When Deepika became Aishwarya Rai for Sanjay Leela Bhansali!

Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who is busy shooting for his upcoming film Ram Leela, along with Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh, seems to be missing his close friend Aishwarya Rai Bachchan very much.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali has done three movies with Aishwarya Rai, hence they are very close friends. No wonder, SLB likes Ash a lot. Acccording to the sources, many a times, the director would mistakenly address Deepika Padukone as 'Ash.'

Sources further said that while talking to Deepika during Ram Leela's shooting, Bhansali would often say, "Nice shot Ash" or "Ash, let's do the next scene like this' while talking to Deepika." Well, it looks like SLB couldn't get over with the 'Ash factor'. We wish the filmmaker gets to do yet another movie with Mrs Rai Bachchan. Check out a few rare, unseen pictures of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

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Aishwarya Rai for Sanjay Leela Bhansali on the sets of Guzaarish.

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Aishwarya Rai-Sanjay Leela Bhansali with Hrithik Roshan.

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Ash-SLB are very good friends.

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Ash-SLB have worked together in few films.

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Ash-SLB with Hrithik again.