Aishwarya Rai - Queen of Bollywood

Aishwarya Rai

The Miss World stunning beauty queen Aishwarya Rai is considered to be one of the beautiful actresses in the movie industry. In the year 1994, she won the Miss World title and brought fame to her mother land.She has done movies in languages like Hindi, Tamil, English and Bengali.

Born in Mangalore in the state of Karnataka in India on 1 st November 1973, Aishwarya Rai has enormous faith in God and her friends. She attends prayers offered to Lord Ganesha at her home. Krishnaraj and Vrinda Rai are her parents and they live together in Mumbai.

Aishwarya Rai's aim was to be become an architect. She took up modeling as a part time job and she also appeared in commercials. One of her popular commercial for a soft drink made her to be approached by many directors but she rejected the offers to become an architect. Aishwarya Rai is married to Abhishek Bachchan which took place on 20th of April.

Her debut movie was in the Tamil industry that was directed by Mani Ratnam titled Iruvar. Even in her debut movie she has handled dual roles along with Mohanlal and Tabu. Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya was her first movie in Bollywood. Jeans was her third project with director Shankar and the movie made her to be identified in the industry as a good actress.

Kandukondain Kandukondain was her next movie with Rajiv Menon in which she was paired with Mammootty. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam in the year 1999 was her hit movie in Bollywood with Salman Khan. She has won awards in the Film Fare for the best actress in the movies like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdass.

 

Aishwarya Rai has also won Star Screen Awards, International Indian film Academy Awards, Zee Cine Awards, Star dust Awards and Sansui Awards in her movie career.

Aishwarya Rai has done fabulous amount of movies that count to about 34 and she has also signed for about 12 movies in which four of them for English. Check out her list of movies:

HINDI movies:-

Raavan - 2010
Jodhaa Akbar 2008
Sarkar Raj 2008
Guru - 2007
Dhoom 2 - 2006
Umrao Jaan - 2006
Bunty Aur Babli - 2005
Shabd - 2005
Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na - 2004
Raincoat - 2004
Khakee - 2004
Kuch Naa Kaho - 2003
Dil Ka Rishta - 2003
Shakti: 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
Mela - 2000
Sanam Tere Hain Hum - 2000

Taal - 1999
Ravoyi Chandamama (Telugu)
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam - 1999
Aa Ab Laut Chalen - 1999
Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya - 1997 

ENGLISH movies:-

The Pink Panther 2009
The Last Legion 2007
Provoked - 2007
Mistress of Spices - 2006
Bride & Prejudice - 2004  

TAMIL movies:-

Raavanan – 2010
Guru - 2007
Kandukondain Kandukondain - 2000
Jeans - 1998
Iruvar - 1997

BENGALI movies:-

Chokher Bali - 2003

TELUGU movies:-

Ravoyi Chandamama - 1999 

Awards:

National Honours:-

IIFA-FICCI Frames, one of ten actors to receive Most Powerful Entertainer of the Decade Award

2009 - Padma Shri - India's fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India.

2004 - GR8! Women Award for Contribution to Cinema

2002 - Rajiv Gandhi Award for Excellence in Field of Entertainment

1994 - Miss Catwalk

            Miss Miraculous

            Miss Photogenic

            Miss Perfect Ten

            Miss Popular

            Femina Miss India World-1st Runner-up

International Honours and Achievements:-

2009 - France's second highest civilian honor, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of

the Arts and Literature) by the French government for her “exceptional career” in 2009

2007 - Wax New York's Madame Tussauds Wax museum at Time Square

2005 - Received British Govt’s Next Step World Diversity Champion Award Voted

number 12 on VH1's 50 Sexiest Actresses of the Last 20 Years Only Bollywood personality to appear on CBS 60 mins, Oprah Winfrey's show, Good Morning America, The Tyra Banks Show and The David Letterman Show.

2005 - British Govt's Next Step World Diversity Champion Award

Appeared on CBS 60 mins, Oprah Winfrey, Good Morning America and The David Letterman Show

2004 - Life-like statue installed in London's Madame Tussauds Wax museum Listed in

            Time Magazine’s "100 Most Influential People in the World" Featured in the 

2004  - Edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.

2004 - Ran to Olympic Torch

            Hello Magazine's Yearly Most Beautiful Poll, Winner

            Wax London 's prestigious Madame Tussauds Wax museum

2003 - TIME magazine put her picture on its cover page Only Bollywood star to appear in Rolling Stone     

            (Issue 932, October 2, 2003) First Indian actor to be a member of the jury at the Cannes Film  

            Festival

2003 - Cover of Time Magazine - Official Cannes Jury Member

2000 - Most Beautiful International Titleholder of All Times Gold Medal Winner

            Most Beautiful Miss World of All Times-Received the highest score of 9.911

Filmfare Awards:-

Winner

2002 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Devdas

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

1998 - Filmfare Best Actress Award South for Jeans

Nominated

2007 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Guru

2006 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Dhoom 2

2004 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Raincoat

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

2000 - Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Mohabbatein

1999 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Taal

"Twilight" actor Kiowa Gordon arrested

"Twilight" actor Kiowa Gordon was on a road trip to L.A. for a big movie audition when he was arrested Monday morning -- and even though he missed the casting call ... sources say producers are willing to give him a second chance.

