Delhi girl Shweta Bhardwaj, who has been tagged as the ‘desi Lara Croft’ because of her action scenes in Mission Istanbul, says she is obsessed with Aishwarya Rai.

"I am obsessed with her and was very sad to know that she got married," said the 21-year-old, adding "If I would have been a boy, I would have definitely married her."

Bhardwaj says she did not have to struggle much to get the role in director Apoorva Lakhia’s macho film Mission Istanbul, which deals with global terrorism.

"My Nivea ad worked for me. Suniel Shetty (who is producing the film) saw me in the ad and called me for audition. I went through the normal audition process and after a few days I came to know through an SMS that I was selected for the role."

Bhardwaj teams up with Vivek Oberoi, Zayed Khan, Suneil and others in the film and says her role is different from others.

"Normally, in a Hindi film a girl is not seen to perform stunts and action, but I have done all that for the film" as well as a bit of romance and a song. "So I got to do everything in the film," said Bhardwaj who plays the character Lisa Lobo.

"Lisa Lobo is very interesting character in the film. She plays cross with Zayed and Nikitin Dheer. Zayed is playing a positive role and Nikitin is the bad guy. I am in between the two because of a mission," said Bhardwaj who is full of praise for the director.

"Apoorva is the best guy in town. He helped me to understand the character so well. He used to always tell me that I should always have the character of Lara Croft in mind and behave like her. In every scene, he would tell me to think how Lara would behave in such a situation," said Bhardwaj.

She says her favourite Hollywood actress is Angelina Jolie, who played the athletic title character in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life.

Without any formal training in martial arts, Bhardwaj learned on the set. She hopes her performance will make her famous with audiences for more than her Nivea commercials.