Know About Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai, the second child of Brindya and Krishnaraj Rai, was born blue-eyed like her grandfather. Over the years, the color slowly changed into the now famous grey-green. By the time she had reached high school, her charm could move mountains and little schoolboys, who every week proposed everlasting love and marriage to her. At home, she received cards and telephone calls from admirers that earned her disapproving lectures from her protective older brother. Through all this, Ash (to her friends) moved gracefully and remained focused on her studies, excelling academically and becoming the Head Girl of her school. While studying architecture in Bombay, she oved into the heady world of modeling and even without a regular ortfolio of pictures, was soon in great demand, bagging many prestigious ad campaigns and gracing the most important fashion shows. But it was her unforgettable Pepsi commercial with actor Aamir Khan -"Hi- I'm Sanju"- that took her to the masses.

Rai began her acting career in 1997 and was quick to win the "FilmFare Best Actress Award" - the most prominent cinematic award given for Indian films for her work in "Hum Dil De Chukhe Sanam (1999) and "Devdas" (2002) - the latter of which was screened in Cannes. Her role in the film won her international recognition, earning her a spot as juror at the Cannes Film Festival the following year. She starred in her first English film "Bride & Prejudice" (2004), an adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice, which received some play in the states, followed by "The Mistress of Spices" (2005) alongside American actor, Dylan McDermott. Proving Rai held international appeal, she was also paired up with Steve Martin for the comedy sequel, "Pink Panther 2" (2009).

Milestone

* 1994 Awarded the Miss World title

* 1997 First Bollywood film Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya ; directed by Rahul Rawail

* 1997 Made film debut playing a duel role in Mani Ratnam s Iruvar

* 1998 Starred in the critically successful, Jeans by S. Shankar

* 2002 Garnered international attention for the lavishly produced Devdas, which was a major box-office success; film received a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival

* 2003 Was the first Indian actress to be invited to sit on the jury at the Cannes Film Festival

* 2004 Chosen by TIME Magazine s Asian Edition as one of Asia s 100 Most Influential People

* 2005 Made her US film debut in Gurinder Chadha s Bride and Prejudice, a Bollywood update of Jane Austen s classic tale

* 2006 Appeared in Mistress of Spices, from the novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni *

2007 Co-starred with Sir Ben Kingsley and Colin Firth in The Last Legion

* 2007 Played an abused wife in Jag Mundhra s indie film, Provoked

* 2009 Co-starred with Steve Martin in The Pink Panther 2

* Appeared in the popular Indian films, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) and Mohabbatein (2000)

Aa Ab Laut Chalen ( 1999 )Akshay Khanna, Aishwarya Rai, Rajesh Khanna
Action Replayy ( 2010 )Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai, Randhir Kapoor
Albela ( 2001 )Govinda, Aishwarya Rai, Jackie Shroff
Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya ( 1997 )Bobby Deol, Sunny Deol, Aishwarya Rai
Balle Balle Amritsar to LA ( 2004 )Aishwarya Rai, Nadira Babbar, Namrata Shirodkar
Bunty Aur Babli ( 2005 )Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee, Amitabh Bachchan
Chokher Bali ( 2006 )Aishwarya Rai, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Raima Sen
Devdas ( 2002 )Shahrukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Madhuri Dixit
Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke ( 2000 )Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Salman Khan
Dhoom 2 ( 2006 )Hrithik Roshan, Uday Chopra, Abhishek Bachchan
Dhoom2 ( 2006 )Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai
Dil Ka Rishta ( 2003 )Arjun Rampal, Aishwarya Rai, Priyanshu Chatterjee
Guru ( 2007 )Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Madhavan
Guru 2007 ( 2007 )Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Madhavan
Guzaarish ( 2010 )Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Aditya Roy Kapoor
Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai ( 2000 )Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, Sonali Bendre
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam ( 1999 )Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan, Aishwarya Rai
Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam ( 2002 )Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Salman Khan
Jodhaa Akbar ( 2008 )Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Sonu Sood
Josh ( 2000 )Shahrukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Chandrachur Singh
Khakee ( 2004 )Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgan
Kuch Naa Kaho ( 2003 )Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Arbaaz Khan
Kyun Ho Gaya Na ( 2004 )Amitabh Bachchan, Vivek Oberoi, Aishwarya Rai
Mela ( 2000 )Aamir Khan, Twinkle Khanna, Asrani
Mohabbatein ( 2000 )Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai
Provoked ( 2007 )Aishwarya Rai, Naveen Andrews, Miranda Richardson
Raavan ( 2010 )Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Vikram
Raavan 2010 ( 2010 )Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, VikRam
Raincoat ( 2004 )Ajay Devgan, Aishwarya Rai, Anu Kapoor
Sarkar Raj ( 2008 )Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai
Shabd ( 2005 )Sanjay Dutt, Aishwarya Rai, Zyed Khan
Taal ( 1999 )Anil Kapoor, Akshay Khanna, Aishwarya Rai
Umrao Jaan - 2006 ( 2006 )Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Shabana Azmi
Umrao Jaan 2006 ( 2006 )Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Shabana Azmi