costume designer neeta lulla recently rubbished the rumours that aishwarya rais wedding outfit cost rs 75 lakh and said that even though she does not remember the exact cost of the outfit it wasnt anywhere close to the rumoured amountin an interview with a news portal the designer said that when they were discussing aishwaryas wedding outfit she was dressed in her jodhaa wedding outfitread alsoaishwarya rai bachchan was originally considered for juhi chawlas role in darr reveals costume designer neeta lullacostume designer neeta lulla revealed that aishwarya rai bachchan had done look tests for yash chopras darr but she couldnt do the film because she was going to compete for the miss world pageant the role eventually went into juhi chawlas kittyaishwarya rai was the first choice for parineeta vidya balan bagged the role after 60 auditionsvidya balan made a stellar debut in parineeta but she wasnt the first choice producer vidhu vinod chopra had aishwarya rai bachchcan in his mind for the lead roleneeta recalled the actress saying that she will not dress like that for her wedding the actress had expressed her desire to wear a kanjeevaram saree at her weddingelaborating further neeta added that because aishwarya is a south indian she wanted her culture to reflect in her wedding outfit she also added that they got her saree woven especially for her and the blouse was also a very basic 5inch sleeve blouse like a lot of south indians wearneeta had previously dressed aishwarya as a bride in her movies like hum dil de chuke sanam devdas among others not many know that the actor and designer have been collaborators since the time aishwarya appeared in shankars jeans