HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | BOLLYWOOD Aishwarya Rai rules out comparisons with Rekha27th Oct 2006 14.01 IST By Agencies As she readies for the release of Umrao Jaan , the gorgeous Aishwarya Rai dismisses any comparison between her performance in the movie and that of Rekha in the original version by Muzaffar Ali . "Comparisons have been made up by the media. But when I went to shoot the movie, I went with a clean slate of mind. I only followed the instructions given to me by my director," Ash told reporters at an interaction in suburban Juhu, Mumbai on Thursday. 
Asked whether she had drawn inspiration from Rekha's portrayal of the central character, Ash said "having watched the movie on television and the songs being part of film folklore, I did have a visual image of the character. But as far as content was concerned, I went in with a clean slate". Terming the role as an "educating experience," Ash said, "as someone who takes great pride in Indian culture, it was a great experience to learn about the kind of language, clothes and lifestyle that was prevalent in the times that the story is based in. It gave me a new insight into our culture." The movie, which also stars Abhishek Bachchan and Shabana Azmi , will be released on November 3. Asked why she and Abhishek had not been seen at promotional events together, Ash said "it is merely because of our schedules. There is no other reason." Related Umrao Jaan Aishwarya Rai Rekha Muzaffar Ali Abhishek Bachchan Shabana Azmi | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ John Abraham ready to go Full Monty ~ Katrina Kaif's acting fee keeps soaring ~ Imran Khan denies Aamir Khan is his mentor ~ Kangana Ranaut wants her boyfriend in 'Jail'? ~ 'Sarkar 3' with Deepika and Ranbir? ~ Tabu plays a sexually deprived woman ~ Dia Mirza hopes to bounce back in big way ~ Shahrukh Khan to make a superhero film ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Shatrughan Sinha wishes speedy recovery to Amitabh ~ Amitabh Bachchan to stay in hospital for 2-3 days ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Hello, Drona, Kidnap, Welcome To Sajjanpur, Hulla, The Last Lear, 1920, Saas Bahu Aur Sensex, Ru-Ba-Ru, A Wednesday, Rock On, Phoonk, Chamku, Dostana , Heroes , Karzzzz , Golmaal Returns MUSIC Dostana , Karzzzz celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Koel Purie | Shahana Goswami | Adah Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Anushka Sharma | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Vidya Malvade | Malaika Arora | more... POPULAR WALLPAPERS Katrina Kaif wallpapers | Deepika Padukone wallpapers | Salman Khan wallpapers | Aishwarya Rai wallpapers | Shahrukh Khan wallpapers | Akshay Kumar wallpapers | Kareena Kapoor wallpapers | Ranbir Kapoor wallpapers | Priyanka Chopra wallpapers | Kajol wallpapers | Mallika Sherawat wallpapers | Rani Mukherjee wallpapers | Hrithik Roshan wallpapers | Vidya Balan wallpapers | Amrita Rao wallpapers | Genelia D'Souza wallpapers | Sneha Ullal wallpapers | Riya Sen wallpapers | Preity Zinta wallpapers | Bipasha Basu wallpapers | Minissha Lamba wallpapers | Ayesha Takia wallpapers | Imran Khan wallpapers | Nigar Khan wallpapers | John Abraham wallpapers | Sherlyn Chopra wallpapers MOVIE TRAILERS & VIDEOS Dostana trailers | Drona trailers | Kidnap trailers | Hello trailers | Fashion trailers | EMI trailers | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi trailers | Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai trailers | Aashayein trailers | Paathshaala trailers | Toonpur Ka Superhero trailers | Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi trailers | Rang Rasiya trailers | Chal Chala Chal trailers | Heroes trailers | Karzz trailers | Horn Ok Please trailers | Golmaal Returns trailers | Ghajini trailers | Yuvvraaj trailers | Kambakth Ishq trailers | Dil Kabaddi trailers | Billoo Barber trailers | | 
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