Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s much anticipated Hollywood biggie ‘Racing the Monsoon’ has come to standstill with Michael Douglas dropping the Indian beauty from his home production.

Just when we believed that Ash was our own answer to Hollywood, the damsel’s Hollywood plans have hit a roadblock, as she is no longer a part of Douglas’s movie for which she was to initially play the main lead.

The film ‘Racing the Monsoon’ is being jointly produced by Michael Douglas’s ‘Further Films’ and ‘Percept Picture Company’s’ Shailendra Singh. Douglas’s wife Catherine Zeta Zones has stepped in place of Aishwarya.

Though the reasons for the change are known, industry insiders are citing Zeta’s global appeal over Aishwarya as a possible reason for the move.

‘Racing the Monsoon’ will see Douglas portraying a double role and the movie premise is based around a diamond robbery, which occurs on an Indian train.