Birth name
Aishwarya Rai
Born
November 1, 1973 (1973-11-01) (age 34)Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Spouse(s)
Abhishek Bachchan (2007 - present)
[show]Awards
Filmfare Awards
Best Actress (Tamil)1999 JeansBest Actress2000 Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam2003 Devdas
Aishwarya Rai (Kannada: ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯಾ ರೈ, born November 1, 1973) is an Indian actress. Before starting her career as an actress, she worked as a model, and gained fame after winning the Miss World contest in 1994.
Often touted as the most beautiful woman in the world,[1] Rai made her movie debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film, Iruvar (1997). She had her first critical and commercial success in the Hindi movie, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), which was directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. She successfully performed again in Bhansali's Devdas (2002). Since then, she has acted in nearly forty movies in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, and English, including the international movies, Bride & Prejudice (2003) and The Last Legion (2007) in English.
Contents[hide]
1 Biography
2 Career
3 Filmography
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
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Biography
Rai with husband Abhishek Bachchan at the India Splendor event in Los Angeles (2007).
Aishwarya Rai was born in Mangalore as the daughter of Krishnaraj Rai, a marine biologist, and Vrinda Rai, a writer. Her family belongs to the Bunt community of Mangalore. She has one elder brother, Aditya Rai, who is an engineer in the merchant navy and also co-produced one of Rai's movies, Dil Ka Rishta (2003).
After she was born, her parents moved to Mumbai (Bombay) where she attended the Arya Vidya Mandir high school in Santacruz. Rai then entered Jai Hind College at Churchgate for one year, and then moved to Ruparel College in Matunga to finish her "HSC" studies. She did well in school and planned to become an architect.
She can communicate in 5 languages :- English, Hindi, Urdu, Marathi and Tamil. While pursuing her studies in architecture, Rai began modeling on the side. In the 1994 Miss India contest, she won the second place (behind Sushmita Sen), and went on to win the Miss World title the same year where she also won the Miss Photogenic award. She abandoned her studies after winning the pageant and spent one year reigning as Miss World in London. Rai then started working as a professional model and then moved on to her current profession as an actress.
Rai has previously dated Bollywood actors Salman Khan, in which she was involved in a domestic violance dispute, and Vivek Oberoi, whom she left after he publicly declared that they were dating. She is currently married to Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan. The marriage took place on April 20, 2007.
Career
Making her debut with Mani Ratnam's Tamil film, Iruvar (1997) with Mohanlal,[2] she was introduced to Bollywood in the film, Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya opposite Bobby Deol, which also released that year; the film didn't do well at the box office.[3] However, her third project, S. Shankar's Tamil film, Jeans (1998) was a critical and commercial success, earning her the Filmfare Best Actress Award South.
She went on to appear in many Bollywood films; a few successful films of her career include Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), which earned the actress her first Filmfare Best Actress Award and Taal (1999), which gave her another nomination for Best Actress at the Filmfare; her performances in both the films were lauded.[4] In 2000, she played a supporting role in the hit films Mohabbatein and Josh. Later that year, she also starred in the Tamil film Kandukondain Kandukondain, which won her positive reviews.
In 2002, Rai appeared with superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit in Sanjay Leela Bansali's lavishly produced Devdas. The film attracted overseas attention as well, receiving a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival.[5] It was during this time that she garnered the attention of the West as an Indian actress and went on to appear in a few Hollywood projects. Devdas went on to become the highest grossing film of the year both in India[6] and overseas,[7] earning her the actress her second Filmfare Best Actress Award.
As her name gained popularity overseas, she was chosen by Time magazine in 2004 as one of the World's "100 Most Influential People", and appeared on the cover of Time magazine, Asia Edition (TIMEasia) in 2003. She was the subject of a 60 Minutes profile on January 2. A month later she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman. She also featured on Oprah's "Women Across the Globe" segment. In 2003, she acted in the critically acclaimed and commercial success Bengali film, Chokher Bali, an adaptation of one of Rabindranath Tagore's novels by the same name.
