Bollywood, Terrorists, and UFOs

AISHwarya Salman Khan beating jpg

Salman Khan with gun and Aishwarya Rai with two black eyes - Ranga & Yathila


Today was, I think, my final Photoshop class at the NIBM. The class is good at Photoshop, they can extract images and use layers pretty well. Today I had them do what I do, which is think of an idea and make an image to match. First they went to www.wikipedia.org to find an article that interested them. These guys, Ranga and Yatila, picked (as always) Bollywood stars, specifically Aishwarya Rai. This is the Wikipedia article:

Aishwarya Rai (born November 1, 1973) is a Bollywood actress and model. She won the Miss World competition in 1994, after being the first runner-up in the Miss India contest.

Aishwarya was born in Mangalore, Karnataka, India to Krishnaraj Rai, a Merchant Navy Officer and Brinda Rai. She studied in DG Ruparel College and Arya Vidya in Mumbai where she was brought up. Her first modelling assignment was for Camelin Industries when she was in her ninth grade. She appeared in many advertisements following that. Aishwarya’s popularity rose after winning her Miss World crown in 1994. She was sought after for endorsements and offers to act in films.

She has had a tumultuous relationship with Salman Khan who used to allegedly beat her up. Ever since Rai broke off the relationship, Khan has had trouble letting go and has threatened Rai’s current boyfriend Vivek Oberoi on many occasions.

Her films are mostly in the Hindi language, although she made a recent critically acclaimed Bengali film based on a Rabindranath Tagore book named Choker Bali. She will star in a commercial UK/Hollywood production called Bride and Prejudice (2004) directed by Gurinder Chadha. She is the highest paid Bollywood actress. She is the only Indian to have served on the jury of the Cannes Film Festival.

The assignment was to pick 3 ideas from an article and make an image that communicated them. So, they chose Aishwarya, and Salman Khan. They extracted a third image, Aishwariya again, and faded her onto Salman’s chest so that she was like tatooed on his chest. I told them to add her black eyes, which is horribly insensitive and wrong – but it is the most interesting thing in the text. Ranga and Yatila complained that they couldn’t ruin someone so ‘pretty’, but I told them they’d fail if they didn’t. I never liked Salman Khan. He has a George Bush sneer.

I hope that in the future if they have an idea they’ll be confident enough to draw on the resources of Photoshop and the Net to express it visually.

The second portion of the class – Using Photoshop and PowerPoint to tell stories – is included after the jump. The featured story is “UFOs Arrive in Sri Lanka and are hired by Ranil, Chandrika and the JVP to abduct (Tamil Tiger Leader) Prabakaran” (Manoj et al) Contains one graphic/gross image.

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79 Comments »

Comment by tina
2004-12-30 17:41:56

stop abusing salman khan asshole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111 go get a life………..dont u know aish wants self pity!!!!!!she bashed herself up!!looser!!

Comment by imran
2006-11-19 03:55:41

hey yoo shut da fuk upp ……he aint after ash bitch kk dun u dare to mess with us (khan)

 
Comment by Guccigirl
2006-11-21 20:02:13

shut tha f*ck up nitu….dont even try to say asshole too my Love(salman khan) or else…u dont know me…

 
 
Comment by nitu
2005-04-12 02:57:55

go get life salman khan you know you can’t get ash. she is so attiude girl.

 
Comment by T...........
2005-04-25 05:25:29

Do u have any proof that SALMAN beat AISH! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 
Comment by ekta
2005-05-22 23:20:57

aish is a fucken loser…how do u know that she salman actually beated her up…..salman is so nice…..i love him so much…
aish is a bitch…..she thinkes she is all that but she ain’t nothing but a piece of hore…

Comment by Hari
2006-06-25 16:28:32

Common !!! There is no need to abuse Salman !! He is already open to public !! Look at the cases going against him in the tribunal !!!!

 
 
Comment by Sophist
2005-05-23 01:20:29

Sushmita Sen rules the world. The others are mere pretenders. Beat them all I say. Except Sush.

