Very interesting article..



--- In Abhishek-Online@..., "dimple2000_2002"
<lifemeansmore@h...> wrote:
>
> Will Ash & Abhi Survive The Storm?
>
>
> http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/6672/cinema28tn.jpg
> {This is a pic of Abhi and Ash in Brazil..Abhis looking sizzling
hot
> out here!! }
>
>
>
> The Brangelina couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie began their
> relationship on a hate brigade. The public outcry was totally
against
> them. There were fans out there who wanted to lynch Angelina, and
even
> called her a witch. But today, almost a year since, and POST a
> peaceful divorce in October, Brad has been looking for a secret
shack
> to exchange his `I Dos' with his woman. It is the hatred of the
others
> that brought them close. Love `n' hate have a strange relationship
as
> Ash and Abhi will learn back home!
>
>
>
>
>
> At the `Dhoom-2' outdoor in faraway Brazil, after facing the rather
> public outburst back home, the lovers were going to find their
haven
> and bliss, and mix business with generous dollops of pleasure.
> Abhishek and Aishwarya had virtually stepped out of the shadows.
He,
> out of singledom and mingledom, and she, out of her steady
> relationship with Vivek Oberoi. If all the world loves lovers, this
> duo was generating a rather opposite reaction. The sceptics were
far
> out-weighing the blessings. The hate mail Bachchan and Rai were
> provoking was astounding. After all, what could public opinion so
not
> like about a couple that was experiencing the most ecstatic
emotion.
>
> Albeit, not much was going to bring Ash down, it was her search for
> Mr. Right which, as per practical judgement, seems to have ended on
> Abhishek, with Salman, her earlier Mr. Right turning to Mr. Fright,
> and next Mr. Right, Vivek, turning to Mr All Wrong. But with
Abhishek,
> for the first time, she was the seeker. She was not in the
position of
> power as far as this relationship was concerned. It was a typical
> situation when she wanted more in terms of commitment than Abhishek
> had to offer. With three films signed on with Jr. Bachchan from
`Umrao
> Jaan', to `Dhoom-2', to Mani Ratnam's `Guru', the Ash-Abhi duo are
the
> `It' couple in the industry. And makers are obviously hoping that
the
> off-screen chemistry will show on screen. But as the old adage
goes,
> absence makes the heart grow fonder, and familiarity does breed
contempt.
>
> The last schedule threw the duo together for a period of two
months.
> There was no snatching moments anymore. They were just thrown
together
> time and time again without any respite. The same couple who was
all
> into each other at the Jaipur outdoor of `Umrao Jaan' where they
were
> taking every first opportunity to be in each other's company,
seemed
> to have cooled off as per eyewitnesses. The first flush of love has
> now settled for something more regular, and even mundane. The
couple
> have come out of the shadows. They might have not declared their
> amorous intent from rooftops, but they have been spotted together
at
> various occasions nonetheless.
>
> As one of Abhishek's close friends volunteers, "Abhishek is in a
phase
> of his life when he is in the single lane seeking companionship,
> sometimes exclusively, sometimes not. His modus operandi is pretty
> clean and clear. He puts all his cards on the table. The last time
he
> was dating Dipannita Sharma, he made it very clear that this was
not
> something that would see itself to the altar. But all women want to
> believe they have hooked this most eligible bachelor. In fact,
> Dipannita put an end to her steady relationship with Kunal Kapoor
(of
> `Rang De Basanti' fame) when she thought she had hitched her
carriage
> on the Jr.B wagon. But once things soured, the model-turned-actress
> was bitter about being dumped, post Aishwarya's entry. But she must
> have been kidding herself if she thought Abhishek would settle with
> her. Their arrangement was always transparent. If she was living in
> hope, that is totally her problem."
>
> "There are everyday reports in the media about the Rais matching
> horoscopes and the Bachchans giving their whole hearted blessings
to
> the couple. But the fact remains that Abhishek is simply not
looking
> for marriage, and his par-ents are simply not putting any pressure
on
> him. They are in no hurry for him to settle down. Perhaps, here is
> where the difference of opinion creeps up. Aishwarya is looking at
> this relationship as a long-term commitment, and she wants her
> seriousness to be met with an equal fervour, if not more. Ash has
> always been used to her beaus, be it Salman or Vivek, pressing her
for
> marriage. This time round, it simply is the opposite of that, and
it
> is not very easy for a woman of her stature to digest.
>
> The insecurity is making her behave totally out of character. Even
at
> Abhishek's birthday party, she is said to have chided the Jr.B on
his
> proximity with Priyanka, and he wasn't allowed to exchange more
than
> polite hellos with Rani. Abhi did humour her then, but this
increasing
> pattern of behaviour is not said to be going very well with him. At
> the `Dhoom-2' outdoor for instance, Bipasha who has been very
friendly
> with Abhishek in the past, was seeking his company as she was not
> familiar with anybody else in the unit. Aishwarya did not take very
> kindly to this friendly overture. In fact, when Hrithik returned
for
> the delivery of his baby boy, Ash was really not needed at the
> outdoor. But the busy actress stayed back just to stop Bips in her
> tracks. Now Abhishek is a person who will give his woman freedom,
but
> expects the same in return. He does not want to make public
> appearances with his woman hanging on to his arm. Fortunately, Ash
too
> wanted the same things earlier, but unfortunately, she has changed
her
> mind. And the man in her life does not like it too much."
>
> The friend continued the eye-spy tale as she gave more dope on the
> Bachchans' inside secrets. "It has been an open secret that Jaya
aunty
> (Bachchan) has never sought an actress bahu. She has discussed this
> with Shweta and had asked her to look for some industrialist
heiress
> from the Delhi circuit. With Aishwarya coming into the picture, one
> would have assumed that Abhi would be off the marriage market, but
he
> is still hot property there. That must not make Ash very secure!"
>
> The rumblings between Jaya Bachchan and Aishwarya have been heard
of
> in filmi circles and this is one would-be saas-bahu show that would
> find viewership. But we believe that Ms. Rai can be credited with
more
> smartness than simply crossing swords with Mrs. B. Besides, they
have
> hardly spent enough time in each other's company to get on each
> other's nerves.
>
> As you read this write-up, the couple would have returned from the
> `Dhoom-2' outdoor and headed for Chennai, for the first narration
of
> Mani Ratnam's `Guru'. We sincerely hope the duo gets the oxygen of
> spending time apart, and realizing each other's worth, or to put
it
> in Abhishek's friend's words, "Right now, he is just feeling
trapped,
> he has been single for some time now, and has almost forgotten
what it
> is like to be in a monogamous relationship. Maybe, if Ash was not
so
> demanding, he would get his groove back. But she needs to be as
cool,
> calm and collected. For once, it is the ice maiden in her that can
> only make the situation work in her favour."
>
>
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