Rai has been a regular at the Cannes Film Festival since 2002, and was a member of the Jury at Cannes in the year 2003. In October 2004, a wax figure of Rai became on display in London's Madame Tussaud's wax museum.[8] The same month, her first foreign film, Bride and Prejudice released. The film was an Indian version of Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice. Her next overseas venture was The Mistress of Spices. She then appeared at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, as part of a performance showcasing Indian art, on behalf of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to be held in New Delhi. In between her overseas acting stints, she appeared in the Indian film Bunty Aur Babli in a hugely popular seven minute dance sequence for the song "Kajra Re".
In 2005, Rai signed a three-year contract with L'Oréal, as a spokesmodel for the cosmetics company.
At the end of the year 2006, she had two releases: Umrao Jaan and Dhoom 2. The former did poorly in India but her role in the latter, which was a sequel to the 2004 hit movie Dhoom brought her great attention. While it was a hit commercially,[9] it also sparked a controversy for a scene containing a kiss between her and Hrithik Roshan, which made audiences uncomfortable; a court case is currently pending in India.[10]
2007 saw the release of Mani Ratnam's Guru which premiered in Toronto. The film, based on the life of Indian businessman Dhirubhai Ambani, was critically acclaimed and did well at the box offic.[11] Her most recent film, Provoked, based on the book "Circle of Light" where she portrays a real life character, was released on April 6, 2007 in India and the UK. At the end of April 2007, her first American film, The Last Legion released in Russia and the Netherlands and later opened in North American theaters in August 2007 disappointingly.
Filmography
Main article: List of Aishwarya Rai's awards and nominations
Year
Title
Language
Role
Notes
1997
Iruvar
Tamil
Pushpa/Kalpana
Dubbed in Telugu as Iddaru
Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya
Hindi
Ashi Kapoor
1998
Jeans
Tamil
Madhumitha/Vaishnavi
Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award SouthIndia's official entry to the OscarsDubbed in Hindi and Telugu as Jeans
1999
Aa Ab Laut Chalen
Hindi
Pooja
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Hindi
Nandini
Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award
Ravoyi Chandamama
Telugu
Special appearance (item number)
Taal
Hindi
Mansi
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress AwardDubbed in Tamil as Taalam
2000
Mela
Hindi
Champakali
Special appearance
Kandukondain Kandukondain
Tamil
Meenakshi Bala
Dubbed in Telugu as Priyuraalu Pilichindi
Josh
Hindi
Shirley
Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai
Hindi
Preeti Virat
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke
Hindi
Sahiba Grewal
Mohabbatein
Hindi
Megha
Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
2001
Albela
Hindi
Sonia
2002
Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam
Hindi
Suman
Cameo
Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin
Hindi
Komal Rastogi
23rd March 1931: Shaheed
Hindi
Cameo
Devdas
Hindi
Parvati (Paro)
Winner, Filmfare Best Actress AwardIndia's official entry to the Oscars
Shakti: The Power
Hindi
Aishwarya Rai
Special appearance (item number)
2003
Chokher Bali
Bengali
Binodhini
Dubbed in Tamil as Aishwarya Rai Oru Perazhagi
Dil Ka Rishta
Hindi
Tia Sharma
Kuch Naa Kaho
Hindi
Namrata Shrivastav
2004
Bride & Prejudice
English
Lalita Bakshi
Dubbed in Hindi as Balle Balle! From Amritsar To L.A
Khakee
Hindi
Mahalakshmi
First villain role
Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na
Hindi
Diya Malhotra
Raincoat
Hindi
Neerja
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
2005
Shabd
Hindi
Antara Vashist
Bunty Aur Babli
Hindi
Special appearance (item number)
2006
Mistress of Spices
English
Tilo
Umrao Jaan
Hindi
Umrao Jaan
Dhoom 2
Hindi
Sunehri
Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award
2007
Guru
Hindi
Sujata
Provoked
English
Kiranjeet Ahluwalia
The Last Legion
English
Mira
2008
Jodhaa Akbar
Hindi
Jodhaa Bai
Releasing February 15, 2008
Sarkar Raj
Hindi
Neha
Releasing April 2008
2009
The Pink Panther Deux
English
Sophie Solandres
Releasing February 13, 2009
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