By Jilawatan

Director Vishal Bhardwaj seems to be too eager to sign Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan for his next film. The director recently met with Ash to show her the fresh script of his next project.

When he had approached Ash with the script last time, the actress suggested some changes in it. Bhardwaj, known for cult films like Omkara, seems to have realised that it is easier to rope in an A-lister actress than that of an actor of the same stature for his film. So the director, whose most films have strong female characters, did not mind doing some cosmetic changes in his script.

According to a source, Vishal faced a lot of trouble while working with the stars like Shah Rukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan right from the times of his narration of the film to having changes in the script. According to sources, Vishal had also met Saif and Shah Rukh to sign them for his films, but to no avail.

By Jilawatan

Raavan starring Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan could not make it possible to float over the waves of box office but the leading lady of the movie, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, is still in demand. She is still the ultimate choice. There is cluster of directors who aspires to have Ash in their movies. Vishal Bhardwaj is one such distinguished self who is craving to do film with Aishwarya Rai for long and has attempted at times but in vain. He intended to take her in his debutant directorial venture, ‘Timbucktoo’ but could not execute the plans.

Vishal Bhardwaj goes fortunate this time to employ Ash in his new project which is scheduled to be released in 2011. It is not that Aishwarya Rai’s refusals were deliberate; it was her dates’ dairy that could not help her as she was bound with other projects. That is why she even refused to do “Saat Khoon Maaf”