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Bollywood beauty, Aishwarya Rai, is thrilled over doing the main lead roles in two South Indian projects.
Aishwarya Rai is playing lead role in Mani Ratnam’s “Ravan” and Shankar's "Endhiran".
"Shankar had approached me previously to work with him, but it never materialized. Finally, everything landed in place and here we are working together after 10 years," said Aishwarya Rai.
Tamil superstar Rajinikant, who is playing the male lead in "Endhiran", was very keen to work with Aishwarya Rai and tried to sign her for his earlier ventures - "Padaiyappa" and "Chandramukhi", but the actress could not give the dates.
In Mani Ratnam's "Ravan", she is been paired up with her hubby Abhishek Bachchan,
"I don't want to reveal much about it. Working with Mani is always a delight. He is a man of perfection. I am lucky to act in his movies again and again", Aishwarya Rai said.
Aishwarya Rai was earlier seen in Mani Ratnam's "Iruvar" and "Guru", in which Abhishek Bachchan was in the main lead.
While shooting for "Ravan" in the jungles of Kerala, the entire cast and crew had a scary experience when an elephant ran amok and killed 51-year-old mahout “Andavan”.
The actors including Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Vikram, Prabhu and Munna had to take shelter in a guest house.
According to sources, “the film personalities spent the night in the forest guest house and survived on bread and eggs. After 12 hours of tension and waiting, the crew returned to their hotel”.
Now the cast and crew of "Ravan" has moved to “Ooty” where the remaining portions of the film will be shot