Kiowa's mom Camille -- nice lady -- said Kiowa and his buddy were driving from Arizona to Hollywood so her son could try out for a non-Twilight movie on Monday afternoon.

As  previously reported, Kiowa's ride was pulled over for a routine registration check in Tempe -- and when the cop noticed there was an outstanding warrant out for Kiowa's arrest stemming from an incident in 2010, he was taken into custody.

But Kiowa MAY get a second chance at the movie -- because Hollywood sources tell  producers agreed to reschedule the audition after learning about Gordon's situation.

Kiowa was bailed out of jail Wednesday morning -- and we're told he'll once again attempt to travel to L.A. some time this week -- this time for a "Twilight" photo shoot.

Read more about Kiowa Gordon

God Director: James Cameron

James Cameron ( Iron Jim/Jim)

Born :                 16^th, August, 1954

Country :            Canada, Ontario, Kapuskasing

Birth name :        James Francis Cameron

Nick Name :       Iron Jim, Jim

Height :               6’ 2” (1.88m)

Spouse:

Suzy Amis              (4 June 2000 - present) 3 children

Linda Hamilton       (26 July 1997 - 16 December 1999) (divorced) 1child

Kathryn Bigelow     (17 August 1989 - 10 November 1991) (divorced)

Gale Anne Hurd     (1985 - 1989) (divorced)

Sharon Williams     (14 February 1978 - 14 July 1984) (divorced)

Trade Mark

Strong female characters.

Frequently casts Michael Biehn, Jenette Goldstein, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

His films frequently feature scenes filmed in deep blues, plots or events involving nuclear explosions or wars,

likes to make nice/effective cuts, likes to show close-up shots of feet or wheels, often trampling things, tight/close-up tracking shots on vehicles, especially during chase scenes, brings camera in close during fight scenes, achieving a claustrophobic effect.

Cameron's films tend to include broken, swinging fluorescent lights, especially in fight scenes. Like: The Abyss (1989), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), True Lies (1994), and Strange Days (1995).

 


Often includes sequences in which a video monitor is the perspective of the camera. For example, the T-800's viewpoint in infrared in The Terminator (1984) and Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), the video log in Avatar (2009),the helmet cameras in Aliens (1986), Little Geek exploring the submarine in The Abyss (1989), television newscasts in The Abyss (1989), the surveillance cameras in True Lies (1994), the SQUID sequences in Strange Days (1995), and Brock's "Geraldo Moment" at the beginning of Titanic (1997). He uses this perspective at least once in every movie he is tied with.

Often features shots of large explosions, crashes, gunshots, etc. in the background with people running away in the foreground. These shots were used heavily in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and True Lies (1994) but also in other films.

[Dreams] Often works dreams or characters sleeping into the plot.

His films tend to have scenes with elevators with something dangerous happening near or in them. In Aliens (1986), Ripley goes up and down cargo elevator several times, exiting the complex and then going back while loading weapons to get Newt and then leaving with the Queen Alien following. The Queen Alien rides the elevator to follow Ripley. In Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Sara sees the T-800 for the first time exiting an elevator. The T-1000 is shot from outside the elevator and then attacks Sara, John and the T-800 above it. In another scene, Sara, John and the T-800 crash in an elevator after an explosion on a higher floor. They are then gassed by the SWAT team at the bottom. In True Lies (1994), Harry enters an elevator on a horse in pursuit of a terrorist in the opposite elevator on a motorcycle. In Titanic (1997), Rose goes up an elevator with Jack to escape her fiancé. In another scene, Rose goes down an elevator to a flooded floor, filling it with water.

Utilizes slow motion in intense scenes or to intensify a scene

Often employs composers Brad Fiedel and James Horner to score his films.

His films frequently depict children in some kind of danger.

Many of his films have water or the ocean as a central theme

The use of machines as an important plot point or weapon: in both Avatar and Aliens the soldiers use a similar machine to fight in the final battle, the Terminators are machines and The Abyss also features a lot of machines important to the plot.

Blockbusters often have one-word titles, which are also the subjects of them: "(The) Terminator", "(The) Abyss", "Titanic" etc.

In all his films, at least one character yells "Go! Go! Go!"

Personal Quotes

People call me a perfectionist, but I'm not. I'm a rightist. I do something until it's right, and then I move on to the next thing.

...you can read all the books about film-making, all the articles in American Cinematographer and that sort of thing, but you have to really see how it works on a day-to-day basis, and how to pace your energy so that you can survive the film, which was a lesson that took me a long time to learn.

I was petrified at the start of Terminator. First of all, I was working with a star, at least I thought of him as a star at the time. Arnold came out of it even more a star.

I went from driving a truck to becoming a movie director, with a little time working with Roger Corman in between. When I wrote The Terminator, I sold the rights at that time - that was my shot to get the film made. So I've never owned the rights in the time that the franchise has been developed. I was fortunate enough to get a chance to direct the second film and do so on my own creative terms, which was good. But that was in 1991 and I've felt like it was time to move on. The primary reason for making a third one was financial, and that didn't strike me as organic enough a reason to be making a film.

Salary


Avatar (2009)     $350,000,000
Titanic (1997)     $115,000,000 ($600k for screenplay + $8m salary + backend participation)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)     $6,000,000