In 2004, when Aishwarya was promoting her first international film, Bride and Prejudice, rumours were rife that the actress might collaborate with Salman for a project. When the same rumour was brought to Aishwarya’s notice, she had reacted furiously and had rebuked all the rumours of joining hands with Salman for a project.
She had told media, ‘Working with Salman is out of the question. And you can quote me on that! When I issued that statement ending my association with him, I was in hospital with a fractured foot (She was injured on the sets of Rajkumar Santoshi’s Khakee).’
‘I wrote that statement from my hospital bed where I had lots of time to think about what I was doing. I am not the kind of person who would reverse her decision to suit her purposes. The question of going back on my words just does not arise’.
‘Come on! I let go of the chance of working with Sanjay Leela Bhansali to stand by my convictions. Why would I change my mind for a lesser film?’ had asserted the Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam actress.