Aiswarya Rai Reluctant to do a non-Abhishek love story

It's an open secret that John Abraham is very keen to be cast opposite Aiswarya Rai. He believes they'd make a very handsome screen pair. And when their first celluloid coupling in Sriram Raghavan's Happy Birthday fell apart, John was bitterly disappointed to lose out on an eminently viable co-star.

Things worked out pretty smoothly after the Happy Birthday fiasco. Director Sriram who has just released Johnny Gaddaar was quickly convinced by John to launch another project with Aiswarya Rai. This is an intense love story, which will be produced by Abhishek's childhood buddy Rohan Sippy.

However, Aiswarya Rai currently shooting for Pink Panther 2 has serious second thoughts.

Says a source, "Aiswarya Rai opted out of Karan Johar's film because she didn't want to play a woman who has a multiplicity of men in her life. Now in Sriram's film Aiswarya Rai'd rather not do an intense romance with John. After marriage Aiswarya Rai's personal and professional priorities have changed completely. Aiswarya Rai was always conscious of her image. Now she'll do nothing that would even remotely compromise her position as the Bachchan bahu."

Producer Rohan Sippy remains convinced Aiswarya Rai is the right choice for Sriram's film. He flies to the US this week and then to Boston for an emergency meeting with Aiswarya Rai, hoping to convince her.