Aishwarya Rai

The beautiful actress had to swim across a lake for a scene in Mani Ratnam’s movie Guru .

Ratnam believes in realistic depiction of characters in his movies. And instead of shooting at foreign locations, the talented filmmaker shoots his films in india, where their stories are set.

He shot ‘Guru’ in South india. And he made the movie’s heroine Aishwarya Rai ride a bicycle, walk through fields and even swim in a lake for her scenes in the movie. This is Ratnam’s way of bringing authenticity to the character.

Ash’s character Sujatha, a village girl, is introduced in a song, which was originally meant to show her riding a bicycle. Ash did ride the cycle but she hurt herself during the shoot.

As a result, Mani Ratnam made modifications in the song. Music director A R Rahman composed a new number called ‘Nanna Re’, a rain song. instead of cycling, the song shows Ash walking through a village and swimming in a lake.

The actress actually stepped into a natural lake to shoot for the scene. She even swam a good distance across it.

in the film, Ash plays a woman who is married against her wishes to a man she does not love. As she goes to Bombay to live with her husband ( Abhishek Bachchan ), her animosity slowly turns into love.

The film tells the story of a man who comes from a village with a dream to make it big in the city. it is slated to release in January next year.