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- By Parinda News Bureau, April 18, 2006, 09:42 IST
Bollywood icon Aishwarya Rai will soon be the co-star of Hollywood's Will Smith on his India trip. Smith met many Bollywood biggies, including Aishwarya, during his visit to India in February.
Smith's meeting with Aishwarya was quite a success. The two had an hour-long meeting, following which Smith's business manager James Lassiter offered Aishwarya a lead role opposite him in a film to be produced later this year.
Earlier, Aishwarya was scheduled to be Smith's co-star in last year's comedy Hitch , but the deal could not take shape. Now, finally Ash will be his heroine!
The project with Smith will be Aishwarya's next international project after Jagmohan Mundra's ready-for-release Provoked and Doug Lefler's The Lost Legion .
"To say they hit it off instantly is an understatement. It was clear from the start of their meeting that Ash and Will were going to be buddies. The sound of their combined laughter could be heard all the way to the ground floor. After a point it stopped looking like two internationally known actors and colleagues were meeting up. Ash and Will were like two buddies cracking up at their jokes,” said an eyewitness to the Ash-Smith meet.
Aishwarya gifted a sari to Smith's wife Jada Pinkett, who couldn't accompany him to India because she was playing with her music band in the US.
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