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Aishwarya Rai (born November 1, 1973),
is a three-time Filmfare Award-winning Indian actress.
She was Miss World in 1994 and has acted in Hindi,
Tamil, Bengali and English films. Rai is married to
Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan and is daughter-in-law to
Amitabh Bachchan.
Biography: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was born in
Mangalore, in the South Indian state of Karnataka, to
Krishnaraj Rai, a marine engineer, and Vrinda Rai, a
writer. Her ancestors are from the Bunt community of
Mangalore. Her family later relocated to Mumbai
(Bombay).
Rai has one brother, Aditya Rai, who is
three years older than she is. Aditya initially followed
in his father’s footstep and became a Marine Officer.
Later as Aishwarya's star ascended he became a film
producer. He has occasionally produced films in which
Rai acted. Aditya got married in early 2004.
Rai attended the Arya Vidya Mandir at Santacruz, Mumbai,
then entered Ruparel College, Matunga, Mumbai. She was
an A student and was on track to become an architect.Her
mother tongue is Tulu. She also speaks Hindi, English,
Kannada, Marathi and Tamil.
Rai began modeling on the side while studying
architecture. In the 1994 Miss India contest, she was
placed second behind Sushmita Sen, and went on to win
the Miss World title that same year and the Miss
Photogenic award. After the one year reign as Miss World
in London, she then worked as a professional model, in
advertising and Indian fashion magazines.
After much speculation concerning their relationship,
her engagement to Abhishek Bachchan was announced on
January 14, 2007. The event was heavily covered by the
media. They married on April 20, 2007 in a private
ceremony held at the Bachchans' bungalow Prateeksha.
Career: Aishwarya debuted in Mani Ratnam's Tamil
language film, Iruvar (1997) with Mohanlal. She was
introduced to Bollywood in the film, Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya;
the film did not do well at the box office. However, her
third project, a Tamil-language film, Jeans (1998) by S.
Shankar was a critical and commercial success for which
she was awarded the Filmfare Best Actress Award South.
Aishwarya then appeared in many
Bollywood films, a few successful films of her career
include Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) and Taal (1999)
for which her performance lauded. She was awarded the
Filmfare Best Actress Award for her role in the former.
In 2000 she had a supporting role in the hit film,
Mohabbatein and also in another hit film Josh(film).
Nevertheless, she has been in the limelight for quite
some time for her relationships with Salman Khan and
Vivek Oberoi.
In 2002, Rai appeared with superstars Shah Rukh Khan and
Madhuri Dixit in the lavishly produced Devdas, which was
a major box-office success and earned her the Filmfare
Best Actress Award. The film attracted overseas
attention as well, receiving a special screening at the
Cannes Film Festival. It was during this time that she
garnered the attention of the West as an Indian actress
and went on to sign a few Hollywood projects.
As her name gained popularity in the West, seemingly on
account of her beauty, she was chosen by Time magazine
in 2004 as one of the World's "100 Most Influential
People" and in 2003, appeared on the cover of Time
magazine. She was the subject of a 60 Minutes profile on
January 2. A month later she appeared on the Late Show
with David Letterman. She was also featured on Oprah's
"Women Across the Globe" segment In 2003, she
acted in the critically acclaimed and commercial success
Bengali film, Chokher Bali, an adaptation of one of
Rabindranath Tagore's novel by the same name.
Rai has been a regular at the Cannes Film Festival since
2002, and was a member of the Jury at Cannes in the year
2003. In October 2004, a wax figure of Rai became on
display in London's Madame Tussaud's wax museum. The
same month, her first foreign film released: Bride and
Prejudice. The film was an inspired Indian version of
Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice.
The film did well commercially in the
U.K but not in India. Her next overseas venture The
Mistress of Spices was critically acclaimed though not
commercially successful. She then appeared at the
closing ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in
Melbourne, as part of a performance showcasing Indian
culture, on behalf of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, to be
held in New Delhi.
In between her overseas acting stints, she appeared in
the Indian film Bunty Aur Babli in a hugely popular
seven minute dance sequence for the song "Kajra
Re". The dance sequence paired Rai with Abhishek
Bachchan (apart from Amitabh Bachchan), who two years
later (April 2007) became her husband.
At the end of the year 2006, she had two releases: Umrao
Jaan and Dhoom 2. Umrao Jaan did poorly in India,
however, her role in Dhoom 2, a sequel to the 2004 hit
movie Dhoom brought her great attention. It was a hit
commercially too. Incidentally, both of these films also
co-starred Rai's later husband, Abhishek Bachchan.
2007 saw the release of Mani Ratnam's Guru which
premiered in Toronto. The film, based on the life of
successful Indian businessman Dhirubhai Ambani, was both
commercially and critically very successful. Her most
recent film, Provoked, based on the book "Circle of
Light" where she portrays a real life character,
was released on 6 April, 2007 in India and the UK.
The film did well commercially in the UK
It was critically acclaimed all over the world. At the
end of April 2007 her first American film, The Last
Legion, was released in Russia and the Netherlands. The
film is expected to open in North American theaters in
August 2007. |
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