what do you do if youre aishwarya rai and come off of a blockbuster film like devdas and with some skeptical critic still relentlessly unsatisfied with your astound performance or convince by your strong screen presence and stellar acting skill and what do you do . go home and sit down and pout . no . if youre aishwarya rai and you sign yourself up for the next strong period piece that come along and continue to prove yourself worthy of all the praise and kudos and great script and equally great role . and that just what she do with and in chokher bali a passion play where she star and shine a binodini and a young widow who cause controversy way ahead of her time . direct by rituparno ghosh { who later go on to direct her in the equally stellar raincoat } and prasenjit chatterjee { devdas in bengali } costars .