 Farah Khan was looking for a model to star in her next film, and got in touch with Malaika Arora.Rodricks, for whom Padukone had been modelling for roughly two years then, recommended her to Arora, a close friend of his, who in turn recommended her to Khan in 2007.Padukone announced in 2006 that she would make her film debut with "Aishwarya", a Kannada film directed by Indrajit Lankesh.