The relationship (purely professional, of course!) between Aishwarya Rai and Tamil director Mani Ratnam, is not new. It goes back to 1997, when Ash did her first movie with him.

Name of the movie was Iruvar and it created quite a ripple in the Tamil movie industry. At that time, Ash's dialogues were dubbed in Tamil by a professional since she was not very well-versed with the language.

Cut to 2010, and the story is quite different. Ash, the Holly-Bollywood actress and star is working with the same director for the movie- Raavana. And she is ready to dub the dialogues all by herself.

A person involved with the project said that ever since the movie has begun, Ash has tried to convince Mani Ratnam that she will be speaking the dialogues herself. But, the director is not convinced and has already arranged for a person whose voice matches with her.

Also a tutor has be been hired, who gives dictations and language lesson to Ash. And within six months time she is ready to do her work on her own.

The Hindi version is complete and Ash has started dubbing for the Tamil version.