Bengalis go crazy over Ash

Shooting has been proceeding at a hectic pace for Mani Ratnam's Raavan starring Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai. The entire unit is currently stationed in Kolkata, and sources report that�fans line up from as early as 5 a.m. just to have a glimpse of the former Miss World and follow her to the ghat where she is shooting.

An interesting snippet is that for a specific sequence, Aishwarya had to shoot in a boat and the entire ghat was filled with onlookers; several of them even tried swimming towards the boat just to get a closer look at the beauty queen. In fact, the unit members had a tough time handling the crowd as fans kept shouting 'I love you'. Immediately�after Abhishek arrived, the 'I love you' chant changed to boudi (sister-in-law in Bengali). This amused the entire unit, and every one, including Mani Ratnam, burst out laughing!