When Aishwarya Rai shut down French journo’s questions on nudity: ‘Am I talking to my gynaec?’

Aishwarya Rai is a frequent at the Cannes Film Festival, and she once offered a firm response to a journalist who asked her about Bollywood’s reluctance to nudity.

The Cannes Film Festival is just around the corner, so expect more Aishwarya Rai stuff. The actor is a regular at the prestigious event, where she promotes businesses, shows off one hot look after another, and even conducts rare interviews. In addition, we discovered a vintage interview of hers with the French media. In it, Aishwarya responds to the reporter’s blunt queries about nudity in Indian films. (Also read: Aishwarya Rai gets upset at the media in resurfaced video; admirers see ‘glimpse of Jaya Bachchan’ in her. Watch)

‘Not interested.’
As obsessed as the world press is with Indian films that do not depict nudity or explicit intimacy on screen, the journalist questions Aishwarya about it. She reacts by saying, “I have never explored and I am not interested in exploring nudity on celluloid.” When the interviewer presses her further, she responds, “I feel I am talking to my gynaec.” The journalist chuckles as Aishwarya says, “Who am I talking to here? You’re a journalist; keep to that, brother.”

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Fans of the actor applauded her forthright criticism. “She was correct in her response. Do journalists ask men if they will appear naked in a film? Get real. She’s not being arrogant here; she’s eloquently answering a stupid question!” Another individual commented, “If being ICONIC had a face, it’s AISHWARYA RAI.” A follower wrote, “I love women putting some over smart men to their places.”

About Aishwarya Rai
Aishwarya Rai has appeared in several renowned Bollywood films, including Devdas, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Mohabbatein, Dhoom 2, and Jodhaa Akbar, as well as overseas blockbusters like Bride and Prejudice, Mistress of Spices, and Pink Panther.

She last appeared in Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan Parts I and II. Aishwarya hasn’t disclosed her next project yet.

Aishwarya is likely to attend the Cannes Film Festival again this year, and her daughter Aaradhya may accompany her.