Biography of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Birth Name
Aishwarya Krishnaraj Rai
Nickname
Ash
Gullu
The Queen of Bollywood
Height
5' 7" (1.70 m)
Aishwarya Rai was born on 1st Nov 1973 in Manglore, Karnatka, India. She was younger of the two siblings, her brother being 3 yrs elder. When she was about 4 years old her family moved to Bombay permanatly.The celestial beauty Aishwarya, won Miss World Title at Sun City in 1994 and has since then become the hottest property of Bollywood. Her stupendous success as Miss World was followed by an equally matchless accomplishments in the film world. Aishwarya, who came into Bollywood by default, as she was flooded with offers after being crowned in Sun City, has now become the undisputed monarch of the tinsel territory. Buoyed by her success she is now looking westwards. Soon she will be appearing in ‘Bride and Prejudice’ a re-working of the Jane Austin classic opposite actor Martin Henderson (The Ring), directed by Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham). How this movie fares at the box office remains to be seen but it has definitely given a fillip to her career as she has got many offers from the Hollywood.
Born to a marine engineer father and a teacher mother at Manglore, Aishwarya has spent most of her life in Mumbai. She did her matriculation from Arya Vidya Mandir and later joined 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 Rachna College, when destiny willed otherwise and she landed in South Africa, for the Miss World contest where the contours of body mattered more.After her crowning as the most beautiful woman on the planet, she has soared height after height. Films came as a natural choice for this model turned actress and she has done over a score of Hindi Films till date quite a number of them being blockbusters.
The most famous one being Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s musical melodrama Devdas, co-starred by Sharukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit. Devdas became the first Hindi Commercial Film to be screened at Cannes Film festival. This year incidentally she earned the distinction of being the first Indian Actress on the jury of the same festival.
In 2003 Aishwarya became the first Indian actor to be a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Ash is also the latest member of the elite L'Oreal Dream Team, joining beauties Catherine Deneuve & Andie MacDowell as their international ambassador. She graced the covers of India Today and the prestigious TIME Magazine.
Ash was listed on Rolling Stone Magazine's annual "Hot List".Her first film was Mani Ratnam’s Iruvar, in which she played a rather diminutive role but she could captivate the audience by her dance performance and in depth acting. With duds like ‘Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya’ and ‘Jeans’, when everybody had almost written her off till she bounced back with a stunning performance in ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’. ‘Taal’ set her on equal footing with the reigning Goddess Madhuri Dixit.
With extravaganza Devdas on one hand she has also starred in a frugally budgeted Bengali Film, ‘Choker Bali’ on the other. It’s an R Ghosh film, based on a story by Rabindranath Tagore. ‘Aa Ab Laut Chalein’ brought her under the RK banner and she feels proud to be associated with this 
great production house.
Besides Hindi films, Aishwarya has starred in a few south Indian movies too.On the personal front Aishwarya’s life has been eclipsed by an unhappy affair with the ill-tempered Salman Khan. With all kinds of negative rumours rife about them, she moved out of the relationship in 2001. Both of them have since declared since that they don’t have anything to do with each other.
Having pledged her beautiful blue eyes to an Eye Bank and endorsing it on national television, Ash was once again showered by publicity for her philanthropic gesture. Since her entrance into the Indian film industry in 1995, she has been signed by best directors, in films with lavish budgets, opposite leading stars and is today the superstar of the Indian film industry.
Aishwarya Rai - an original, is treading very well in her transition from beauty queen to screen queen while moving into further limelight.For 2004, Ash is set to star in "Chaos" opposite Meryl Streep for French Director Coline Serreau, "Singularity" opposite Brendan Fraser for director Roland Joffe and "I Know a Place" for Director/Writer Barton Randall and will end the year with "Mistress of Spices" once again with Director Gurinder Chadha.
Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai remain a happily married couple
Despite rumours Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai remain a happily married couple. The two celebrated their second marriage ceremony in Europe
before returning back to India to shoot for their next Mani Ratnam film. Earlier it was expected the two leading stars of the Indian filmdom will celebrate their wedding anniversary on the sets of the film Ravana. But finally they were able to enjoy a quite wedding anniversary somewhere in Europe.
