Aishwarya Rai’s tryst with films brought her immense popularity as all her releases were big hits. Jeans, Hum dil de chuke sanam, Mohabbatein, Devdas etc and the list goes on. Her foray into international cinema was highlighted by the Gurinder Chadha film, Bride and Prejudice. She found global acceptance when she was recently invited for the Cannes Film Festival. However, post-Devdas, her Hindi films have not done too well. Raincoat and Shabd sank without a trace. While her superficial portrayal of vulnerability in Raincoat did not match with the tone of Raincoat, her uncharacteristic show of skin in Shabd was the undoing. While media reviews have brow beaten her performance, Aish is upset. She has said that her earlier films showed her in a certain light while Shabd required glamour as part of the story. Hence, she had done justice to the role. She would appear as required by the mood of the plot. Well, well... a case of sour grapes?