Wondering if we are about discuss something in Physics like the Raman effect? Not Physics but Chemistry would be more apt. We are talking about the Chemistry that takes place within us when someone like Aishwarya Rai Bachchan glides past us. The young and the old are smitten by her beauty and grace that she exudes.

That is exactly what happened recently when Aish made an appearance at the Rashtrapathi Bhavan to collect her Padma Shri award. It was a pleasure for the lens men who went on clicking when the beauty walked past them. She was rightly described by one of the NDTV presenters as “another Indian wonder” during the unveiling of the seven wonders of India.

Aish had the same effect on the Bachchan family friend and Samajwadi politician Amar Singh, who accompanied Mr. Bachchan and his bahu for the Padma Shri awards. The cameramen went on clicking at Aish and Mr. Bachchan, and poor Mr. Singh who slowly dissolved into the background should have wondered what he was doing there.

Aish and hubby Abhi will soon appear together in a Manirathnam-directed trilingual film titled ‘Raavan’. The story of this film, as we had mentioned earlier, is an extract from the epic Ramayana. The film is under progress and is expected to hit theatres in the second half of 2009.