Aishwarya Rai Bachchan opens up her film choices so far

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has opened up about the place she is right now, with the choice of films over the years.

The actress, who was seen in ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ (2016), told Femina, “It’s so liberating to have played Saba, not for the obvious reasons. I knew I was playing a character integral to the narrative and yet the character was not the obvious leading lady, which was a first. Again, I was fearlessly making that choice. People could have reacted with: Does that mean you are now going to play character roles? That as a conversation could have started. And even today I’m saying it. But the reactions were different; I was lauded for doing that part. And Karan Johar said, “I wouldn’t have had Saba without you.””

She also said, “Even though I have never announced it, a lot of my choices from the ‘90s until now were meant to bring about change in perception and open avenues for all of us. Today it’s good to see actors make choices across the board and not being slotted. At the time when I was doing it, I was shaking up the regular.”

Bachchan will next be seen in ‘Fanne Khan’.