Did you know, it was Aishwarya Rai who had bagged in the role of female lead in Mani Ratnam's Bombay a film made on the 1993 bomb blasts.

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According to the buzz, Mani Ratnam had asked cinematographer-film-maker Rajeev Menon for the dates of Ash for his movie. But, since she was busy with the Miss India pageant, she couldn't. And this is where Manisha came in the picture and took away the role.

Shankar, who is now busy shooting The Robot with Ash, was suppose to sign her for his Tamil flick India and had also decided the name of her character as Aishwarya but the clashes of dates stroke and the role went for a second time to Manisha Koirala. And we saw Manisha starring opposite Kamal Hassan, playing the role of this character named Aishwarya.