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And the winner of the battle of Salman Khan's exes to play Madhur Bhandarkar's Heroine, is none other than Aishwarya Rai.

After a report carried by Mumbai Mirror on March 8 titled, "Battle of Sallu's Exes in Plum Roles" as to who would play the life of a heroine who has passed her prime in her career but refuses to believe that she is no longer in the limelight, Bhandarkar finally zeroed down on Aishwarya.

Madhur has already met Aishwarya along with his producer Siddharth Roy Kapoor. She, apparently, loved the subject and rest of the modalities are still in the process of being worked out.

After Kareena Kapoor refused to do the film as she was uncomfortable doing the intimate scenes, there were strong rumours that the film might star Katrina Kaif or Aishwarya Rai, both Sallu's Our source said, "Madhur Bhandarkar is known for his realistic cinema and has been fairly successful at that.

He had finalised Kareena Kapoor for the lead role of Heroine however Kareena had some reservations about the love making scenes and she opted out of the film. Ever since there has been speculations that who will star in the film.

Recently there were talks that Madhur is speaking to both Katrina and Aishwarya Rai for the film but it is Aishwarya Rai who was always on the director's mind. Madhur has also reworked on the script to suit Aishwarya Rai as it has been a long unfulfilled dream of Madhur to work with her.

The meeting happened last evening and the deal has more or less been sealed. The finances have to be worked out with UTV who are co-producing the film with Madhur."

As of now, Bhandarkar is relaxed. He said, "Nothing is finalised. I have taken a break after Dil To Baccha Hai Ji as I need some time off." Siddarth Roy Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai remained unavailable for comments.