Its official: Aishwarya Rai is the highest paid Indian actress@Rs.4 crore for Rajnikant’s Robot!

The star-price war has escalated to an all-time high!

With Aishwarya Rai carrying home a pay packet of Rs 4 crores for her proposed stint as Rajnikanth’s leading lady in Shankar’s Robot, the lady has now become the highest-paid actress of Indian cinema!

Yes, she is back in Rajnikant’s Robot.

We had earlier reported that, Ash dropped out of the mega project. Robot is a story of a scientist who creates a robot, which then becomes a nuisance to the society.

A source close to Aishwarya says, “The media has got it all wrong. Ash has actually received twice the amount quoted in papers and on websites as her fee for Robot. Yes, it’s close to Rs 4 crores.

And, she’s very amused, when she reads about this and that actress being the highest-paid actress in Bollywood. With three hits in a row (Guru, Dhoom 2 and Jodhaa Akbar) Ash’s equity as a Rai and a Bachchan have gone through the roof.

If she wants she can preen about her successes. But that’s not her style.

However, she takes strong exception to Bipasha Basu’s quotes that she (Ash) had to ‘hang around’ to get into the international circuit. Ash has been regularly offered international projects, from Provoked to Mistress Of Spices to Bride & Prejudice to Last Legion to Pink Panther.

In fact, all the other international assignments, that have gone to other Bollywood actresses – including Bipasha being given a chance of hosting the 7 Wonders Of The World event in Lisbon with Ben Kingsley – had gone to Ash first. It’s just that she feels awkward talking about herself.”

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