Originally posted by: masakaliii
True it is ridiculous to ask someone to loose that kind of weight, but we must take into consideration that this is the filmi world. Directors can ask anything of their lead and the lead must comply to make it work, unless otherwise. The same requests have been made to Vidya, Rani, etc. And sometimes they follow through, sometimes they dont.
Again, her body in Cannes was one that Madhur could work with but probably also expected her to shape up for Heroine. Shape up a lot more. Aishwarya is a beautiful woman but she has certainly gotten bigger, and this is a harsh industry. If your going to represent a 'face' that millions will love you need to follow the rules the masses lay out, and especially for a film like this one.
I feel as though madhur probably expected the shoot to lengthen but just made some bakwas announcment about it being 40 days.
There are things about this whole situation that are murky, i can't say i support Aishwarya on this one, she made a very bad call, but i think madhur could have salvaged the project or atleast i hope he still does.
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