Saturday, January 26, 2013

Aishwarya

Aishwarya rai

Indian Actress

aishwarya raiDate of Birth

1 November 1973, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

Birth Name :Aishwarya Krishnaraj Rai

Nickname : Ash & Gullu

Height : 5' 7" (1.70 m)

Marital Status: Married to Abhishek Bachchan, has a daughter.

Awards: Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian honour from the Government of India; 2 Filmfare Awards for Best Actress.

Biography: 

Born in Mangalore and brought up in Mumbai, Aishwarya Rai is the daughter of Krishnaraj Rai and Vrinda Rai. She completed her education in Mumbai and pursued architectural studies while modelling part time. She was crowned Miss India World and Miss World, both in 1994. Then, like many of her predecessors, the film industry beckoned this fair damsel. Aishwarya made her debut in Mani Ratnam’s Tamil biopic, Iruvar (1997). The film was a critical and commercial success. Her Bollywood debut came with Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya (1997). However the film failed to create any ripples at the box office. She then starred in S. Shankar’s Tamil film, Jeans, which went on to become India’s official entry to the Oscars for that year.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) was one of the major milestones in her career. Aishwarya’s role won her critical acclaim and accolades from all over. The film was a major success and won her, her first Filmfare award for Best Actress. Her other movie, Taal (1999) received moderate success in India, however was internationally very successful.

She then starred in Josh and Mohabbatein alongside Shah Rukh Khan in 2000. She portrayed the role of Shah Rukh’s childhood sweetheart Paru (Parvati) in Devdas (2002), which was an adaptation of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s famous novel by the same name. The film became the highest grosser of the year at home and abroad and won her, her second Filmfare award for Best Actress.

The next couple of years were not too great for Aishwarya’s  carreer. Bengali films – Choker Bali (2003) and Raincoat (2004), Dil Ka Rishta (2003), Kuch Naa Kaho (2003), Bride And Prejudice (2004), Khakee (2004), Shabd (2005), The Mistress Of Spices (2004) and Umrao Jaan (2006) did not fare so well at the box office.

The mega blockbuster Dhoom 2 (2006) came as a welcome respite. Guru (2007) got her positive reviews for her character in the film. She also acted in British films, Provoked (2007) and The Last Legion (2007). However, both failed to do well. In 2008, she played the role of Queen Jodha bai in the partly fictionalized epic drama, Jodhaa Akbar which became a commercial and critical success. She acted acted in Sarkar Raj (2008), a sequel to Sarkar (2005). In 2010, she acted in Mani Ratnam’s Raavan. In the same year, she appeared alongside south Indian superstar, Rajnikant in Enthiran, a Tamil movie which was also dubbed in Hindi as Robot. The film went on to become the biggest blockbuster in India ever! She also appeared in Action Replayy (2010) and Guzaarish (2010). Aishwarya was supposed to appear in Madhur Bhandarkar’s Heroine but the project went off following Aishwarya’s pregnancy in May 2011. The role went to Kareena Kapoor later. Aishwarya gave birth to a baby girl on 16 November 2011.

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Filmography:

Year Title Language Role Notes
1997 Iruvar Tamil Pushpavalli/Kalpana Dubbed into Telugu as Iddaru
1997 Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya Hindi Ashi Kapoor
1998 Jeans Tamil Madhumita Dubbed into Telugu and Hindi with the same title
1999 Aa Ab Laut Chalen Hindi Pooja
1999 Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Hindi Nandini Filmfare Award for Best Actress
1999 Ravoyi Chandamama Telugu
Special appearance
1999 Taal Hindi Mansi Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
Dubbed into Tamil as Thaalam
2000 Mela Hindi Champakali Guest appearance
2000 Kandukondain Kandukondain Tamil Meenakshi Bala Dubbed into Telugu as Priyuralu Pilichindi
2000 Josh Hindi Shirley
2000 Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai Hindi Preeti Virat Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2000 Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke Hindi Sahiba Grewal
2000 Mohabbatein Hindi Megha Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress
2001 Albela Hindi Sonia
2002 Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam Hindi Suman Guest appearance
2002 Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin Hindi Komal Rastogi
2002 23 March 1931: Shaheed Hindi
Special appearance
2002 Devdas Hindi Parvati (Paro) Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2002 Shakti: The Power Hindi Herself Special appearance in song "Ishq Kamina"
2003 Chokher Bali Bengali Binodini
2003 Dil Ka Rishta Hindi Tia Sharma
2003 Kuch Naa Kaho Hindi Namrata Shrivastav
2004 Khakee Hindi Mahalakshmi
2004 Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na Hindi Diya Malhotra
2004 Bride & Prejudice English Lalita Bakshi Dubbed into Hindi as Balle Balle Amritsar to LA
2004 Raincoat Hindi Neerja Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2005 Shabd Hindi Antara Vashist/Tammana
2005 Mistress of Spices English Tilo
2005 Bunty Aur Babli Hindi
Special appearance in the song "Kajra Re"
2006 Umrao Jaan Hindi Umrao Jaan
2006 Dhoom 2 Hindi Sunehri Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
2007 Guru Hindi Sujata Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
Dubbed into Tamil as Guru and Telugu as Gurukanth
2007 Provoked English Kiranjit Ahluwalia Dubbed into Hindi with the same title
2007 The Last Legion English Mira
2008 Jodhaa Akbar Hindi Jodhaa Bai Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
Dubbed into Tamil and Telugu with the same title
2008 Sarkar Raj Hindi Anita Rajan
2009 The Pink Panther 2 English Sonia Solandres
2010 Raavan Hindi Ragini Sharma
2010 Raavanan Tamil Ragini Subramaniam Dubbed into Telugu as Villain
2010 Enthiran Tamil Sana Dubbed into Telugu as Robo and Hindi as Robot
2010 Action Replayy Hindi Mala
2010 Guzaarish Hindi/English Sofia D'Souza Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress