The lovely green eyed Miss world 1994, Aishwarya Rai popularly known as Ash was born on 1st November 1973 at Mangalore.
Born to parents Krishna Raj and Vrinda Rai, she and her brother Aditya, were brought up in a middle class background. Aishwarya did her schooling at Arya Vidya Mandir, Santacruz in Mumbai and junior college from Jai Hind. She pursued her graduation in Architecture from Rachana Sansad School, Mumbai. By this time, Aishwarya started getting modelling assignments in Fashion shows and advertisemnet campaigns. She won the Famous Ford Supermodels Contest at the age of 17. From that point there was no looking back. She participated in the Miss India Femina contest 1994 and became the Ist runner up which paved her way for winning the Miss World crown 1994. Aishwarya Rai’s career took off as soon as she became 1994 Miss World.
She made her debut into films with Mani Rathnam’s ‘Iruvar’ in which she did her part wonderfully, but it was ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ that made her popular as an actress. She has acted in several films like ‘Tal’, ’Josh’, ‘Khakee’, ‘Mohabbattein’, ‘Bunti Aur Babli’, ‘Eklavya’ etc. and has won the Filmfare Awards for the Best Actress category for ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam not only gave her the real breakthrough but also proved her mettle as an actress.
Aiswarya Rai reteamed with Sajay Leela Bhansali in ‘Devdas’ which was released world wide and received a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival. The Bengali film ‘Choker Bali’, adapted from Rabindranath Tagore’s novel ‘Binodini’ fetched her critics acclaim.
Aishwarya is the first Indian actress to be on the jury of the Cannes International Film Festival (2003). She was also featured on the cover of the Time magazine.
She has completed ‘Bride and Prejudice’, directed by Gurinder Chadha (of ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ fame) and Rituparna Ghosh’s ‘Raincoat’. She has offers to act in Hollywood films.
On the personal front, Aishwarya campaigns for many social causes. She has generously volunteered to donate her eyes and has set an example for the rest of the world. Lovely Aishwarya Rai has proved her mettle in whatever she does especially in acting, and still remains one of the leading actresses in the tinsel world.
He paired Abhishek Bachchan in few films and now the real life will be soon going to convert into real life. Both decided to marry.
