The kids on Zee TV’s DID Li’l Masters haven’t stopped trembling with fright yet … after all, a visit from the ‘Raavan’ is bound to send shivers down their little spines.

Bollywood director, producer and scriptwriter Mani Ratnam is a man with 10 heads, who’s dealt with topics like terrorism, love, relationships and the India’s socialist legacy in his films. Behind his quiet and smiling exterior is a determined genius who has given us films like Roja, Guru, Bombay and Dil Se. Let’s get talking with the man of the hour, Mani Ratnam, whose forthcoming Abhishek-Aishwarya Bachchan starrer, Raavan, is riding high on expectations.

He’s tall and he’s handsome, but it’s the bits in the ‘dark’ that Abhishek Bachchan talks to TOI about...

Delhiites woke up on Sunday to the prospect of meeting the cast of Raavan at 10 different locations in the city, along with the promise of witnessing Abhishek Bachchan shaking a leg to the songs of his movie with the dance troupe.

Raavan Press Conference
Ash, Abhishek promote Raavan
Raavan Road Show
Abhishek Bachchan Speaks About 'Raavan'

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Normally, the Bachchans have a very rigid rule about not mixing business with pleasure. But on Thursday morning, when Aishwarya Rai Bachchan landed in Mumbai from Paris, she broke the golden rule when she dropped in unannounced to meet Abhishek at the Reliance Web World where he was doing out-of-town press interviews.

They are the most sought after onscreen and offscreen couple and individual stars, but Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan say they would never rate each other professionally.

Who was the reason Aishwarya Rai joined the movies? How do Ash and Abhishek rate each other as actors? And who was really in control on the sets of ‘Raavan’? Well, the answers to all those questions were revealed by the ‘Raavan’ team in a video conferencing interaction on June 11. Aishwariya, Abhishek, Mani Ratnam and Vikram spoke to journalists in Dubai, Mumbai, Chennai, New York and Delhi through Cisco’s Telepresence technology, and here’s what they had to say.

Abhishek Bachchan, is perhaps the only star in the Indian film industry, creating, unique historical records with his film’s promotions. Last year, his whirlwind promotional tour for his film Delhi 6 , across seven cities was a world record for public appearances by a film star, at different cities in 12 hours.

Abhishek Bachchan reveals his Raavan avatar with MJ Hrishi.K only on 94.3 Radio One94.3 Radio One, the ‘Maximum Music Maximum Choice’ station’s MJ, Hrishi.K gets chatty with cool dude Abhishek Bachchan as he unravels the adventurous experiences of his latest movie Raavan exclusively on the station.