Aishwarya, Aaradhya take off to London

After celebrating pa-in-law's birthday in Mumbai, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan took a flight to London to shoot her film, Karan Johar's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.

She will spent three weeks in the city, and spend her own birthday there.

Daughter Aaradhya has accompanied her.

"I left on Monday, and of course, Aaradhya accompanied me. All my shooting schedules will be planned as per her convenience," Aishwarya says.

The little Bachchan will not miss too much school either.

"It will be just a little while before her holidays, so not much of school will be missed," Aishwarya adds.

Aishwarya will bring in her birthday on November 1 with Karan Johar and her co-stars. And yes, Abhishek will join her.

"I am in a happy space now. Jazbaa has been very well received. It is almost like the five years that I was away have dissolved," she says.

Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar