She's 19 now. Saif kept grumbling he'd look too old with Giselle. But he pulled it off completely,' he added.

Giselle understood the old-world values of her small town character. 'The small-town mentality in every part of the world is similar,' said Ali.

But when the sequence showing her dancing at her engagement was shot, she drove the entire unit up the wall because she couldn't get the steps right.

'We wanted to put her through the paces with Sarojji (choreographer Saroj Khan), but it never happened. Sarojji didn't have the time. For a foreigner to get the Indian 'adaa' right is very tough.

'We take for granted those nakhra-jhatka-matka, which we've seen our sisters perform at weddings. Indian girls have those 'adaas' without being trained. But for a foreigner it is tough,' said Ali.

Throughout the making of 'Love Aaj Kal', Giselle was referred to by her screen name Harleen. Even when she became visible in the trailers, she remained inaccessible to the public.

Bollywood is showing a lot of interest in Giselle.