Aishwarya Rai’s make-up artist plays a crucial role in ‘Ai’

Bollywood’s celebrated make-up artist Ojas Rajani has bagged an important role in Shankar’s Ai. Rajani will play himself in the film, a transgender make-up artist who hails from Mumbai. He has worked with who’s who of the Bollywood including Aishwarya Rai, Sri Devi, Sonam Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and many others.

In an interview to a daily, Ojas shares how he received this role from Shankar, “My association with Shankarji began right from the days of his film, Hindustani. I did the make-up for Urmila in that film.  Then I did Anniyan where I was the make-up and hair artiste for Sada. Later, Sivaji and Robo happened. Shankarji has always been fascinated with the way I work and with my character — the way I am. He used to tell me that he would cast me one day in his films.”

“In Ai, I play myself in a love triangle. That’s the main reason I agreed to go on board. In fact, I was brought into Ai for Amy Jackson’s styling. Incidentally, I turned an actor,” adds Ojas Rajani.