Bachchan then starred opposite Aishwarya Rai in the period romance "Umrao Jaan", a remake of the 1981 film of the same name starring Rekha and Farooq Sheikh in the lead roles. The film failed to earn the same level of appreciation as the original, and was also a commercial failure. He was next seen in "Dhoom 2" (2006), which featured him and Uday Chopra reprising their roles from the original "Dhoom" (2004) joined by new cast members Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, and Bipasha Basu. The film emerged as the highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2006, but some critics commented that Bachchan was "reduced to a mere supporting player" to his co-star Roshan.