ABCL is now Aishwarya Bachchan Corporation Limited

The latest lux ad featuring Abhi-Ash has once again ignited the rumours of her being pregnant. It was even rumored that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan walked out of Abhinay Deo's Crooked because she is planning for motherhood.

In Delhi to launch the new watch for luxury brand Longines, Ash is visibly tired of the one question everyone seems to be asking her - whether the recent weight gain indicates good news?

"Oh, I knew this question will pop-up. We are married and in due time will be parents too. When it happens, you will definitely know. Right now it's not the time," she told the prying journos. Ash further added that she and Abhishek have no any gender (boy/girl) preference and they would expect whatever God blessed them with.

A close friend also said, "Ash does not get time for herself. She is trying to balance various projects, some of which have overshot the deadline, while playing her domestic roles properly. It's a very tough balancing act, she needs a break."

Understandably, she is now dropping out of projects that haven't started. The buzz is she might not play Mumtaz Mahal to Ben Kingsley's in Taj Mahal, a project that she had said yes to while shooting The Last Legion with Sir Ben.

When asked if it's true that ABCL ought to be rechristened as Aishwarya Bachchan Corporation Limited, she shoots back, "I don't know whose figment of imagination that is. ABCL is what ABCL was."

We remind her it won't be a bad idea to have the name of the ghar ki bahu in the banner for good luck and she says, "Every bahu (daughter-in-law) in India is considered ghar ki Lakshmi. Does that mean everyone changes his or her company name to incorporate the bahu's name? No na?"