 
Comment by savi3
2005-05-23 17:27:01

damn she’s dating vikram oberoi.. how dare she???? B**** !!! :)

 
Comment by Electra
2005-05-23 22:28:40

why do i get the feeling that all the above comments were posted by the same person under different pseudonyms for entertainment purposes?

tina? fuck off. when did you every have anything worthwhile to tell the world?

 
Comment by Electra
2005-05-23 22:38:24

ps – that is assuming that this is the tina i think it is. but i doubt there’s anyone else who calls themselves tina and uses as much filth, and says things that are as stupid.

besdies, why is it so hard for the world to believe that a battered woman is a battered woman? why would anyone beat themselves up? oh wait, your pecious salman khan isnt a woman beater. bull shit. all im saying is, no one would make up such a sick lie about themselves. especially aishwariya rai, who has enough popularity ANYWAY. she’s been heralded as the world’s most beautiful woman, she’s the only indian actress to ever have crossed over, she has her own statue at madam tussaud’s wax meuseum in england, she’s the highest paid bollywood actress…now why the fuck would she need anyone’s sympathy? why would she pull a stunt like that to gain media attention? she doesnt have enough already?

Comment by Saira
2005-10-03 21:37:53

cause she is a bitch… she is a horreeeee. thats why she is doing all that staff. salman is better that her. she popular but number 1 bitch and horeee. sorry if u said something wrong. u don’t get mad at me but thats the turth.
i love salman khan

 
 
Comment by Sophist
2005-05-24 03:29:51

Because she knows deep down that Sush is the Queen. It’s her inferiority complex. Madhuri is Hecuba while Sush is Cassandra. Aish is just a Trojan Woman.

 
Comment by savi3
2005-05-24 16:04:54

give it a rest Electra… god i hate ppl who think they know everything abt everything.. bloody annoying !!!

 
Comment by Electra
2005-05-24 17:23:40

excellent. and i hate people who type on a computer like they type on a phone.

 
Comment by savi3
2005-05-24 17:32:16

who cares wat u think? :)

 
Comment by Electra
2005-05-24 22:56:37

ugh. i was hoping for a spicier come back, but savithri has failed to deliver. sad.

 
Comment by savi3
2005-05-25 01:46:14

u probably didn’t read the last post so i’ll say it again.. who cares wat u think. and yes i agree ur SAAD.

 
Comment by ayub
2005-06-15 11:26:52

salman khan

 
Comment by ayub
2005-06-15 11:27:34

salman khan
he iz da best acter

 
Comment by jdaj
2005-06-17 20:51:49

Salman is a damned jackass and deserves to be kicked out of the country. He’s a damn tterrorist and should have his d**k chopped

Comment by Saira
2005-10-03 21:41:22

hey u mind ur language. u r stupid. salaman khan is the best so make sure u don’t get kicked out of the country. salman has other places to go but u might be lying on the streets…
sallmaaan is the best…

 
 
Comment by True Fan
2005-06-25 06:36:44

U asshole are all white trashed!!!!!!!!!!!!!! u bunch of hores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! U desirve to get kicked ot of this country!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go back to ur stupid Hollywood!!!!! u all are a discrace to Bollywood!!!!!!

 
Comment by True Fan
2005-06-25 06:37:48

Salman Khan Is hot and unlike all of u idiots has looks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
Comment by nadeem
2005-06-28 19:45:33

Anyone who could be so insolent in discribing the world beauty can not be sane . Ash is the best after or equal to Madhuri and Madhubala of the yester years. There can be no two opinions about it as the world has already acknowledged it.

 
Comment by muslim_girl
2005-07-04 20:49:45

salman you are the best i love youu uuuuuuuuuuuu

 
Comment by YOUSEF_afghan
2005-07-05 01:37:30

everyone who talks shit about ash, you must be a crazy ass girl who is just jealuos that ash got everything but you dont.
I am the biggest fans of Ash no one in the world like ash as much as i do. tell salman fuck you, u cant get her stop being lame you are such a loser.
Ashwaryia if you ever get this massage
please call me or email me

Comment by nazi
2005-08-06 20:51:09

u r crazy boy dewan ashody…think before u say something ok…chopalus

 
Comment by tania
2006-10-30 02:39:01

Well women don’t get what ash got becaouse they decided not to. Not every women wants to be fucked by subahsh gai, salman khan and every man who could be helpful in their careers.

