Rai to play fabled Taj Mahal beauty

"I had spoken to Aishwarya last year while we were working on 'The Last Legion' and she very generously agreed to do the movie with me," said British actor Ben Kingsley, who is co-producing the film.

"The romance will also include Shah Jehan's abject isolation for years in a prison cell," after the death of his beloved wife giving birth to their 14th child, he was quoted by AFP as telling the Times of India.