AISHWARIYA RAI BACHCHAN

There are so many beautiful ladies out there who would have won the Miss World Beauty Pageant but when we start talking about Miss World, the first person to come to our mind would be none other than our very own Aishwariya Rai who won the title in the year 2004 and became a well known Indian face on the global platform.

She became the Angelina Jolie of India after she married Abhishek Bachan who became the Brad Pitt of India. Aishwariya wanted to become an architect but her destiny led her to become one of the finest actresses in the world.

Date Of Birth : 1st November, 1973.
Place Of Birth: Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio.

Debut Film
Awards
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Career
Personal Life

Many people reckon Aishwariya as a Bollywood actress but the fact is that her debut as an actress was made in a Kollywood film.

She was doing a lot of advertisements and modeling as part time when she was studying.

It was the ad that she did for a soft drink that made her a popular face and after she won the Miss World Beauty Pageant in the year 1994 she started doing films.

It was ace director Mani Ratnam who introduced her to the world of cinema with his film Iruvar in the year 1997.

The film was critically acclaimed and it was also a commercial success and a box office megahit.

But her Bollywood debut in the same year 1997 in the film Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya didn't create much hype and did no do that well at the box office.

Awards:

She has managed to bag a hell lot of awards for different categories. The list is very long.

National Honours:

She won the Rajiv Gandhi Award for Excellence in the Field of Entertainment in the year 2002. In the year 1994 she was titled Miss Catwalk, Miss Miraculous, Miss Photogenic, Miss Perfect, Miss Popular and was the first runner up at Femina Miss India World and also won the Miss World Title.

International Honours And Achievements:

In the year 2005 she received British Govt's Next Step World Diversity Champion Award and also appeared on popular international television shows like CBS 60 mins, Oprah Winfrey, Good Morning America and The David Letterman Show.

In 2004 she ran in the Olympic Torch marathon carrying the Olympic torch. She was voted as the Most Beautiful Women Alive in the Hello Magazine's Yearly Poll. Her Wax Replica Statue was added to London's prestigious Madame Tussauds Wax museum.

In the year 2003 she was in the cover of Time Magazine as she was one of the Official Cannes Jury Member.

In the year 2000 she was voted as the Most Beautiful Women of all times.

Filmfare Awards:

She was the winner of the year:

2002 for Filmfare Best Actress Award for Devdas

1999 for Filmfare Best Actress Award for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

1998 for Filmfare Best Actress Award -South for Jeans

She was nominated in the year:

2007 for Filmfare Best Actress Award for Guru

2006 for Filmfare Best Actress Award for Dhoom 2

2004 for Filmfare Best Actress Award for Raincoat

2000 for Filmfare Best Actress Award for Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai

2000 for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Mohabbatein

1999 for Filmfare Best Actress Award for Taal

At the International Indian Film Academy Awards:

She was the winner of the year:

2008 for IIFA Best Female Acting Award for Guru

2007 for IIFA Most Searched Personality on MSN India

2007 for IIFA Glamorous Star Award

2005 for IIFA Global Indian Media Personality Award

2003 for IIFA Best Actress Award for Devdas

2000 for IIFA Best Actress Award for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

She was nominated in the year:

2008 for IIFA Best Actress Award for Guru

2005 for IIFA Best Actress Award for Raincoat

2000 for IIFA Best Actress Award for Taal

In the Star Screen Awards:

She was the winner of the year:

2002 for Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Shahrukh Khan for Devdas

2002 for Star Screen Award Best Actress for Devdas

1999 for Star Screen Award Best Actress for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

1997 for Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female for Aur Pyar Ho Gaya

She was nominated in the year:

2007 for Star Screen Award Best Actress for Guru

2006 for Star Screen Award Best Actress for Dhoom 2

2006 for Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Hrithik Roshan for Dhoom 2

2004 for Star Screen Award Best Actress for Raincoat

2000 for Star Screen Award Best Actress for Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai

2000 for Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress for Mohabbatein

1998 for Star Screen Award Best Actress for Taal

Zee Cine Awards:

She was the winner of the year:

2005 for Zee Cine Critics' Best Actor Award- Female for Raincoat

2003 for Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female for Devdas

2003 for Zee Cine True Indian Beauty Award

2000 for Lux Face of the Year

2000 for Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

She was nominated in the year:

2007 for Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female for Umrao Jaan

2000 for Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female for Taal

Other Awards:

She was winner of the year:

2008 in Reebok Zoom Glam Award function she got Glam Couple Award along with Abhishek Bachchan

2008 in Central European Bollywood Award function she got the Best Actress Award for Guru

2007 she got Stardust Star of the Year Award -Female for Dhoom 2

2007 in MTV Lycra Style Award function she got the Most Stylish Female for Dhoom 2

2007 in MTV Lycra Style Award function she got the Most Stylish Couple along with Hrithik Roshan for Dhoom 2

2005 she got MTV Immies Best Performance in a Song - Kajra Re

2005 she was voted The Most Desired Dream Date

2004 she got F Award for Excellence in Indian Fashion and Female Celebrity Model of the Year

She is one of the highest paid Bollywood actresses or may be the highest paid actress in Bollywood till date.

She was paid a sum of rupees 60 million for her work in the film Endhiran with the Kollywood superstar Rajinikanth.

It all started when the girl decided to do modeling and advertisements as a part time job besides studying. She became a model at a very tender age and one of her soft drink advertisement made her a well known face among the people. Then a lot of film offers started pouring in but she refused them all to focus on her academics.

Then she won the Miss World Title at the Miss World Beauty Pageant in the year 1994. It was after this she started doing films and it is the ace director Mani Ratnam who introduced her to the film industry. She made her film debut in a Kollywood film Iruvar which was directed by Mani Ratnam in the year 1997.

Then she made her Bollywood debut in the same year in the film Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya . Then she did Jeans in the year 1998 which was directed by Shankar. In the film Jeans there is a song written by a tamil writer Vairamuthu which compares the actress with the 7 wonders of the world and it conveys that she is the 8th wonder. This film was the first film from India which made the entry to the prestigious Academy Awards.

It was in the year 1999 that the actress succeeded commercially in the Bollywood industry by starring in the film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam opposite Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan. This film was critically acclaimed and Ash's performance was applauded by both the film critics and the audience.

Then she did a lot of films that followed up and she even did Hollywood films like the Pink Panther 2 and The Last Legion. Endhiran, Raavan, Guzaarish and Action Replay were her latest films before she took a brake due to her pregnancy.

She is one of the Indian actresses who is invited for several international film festivals and award functions. She also has contacts with a lot of Hollywood celebrities.

Even though she was rumoured and linked with a lot of male actors like Hrithik Roshan and was constantly dating Salman Khan, she got engaged on 14 January 2007 and is now married to Abhishek Bachan who is also a well established actor of Indian cinema. The wedding took place in a very private way with all the rituals.On November 16, 2011 the actress gave birth to a beautiful girl and her daughter was named as Aaradya Bachan.