While Aishwarya Rai still holds tightly to her throne in tinsel town, she is about to be replaced by Deepika Padukone in Kalpana Lazmi's movie 'Singhasan'.

Lazmi wrote the script of 'Singhasan' keeping Aishwarya in mind. The film is apparently a political drama and Lazmi wanted Ash to play the lead role. But things turned out such that the venture could not take off for a long time and Lazmi couldn't get Ash. Now, the director is no longer pursuing Ash because Deepika has made a strong impression on Lazmi.

When Lazmi saw Deepika in Om Shanti Om, she recognized that Deepika can easily replace Ash, as the girl radiates the same grace and charm like Madhuri Dixit and Ash. Lazmi said freshly: "I don't think any other girl today has that quality".

Kalpana Lazmi is a female director of the same class as Aparna Sen and Mira Nair, who have made some good woman-oriented movies. Her two movies 'Rudali' and 'Daman' won her accolades for directing. In fact, the leading ladies of these movies, Dimple Kapadia and Raveena Tandon got National Award for Best Actress in the respective movies.

Lazmi's last movie Chingari with Sushmita Sen playing village prostitute was a big flop at the box-office, inspite of Sen's power-packed acting.

Though a brilliant director, Lazmi always has tough time managing finances for her film. Let's see whether Deepika agrees for the film or not.

And on Aishwarya's concern, the lady is actually losing her power. First, she has already replaced by Katrina Kaif and Sonam Kapoor in leading brand promotions.