Rani has always been the good girl of the Bollywood and that is only reason she has won the friendship of PreityZinta, Kareena Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai. Infact, she has always shared the special bond with Ash. Their friendship has been the most talked about dosti in film circles and it wouldn`t be surprising to find a lot of fellow co-stars taking a leaf out of their perfect relationship that otherwise seldom exists.

But one film can either mar or make peoples` personal ties. And this is what precisely happened between the two pals. When Rani was offerd Lagaan by good friend Aamir Khan, she had no idea that it would be such a huge hit and so when Ashutosh Gowarikar came to her with the proposal to start their second film Swades together starring Shahrukh, the Bengali lass jumped at it. Little did she know that her best friend, Ash was angling for the role too. And that turned out to be a cold war between the two actresses.The two put up a brave front outwardly and got on with life nevertheless but the seeds of rivalry have been sown by Gowariker.