Chennai, Aug 4 - Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai is elated over bagging the main leads in two mega south Indian projects - Mani Ratnam's 'Ravan' and Shankar's 'Endhiran'.

'Shankar had approached me previously to work with him, but it never materialised. Finally, everything landed in place and here we are working together after 10 years,' said Aishwarya on the sets of 'Ravan'.

Tamil superstar Rajinikant, who is playing the male lead in 'Endhiran', was also very keen to work with Aishwarya and had tried to sign her for his earlier ventures - 'Padaiyappa' and 'Chandramukhi', but the actress could not spare the dates.

Speaking about Ratnam's 'Ravan', in which she once again teams up with her husband Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya said: 'I don't want to reveal much about it. Working with Mani is always a delight. He is a man of perfection.