Says a source, “Last year, Abhishek was slogging it out in Miami for Dostana and Aishwarya joined him there for their first Wedding Anniversary.
This year, they were again supposed to be working, though happily together, for the next schedule of Mani Ratnam’s Raavan on their anniversary.”
Forbes magazine has put Aishwarya above SRK, Aamir Khan and her former boyfriend Salman Khan in terms of her international appeal. Aishwarya’s husband Abhishek Bachchan is nowhere in the picture. Abhishek’s name does not find any mention in Forbes magazine’s list of Hollywood’s most bankable stars from across the globe. Aishwarya Rai is at least 200 ranks above the second ranked Indian star on the list Aamir Khan and around 400 ranks above Shah Rukh Khan.
Aishwarya Rai is one of the most successful actresses of Bollywood. When most actress of her age have turned dotting wives and moms, the former beauty queen is experimenting in new and newer roles that are coming her way. She is still much in demand in Bollywod and also in Kollywood from where she began her acting stint.
Her beauty still sets films on fire and ensures the success of the film. Her endorsing a product ensures producers that the company will get better response from consumers. With her father in law and husband she makes the biggest Bollywood brand in the country.
Often acclaimed as the most beautiful woman in the world, Aishwarya Rai made her movie debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Iruvar in the year 1997 opposite Mohanlal. She had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie Jeans 1998, and came to the attention of Bollywood through her blockbuster Hindi movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam in 1999.
The film directed by celebrated film director Sanjay Leela Bhansali was a super duper success. The film won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award, and she successfully performed in Bhansali's next project, Devdas opposite Shah Rukh Khan in the year 2002. the film gave her second Best Actress Award at the Filmfare.
Since then, Aishwarya Rai has acted in over forty movies in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, and English, including the international productions Bride & Prejudice (2003), Mistress of Spices (2005), and The Last Legion (2007) in English.
In the meantime Aishwarya Rai is excited about teaming up with hubby Abhishek Bachchan for Mani Ratnam’s next film, but is reluctant to reveal much about the movie. "It’s a really exciting thought for me and Abhishek to be coming together again with Mani Ratnam. All I can say about the film is that it goes into a completely different theme from Guru," said Aishwarya, who turns 35 on Saturday.
"You can’t expect Mani sir to go into the same space twice. Working with him is an exciting thought for any actor. The way he connects to his actors is very clear in the films he makes. He creates magic on screen," she added.
Aishwarya considers Guru, in which she paired with Abhishek, a very precious experience. "It has been a very precious experience on every level, and not just on a personal level. I’d say it was professionally very fulfilling."
As Actress
Bhopal Movie 2008
Singgulalarity 2008
Pink Panther 2 2009
Jodhaa Akbar 2007
Sarkar Raj 2007
The Last Legion 2007
Journey Across India 2007
Guru 2007
Dhoom 2 2006
Umrao Jaan 2006
Provoked : A Tru e Story 2006
The Mistress of Spices 2005
Bunty Aur Bbli 2005
Shabd 2005
Bride & Preiudice 2004
Kyun..! HO gaya Na 2004
Raincoat 2004
Khakee 2004
Kuch Naa Kaho 2003
Chokher Bali 2003
Dil Ka Rishta 2003 
Shakthi : The Power 2002
23rd March 1931: Shaheed 2002
Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin 2002
Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam 2002
Devdas 2002
Albela 2001
Mohabbatein 2000
Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke 2000
Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai 2000
Josh 2000
Kandukondain Kandukondain 2000
Mela 2000
Sanam Tere Hain Hum 2000
Ravoyi Chandamama 1999
Taal 1999
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam 1999
Aa Ab Laut Chalen 1999
Jeans 1998
Aur Pyaar HO Gaya 1997
Iruvar 1997
As Producer
Bhopal Movie 2008
Some Rare Photograph of Childhood
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