Aishwarya looks forward to working with Mani Ratnam

The Ae Dil Hai Mushkil star is looking forward to teaming up with her guru Mani Ratnam. The actress will be seen playing a double role in the film.

Mumbai: Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who will be soon teaming up with filmmaker Mani Ratnam said that it's always a joy to work with the ace director.

Ratnam's directorial venture will reportedly feature the Devdas in a double role.

Speaking about working with Ratnam, the actress said: "It is definitely an experience I'm looking forward to for multiple reasons. Mani is my guru and he is one of the most amazing and brilliant directors of our country."

She further added: "I've had the honour, privilege and joy of working with him right in the beginning of my career and several times later. It's an easy yes to work with that kind of cinematic brilliance."

Speaking on the sidelines of an event, Aishwarya said that she doesn't have to think much before saying yes to the film.

Ash has previously worked with Ratnam in films like Iruvar, Guru and Raavan.

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The actor has given her voice for Angelina Jolie's character in the Hindi dubbed version of Disney's Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.

The Fanny Khan actor said that dubbing for a character she hadn't played on screen was a learning experience for her.

Speaking more about it, she said: "When you're the actor, you work with the director on sets and know where and how you want to play a character. When you go to do dubbing, you decide the way you want to essay a particular scene because you had enacted it.

"But this time I was going to do a voice-over for a role enacted by another actor and then we were changing the language... It was a collaborative effort on arriving at how to say those lines," she added.

The film is scheduled to release on October 18.