September 20, 2008.
Mumbai: The seemingly coy Aishwarya Rai is turning all the more traditional and has taken to classical singing for the forthcoming ‘Raavan’, an adaptation of the epic Ramayana, in which she plays the role of Sita. Hubby Abhishek is to play Ram, while Govinda will be seen in the role of Hanuman. Even hottie Ranbir Kapoor has been roped in for the film. The film is already making waves for all the right reasons and now, the news that Ash would be singing all the songs in the film, comes as an icing on the cake. 

According to a newspaper, “Aishwarya will be learning classical singing for this role. Ideally, she’d like to sing all her songs in Raavan herself. She’s a very good singer in real life. But not good enough to sing classical songs on screen with aplomb. So, like Shabana Azmi in Morning Raga, Aishwarya intends to take lessons in how to look convincing as a singer. She’ll be regularly taking lessons in classical singing from a guru.”

Grapevine has it that Aishwarya will also be doing her ‘riyaaz’ before she starts shooting for Raavan in October. “She wants to make sure she doesn’t goof up in the scenes where she’ll be singing on screen,” said a source.

It seems like the ‘Bachchan Bahu’ is set to play Sita in real life, too. After her coy act in public places, she would certainly want to charm in-laws with her classical crooning.

Aishwarya Rai : turns singer for ‘Raavan’