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			MOVIES < Back Next > Quintessential celebrity If you are Aishwarya Rai, you make news all year around: • The actress turned producer this year in partnership with brother Aditya and friend Shabbir Boxwalla. Dil Ka Rishta, co-starring Arjun Rampal and Priyanshu Chatterjee, flopped, not that it made any difference in Ash's popularity. • She busily collected Best Actress trophies at every award event worth its name for her portrayal of Paro in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas. • Gurinder Chadha signed her on for Bride And Prejudice, a contemporary adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride And Prejudice. • Ash became the first Indian actress to become a jury member at the Cannes film festival. • Director Coline Serreau signed her for Chaos, co-starring Ash's favourite actress Meryl Streep. Ash had her share of downers as well: • Her garish wardrobe and elaborate hairdos at Cannes earned her flak. • An accident on the sets of Rajkumar Santoshi's Khakee in Nashik resulted in an ankle fracture and abrasions. In hospital, she issued a statement saying she would never work with former boyfriend Salman Khan. • Ash walked out of Ketan Mehta's The Rising, starring Aamir Khan, when producer Bobby Bedi refused to pay her the demanded remuneration. Text: Sukanya Verma Celebrating Ash < Back Next > Tell us what you think is the event of the year Email this Article