Irrfan says Ash is a discovery

Calling her “humane and down to earth”, actor Irrfan says his ‘Jazbaa’ co-star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is much more than what the media perceives about the actress. Irrfan, 48, who is currently shooting for the Sanjay Gupta-directed action-thriller with the 41-year-old former Miss World, feels she is a director’s actor.

“Aishwarya is a discovery for me. Whatever I knew about her was through the media. She is much more than the perception created about her by the media. She is much more humane, down to earth, caring and eager to explore her side to an actor.

“It would be a delight for any director to cast her and give her some challenge, where she feels ‘let me do something new, let me do a character’. She is ready and eager to do that. That’s what I discovered about her. I had a great time working with her,” Irrfan said.

The actor said Aishwarya was one of the reasons he signed ‘Jazbaa’. “I chose ‘Jazbaa’ because it was a whole package… Aishwarya is there and it is a new kind of thriller in a very popular genre,” he said.