As we all know that while making a film, Shankar firmly believes in secrecy and information is very hard to obtain in his sets. He is not the person who would take it light when information gets leaked. He is very tight lipped while shooting for a film and expects the same from his unit members also.

But Aishwarya Rai, the beauty queen and the ‘ice maiden’ who took Indian cinema to world platform has been giving director Shankar the cold shoulder for a long time.

Viewers may be aware that Superstar Rajnikanth also wanted Aishwarya in his films from the days of Padayappa and more recently for Chandramukhi, but the lady is proving to be ‘tough nut to crack’. In fact Rajni himself had commented during the silver jubilee function of Chandramukhi that he was not successful in getting Aishwarya in his movies. It is puzzling to note that when she can give dates to Manirathnam for Guru, what is stopping her to do the same for Sivaji? But all these events have created an enemy camp for Aishwarya in Rajni’s fan clubs.