Nayanthara has the last laugh

Nayanthara can heave a sigh of relief as Bipasha Basu who grabbed the role that she rejected in Mani Ratnam’sRaavan, has ended up with egg on her face !Poor Bips who gave priority 20 days for Mani under the hope that her resume will have a Mani Ratnam film, is now upset about this last minute change.

Bips had rushed from Karaikudi where she was shooting for Priyadarshan’s film to Mani location near Panvel in Mumbai to be told that it is not happening.Remember that the ace director’s wife Suhasini had contacted Nayanthara, shooting for Aadhavan in Europe and requested her to do the all-important role of Mandodari. But the actress could not dole out continuous dates and politely refused.

Later Bipasha was roped in to play Raavan’s (Vikram) wife Mandodari.Sources close to the Raavan unit say that the Mandodari’s character when written will outshine the two other female characters played by Aishwarya Rai and Priyamani, in the movie. However, Bipasha is not happy about this last minute change as she had taken a lot of effort to get into the skin of role.However, the director’s publicist says that he did not want to any injustice to her role and he would see that Bipasha will do another Mani Ratnam film in future. Meanwhile Nayan is having the last laugh.