Aishwarya Rai

Bollywood couple Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan will soon head to Kerala to shoot Mani Ratnam’s next film.

The duo is pairing again for Ratnam’s movie which is tentatively titled ‘Ravan’ and also features south superstar Vikram opposite Ash and Abhi in a love triangle. Though grapevine has had it that the movie is based on the ancient epic ‘Ramayana’, the film’s lead actors have denied it.

Ash and Abhi will soon join the film’s shooting unit in a forest near the Athirapally waterfalls in Kerala, reports say.

Mani Ratnam has always captured the natural beauty of the state in his films, be it ‘Roza’ or Dil Se or Guru . In fact, the songs “Jiya Jale” (in Dil Se) and “Barso Re” (in Guru) were picturized at the Athirapally waterfalls.

After the poor run of Drona at the box-office, Abhishek has a special reason to look forward to this film with Ratnam who has been instrumental in shaping Abhi’s acting career by extracting from him unanimously acclaimed performances in Yuva and ‘Guru’.