 
 
Comment by Bahaar
2005-07-11 05:41:05

all of you ash fans, just get a life. There’s more to living than worshipping people who don’t give a crap about you. Stop living in a fantasy world. The world is full of problems. And we need to work together to solve them. And not focus on people who are becoming famous and wealthy, and could care less about this world and you.

 
Comment by tina
2005-07-14 06:43:26

hey salman look ash is ugly bitch just foeget her ok and don’t were i am comeing to marry you pretty soon don’t worry ok love you by

 
Comment by Bahaar
2005-07-14 10:20:35

Yousef_afghan and others like you,

Please grow up and and don’t act like your parents. Think for yourself. Bollywood is not the only thing in this universe. There is a lot of suffering going on in this world. There is so much poverty, crime, people dying every day from hunger and disease. We need to focus on that and work together as humanitarians to find and solve solutions to these problems of the world.
Also, this universe is full of beautiful people. And many are very modest and don’t flaunt their beauty. Many live in slums, that you and I would never even think of visiting. A lot of them are born here and die here. if all of those beautiful people found a way to compete in beauty pageants, all the models would be in skin-deep trouble. And this world would be a truly magnificent world indeed. :)
If all those women who lift bricks on their heads everyday, who work in rice and tea fields long hours every day, decided to drop everything and said we want to flaunt our beauty and become westernized, then no middle-class or upper-class aishwariya would stand a chance. And aishwariya rai woudn’t be called the most beautiful.

Look at beauty through your inner soul, then you’ll understand what true beauty really is. True beauty is Mother Theresa for example. She’s flawless in her work of humanity. A divine kind hearted being who sacrificed her youth and life by dedicating herself completely to the most vulnerable and suffering souls of India and around the world. A woman who was modest in every aspect. A woman who didn’t demand a penny for her work. But did it with a beautiful smile and without any complaint.
She is truly the most magnificent and beautiful woman in the world. And I wish she were still alive, so I could receive her blessings and be able to kiss her beautiful and divine hands. God bless her soul!

 
Comment by Yaaro
2005-07-15 16:16:22

Fascinated by the diverse class of people this article has attracted.

 
Comment by dobana
2005-07-15 23:12:08

aishwarya and salman match each other so they should married wach other

 
Comment by alejandra
2005-07-26 08:24:01

salman khan ers un papacito no hay palabras q digan como ers si hubiero alguien como yu en mi pais q es peru yo me vuelvo loca pero nadie se pareceria a mi , pero me paresco un poco a kajol

chau me despido

de : alejandra : para : ti mi amigo

 
Comment by stanzin
2005-07-28 13:40:31

salman khan is a good acter then he is not do this all this it is one of astrocities with him.

 
2005-07-30 06:40:39

Salman
You know that this bitch loves Vivek . So why do not you leave those two nastyes alone
Leave them alone and find another one
You can get anyone you want to get because
You are the king of bollywood

 
Comment by safra pakistani
2005-08-16 06:55:41

Tina be quiet. look at your self Aishwarya is not ugly. And sghe is not b word so keep mouth your closed. and don’t curse.

 
Comment by safra pakistani
2005-08-16 06:57:48

don’t talk in sapanish alejandra. go away from bollywood. salman is in dian he speaks only urdu punjabi, and hindi so leae alone.

 
Comment by safra pakistani
2005-08-16 07:03:43

ytou all are just mean stop this non sense please your making me cry how would you feel if were and actor or actress and peolpe were about. it’s not nice just stop.

