> > If my sources are to be believed, this could well be the casting coup of > the decade. It seems Deepika Padukone has been replaced in Shankar's magnum > opus, *Robot*. And the coveted role is all set to go to Aishwarya. It > happened like this. Shankar, I am told, did consider Ash for the part, but > since Shah Rukh Khan was in the picture, Aishwarya was indecisive. > > News about Deepika Padukone being seriously considered for the same have > been doing the rounds for some time. But it seems that after Shah Rukh opted > out of the project, Deepika's name dropped out too. > > So Rajni stepped in. And being a good friend of the Bachchans, he > approached Amitabh all over again. And a few meetings later, Ash was finally > convinced. > > Whew! As for Rajini and Ash fans, if this actually works out, *Robot* will > definitely be the film to watch out for. For Ash, this heralds a homecoming > of sorts of the actress post- *Iruvar*. And now, let's wait and watch for > the real story and all the spicy details of this coup to emerge, shall we? > > > http://www.buzz18.com/snippets/gossip/ash-replaces-deepika-in-robot/35001/0 >
