Bollywood compared to many others stars as there is no one yet who can opponent his magnetism.
In the current fiscal, his earnings from this source may go a little above Rs.1.5 billion as he has been made brand ambassador of more products - and more are waiting, the sources added. His movie does not fetch him more than 50-60 million per film.
A big large piece of his income from outside Bollywood in the current year also accrued from hosting STAR Plus' "Kaun Banega Crorepati" quiz series for which he received Rs.10 million per episode.
King Khan received a profit of Rs. 400 million on his home production Om Shanthi Om when he sold the right to Eros International for whopping Rs. 750 million whereas his original expenditure was only Rs. 350 million. Rs. 50 million was the fees which he gave himself for working as hero in that movie, which is not included in the profit of accounts.
King Khan does not augment his fees unlike his contenders. It is implicit that he is not avaricious on this part. Even though his latest movie OSO is a super duper hit, he does not intend to increase his fees. That’s the star excellence he has, and that’s why he is victorious.
"Shah Rukh chooses his movies carefully. First, the subject matter must appeal to him and, if it does, his opting to star in the movie would largely depend on the credibility and antecedents of the producer and the director,â€said an executive of the star's production banner, Red Chillies Production.
In disparity, Shah Rukh behaves like a 'star' when he shoots for TV commercials. There he refuses to negotiation on anything, particularly on his price. "Why should I compromise? TV commercials are what they are – commercials, laments the Badshah
"Had the industry not put me in a position where I am today, would the companies have chosen me to be their brand ambassadors?" he asks.
Is King Khan, then, robbing Peter to pay Paul? As one advertising agency executive put it: "He is, but his breaking and entering seem like a communal deal."Â
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