Lady luck smiled at Shriya when she was spotted by Shankar for Sivaji. Not that she was non-existent before, but her career was nowhere close to where it is now. Shriya’s had an unremarkable market at that time and had only Thiruvilayadal Aarambam in her kitty. Enter Sivaji, her career started flying high. Sivaji provided her the much needed push.

In Endhiran though, Aishwarya Rai finally became Rajini’s muse. She has been in talks to be cast in many of Rajini’s movies starting from Padayappa.