By Jilawatan

Ayesha Takia Azmi seems keen to prove that married women can have their fan following and career intact as well as the fair maidens of Bollywood.

Her new film Wanted, opposite Salman Khan, releases this Friday, and seems to be quite a September attraction.

Ayesha chats with Nithya Ramani about films, marriage and future plans.

This is your second film after marriage. How does it feel?

It feels great. It is a good film to release at this point, as it clears misconceptions like I am not doing films. I am. I have been modelling since I was four years old so facing the camera is second nature to me. It’s something I want to do all my life.

By Jilawatan

She’s cute, bubbly and very much married. But the last bit doesn’t make Ayesha Takia Azmi any less ‘Wanted’ by her fans.

The actress, whose latest release is Wanted opposite Salman Khan, got to find out how much her fans adore her in a rediff chat on Thursday. For those who missed the chat, here’s what transpired:

Ayesha Takia says, Hi everybody, it is great to be here chatting to all of you today.

deepak asked, u r lookin so beutiful in ur upcoming movie
Ayesha Takia answers, Deepak, thank you so much!

By Jilawatan

The chulbuli actress of ‘Wanted’ seems to be enjoying her career post marriage. Having Salman as her co-star in the movie, Ayesha Takia is really excited for its release. With the movie she carries a promise to carry on her acting work further.

Now, our cute lady has also confirmed about her stay in filmdom through her website jottings. She has typed, “Hey people, I just wanna make it clear that I will be doing lots more films! I love films and will continue to do them.” As on now Ayesha has no plans to retire and will be seen in couple of movies after ‘Wanted’. She has ‘Paathshaala’ with Shahid Kapoor and Revathy Verma’s ‘Aap Ke Liye Hum’ with Jaya Bachchan.

By Jilawatan

Director Revathy Varma’s knee surgery yesterday has delayed Aap Ke Liye Hum’s schedule again. Ayesha Takia is contemplating pulling out of
the film

Aap Ke Liye Hum, the film about an adopted mother, seems to be stuck after a series of mishaps. The latest is director Revathy Varma’s emergency knee surgery, which has once again thrown the first major schedule of the film out of gear.

Speaking about why she had to be rushed to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Hospital on Sunday (August 6), the director said, “I had to be brought here for an emergency knee surgery. I fell and hurt myself. There was some swelling. But I ignored it. On Sunday, when I was to start shooting, the pain suddenly resurfaced and got unbearable.”

By Jilawatan

The busy starcast including Raveena Tandon, Jaya Bachchan and Ayesha Takia who were busy with their respective families are back to work in Revathy Sharma’s film about an ‘adopted’ mother abandoned by her wretched son, played by Ranvir Shorey, who was the last to join the cast.

Shooting resumes on September 5. “It would have started two days earlier. But my cast got busy with Ganesh Chaturthi,” sighs the director.

Madhavan is back in Revathy Sharma’s movie which is a female oriented film.

By Jilwatan

Bollywood actress-turned-business woman Ayesha Takia says her 21-year-old sister Natasha Takia is all set to enter the Hindi film industry next year. She wants her younger sibling to be welcomed by the audience like Kareena Kapoor was.

“My sister Natasha who is 21 will be in films next year. Hopefully, she’ll be welcomed in the industry like other star sisters. I’m very excited for her. Let’s hope her career works. She’s preparing herself, working out ferociously. When I started out I had no clue about these things. At least now when they know I’m her sister they’ll give her a chance,” Ayesha said.

By Jilawatan

It’s marital bliss for Ayesha Takia. But that doesn’t stop her from meeting her mother. She can’t stay a day without meeting her mother Faridah. And as her mother stays in Andheri and she lives in Colaba, they have to travel quite a bit to meet up.

Usually Faridah goes to meet Ayesha in Colaba, but sometimes they meet up in Ayesha’s husband Farhan Azmi’s restaurant in Bandra.

Still, to cut down on her traveling by at least an hour, Faridah is planning to shift to Bandra. She is also happy because her relationship with Ayesha’s father, Nishit, is improving slowly. While they live separately, they are now talking to each other again and Nishit is also in touch with Ayesha and Farhan.

By Jilawatan

Nagesh Kukonoor’s Dor could be the only film which could do justice to Ayesha’s acting talent. The actress hasn’t had much commercial success and frankly has had many misses in the styling department as well.

So with the recent news of her retiring from films and starting her own fashion line, had StarBoxOffice wondering whether or not the actress was in the right frame of mind or no! We take a dekko at the fashion casualties Ayesha has committed and when she managed to shine.

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Boney Kapoor and SK Films have entered into a marketing tie-up with Intech for the worldwide promotion of their forthcoming film Wanted.

The film starring Salman Khan, Ayesha Takia and is a power packed action drama. Intech through their path breaking promotional strategies for the film will redefine the concept of film promotion.

Apart from India, Intech will be targeting people of Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi, Indonesian, Malaysian and Middle Eastern origin in the overseas market specially the UK, US, Canada, Middle East and South Africa for the promotion of this film.

By Jilawatan

With the month of Ramadaan having started last week, there will not be any major Bollywood releases until the fast has ended.

Since Muslims comprise a major part of the Bollywood audience in India, producers plan their marketing strategies around the time of Eid, which signifies the end of Ramadaan.

The good news is that there are two major films that should be released after Eid.

Shahid Kapur, on a high after his critically acclaimed performance in gangster drama Kaminey, stars in Dil Bole Hadippa opposite Rani Mukherjee.