It's not Kangana, Aishwarya Rai to work with Saif Ali Khan

During her recent Cannes outing Aishwarya Rai Bachchan revealed that she will be soon be working with director Sujoy Ghosh.

After Sanjay Gupta's 'Jazbaa', this will be Aishwarya's second venture since her sabbatical after Aaradhya's birth.

The movie will be an adaptation of 'Devotion of Suspect X'.

This 2005 novel by Japanese author Keigo Higashino is the third in his Detective Galileo series and is his most acclaimed work thus far.

The film stars Saif Ali Khan as a crime investigator.

Initially, it was reported that Kangana Ranaut have been cast as the female protagonist, but she denied signing the film.

Director Sujoy did not confirm the news, but Pinkvilla reports that Aishwarya will be seen opposite Saif in this romantic thriller.

'Devotion of Suspect X' will bring together Saif & Aishwarya for the first time.

The film will be produced by Balaji Motion Pictures.

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