Aish and Saif Pair in Bhardwaj Banwas

Aiswarya Rai

It’ll be a moment to treasure when 14 years of cinematic chase will tee off to a close. If all goes well, Vishal Bhardwaj’s long standing dream of directing Aishwarya Rai is all set to fructify into reality. And in a surprising of sorts, the VB flick will have her pair up with…hold your bated breath… Saif Ali Khan!

Earlier on, for 14 years, Bhardwaj’s dreams came to naught as Aishwarya Rai was either too busy, had date hassles or tragically, the ventures concerned did not catch her fancy. Word has it that Bhardwaj, has approached Aishwarya Rai with two more scripts and a concept based on William Henry Shakespeare’s cult tragedy ‘Hamlet’, in which he plans to showcase Aishwarya Rai alongside Hrithik Roshan.

A highly closed source states, “Vishal did go to Janak, the Bachchan bungalow in Juhu ( suburban Mumbai) with a script in hand. He had an hour long meeting with Aishwarya and they discussed the film offers that he had at length. As of now, matters are very hush hush.” Interestingly, this twist couldn’t have zoomed in at a more appropriate time as Aishwarya finds herself out of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Bajirao Mastani’ with Kareena Kapoor closing in as her svelte replacement.