Busy Bahu!

Ash chooses film with Abhi, delays two Holly projects

Apparently, Aishwarya Rai has been offered two Hollywood films, which she has verbally committed to doing. One is Roland Joffe’s Singularity opposite Brendan Fraser and the second is Chaos, which also stars Meryl Streep. Multiple sources reveal that Ash has agreed to be a part of both these films.

The glitch is that Ash has given bulk dates to Mani Ratnam’s film (with hubby Abhishek), which starts this year-end. Which has left her Hollywood producers wondering if they should wait for her dates or look for another actress.

A source reveals, “Ash is not taking on too many projects. At the moment, she is committed to doing Shankar’s Robot and Ratnam’s untitled film. She has also allotted two months to the The Unforgettables tour in July. So there is a time crunch.”

One worry that dogs her Hollywood agent is whether Ash wants to work less after her marriage. The buzz about her cutting down on work and spending more time with family is making the makers in the West wary. “The Ben Kingsley film with Bipasha hasn’t yet taken off and will take time. Meanwhile, the producers of Singularity and Chaos are waiting for her to revert.”

It is learnt that Singularity has been delayed because the actress asked for the final draft of the script, “Ash wants to be hands-on with her Holly films. She wasn’t too happy with the final outcome of Last Legion, and now wants to make sure every project turns out to be exactly the way it is related to her.”

The delay with Robot happened because of the untimely death of the film’s writer Sujatha. “Ash is struggling to divide her dates evenly between Robot and the untitled film with Mani Ratnam. This is causing her delays to commit to the Hollywood films,” concludes the source.