How could it be that
Aishwarya Rai not
visit the ailing
Mani Ratnam in hospital. He’s the man who launched her acting career. Both
Ash and
Abhishek Bachchan have a high regard for
Ratnam. He’s the director who has extracted the best performances from
Abhishek so far - in films Yuva and Guru . And
Ash has shared an almost familial relation with Ratnam ever since she made her acting debut in
Mani’s film ‘Iruvar’ in 1997. So recently when
Ratnam was hospitalized, both
Ash and
Abhi were obviously concerned about the director’s health. Ash, who was shooting Shankar’s film Robot in Hyderabad, reportedly took a
day off from work and flew to Chennai to spend a day with
Ratnam at the hospital.
She was by
Ratnam’s side for many hours and took a flight back to Hyderabad at night because she had to resume the shoot of ‘Robot’ the next morning. Ash and Abhi were to resume the shooting of
Ratnam’s film
Ravana from
April 20 but the
schedule has been delayed due to
Ratnam’s poor health. Due to the delay, the couple also decided to take a break and went off to an undisclosed
location to mark their second wedding anniversary on April 20.