 
Comment by Me_Salman_Fan
2005-08-16 13:55:26

u think that Aish did al good think, i think not she fall in love with someone else that’s not fair, Salman doesn’t disurv it because he is a nice guy, and i have been seen all his page’s end ll the thing’s what happend with him that’s all because of that bitch Aish, if i were her place i would ever think about another man, because i need only 1 love, from 1 special person end if he’s in problems then i would help him end be at his side, sow think about it when you say anything about salman

 
Comment by Rashi
2005-08-18 23:17:50

Hey Salman

Jst avoid tht ash…she thinks she is something after tht everyone
says that she is preety
when she hear tht i think tht she is a DIVA
DO NOT MARRY HER
JST MARRY ME =)
i liked her before but when she broked your heart i didn´t like her any more
i jst like RANI,SUSHMITA & U SALMAN KHAN
LOVE U
I want to hear your voice befor i die sooo PLS Call ME
0046739308090 I live in sweden
and yes i love your BODY
LOVE U U ARE HOT SEXY HOT & SEXY
dont care abt the other
GOD BLESS U
LOVE U
Lots of love

Rashi

 
Comment by sadia shahzad
2005-08-28 14:57:37

hi salman
u r my hero & u r a amazing acter so plez take care urself & be happy ash is not for u understnd so work hard 4 ur career
ok
bye salman

 
Comment by sadia shahzad
2005-08-28 14:59:01

hi salman
u r my hero & u r a amazing acter so plez take care urself & be happy ash is not for u understnd so work hard 4 ur carear
ok
bye salman

 
Comment by bezzari maha
2005-08-30 03:52:34

salman khan i love you i am Maha morocco

Comment by vijay
2006-07-14 23:23:22

honey where r u, i am waiting for you and ur reply. tell me r u my good loving friend, VIJAY

 
 
Comment by Baby Z
2005-09-10 00:26:59

Indi, What did you do to them? Aishawarya Rai looks like a meth addict and Salman Khan looks like he should be hustlin in north Philly, only thing missing is his dew rag. I don’t like these people either, but WTF?

 
Comment by Me_Salman_Fan
2005-09-13 01:49:18

SALMAN IS THA BEST

 
Comment by nuur
2005-09-30 16:20:51

HEYYYYY SALMAN IS THE BEDST NO ONE IS BEDSTE IN SALMAN

 
Comment by nuur
2005-09-30 16:23:00

HEYYYYY SALMAN IS THE BEDST NO ONE IS BEDSTE IN SALMAN FUCK ASH

 
Comment by Soniya
2005-09-30 16:42:12

Fuck u ash u bich u are crzy Salman u are the bedste i love uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Comment by Saira
2005-10-03 21:43:57

hey soniya u r right salman is the best in entire world.. ash is a horeeeee thats wat most people think abt her here in usa virginia. she is a sluttttt.
salaman is the best

 
 
Comment by Soniya
2005-09-30 16:43:44

Salman u are the bedste

 
Comment by crazy of salman
2005-10-01 20:13:24

ash you are so crazy girl because you hade salman !!!!!!!!

 
Comment by Saira
2005-10-03 21:30:53

Salman Khan is the beeesssstttt actor. how dear she is dating vivake. she is a horrrrrrrreeeeeeeee….

 
Comment by Saira
2005-10-03 21:34:37

hey salman u r the best. i loveee u sooo much. take care of ur self and stay away from that horrreeeee. she will ruin ur life. u deserve a princessss.. i love uuuu. \
saira

 
Comment by kayaa
2005-10-07 06:18:59

This is just sad… really sad. I mean I get a head-ache just reading all this crap. Don’t hate just because they are 2 beautiful people.
But if I post anymore, it’ll be like hanging out with L’s…so toodles! you pathetic people…

 
Comment by Loku Mahattaya
2005-10-07 12:19:37

You Gobshites…………..

East or West………..
Mahinda Rajapaksha is the best!

Api Mahi-yyata,
Mahi-yya apita!

