Will had offered her his films Hitch, Seven Pounds and Tonight He Comes but Aishwarya could not agree to any of them due to time constraints. But for Seven Pounds, the reason was quite different to what was presented in the media. In 2008, Aishwarya told IANS that she did not turn down the film because she wanted to celebrate Karwa Chauth back home. “The script reading for The Seven Pounds was just after Diwali when Dadimaa (Teji Bachchan)’s health dipped drastically. Talking about her, he had said, “I really wanted to work with her... She has this powerful energy where she doesn’t have to say anything, do anything, she can just stand there.

Source: Hindustan Times July 05, 2020 01:04 UTC