A braveheart for Aishwarya

Oscar-winning make-up artist Paul Pattison who has styled the likes of Mel Gibson for Braveheart and Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible will now be working his magic on Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for Vipul Shah’s Action Replay.

Sources say that Vipul had to pull many strings to get the makers of the Hollywood films Paul is working with to release him for a few days so that he could come down and finalise the look for Ash before she got busy with another schedule of Mani Ratnam’s Raavan.

An informer reveals, “Paul was on the wish-list of Vipul when he conceptualised Action Replay, but he was busy with two films — Chicane and The Waiting City. When Aishwarya Rai Bachchan made her dates available, Vipul contacted Pattison only to find that he was tied up. It was crucial to get him down before Ash got busy again or it would have delayed his own film. So he requested the Hollywood film-makers to release him for a few days.”

Finally Paul did fly down to Mumbai and had a long session with Aishwarya.

Confirms Vipul, “Not just Aishwarya, Paul has also created Akshay’s look in the film. It is true we had to approach film-makers with whom he was working to get him a few days off. We wanted him to create a completely new look for both Akshay and Aishwarya.”