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I am not a Bond Girl: Aishwarya Rai
07th Sept 2005 15.16 IST
By Agencies

The gorgeous Aishwarya Rai has thrashed rumors that she was approached for the female lead in a James Bond film.

Talking to Dylan Fitch of Forbes, Ash said on the subject of being billed as the next Bond girl: Oh, that's a rumor! That rumor should get a lifetime achievement award, man! At the time that it started, there wasn't even a script, there wasn't a James Bond. It all started, supposedly, with some people who had come down to India to meet me regarding it. But that was the time when I met with the accident, so the meeting didn't really come about. But it managed to make it to the headlines!

On her tenth year in Bollywood, Ash said: "This is my tenth year now, so things have changed within this span of time--so drastically that when I look at the work done when I just joined, it's like, "Oh my God!" So much has changed in these ten years. You get to see how you're part of the process of change within the Indian film industry. That's all positive, that's all a good sign."

"We've found ourselves very often saying that we were toughened. We can work in any conditions in any part of the world [laughter], because we've kind of worked in such dire situations. It's incredible training, because you don't get so easily thrown or unsettled in situations."

On the first sense of superstardom that she experienced when she was in India, Ash said: "Oh yes, after Miss World. It's such an intense experience, and everyone kind of gets into it with such...fervor. And for me, it was just...I was a student, and I had done a couple of modeling assignments, and so I just participated in Miss India. Only after having won Miss India did I know I had the opportunity to go to Miss World."

"But in terms of my approach, when I went for it, I was like, "Oh, wait a minute, this is my one chance, and I'm representing my country." You go around not with just your name but with your country's name around you. So to me, in my head, that was huge. That was like, "Hey, I'm not going to participate in the Olympics, so here I am, representing my country!" And that means a lot to me."

"Absolutely. Like it or not, if you're spearheading that, you're representing your country as well. Yes, and that's something I want to do. That's what I found myself doing then too--representing the Indian person or the Indian woman at the age of 20, 21."

When asked of her opinion on the treatment of women in business and otherwise, Ash said: "Society has been defined a certain way from time immemorial for all of us. We all know the kinds of eases and the trials that we could all be faced with--in any strata, in any profession. So, I think rather than feeling persecuted that you're meeting up with a challenge simply because of the gender you belong to, I think it's important to face the challenge for what it is and have your convictions together. It isn't always easy, and, thereby, I think the biggest strength lies in one's ability to say "no"."

When asked to give an advice to aspiring professionals, Ash said: "My biggest concern is always the students who are working toward a certain career--when they limit themselves to just that one option. They need to know that the world is huge--it's an ocean, and there are so many options. It's not the end of the world if they don't get to pursue an apparent childhood dream."

"That's really important, because you find a lot of kids who believe that they want to become a doctor or an aeronautical engineer or something, and if they don't manage to make their degree, that's the end. They feel so defeated, which is very disheartening. It's sad to know that people let themselves be limited by these aspirations."

Take note of it, for this is coming from the worldwide face of India's film business, and, if no less an authority than the U.S. television show 60 Minutes is to be believed, it's the most beautiful face in the world.

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