Kareena abandoned for Aishwarya Rai

Kareena Kapoor’s joy was short-lived. Even as the actress was gloating over the fact that Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who prefers and loves working with Aishwarya Rai, had handpicked her for his forthcoming flick, comes the news that the director has reverted to his regular choice: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan!

Bhansali, however, aiming to be clinically professional about his dealings had sounded out Bebo about his intention of casting her in his future film. The undeniable debacle of ‘Raavan’ made Bhansali do a severe rethink before taking the extreme step of bringing Aish in.

States a close source, “Sanjay knew that Aish was banking upon ‘Raavan’ and ‘Guzaarish’ to take herself to new heights as an actress. But since ‘Raavan’ flopped so badly, Bhansali felt that casting Bebo at this stage would be terrible. It would be equivalent to betraying Ash and so he chose to bring her back into his film.”

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