Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Resumes Her Acting Career Today

After a 4-year gap -she was last seen in her favourite director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Guzaarish-Aishwarya Rai Bachchan would be back to face the camera this week on January 15 with Sanjay Gupta's Jazbaa.

The preparation started some weeks ago. Ms Rai Bachchan needed to be fighting-fit for the part.And she has been training for the stunts.

Says director Sanjay Gupta, "It does require a lot of action, and Aishwarya Rai is more than capable of handling it. To me it'd have been just another new film that I am starting if it wasn't for the fact that I'm working with Shabanaji (Azmi) and Aishwarya for the first time.Something special is bound to happen."

Back home, Aishwarya has been chalking out a very strict routine for her daughter Aaradhya.

Says a source close to the Bachchans, "Though she won't be there with her daughter while shooting, she is making sure everything happens as per her instructions."

Abhishek would be taking time off from his professional commitments to take care of Aaradhya while her mom gets back to work.

Aishwarya will be shooting at one stretch from January 15 to the middle of April for Jazbaa to complete her entire work for the film. She then takes another short break to spend time with her daughter before starting Karan Johar's film.