Aishwarya

Aishwarya rai

Indian Actress

Date 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