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Aishwarya Rai
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Aishwarya Rai Biography

Aishwarya, or "Ash" as she is more widely known...first burst upon the international stage when her striking beauty, poise and commanding intelligence won her the Miss World crown in 1994. India's ambassador to international cinema and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai is celebrating her 33rd birthday now.
Aishwarya Rai was born in Mangalore, South India, to Krishnaraj Rai, a marine engineer, and Vrinda Rai, a writer on November 1, 1974. Her ancestors are from Mangalore. She was brought up in Mumbai along with her elder brother, Aditya Rai. Aditya is a film producer, and has occasionally produced films in which Rai acted.
Aishwarya Rai attended the Arya Vidya Mandir at Santacruz, Mumbai, then entered Ruparel College, Matunga. She was a bright student and was on track to become an architect. After winning Miss World and the Miss Photogenic award, she then worked as a professional model, in advertising and Indian fashion magazines.
Aishwarya Rai started acting in flims in 1997. Initially mainly in Tamil and Telungu movies. Devadas was the film which gave her international stardom. It was a big budget film and she appeared along with with Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit. Devadas was a major box-office success. The film attracted overseas attention as well, receiving a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival, garnering international attention for Aishwarya Rai.
Aishwarya Rai became the first Indian actor to be a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival. She is also the latest member of the elite L’Oreal Dream Team, joining beauties Catherine Deneuve & Andie MacDowell as their international ambassador. Aishwarya Rai is the firat Indian female to be immortalized in wax at the world famous Madame Tussaud’s wax museum in London.
There is rumor that, marriage of top Bollywood stars Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai is certain to take place in February 2007, according to Bachchan family astrologer Chandrashekhara Swamiji. She is appearing opposite Abhishek Bachchan in her latest Hindi movie "Umrao Jaan" by director J.P. Dutta. The anticipation for the movie has been heightened after speculation in the media that she and Abhishek were set to replicate their romance in real life as well and would be tying the knot.
Aishwarya Rai has appeared in the cover of many international magazine including India Today and TIME Magazine. Time Magazine has also listed her on their list of the “100 Most Influential People in the World Today”. .
The past year has been an exciting one for Aishwarya, with the release of two of her international movies, including "Mistress of Spices" and Jagmohan Mundhra's "Provoked." Aishwarya Rai also had several high profile releases in Year 2006. In `Dhoom 2' released a month after `Umrao Jaan', was a hit because of her breathtaking beauty and awesome figure. When Ash exclaimed, 'I'm so hot' in her opening lines in the film, everyone agreed. Of course, one would have preferred if she kept her dialogues to a minimum, and not constantly shoot her mouth off like Sholay's Basanti. Aishwarya Rai made a terrific pair with Hrithik in the very fashionable Dhoom:2, the two will get together again in Ashutosh Gowarikar's period film, Jodha-Akbar.
Aishwarya Rai Quotes
"Sexy in India is not considered positive. But, with today's crop of fresh faces in the modeling arena, being sexy is an asset." Aishwarya Rai.
Aishwarya Rai Awards
Aishwarya Rai has won two Filmfare Awards to date:
- 2000, Filmfare Best Actress Award, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
- 2003, Filmfare Best Actress Award, Chokher Bali
She has been nominated four times in the Best Actress category and once in the Best Supporting Actress category at the Filmfare Awards. Aishwarya Rai has also won three IIFA Awards, three Z-Gold Awards, four Star Screen Awards, an EU's Global Diversity Award, three Zee Cine Awards and a Rajiv Gandhi Award.
When the IFFA awards took place in Amsterdam, Aishwarya had a breed of tulip named after her as well.
Aishwarya Rai Marriage
Aishwarya Rai married Abhishek Bachchan in 2007. Aishwarya Rai has changed her name to Aishwarya Rai Bachhan after her marriage. Bachchan family is starting a college in Aishwarya's name at Barabanki UtterPradesh. Even after marriage Aishwarya Rai's pictures are most sought after over the net.
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Aishwarya Rai Filmography
- Chaos (2007) ... (pre-production) (in English)
- The Rebel (2007) (announced) ... Rani Laxmibai
- Singularity (2006) (announced) ... Tulaja (in English)
- Guru (2006) (post-production) ... Sujatha
- Akbar-Jodha (2006- Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai) ... Jodha Bai
- Dhoom 2 (2006) (Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Uday Chopra, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai , Bipasha Basu, Rimi Sen.)
- The Last Legion (2006) (post-production) ... Mira (in English)
- Umrao Jaan (2006) (Cast: Aishwarya Rai, Shabana Azmi, Sunil Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan, Divya Dutta, Himani Shivpuri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda)
- The Heart of India (2006) ... Mumtaz Mahal
- Provoked (2006) (post-production) ... Kiranjit Ahluwalia (in English)
- The Mistress of Spices (2005) ... Tilo (in English)
- Bunty Aur Babli (2005 Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee, Raj Babbar, Tania Zaetta, Ravi Baswani, Prem Chopra, Puneet Issar, Kiran Juneja, Pratima Kazmi, Kunal Kumar, Liliput, Yunus Parvez, Aishwarya Rai- Special Appearance ("Kajra Re" song -item number)
- Shabd (2005) (Cast: Sanjay Dutt, Aishwarya Rai, Zayed Khan, Saddiya Siddiqui )
- Bride & Prejudice (2004) ... Lalita Bakshi (in English)
- Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na (2004)(Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Vivek Oberoi, Rati Agnihotri, Tinnu Anand, Om Puri)
- Raincoat (2004) ... Neerja/Neeru
- Khakee (2004)(Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan, Aishwarya Rai, Tusshar Kapoor, Atul Kulkarni, Jayapradha, Lara Dutta (Special Appearance), Prakash Raj, Sabyasachi Chakravarthy, Tanuja, Ashwini Khalsekar, Radhika Menon, D. Santosh, Kamlesh Sawant )
- Kuch Naa Kaho (2003) ... Namrata Shrivastav
- Chokher Bali (2003) ... Binodini (in Bengali)
- Dil Ka Rishta (2003) ... Tia Sharma
- Shakti The Power (Shah Rukh Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Deepti Naval and Aishwarya Rai ( "Ishq Kameena" song- item number))
23rd March 1931: Shaheed (2002, Aishwarya Rai) ... Special Appearance (song) - Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin (2002) ... Komal Rastogi
- Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam (2002) ... Special Appearance
- Devdas (2002, Aishwarya Rai) ... Parvati ('Paro')
- Albela (2001) ... Sonia
- Mohabbatein (2000) ... Megha
- Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke (2000, Aishwarya Rai) ... Sahiba Gareval
- Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (2000, Aishwarya Rai) ... Preeti Virat
- Josh (2000) ... Shirley
- Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) ... Meenakshi (in Tamil)
- Mela (2000) ... Champakali
- Sanam Tere Hain Hum (2000) ... Special Appearance (Song)
- Ravoyi Chandamama (1999) ... Special Appearance (Song) (in Telugu)
- Taal (1999) ... Mansi
- Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) ... Nandini
- Aa Ab Laut Chalen (1999) ... Pooja Walia
- Jeans (1998) ... Madhumitha/Vaishnavi (in Tamil)
- ...Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya (1997) ... Ashi Kapoor
- Iruvar (1997) ... Pushpa/Kalpana (in Tamil)




