Actually, Shruti Hassan was the first choice for '3'. By the time Aishwarya approached her, Shruti was busy with handful of films - '7th Sense', 'Oh My Friend', 'Gabbar Singh' and 'Dammu'. Shruti liked the script of '3', but explained her inability to allot dates for the film. With Shruti turning down the offer, Aishwarya has decided to go for another heroine and roped in Amala Paul as female lead.
Twist in the tale: Shruti Hassan was very much impressed with the script narrated by Aishwarya and couldn't let it go out of her hands. Then she chalked out plans - Firstly, Shruti has sent feelers to Aishwarya that she was ready to do the film. Aishwarya who is more than happy to rope in Shruti for her film, explained the situation to Amala Paul and asked her to leave. But the makers have taken the precaution to safeguard the reputation of Amala, by saying she herself walked out of the film as she couldn't adjust her dates.
However, Amala Paul lets the truth out. "I haven't walked out of the project, nor it's a date issue. I know what exactly happened," reacted Amala Paul on the false reports.
Secondly, Shruti has informed 'Dammu' producers that she couldn't allot dates for the film after shooting for 10 days and walked out of it. But the fact is, though she is in a position to allot dates for 'Dammu', instead Shruti preferred Dhanush's film.
For now, Shruti scored brownie points with her intelligence but let's hope missing out NTR's film will not have adverse affect on her career!!!