Ash’s dances in Jodha-Akbar are spiritual

Costume dramas and Aishwarya Rai almost go hand in hand. Audiences are so used to gasping at her magnificently eloquent dances in Devdas and Umrao Jaan that there’s much disappointment over the rumour that she does no twinkle-toed twirls in Ashutosh Gowariker’s Jodhaa-Akbar. Jodhaa-Akbar is Aishwarya’s third costume drama in a row after the tepidly-received Umrao Jaan and The Last Legion. The question is, will she appease her fans’ appetite to see her singing and dancing in elaborate costumes? Or would the stunning diva’s glamour-quotient take a backseat to the film’s promised authenticity of periodicity? While the actress laughs off the question with a wait-and-watch shrug, director Ashutosh Gowariker is more expansive. “Well