‘Wipe off your make-up,’ Mani tells Aishwarya

One of the most beautiful ladies of tinsel town has to do away with rouges, lipsticks and eyeliners. Reason? Director Mani Ratnam wants Ash to look raw and jaded for the second half of the film.

As per the plot of the film, Ash plays Vikram ’s wife. But she is abducted by Abhishek Bachchan and taken to a forest. In this phase of the story, Ratnam doesn’t want Ash to look glam.

So he’s reportedly instructed the unit to let Ash have a no make-up, clean and raw look when she faces the camera.

But if reports from the shooting unit are to be believed, there have been times when Ash has sneaked out to apply minimal make-up before the shoot. However, Mani’s scrutinizing eye spots the make-up.

The director would then politely tell Ash to go and wipe off her face.

Poor Ash! She troubles herself so much with make-up when there are many who would happily watch her even without greasepaint on.