Here's the real reason why Aishwarya Rai Bachchan picked Anurag Kashya

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been Sanjay
Leela Bhansali's muse for quite a few years.
The duo has given us some cinematic gems
like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devdas and
Guzaarish. Recently, speculations were rife
that after a gap, the director-actress duo is
all set to work together on a film, once
again. In fact, several reports had even
suggested that Aishwarya's film with SLB
was already in the development stages.
Now, if the recent buzz is to be believed,
then Aishwarya seems to have picked
Anurag Kashayap's next titled Gulab Jamun
over Bhansali's film. Why do we say so? Well,
a report on Deccan Chronicle suggests that
the actress had to choose between the two
projects and she chose the one with
Kashyap.
A source was quoted as saying by the daily,
"Aishwarya had to choose between working
with Bhansali and sharing screen space
with her husband, as the dates for both
films were clashing. And she chose the film
with her husband. They haven't worked
together in eight years. And more
importantly, both of them have fabulous
roles in Gulab Jamun. They're going to be
playing characters they've never played
before.
Well, Aish and Abhishek Bachchan were last
seen together in Mani Ratnam's Raavan.
Fans have been kicked to witness the power
couple on screen ever since the first word
broke that they might work in Gulab Jamun
together again. Interestingly, Anurag
Kashayap also happens to be the director of
Abhishek's comeback film Manmarziyaan.

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