After Mangal Pandey The Rising, director Ketan Mehta moves to the story of Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi.

Ketan Mehta wants Aishwarya Rai to play the valiant queen of Jhansi in his movie. A report quotes Mehta as saying, I have spoken to Aishwarya. But lets wait and see. The movie is likely to go on the floor in early 2006.

Indian Beauty Aishwarya Rai, has arrived in Tunis the Tunisian capitol, to start shooting her new action/adventure/war Hollywood movie 'The Last Legion'.

The movie which will hit the screens in 2006 is based on the famous novel of the same title by Valerio Massimo Manfredi.
Aishwarya will star in this movie along side actors Ben Kingsley and Colin Firth.