Once an artist, always an artist: Aishwarya talks about her return to the silver screen
Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan's Jazbaa, her much-touted comeback film, has been released, but does it herald a new era in the actress' career?
She stars as a lawyer on a personal mission in the film, in which she co-stars with A-listers like Irrfan Khan and Shabana Azmi.
Images talks to her about what's changed upon her return to films and her life as a working mother.
Images: You've made a highly anticipated comeback in Jazbaa. Were you nervous?
Aishwarya Rai: Once an artist, always an artist! Whether there is a gap or not doesn’t matter. An actor gets satisfaction from the work he or she does. As far as nervousness is concerned, I don’t follow the conventional path. I enjoy the process of making a film. With every movie that we make, we hope that it appeals to the audience because it is made for them.
Images: Did you miss being in the limelight over the past five years?
Aishwarya: I have not felt the gap. There was no plan to it. I kept doing films before marriage, during marriage and after marriage, during my pregnancy and now.
I respect the integrity of commitment. I am a very committed mother. When I felt the time was right to venture out to figure out the balance [between motherhood and work], I did so.
I am still figuring it out. I think in a mother’s life, every day is a first, whether the baby is one year old or five years old, as you have not been a mother before. Every day, you keep discovering. Fortunately, I think, it has all fallen into place.