It's not often an actor is approached to do the same role several times, by different filmmakers at different times. However, Aishwarya Rai has been.

Recently, she was approached by T-Series to appear in the Hindi remake of Chandramukhi. Unfortunately, she had to turn it down, once again, due to date problems.

Says Bhushan Kumar of T-Series, "We had approached Aishwarya Rai for the Hindi remake of Chandramukhi. Unfortunately, her dates could not be worked out." Akshay Kumar is to be in the film, to be directed by Priyadarshan.

Previously, four individual filmmakers had approached Ash to remake the original Malyalam hit. Bangalore-based producer Dwarkesh, Chennai-based P Vasu, Hyderabad-based director Naren Aditya and writer Hyder, and a well-known Mumbai producer had all shown interest in remaking the South hit with Ash.

Nevertheless, she could spare no immediate dates then either, as she was shooting for The Last Legion in Russia and was committed to Umrao Jaan, Dhoom2 and Akbar-Jodha.

Ash's business manager, Harii Singh, confirms, "Yes, Aishwarya was approached for a film by T-Series, but we couldn't work out the dates this time. However, Ash would definitely like to do a film with them in the future."