Aishwarya phothos

Beautiful smile

AWESOME WALK

Age: 37 yrs

Birthday: 1st November, 1973

Zodiac: Scorpio

Marital Status: Married to Abhishek Bachchan

Awards: Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian honour from the Government of India; 2 Filmfare Awards for Best Actress.

Trivia: She was crowned Miss India World in 1994 and the same year won the Miss World title. She is the brand ambassador for international brands like Longines watches and L’Oreal. In 2007, Aishwarya became the first Bollywood and Indian actress to have her own statue at London’s Madame Tussauds museum.

Biography: Born in Mangalore and brought up in Mumbai, Aishwarya Rai is the daughter of Krishnaraj Rai and Vrinda Rai. Born to a marine engineer father and teacher mother Manglore, Aishwarya has most ofher life in Mumbai. She made ​​her entrance exam of Arya Vidya Mandir and later to Jai Hind College. She did her twelfth standard from Ruparel College. Having scored well in her exams, she landed in the Rachana Institute. Aishwarya had initially wanted to become an architect. She was into studying contours of buildings at the RachnaCollege, when destiny willed otherwise and she landed in South Africa for the MissWorld contest where the contours of body mattered more.

After her crowning as the most beautiful woman on the planet, it has increased heightafter height. Films came as a natural choice for this model and actress she has done over a score of Hindi films till date quite a few of them blockbusters. The most famous is the musical melodrama Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas.

 She was crowned Miss India World and Miss World, both in 1994.  Aishwarya made her debut in Mani Ratnam’s Tamil biopic, Iruvar (1997). The film was a critical and commercial success. Her Bollywood debut came with Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya (1997). However the film failed to create any ripples at the box office. She then starred in S. Shankar’s Tamil film, Jeans, which went on to become India’s official entry to the Oscars for that year.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) was one of the major milestones in her career. Aishwarya’s role won her critical acclaim and accolades from all over. The film was a major success and won her, her first Filmfare award for Best Actress. Her other movie, Taal (1999) received moderate success in India, however was internationally very successful.


The next couple of years were not too great for Aishwarya’s  carreer. Bengali films – Choker Bali (2003) and Raincoat (2004), Dil Ka Rishta (2003), Kuch Naa Kaho (2003), Bride And Prejudice (2004), Khakee (2004), Shabd (2005), The Mistress Of Spices (2004) and Umrao Jaan (2006) did not fare so well at the box office.