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`My love for Ash is unchanged`: The Times of India
Mumbai, Apr 08: Aishwarya Rai and Sanjay Leela Bhansali have patched up for good, with the director saying they `bond beyond films`.
Mumbai, Apr 08: Aishwarya Rai and Sanjay Leela Bhansali have patched up for good, with the director saying they ‘bond beyond films’.
Reams are being written about Aishwarya dropping in for a chat with Bhansali on the sets of his movie Black . And it's true. The director says their defences dropped the minute the two old friends met.
"Of course, we met. It was very generous of her to drop in to see me so casually. She came to me without an agenda, as a very dear friend who had gone away," Bhansali said.
Problems had cropped up during the casting of his proposed epic Bajirao Mastani when Aishwarya, in no uncertain terms, made it known that she wouldn't co-star with Salman Khan in the film.
"But we both knew we couldn't sulk for too long. Frankly, it felt like a load off our chest when we met. There was no awkwardness. We reached out honestly as two friends who needed each other. I realised my love for her remains unchanged. We can never be parted for long."
After an accident on the sets of Black , Aishwarya was one of the first people to call up Bhansali.
"And I respect her all the more for that. She put aside our differences and connected with me when I was in distress, although she knows very well that Salman is and always will be my dearest friend and my brother."
Reams are being written about Aishwarya dropping in for a chat with Bhansali on the sets of his movie Black . And it's true. The director says their defences dropped the minute the two old friends met.
"Of course, we met. It was very generous of her to drop in to see me so casually. She came to me without an agenda, as a very dear friend who had gone away," Bhansali said.
Problems had cropped up during the casting of his proposed epic Bajirao Mastani when Aishwarya, in no uncertain terms, made it known that she wouldn't co-star with Salman Khan in the film.
"But we both knew we couldn't sulk for too long. Frankly, it felt like a load off our chest when we met. There was no awkwardness. We reached out honestly as two friends who needed each other. I realised my love for her remains unchanged. We can never be parted for long."
After an accident on the sets of Black , Aishwarya was one of the first people to call up Bhansali.
"And I respect her all the more for that. She put aside our differences and connected with me when I was in distress, although she knows very well that Salman is and always will be my dearest friend and my brother."