Aishwarya Rai turns 53 today on November 1. One of the first female stars to cross over to Hollywood, she began her international career with Gurinder Chadha’s 2004 romantic comedy Bride and Prejudice, a Bollywood-style adaptation of Jane Austen’s seminal 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. Sonali Kulkarni, who had a guest appearance as Chandra, the best friend of Aishwarya’s character Lalita, in the film, has fond memories to share about the actor from their experience of working together over 20 years ago.

Talking about the shoot of Bride and Prejudice on SCREEN Spotlight earlier this year, Sonali recalled, “It was a very tough shoot, with half of the cast and crew from India and the other half from the UK. Some were from Australia and the US.…