This year Aishwarya Rai has many releases, J P Dutta's 'Umrao Jaan', Aditya Chopra's 'Dhoom 2', Ashutosh Gowariker's 'Akbar Jodha' including three international projects - 'The Mistress of Spices', 'Provoked' and 'The Last Legion'. Ash leave the Rajkumar Santoshi's 'Saamna' due to tight schedule, in this film she had a very strong woman-oriented role. Saamna kept getting postponed, now Rajkumar wanted her dates in January, February and March. It's not possible for her to spare any dates.