Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who has been on a sabbatical post the birth of her daughter Aaradhya two years ago, is all set to return to the big screen in a film directed by filmmaker Mani Ratnam. Aishwarya, who is quite close to Mani Ratnam, has worked with him in films such as 'Iruvar', 'Guru' and 'Raavan'. Aishwarya has even starred alongside husband Abhishek in 'Raavan', but sources say that this film will only have Aishwarya Rai in it.

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Aamir Khan will introduce Jackie Shroff's son Tiger to the media at the first look launch of the latter's debut film 'Heropanti'. Not only will Aamir Khan attend the first look launch of Tiger Shroff's debut film, 'Heropanti', but the superstar has also agreed to formally introduce him to the media. There are also rumors doing the rounds that Aamir would launch Tiger Shroff in a film.

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The Lok Sabha election in Mumbai North-West constituency will get a dose of glamour with the entry of Bollywood item girl Rakhi Sawant as an Independent candidate. "I have been virtually mobbed by people demanding that I should fight the election, so here I am," Sawant told media persons on Wednesday.  She will lock horns with Congress's former union minister and party general secretary Gurudas Kamat and Shiv Sena's Gajanan Kirtikar.  Others in the fray are Bollywood actor-director Mahesh Manjrekar of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, producer-actor Kamaal R. Khan of the Samajwadi Party and Mayank Gandhi of the Aam Aadmi Party. Sawant had recently called on the Bharatiya Janata Party's top leadership in New Delhi and expressed her admiration for its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.

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Salman Khan's office has threatened to send a legal notice to the director of the film, 'Munna Bhai, Sallu Bhai'. Muazzam Beg wanted to make a docu-drama based on the fan following enjoyed by actors Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan, but he has now shelved the project. The filmmaker apparently received an email from the actor's office warning him to not misuse the star's name.A source close to the actor says, "We first emailed him asking him to refrain from using Salman's name to promote his film. But he continued despite our mail, so we then wrote him that we would take legal action." Beg confirms that he has now decided to not go ahead with the project. He says, "I have shot 30 per cent of my film and had invested around R50 lakh in the project. My film was going to tell a die-hard Sallu fan's story and it would have been great if I could make the film. But I won't be doing so now."

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Yesteryear actress Nanda, best known for her stellar performances in films like 'Hum Dono' and 'Ittefaq', passed away on Tuesday following a massive heart attack.  The 75-year-old actress died on Tuesday morning at her Andheri residence here. "It is shocking as she did not have any history of illness," a relative of hers told PTI on condition of anonymity. Born to Marathi film actor-director Vinayak Damodar Karnataki, Nanda began her silver screen career early as a child artist with 'Jaggu' in the 50s. Nanda's popularity as a child actress made her transition to major roles easier, and she literally grew up on film sets. But it was paternal uncle-filmmaker V Shantaram who gave Baby Nanda a big break by casting her in 1956 hit 'Toofan Aur Diya' in 1956. With the success of 'Toofan Aur Diya', Nanda did not look back and went on to establish herself in the Hindi film industry with hits like 'Jab Jab Phool Khile', 'Gumnaam', 'Teen Deviyan', 'The Train', 'Mandir', 'Angarey', 'Ram Laxman', 'Bandi', 'Ittefaq', 'Hum Dono', 'Prayashchit', 'Ahista Ahista', 'Prem Rog' and 'Mazdoor' among several others. She excelled most often as a supporting star but also found great acceptance and popularity as a lead heroine in later years.

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