Ash says she is a simple girl at heart

Mumbai: Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai says she's not a diva, just a regular girl, a newspaper reported on Friday.

The former Miss World told DNA newspaper that she was like Tilo, a character she plays in the recently released Mistress of Spices. The film is about a shop owner trained in the art of healing injuries with spices.

"I believe there is a small part of every character inside each actor who portrays it. I'm really a simple girl at heart, like Tilo," she said.

Mainly shot in Oakland, California, the movie stars Aishwarya and American actor Dylan McDermott, best known as crusading lawyer Bobby Donnell on ABC's The Practice. The movie is about a woman who could lose her magical powers if she falls in love.

Rai, who has been romantically linked to several Bollywood actors said people need to be lucky to find love.

"If you are blessed in this lifetime, you'll find true love," she said.

"There are many different levels of love, one can experience all or just one kind."

Aishwarya also said that she misses home while traveling to film her movies, "I do miss home, my family, friends and dog, but I'm a happy person regardless of my geographic location."

Her movies that will release later this year include Umrao Jaan which is about a woman kidnapped and sold into a brothel.