Does Aishwarya Rai look fat?

Robot director Shankar has asked Aishwarya Rai to shed 6 kg weight to be in shape for her role in the Sci-fi film that also stars Rajnikanth.

But that is not the news. The real news is that Aishwarya has already started to loose the weight, through gymming and dieting, ending recent tabloid speculation that she is pregnant and has withdrawn from the film. [SAWF]

Aishwarya and Abhishek to work together again

After 'Guru', Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai will team up again for Mani Ratnam's next venture. Based on real life characters, the movie will be an intense love story.

This will be Abhishek and Ratnam's third film together. After the terrific partnership they shared during 'Yuva', which Abhishek describes as his career's first turning point, and 'Guru', which he acknowledges as his second turning point, it doesn't require much calculation to see the creative and commercial viability of the Abhishek-Ratnam pair.

Ratnam will start shooting for the film in Sep. with Abhishek and Aishwarya.

According to a source close to the project, 'It's going to be a very intense love story. 'Guru' was more of a biopic with a cavalcade of characters claiming screen space, but this film will focus primarily on the romance. It's a very intense film and Mani's most romantic film to date. It is based on real life characters.'