Aishwarya Rai shall play the ethereal Rajmata Gayatri Devi in J.P. Dutta's film, reports confirmed.

Ash gave her nod to Dutta at a meeting with the Rajmata on her birthday on May 23. Ash is shooting in London for Jagmohan Mundhra's "Provoked".

The Rajmata is keen on the film depicting the trials and tribulations of her life. The film is likely to be made in Hindi and English. It will be shot in Cooch Behar where she was born, besides Jaipur and London.