Aishwarya Rai on giving up her Hollywood career: I enjoy Indian cinema
| Aug 18, 2017, 09:37 IST
One of the first actresses to have dabbled a career in Bollywood and Hollywood, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a reckoned global name. After working on Hollywood projects namely 'Bride & Prejudice', 'The Mistress of Spices', 'Provoked', 'The Last Legion' and 'The Pink Panther 2', the former beauty queen put aside her Hollywood career soon after and went about her Bollywood projects in full gusto.
The actress, in a recent interview with a television channel, revealed that she put aside her Hollywood career as she enjoyed Indian cinema. She said, "I was very clear about that. Also because I enjoy Indian cinema I have had such wonderful directors to work with – I couldn’t get myself to do that. That’s because it is just a different rhythm – I know I can imagine some of our talent working there and experiencing it – it is exciting. It is wonderful to be part of cinema irrespective of which language or part of the world it is getting made in. It is just a different rhythm with which we worked in India and overseas…"
Aishwarya further added, "At that time social media was still beginning. Today, the world is socially smaller, you feel more connected and the pace of life is getting faster than not to so long ago. I guess each one will find their own rhythm and what suits everybody. I also had so many yes and no in my list of dos and don’ts. So it narrowed down my choices and that’s just the way I felt I would be comfortable."
Talking about her recent Bollywood stint, as the actress signed off, she said, "In 2016, I had 'Sarabjit' on one hand and 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' on the other. So many were like ‘What she is doing? What is she choosing?’ But I’m glad about it and thankful to my audience. I know there are some people who’d still be discussing – can she act or not. I’m like ‘Don’t question some of the best directors because I don’t think they’d risk their scripts or productions. Thank you for visual compliments but I have worked hard to be able to put forth the substance."
CREDITS: RAJEEV MASAND
The actress, in a recent interview with a television channel, revealed that she put aside her Hollywood career as she enjoyed Indian cinema. She said, "I was very clear about that. Also because I enjoy Indian cinema I have had such wonderful directors to work with – I couldn’t get myself to do that. That’s because it is just a different rhythm – I know I can imagine some of our talent working there and experiencing it – it is exciting. It is wonderful to be part of cinema irrespective of which language or part of the world it is getting made in. It is just a different rhythm with which we worked in India and overseas…"
Aishwarya further added, "At that time social media was still beginning. Today, the world is socially smaller, you feel more connected and the pace of life is getting faster than not to so long ago. I guess each one will find their own rhythm and what suits everybody. I also had so many yes and no in my list of dos and don’ts. So it narrowed down my choices and that’s just the way I felt I would be comfortable."
Talking about her recent Bollywood stint, as the actress signed off, she said, "In 2016, I had 'Sarabjit' on one hand and 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' on the other. So many were like ‘What she is doing? What is she choosing?’ But I’m glad about it and thankful to my audience. I know there are some people who’d still be discussing – can she act or not. I’m like ‘Don’t question some of the best directors because I don’t think they’d risk their scripts or productions. Thank you for visual compliments but I have worked hard to be able to put forth the substance."
CREDITS: RAJEEV MASAND