The speculation over whether Aishwarya Rai will or will not be a part of IIFA Awards this year in Dubai was cleared when Rai agreed to be present during the premiere of her film ‘Provoked’. Although she is busy shooting for Mani Ratnam’s ‘Guru’ in Chennai, she will catch a morning flight to Dubai and will be back the same night.

According to her secretary Hari Singh, Ash would want to be present during the premiere because she couldn’t attend the premiere of her other film ‘Mistress of Spices’ as she was shooting for ‘Guru’ in Badami. The undue criticism from the certain sections of media had hurt her immensely then and she didn’t wish to go through the same grind again.

Wizcraft, the organizers of the IIFA Awards also wanted Ash to perform during the awards night. But she excused herself and in the bargain had to forfeit a huge sum of money. Maybe she didn’t wish to give a scope to the rumour mongers to spread the word that she was performing in the event because her alleged boyfriend Abhishek Bachchan’s father is the brand ambassador of the event.

Whatever may be the case, IndiaGlitz applauds Aishwarya Rai’s professionalism.