Aishwarya Rai Biography
Monday 2 May 2011
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (née Aishwarya Rai,Hindi: ऐश्वर्या राय , Tulu: ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯಾ ರೈ, Aiśvarya Rai ?, pronounced [əjɕʋərjaː rəj]; born 1 November 1973) is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and ultimately won the Miss World title in 1994. Rai has acted in over 40 movies in Hindi, English, Tamil and Bengali, which include few international productions.
Often cited by the media as the most beautiful woman in the world,[4][5][6] 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 gained the attention of Bollywood through the film 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 Devdas, for which she won her second Filmfare Best Actress Award.
After a setback in her career during 2003–2005, she appeared in Dhoom 2 (2006), which turned out to be her biggest commercial success in bollywood. She later appeared in films like Guru (2007), Jodhaa Akbar (2008), and Enthiran (2010) which were commercially successful and critically acclaimed. Rai, thus established herself as one of the leading actresses in bollywood. In 2009, she was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India.
She can communicate in several languages, including her mother tongue Tulu,[10] as well as Hindi, English, Marathi and Tamil.[11]
In the same year she appeared in Subhash Ghai's Taal, in which she played the role of a young village woman, Mansi, who becomes a big pop star after being hurt by her lover played by Akshay Khanna. The film was an average grosser in India but was a big success outside India, especially in the United States, where it became the first Indian film to be charted as one of the top 20 films on Variety's box office list.[21] Her performance in the film was praised with Rediff.com writing, "After being praised for her looks and acting talent in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Aishwarya has excelled in Taal. She looks ethereal and unlike the former film, has a very sober and soft role. Though she looks pained and tragic in most of the film, she does a good job of a woman who is very protective of her father and one who doesn't think twice before rejecting a lover who has insulted her father."[22] She received another Best Actress nomination from the Filmfare for her performance in the film.[23]
In 2000, she appeared in Mansoor Khan's Josh alongside Shahrukh Khan and Chandrachur Singh, in which she played a Catholic named Shirley who falls in love with the sibling of her brother's enemy.[24] The film was a commercial success.[25] Later that year she appeared in Satish Kaushik's Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai opposite Anil Kapoor. It was a moderate success and her performance earned her a Filmfare Best Actress Award nomination.[26] Later that year she played a supporting role in Aditya Chopra's Mohabbatein alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan. The film was a major commercial success and became the second-highest grosser of the year, and it earned her a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award nomination.[26][27] Later that year, she starred in the Tamil film Kandukondain Kandukondain, alongside Mammooty, Ajith Kumar and Tabu.[28]
In 2002, Rai appeared alongside Shahrukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas, an adaptation of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay's famous novel by the same name. She played the role of Paro (Parvati), the love interest of the protagonist, played by Khan. The film received a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival.[29] It became the highest-grossing film of the year in both India and overseas, earning a revenue of Rs 390 million domestically.[30][31] Devdas won numerous awards, including 10 Filmfare Awards, and Rai received her second Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance.[32]
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Often cited by the media as the most beautiful woman in the world,[4][5][6] 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 gained the attention of Bollywood through the film 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 Devdas, for which she won her second Filmfare Best Actress Award.
After a setback in her career during 2003–2005, she appeared in Dhoom 2 (2006), which turned out to be her biggest commercial success in bollywood. She later appeared in films like Guru (2007), Jodhaa Akbar (2008), and Enthiran (2010) which were commercially successful and critically acclaimed. Rai, thus established herself as one of the leading actresses in bollywood. In 2009, she was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India.
