Amitabh Bachchan bahu Aishwarya Rai is shifting all her attention on international films

Jan 31, 2008

aish 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,”