Ash's pregnancy was hidden from us, says Madhur
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Director Madhur Bhandarkar says he is in a state of ''shock'' after his ambitious project 'Heroine' was canned following lead star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's pregnancy.
Breaking his silence on the issue, the director said he was in depression for weeks as 'Heroine' was his most ambitious project till date.
"Today, I am sitting alone in my office after the plugs being pulled off from my film Heroine. My conscience stands clear as I have been honest to my craft irrespective of the repercussions. No which way would I have trampled my dream project on which I have given my sweat and blood for almost 1-1/2 years. This was going to be my most ambitious project of my career," Bhandarkar said on his blog.
The filmmaker says he was devastated over the fact that the "truth was hidden" from him and feels things could have been handled well if he would have been informed about Aishwarya's pregnancy even after the film's announcement at the 64th Cannes International Film Festival.
"The entire event would not have taken place if on the onset the actress would have informed the state of her health and impending maternity. The truth was hidden from us.
We learnt about the entire thing from news channels like the rest of the world that the said actress was four-months pregnant and she was due in November," Bhandarkar said.
Aishwarya was to play the character of a once successful film actress Mahi Khanna, whose career is on the decline. The film also starred Arjun Rampal, Arunoday Singh, Shahana Goswami and Amrita Raichand.
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