Aishwarya Rai
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Also Known As: Ash, Aishu, Gullu, The Queen of Bollywood
Birth Date: November 1, 1973
Birth Place: Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Height: 5′ 7″
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Blue-green
Star Sign: Scorpio
Sex: Female
Nationality: Indian
Profession: Actress, Model
Education: Arya Vidar Mandir in Santa Cruz, Bombay, India
DG Ruparel College, Matunga, Bombay, India
Raheja College Architecture in Bandra, Bombay, India
Relationship: Salman Khan (actor; born on December 27, 1965)
Vivek Oberoi (Bollywood actor, according to Deccan Herald 1-May-2005)
Father: Krishnaraj Rai (ex-merchant navy officer)
Mother: Vrinda Rai (writer)
Brother: Aditya Rai (producer; born in 1970)
Claim to fame: Miss World 1994
Short Biography
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (born Aishwarya Rai, Tulu: ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯಾ ರೈ; born 1 November 1973) is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 1994. During her career, Rai has acted in over forty movies in Hindi, English, Tamil and Bengali. She is sometimes known simply as “Ash” or “Aish”.
Often cited by the media as the most beautiful woman in the world, Rai made her movie debut in Mani Ratnam’s Tamil film Iruvar (1997) and had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie Jeans (1998). She came to the attention of Bollywood in the movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Her performance in the film won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award. In 2002 she appeared in Bhansali’s next project, Devdas (2002), for which she won her second Filmfare Best Actress Award.
After a low phase in her career during 2003–2005, she appeared in the movie Raincoat (2004) her performance was highly acclaimed by the critics . Later she appeared in the blockbuster Dhoom 2 (2006), which turned out to be her biggest Bollywood commercial success. She later appeared in films like Guru (2007) and Jodhaa Akbar (2008), which were commercially successful and gained her critical acclaim.
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