Early life
Rai was born in Mangalore to Krishnaraj Rai and Brindya Rai. She has one elder brother, Aditya Rai, who is an engineer in the merchant navy and has also co-produced one of her movies, Dil Ka Rishta (2003). When she was young her parents moved to Mumbai where she attended the Arya Vidya Mandir High School in Santa Cruz.[8] Rai did her intermediate at DG Ruparel College, Matunga, Bombay and later pursued a course on Architecture at Raheja College.[8] She planned to become an architect but gave up her education to pursue a career in modelling.[9] She did her first modelling assignment when she was at 9th grade, for Camelin Industries[8]She can communicate in several languages, including her mother tongue Tulu,[10] as well as Hindi, English, Marathi and Tamil.[11]
Miss World
While pursuing her studies in architecture, Rai began modelling. In the 1994 Miss India contest, she won the second place behind Sushmita Sen, and was crowned Miss India World. She went on to win the Miss World title the same year, where she also won the Miss Photogenic award.[12] She gave up her academic studies after winning the pageant and spent one year reigning as Miss World in London. Rai then started working as a professional model and moved on to her current profession as an actress.Film career
Early career (1997–98)
Rai made her acting debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil biopic film, Iruvar (1997) alongside Mohanlal,[13] The controversial film was a critical success and won many awards including Best Film award at the Belgrade International Film Festival, two National Film Awards, and two Filmfare Awards South. Rai appeared in dual roles, with one of her roles being a cinematic depiction of political leader and former actress J. Jayalalithaa.[14] Following this, Rai made her Bollywood debut in the film, Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya opposite Bobby Deol, which released the same year; the film was unsuccessful at the box office.[15]. However, her third project Jeans (1998), a high-budgeted Tamil film directed by S. Shankar, was a commercial success. The film was also noted for the song "Poovukkul", written by Vairamuthu, in which, she is compared to the seven wonders of the world and described as the eighth.[16][17] The film was India's official entry to the Academy Awards in that year.[18]Success (1999–2002)
In 1999 Rai starred in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam opposite Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan. The film had Rai playing a pivotal character, Nandini, who is forced to marry Devgan despite being in love with another man (Khan). As her husband tries to get her to her previous love, she eventually falls for him. Rai's portrayal won her critical acclaim, with a review on Rediff.com stating, "Aishwarya looks beautiful as usual ... This film will most likely draw her accolades from all over, may be even get her recognised as an actress the way Manisha Koirala did in Khamoshi. In many scenes, there is no trace of makeup and she looks very fresh".[19] The film became her first box office success in Bollywood. Her performance in the film earned her a Filmfare Best Actress Award.[20]In the same year she appeared in Subhash Ghai's Taal, in which she played the role of a young village woman, Mansi, who becomes a big pop star after being hurt by her lover played by Akshay Khanna. The film was an average grosser in India but was a big success outside India, especially in the United States, where it became the first Indian film to be charted as one of the top 20 films on Variety's box office list.[21] Her performance in the film was praised with Rediff.com writing, "After being praised for her looks and acting talent in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Aishwarya has excelled in Taal. She looks ethereal and unlike the former film, has a very sober and soft role. Though she looks pained and tragic in most of the film, she does a good job of a woman who is very protective of her father and one who doesn't think twice before rejecting a lover who has insulted her father."[22] She received another Best Actress nomination from the Filmfare for her performance in the film.[23]
In 2000, she appeared in Mansoor Khan's Josh alongside Shahrukh Khan and Chandrachur Singh, in which she played a Catholic named Shirley who falls in love with the sibling of her brother's enemy.[24] The film was a commercial success.[25] Later that year she appeared in Satish Kaushik's Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai opposite Anil Kapoor. It was a moderate success and her performance earned her a Filmfare Best Actress Award nomination.[26] Later that year she played a supporting role in Aditya Chopra's Mohabbatein alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan. The film was a major commercial success and became the second-highest grosser of the year, and it earned her a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award nomination.[26][27] Later that year, she starred in the Tamil film Kandukondain Kandukondain, alongside Mammooty, Ajith Kumar and Tabu.[28]
In 2002, Rai appeared alongside Shahrukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas, an adaptation of Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay's famous novel by the same name. She played the role of Paro (Parvati), the love interest of the protagonist, played by Khan. The film received a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival.[29] It became the highest-grossing film of the year in both India and overseas, earning a revenue of Rs 390 million domestically.[30][31] Devdas won numerous awards, including 10 Filmfare Awards, and Rai received her second Filmfare Best Actress Award for her performance.[32]
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