Daijiworld Media Network

Mumbai, Aug 28: Despite having pulled out of Madhur Bhandrakar's 'Heroine' and returning the signing amount, the controversy surrounding Aishwarya Rai's association with the film refuses to die down.

The latest is that Aishwarya has reportedly served legal notice to both Bhandarkar and UTV prohibiting them from using stills and footages of her in the movie.

The actress was dropped from the project soon after the news of her pregnancy became public. The news was followed by several reports of things going wrong between Bhandarkar and Ash, to the extent that Bhandarkar admitted that he had gone into depression. After much deliberation, Kareena Kapoor was taken as Ash's replacement.

A source revealed that she does not want Bhandarkar to use any of the stills or scenes that she had already shot for the movie.  She also paid back the signing amount of Rs 22 lac to UTV a few days ago.

"She thought it was fair to return it, even though they insisted that she should keep it, considering she had shot for so many days," said her spokesperson.