2010 is a big year for my forever favorite actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. She will have appeared in a total of 4 movies at the end of the calendar year and all of them are different. Raavan - a misguided attempt at recreating mythology; Action Replayy - an old-school masala musical-comedy; Robot - a Tamil-language sci-fi thriller; and Guzaarish - a romantic epic that reunites her with director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and my favorite of her co-stars Hrithik Roshan.
In honor of the Aishwarya Rai 2010 Extravaganza, I decided to list her top 10 songs...
To be honest, all the dance numbers in this movie look kinda the same to me but this is the best song on the soundtrack. Ash looks very classically beautiful and she dances effortlessly.
And this is the song that started it all... Did you know she wore the same outfit she wore at the Miss World pageant?
Even though Ash isn't really doing major dancing, she enacts this beautiful song quite well. And I really love her black outfit for some reason.
KNK is really one of Ash's underrated movies and the title song is easy, breezy, beautiful. Sadhana Sargam makes for a good playback singer for Aishwarya.
6. Keheta Hai Mera Yeh Dil, Piya- Jeans (1998)
The infamous "skeleton scene" aside, this is one of the Aishwarya's coolest dance numbers. Her dance partner is basically herself which is cool.
Devdas, my favorite Ash movie, is full of awesome dancing but "Silsila yeh chaahat ka" is just magnificent! When her face is revealed with lightning--perfect!
Because DAPK released right after HDDCS, a lot of people compared "Mera maahi" to "Nimbooda" and they are similar in a way. But I just love the song, the dancing, the costume, the hot dream sequence--it's just great.
Just how Akshaye Khanna ruined "Ishq Bina," Vivek Oberoi shatters the dream that is Ash's timeless beauty in this song. The whole video is just a love letter to her charms, her style. And it's rare for a song this beautiful to receive an equally beautiful video.
I loved this song for years without knowing what a single line meant. It's such a captivating music video. I really think Aishwarya looks her best here and the choreography is somehow different than in Hindi songs.
"Nimbooda" has the best choreography in any Aishwarya song. The dancing is intense and breathtaking. That's really all I can say about it.
Honorable Mentions:
Crazy Kiya Re (Dhoom 2)
Inn Lamhon Ke Daaman Mein (Jodhaa Akbar)
Daiyya Daiyya Daiyya Re (Dil Ka Rishta)
Konjum Mainakkale (Kandukondain Kandukondain)
Khili Re (Raavan)
Basically all of her songs...
