Aishwarya Rai – to work or not to work
26th Jan 2007 10.01 IST
By ApunKaChoice

Now that the gorgeous Aishwarya Rai is all set to become the daughter-in-law of the Bachchans, all are wondering whether she will give up her Bollywood career after her marriage.

A source close to Bachchans says that after marriage, Ash is not giving up films. “There's absolutely no talk of Aishwarya giving up her career,” the source said.




“After Guru she has entered a new performing peak. This is the time when she needs to build on her actress image,” continues the source.

“In fact, 2007 is one of Ash's busiest years in years. Apart from two international projects, The Last Legion and Provoked , which are ready for release she's shooting for Ashutosh Gowarikar 's Jodha Akbar . Right after that she goes into Ram Gopal Varma 's Sarkar 2 , followed by a film for Karan Johar 's production house. Both feature Abhishek Bachchan opposite her. It would make a lot of practical sense for Ash to do her films with Abhi. That doesn't mean she'd keep herself exclusively associated with Abhi professionally. In fact, Ash is about to ink another project for producer Gaurang Doshi to be directed by Shriram Raghavan which stars John Abraham . All these will keep her busy till at least the middle of 2008,” the source said.

There are also widespread speculations about the marriage date.

As per sources, marriage date will be worked out soon after Jaya Bachchan and Abhishek return from the shooting of Goldie Behl 's Drona .

Ash is presently busy shooting ‘Jodha Akbar' in Karjat and she has her kitty full with film assignments, which will keep her busiest at least till the middle of 2008.

So a soon marriage can force Ash to reschedule her dates which is a touch task for her as well as for the producers of films.

The source assures that the marriage date will be fixed keeping Ash's career plan in mind. It will not impede her career plan. Ash will also be completely with decision of Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya.

“Ash is completely one with whatever Abhishek's parents decide. She's leaving all her post-marriage decisions to them. In fact, she has been going by their wishes for some time now, from the time the two got serious about each other,” says the source.

Meanwhile, the Bachchans have ordered a priceless Banarasi lehenga for their gorgeous soon-to-be daughter-in-law.

Ash is likely to wear the anmol lehenga on her wedding day. The lehenga would be crafted by a mater weaver of the city, famous for signature Banarasi saris, and it would be beautiful work of Banarasi Zardozi and Kolkatan-Jaipur embroidery on a silken base.

Sources said the price of the lehenga might be over Rs. 2 lakh.