Aishwarya Rai-Hot in Hollywood !

If you thought the last year saw a lot of foreign press for Ash, that was just a media blitz to toss her into the eyes of international casting directors.

The result?

*Doug Lefler's The Last Legion, with Colin Firth and Sir Ben Kingsley.

*Colin Serrau's Chaos, with Meryl Streep.

*Roland Joffé's Singularity, with Brendan Fraser.

Her Indo-foreign films include:

*Jag Mundhra's Provoked, with Naveen Andrews and Nandita Das.

*Paul Berges' Mistress Of Spices (left) with Dylan McDermott and Ayesha Dharker.

Phew!