Julia Roberts Fell For The Sari

Julia Roberts fell for the sari, bindi and payal, and happily dressed herself in the traditional Indian attire for a sequence in her latest outing Eat Pray Love, reveals the Pretty Woman's Indian co-star Russhita Singh.

"I play Tulsi, an Indian girl, in Eat Pray Love that has Julia Roberts in the lead. We shot for a month in India last year," Russhita said. "We actually mopped the floor and recited Sanskrit shlokas together. In fact, I was impressed with Julia's skills to recite the Sanskrit shlokas with utmost precision."

"Julia was present for my on-screen wedding. While I was dressed like an Indian bride for the sequence, Julia gladly draped the six yards sari and accessorised herself with traditional Indian bindi and payal," she said. "She was familiar with every ritual of the Indian wedding that was being acted out. She was also familiar with the rationale behind the 'saat pheras' and the significance behind wearing bangles."

Directed by Ryan Murphy, Eat Pray Love is based on Pushcart prize-winning author Elizabeth Gilbert's spirituality-travel memoirs by the same name, and features Roberts as Gilbert who travels to Italy, India and Indonesia in search of peace.

Eat Pray Love also stars Richard Jenkins, Javier Bardem, Billy Crudup, James Franco, Leca Argentero and Viola Davis.