[WATCH NOW] Aishwarya’s intense return to Bollywood

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is returning to Bollywood after five years, and if the first look is any indication, she is coming back with a bang. The first trailer of Sanjay Gupta’s thriller “Jazbaa” has just been released on Youtube, and Aishwarya looks super intense in her role of Anuradha Verma, a lawyer racing against time, forced to save a murder victim from conviction.

Also starring in the film are Irrfan Khan as Yohan, a suspended police officer going beyond the call of duty, Shabana Azmi as the mother of a victim seeking justice, and Jacky Shroff in what appears to be a powerful figure.

The trailer shows a mysterious man setting Anuradha four days to save a murder and rape case defendant from conviction, as ransom for her kidnapped daughter.

She must team up with the headstrong police officer Yohan to fight a case in court where the odds are stacked against her, and simultaneously find and rescue her daughter.

The fast-paced cuts, greenish-tinted wide cityscape shots and face close-ups give the trailer the suspenseful edge that Sanjay Gupta has made a name for himself with (in films like “Kaante”, “Zinda” and “Shootout at Wadala”), while Aishwarya herself looks rock solid in a character quite unlike the usual ones she has performed in her career.

“Jazbaa”, a remake of the South Korean film “Seven Days” (2007), drops in theatres October 9.

Watch the trailer here: