Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai have taken off for the Cannes International Film Festival 2009 in France.

Says a source, "They've both gone on a personal invitation from the Cannes fest folk. Aishwarya attends the event's opening or closing every year, depending on availability of time. This year, Abhishek decided to accompany his wife."

In India, the game of football is practically the equivalent of a magnetic fad - preceded only by Bollywood and cricket being the other two. However, even the filmi folks have their own fanatism when it comes to sports and Abhishek Bachchan is no outsider to that. Abhishek, the self proclaimed Chelsea fanatic, recently got his wish-of-a-lifetime fulfilled when he was invited specially by the Chelsea Football Club to witness the Chelsea v/s Barcelona's semi-final game at Stamford Bridge.

Bunkum! Reports that surfaced yesterday about the Bachchan jodi waiting to finish shooting Mani Ratnam’s Ravan before performing a grihapravesh and moving into Naivedya are not true at all.

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Abhishek Bachchan, Arshad Warsi and Malaika Arora Khan
represented the glam and glitz of Bollywood and Delhi’s fash frat was represented by JJ Valaya, Raghavendra Rathore and Rajesh Pratap Singh.
of junior b: Abhishek joked with Arshad and made sure that Circuit didn’t miss Munna. He also won the award for the Best Endorsement (Brand Ambassador).

Indian movie star and Chelsea fan Abhishek Bachchan was at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday evening, and like many, left with a sense of injustice.

Abhishek, the star in a number of leading Bollywood films, has even played a Chelsea fanatic in a previous movie role, and has been a fan of the club since 2003. He flew into London especially for the midweek Champions League semi-final tie against Barcelona.

'We just got cheated I think, I saw the playbacks and there were three penalties, that's just wrong,' he complained afterwards.

'The atmosphere tonight was good, but it's a shame that the stadium can't be completely full for Champions League games though. Some of the Barcelona team were sat in front of us, which wasn't ideal,' he added.

Bollywood star couple Abhishek Bachchan and wife Aishwarya Rai left for Mumbai on Saturday after a brief halt in the lake city, where they paid a visit to the actor's grandmother Indira Bhaduri and other relatives.

Abhishek Bachchan is looking like a younger, fresher version of himself these days. HT City got the actor to reveal the secret of this new look when he visited Delhi on Wednesday.

We spoke to him earlier when he had already lost 15 kg for Mani Ratnam’s Ravana. Since then, he has dropped about 3 kg more, his hefty 93 kg frame now a trim 75-76 kg. The star has followed a cardio-weights combination, aiming not for a six-pack or eight-pack, but a lean, athletic physique.