Aishwarya Rai says ‘Hari’ Om

Star secretaries turning producers is nothing new in Bollywood. Rikku Rakesh Nath who was Madhuri Dixit’s secretary turned producer with Mohabbat . Kumar Mangat who has several projects lined up, had started as Ajay Devgan’s secretary. Hari Singh is one more star secretary to join the league. Aishwarya’s business manager Hari Singh is all set to debut as a producer with a film starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the lead.

Hari Singh, who has been Aishwarya’s secretary and has also worked as an online producer for the film division of Venus, has launched his own production house called ‘The Voice of India’. The first film under this banner will be a commercial Hindi film of social relevance.

Hari Singh confirms the news saying, “Yes our first film will commence this year. Films produced by my banner ‘The Voice of India’ will be quality projects. Our movies will be socially relevant movies with commercial touch to it. Our first film will be directed by Jagmohan Mundra (of Provoked fame) as he is an apt director to deal with a socially relevant subject.”

Mundra first met Ash when the actress was keen on doing strong women centric films. That was how Provoked came into being.

While Mundra didn’t want to reveal much about the new project, he didn’t deny the news either.“I would like to work with Aishwarya Rai for this project. We have worked before and got along very well. She was surprised that I finished Provoked in just 26 days. I am looking forward to work with her again.”

Hari Singh further informs that he has spoken to Aishwarya about the film and its subject. Ash has liked the story and she has given her go-ahead. “Aishwarya has given her consent. It is a very interesting subject that will have a strong female protagonist played by Ash. Along with Ash, my daughter Bhumika Singh (who made her debut in Aap Ki Khatir ) will also be a part of the film. We are working on the script and as soon as we finish it, we will decide the other cast of the film”, informs Singh