While
critics
were
busy
writing
off
Aishwarya
Bachchan
following
her
marriage,
film
offers
kept
coming
in.
Yes,
Ash
has
been
in
the
news
for
her
international
project
Pink
Panther.
Now,
the
news
has
surfaced
that
Shilpa
Shetty
was
the
first
choice
for
the
role.
Ash's
international
agent
Simone
Sheffield
claimed
that
Ash
is
the
first
and
only
choice
for
the
role
of
Sophie
in
Pink
Panther.
However,
Shilpa's
spokesperson
Dale
Bhagwagar
has
hit
back,
saying
that
Shilpa
was
the
first
choice
for
the
role.
He
said
that
the
actress
was
offered
the
role
two
months
ago
but
turned
it
down.
He
still
has
the
offer
mail
that
the
film's
casting
director
Ilene
Starger
had
sent
to
the
Celebrity
Big
Brother
winner.
The
shooting
of
Pink
Panther
is
currently
progressing
in
Paris.
It
features
actors
like
Steve
Martin,
Jean
Reno,
Emily
Mortimer,
Andy
Garcia,
Alfred
Molina
and
John
Cleese.
Robert
Simonds
produces
the
film
and
Harald
Zwart
directs
it.