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