Aishwarya Rai

Robot director Shankar has asked Aishwarya Rai to shed 6 kg weight to be in shape for her role in the Sci-fi film that also stars Rajnikanth.

But that is not the news. The real news is that Aishwarya has already started to loose the weight, through gymming and dieting, ending recent tabloid speculation that she is pregnant and has withdrawn from the film.

If true, the report also ends our own speculation that Aishwarya is about to take a sabbatical from her career to start a family.

The big question is - is the report true? We will know it is when we see a slimmer and trimmer Aishwarya! In the meantime she has work to do - loose 6 kg of weight.

All we can say at this point is that the director’s diktat has not come a day too soon! The former Miss World has been looking pretty wasted from her waist!

Meanwhile, the release of Aishwarya’s next film, Ram Gopal Varma directed Sarkar Raj, has been delayed because Amitabh Bachchan is not happy with the way the climax, featuring him and Abhishek Bachchan, was filmed and has asked Varma to re-shoot it.

Anyone who has seen iRam Gopal Varma Ki Aag will not be surprised. its blink-and-you-will-miss-it run at the box office was for a good reason and the damage it did to Amitabh’s reputation considerable.