Mumbai, July 23 - Upset over 'fabricated' media stories about her private life, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has threatened legal action against those responsible, a statement issued by her publicist said Thursday.

'Certain sections of the press have been behaving in a callous manner and have been putting together articles or pieces without any semblance of truth and furthermore they have been attributing quotes to the actor which are baseless and false. Previously our client preferred to remain silent to let better sense prevail be it the news when she was married off to a tree or otherwise. This silence should not be misconstrued as a weakness,' the statement read.

The statement was issued to counter an article titled 'Career more important than family' by a website where one of the quotes attributed to the actress read: 'If I want to remain in the film industry then I need to stay fit', that implied that she will not have children. The article also stated that her actor-husband Abhishek Bachchan was in agreement with her stand.

'She is one actress who never made any statements that her marriage can wait and she will focus on her career.