(Sorry, the bitch wasted 1 hour of my time today)

 
Comment by Me_Salman_Fan
2005-10-14 15:10:42

I HATE AISHWARIYA RAI SHE IS A HOREE BITCH SLUT!!!
SALMAN IS THE BEST OF AL
IF I WAS AISHWARIYA”S PLACE I NEVER LEFT SALMAN ALONE END ALWAYS GIVE HIM LOVE BUT I AM NOT HER PLACE I AM MYSELF END I AM HAPPY THAT I AM NOT THAT BITCH
IF I HADE A WISH I WOULD WISH THAT I WANNE BE THE GIRLFRIEND OF SALMAN
but now he has another girlfriend katrina kaif
i hope Katrina is not a bitch for him:)

Comment by abhishek
2006-12-04 19:00:51

`teri maa da lun behenchod kutte. kise ghashti de jamme hoye kutte..’

 
 
Comment by safra
2005-11-04 06:58:01

aishwarya is the best actress. don’t say bad stuff about her or curse at her. I heard that salman is the cause ofthe break up. so don’t be mad be at Aishwarya. I hate people who are saying bad stuff about that are not true.

 
2006-04-22 23:35:21

the indian police shouldve killed that muslim fucker so long ago :( if Aishwarya Rai was my sister salman khan would be dead on the spot no questions asked! Especially from a sullah fucker.. yuckkk..vomits.

 
Comment by notsuprised
2006-04-22 23:42:32

I’am not surprised Ms rai was punched by her muslim husband Salman Khan. I mean come on, what is salman thinking? If Ash stays with him and marrys, how will she adapt with muslaman khans other 3 wifes? Something I just don’t get?

 
Comment by Salmon Cunt
2006-04-24 18:18:40

If your sister was Aishwarya Rai you’d be too busy jacking off to kill anyone… you incestuous bastard.

Why would anyone want to be with Salmon Cunt he’s clearly gay… that’s right Salman Khan is GAY!!!!!!! Who else would wear hot pants on the beach and work out so much he clearly loves the cock and those two “black buck” he shot… it’s obviously a metaphor for ass banditry

 
Comment by Love_Aishu
2006-05-04 02:09:34

Aishwarya is the best so don’t curse her.It was proved that the reason for the break-up was Salman Khan.Aishwarya is a true GODDESS. And talking about cursing……..Salman has many true things to be cursed about that gay fucker hound.

 
Comment by pari
2006-05-16 15:50:01

ash is a bitch a real bitch thats why she brings badluck to everybodys life and thats a true thing on top of this she is a serial ditcher she is a bitch but she dosent know one thing that even one day this look will vanish then what will she do …………………… shes a prostitute SUSH IS THE BEST MY DREAM PRINCESS

 
Comment by Muni
2006-05-30 00:09:12

Aishwarya Rai is gorgeous and beautiful. She is a wonderful person – she is not a b**** or a wh*** or slut at all!
Aishwarya is incredibly talented – she is a graceful dancer and does an excellent job in Hindi movies.
She is also intelligent, as she passed architecture competitive exams.
She is also a family person.
She is also a moral human being – she has never done any deep kissing scenes or worn any bikinis in her films.
For all of this, I believe truly is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World.
I am very proud of her because she does not act like a cheap wh*** in her movies. She has NEVER done any kissing/sex/or nude scenes. She does not believe in kissing or nudity and neither do I.

Comment by yomama
2006-12-04 08:22:29

Who said Ash hasn’t done kissing scenes???? Looks like u’r not up to date Ms. Ash worshipper.
1. Josh with Chandrachur Singh
2. Taal with Akshay Khanna
3. Dhoom 2 with Hrithik Roshan
and I don’t think that’s all.
Sorry to break your heart.

 
 
Comment by salman
2006-05-31 12:26:34

i dont know what is the true story but is aish was pregnant by salman is it true but god knows better who is right or wrong

 
Comment by syed AGHA QAMAR
2006-07-28 12:58:14

SALAM TO ALL
I HEAT TO RAVINA I LIKE I SO LIKE O NATASHA I WANT TO TALKING WITH BUT I NOW THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE

 
Comment by Dilnasheen-99
2006-08-31 14:18:42

Hey guys,
No matter what we can’t judge anyone,because we cannot know what is there in those 2 people’s hearts and we don’t know what they have gone through.It is quite obvious Salman Khan loved her so much,so he proposed to marry her.This shows he has never tried to take advantage of her.She refused it.That was the end of the story, but I believe there are many other things that have been going on since then.As Aishwariya was getting involved with another 2 men at the same time, I believe she has enjoyed seeing Salman Khan suffer and fooling him. Come on, she is beautiful. Be realistic. Beauty is her power to use. She has used her power to attract others and enjoyed fooling them. There lies many other things that we dont know behind those innocent looks…

