Ash is again in international limelight. In a specially released issue of the prominent Chinese magazine “Beijing Review”, on the eve of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to India. Besides Aishwarya on the cover of the magazine, Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi of the Oscar winner Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon fame features.

According to sources Ash is very popular in China. There are talks where India’s Bollywood can make joint Indo-China movies in both Hindi and Chinese and make it ready for close to three billion people to see.