It seems post her high profile wedding in early 2007, the Bachchan bahu Aishwarya Rai is shifting all her attention on international films and is not very keen to take on Bollywood films. Barring the recently signed Shankar’s Robot - in which the actress has a small role to play - the actress has only English films lined up in 2008.
The actress is working on a spate of international films in like The Pink Panther 2, Ben Kingsley’s Taj Mahal and is rumoured to be a part of two bigger Hollywood films. One of which will see Ash starring with Meryl Streep in Coline Serreau’s Chaos. The film is said to be based on Serreau’s French play and will see Ash playing a young woman who is beaten up by a group of men. Rai has also agreed to do Zachary Coffin’s Windfall which is based on the Bhopal gas tragedy. Aishwarya will play an Indian-American woman whose father was the plant manager on duty at the plant on the night of the disaster. And that’s not all! She is also rumoured to be a part of one of the most expensive French films - Asterix at the Olympic Games.
“Ash has a big international profile. Specific roles are being made keeping her in mind. She is very clear about the things she will or won’t do and directors in the West are accommodating all her demands,” says our source.
While it is great to see Ash create a fan following for her work in the West we can’t help but notice that post her wedding the actress has only been turning down Bollywood offers. The source adds that Aishwarya is yet to sign a Bollywood film in 2008 and post the release of Jodhaa Akbar in February and Sarkar Raj later in the summer, the actress has no Bollywood releases lined up.
“She had agreed to Tarun Mansukhani’s as yet untitled directorial debut. Karan had personally signed on Abhishek and Ash for the film. But soon after the wedding, news came that Ash had decided to step out and the buzz is that the role was too sexy for her. The clothes and look was something she wasn’t comfortable with. Her next with John Abraham directed by Sriram Raghavan is also being delayed constantly. In Robot the main protagonist is Rajnikanth and her role in the film is that of his wife and it’s nothing that can create any controversy. Plus the film will only release two years from now,” says the source.
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