Recently I was reading an article and there was a question “Is Aishwariya ever gonna get married?”…Well, I dont think so. She has the beauty, she has the power, she has all she wants, why to marry ? still she can use her power and attract people. She enjoys taking attention from people..i watched her interview in USA from 60 Minutes Programe, she was asked what she thought all about the attention of men in india that they would give their everything just for one day to be with her.She mocked, laughed and said “i like it”…She has laughed in a mocking way all along the conversation and gave short answers. she has shown once again that she likes getting attention from others and she likes that..she enjoys them being crazy for her…

 
Comment by yomama
2006-12-04 09:14:18

Who said Ash hasn’t done kissing scenes????
1. Josh with Chandrachur Singh
2. Taal with Akshay Khanna
3. Dhoom 2 with Hrithik Roshan
and I don’t think that’s all.

SK was at the very top, dated Ash, screwed up his life.
Vivek came with a bang, dated ash, screwed up his career.
Now abhishek, hope he doesn’t get probs…
May be it’s Ash’s fault, may be not, who knows for sure, but I did not appreciate how she treated SK. He was heart-broken, messed up his own life. When he needed her the most, she dumped him. And now people may not remember, but she was not this big shot before ‘Hum Dil de Chuke Sanam’ of course she used SK to leverage her own career.

Comment by Anonymous
2006-12-04 11:09:39

Aishwarya did not kiss Chandrachur in “Josh.” It looked as though she was kissing him, but really their lips never even touched. Same thing goes for Taal and Akshaye Khanna. It was a play with camera angles and gestures and body movements. As for the rest of your comment, well, I didn’t read it.

Comment by yomama
2006-12-04 13:48:34

ok, if you think those were camera angles, do check Dhoom 2 out and then let me know if that was a camera angle too! oh by the way, I forgot about the kiss with Vivek in Kyun, ho gaya na!

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Comment by sunny
2007-03-05 18:36:22

salman……………………….is great

 
Comment by Jay
2007-10-31 11:35:15

Hey Guys lets grow up.
Aish is screwed by the ever possesive abishek and will now have to literally live in a hole as the AB Bahu.
Salman gained from the break up as he now has a more beautiful Katrina who really loves him coz she is with him eeven during his trying times.
I will go by salman who is a gentleman while Aishwarya is a little bitchy as shehas had a string of affairs Salman, Vivek, Hrithik and may be some more to come. Lets pity the Abishek for his poor choice .

 
Comment by salmankhan
2007-12-04 23:54:52

hi? my name is (salmankhan) I live in sweden Putt my familj is from somalia and I like mr salmankhan, and salman khan I like bro your films and your songers, And I like salmankhan!

 
Comment by Someone
2007-12-08 20:33:35

Does this post get linked from some obscure bollywood site? Because all I can see is that it’s been overtaken by weird ass Bollywood fans who have a point to make about some weird ass Bollywood actor/actress.

 
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I do a lot more reading than writing and this is an attempt to bridge the gap. These are some of the things I thought were interesting this week, as posted on del.icio.us. Delicious, incidentally, is owned by Yahoo (like Flickr) meaning the dullard of the Internet giants is at least buying OK stuff. This week in the SL Blogosphere there was a good sex post from Ravana, a soft launch of a Digg-type ratings

The Returns Of IIFA

IIFA Colombo cost the Sri Lankan government about Rs. 850 million. The event was perhaps not a flop, but certainly not a hit. None of the A-Listers (Aishwariya, Amitabh, Abhishek) were there and neither were many of the Khans (Shah Rukh, Amir, Saif Ali). One Khan that did show up was Salman Khan, and he's back in town today, to film a movie here. Another return visitor was Vivek Oberoi, hanging around with Namal Rajapaksa