DUBAI — Another proposal for a film based on the life of Benazir Bhutto was given the thumbs down yesterday by Asif Ali Zardari, husband of the slain ex-premier of Pakistan.

Officials close to the family told Khaleej Times that Zardari and his family would not offer any help to UTV, an India-based production house, to make a film on the leader, assassinated in December last, since a documentary on her life was currently being made by a US-based production house.

Aishwarya Rai in 2008.

Aishwarya Rai had started her journey in bollywood films in 2008 with her success in the last few years. Her films Dhoom -2, opposite Hrithik Roshan was extremely successful and although the film Umrao Jaan did not do that well in box office, her performance in the film was well appreciated by the cinematic audience.

Mumbai, June 10: After playing Hrithik Roshan`s princess in `Jodha Akbar` and sharing the same frame with husband Abhishek and father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan in ‘Sarkar Raj’, Aishwarya is all set take charge and fly solo again as she has been offered to play one of the most controversial and influential character that the world of politics has ever seen, i.e. Benazir Bhutto.

Married into the first family of Bollywood, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been often touted as the most influential celebrity wife. Coupled with this, Ash’s awe-inspiring beauty makes this former Miss World a top contender for the most sought after role.

Mumbai, June 10 (IANS) Plans are afoot to bring Aishwarya Rai and Meryl Streep together in an American production of “Chaos”, Colin Serreau’s 2002 French movie.

Says a source, “They ran the concept with Meryl and Ash and they were game. They need to Americanise the theme because ‘Chaos’ was a very French movie. But, yes, in principle Ash is on for this film.”

Ash is slated to play a sex worker in the film.

Another international project Aishwarya has agreed to is Roland Joffe’s “Singularity” with Brendan Fraser.

Bangkok: The Bachchan family seems very excited about their Unforgettable world tour next month. However, interestingly other Bollywood stars are just dropping out of that tour.

Since it’s announcement at IIFA 2007, Unforgettable - a world tour featuring the three Bachchans’ -Amitabh, Abhishek and Aishwarya has been in the news more for stars dropping out of the event.

When the tour was announced last year in Yorkshire Lara Dutta and Bipasha Basu were also part of the tour but now both the actresses have opted to drop out.

There was also news of Saif Ali Khan joining the team and later backing out.

Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan, whose much awaited film Sarkar Raj was released yesterday, does not feel that he should always be paired with his wife Aishwarya Rai in a husband and wife role.

“Just because we’re husband and wife doesn’t mean we should play the same roles in all our films,” Abhishek told IANS in an interview.

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