Date of Birth : 1st November 1973
Place of Birth: Mangalore,Karnataka,India
Father: Krishna Raj Rai
Mother : Vrinda Rai
Brother : Aditya Rai
Sign : Scorpio
Height : 5' 7
Eyes : grey green
Hair : Brown
Languages Spoken : English, Hindi, Kannada
Marital Status :Know Single, But Feb- 19- 2007 double.
Profession : Acterss, Model
Awards / Achivements : Miss World title at Sun City in 1994; Miss Femina World (Miss India 1st Runners Up) 1994
Nicknames : Ash, Aishu, Gullu
Famous Ads: Lux , Diamonds ,Pepsi & Coca cola
Favorites Subject: Zoology
College days at: DG Ruparel college
Field Of Specilation : Architecture
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| Aish Specials Aish Loves collecting watches. Aish Was the Coca Cola Girl for the Middle East and south Asia. Aish Receives at least two movie offers every day. Has over 17,000 Web sites dedicated to Aish. Aish is the Member of the jury at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival Aish Turned down the role of Helen in the film Troy(2004). Aish secured 90% marks in HSC at Ruparel college in Mumbai. |
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| Aishwarya Krishnaraj Rai was born on 1 November 1973 in Mangalore. Her father Krishnaraj Rai was a marine engineer and her mother Vrinda Rai is a writer. She has an older brother Aditya Rai who is in the merchant navy. |
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| Ash won the coveted Miss World crown in 2004. Soon after this she pledged to donate her eyes after her death. She went on to become the brand ambassador for brands like L’Oreal, Pepsi, and Coco Cola. |
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| She has appeared in The Oprah Winfrey Show, Late Show with David Letterman, and 60 Minutes. She was also the first Indian actress to be replicated in wax at Madame Tussaud’s Museum in London. |
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| She struck a pose for many international magazines like TIME and was also voted one of the most attractive and influential women by several polls. She is the first Indian actor to be part of the jury at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. |
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| She was briefly involved with actors Salman Khan and Vivek Oberoi before marrying actor Abhishek Bachchan, son of the iconic Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. They were married in 2007. The couple have acted together in many movies. They were seen in the latest Lux ad and have been roped in to be part of PETA’s Lovebirds campaign. |
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| The Rai Magic Aishwarya began her career in the film industry with a Tamil film Iruvar in 1997 which was a hit as opposed to her Hindi film Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya with Bobby Deol. She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for her next Tamil film Jeans, which was also an entry to the Oscars. |
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| In 1999, she gained recognition in Bollywood with hits like Taal and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, in which she played opposite Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan, her role as Nandini fetching her the Filmfare Best Actress Award. |
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| In 2000, her Tamil film Kandukondain Kandukondain, saw a good turnout. She took on the role of Shirley, Shahrukh Khan’s sister in Josh and then played his love interest in Mohabbatein which won her a nomination for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. |
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| In Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai, she played Preeti Virat, a rape victim and was considered for the Filmfare Best Actress Award. The year 2001 was a quiet year for Ash. |
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| Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas (2002), in which she played Paro with Shahrukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit, was an instant blockbuster. It also received a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival. |
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| She won the Filmfare Best Actress award. In 2003, she acted the part of Binodini in a Bengali film Choker Bali which was based on a novel by Rabindranath Tagore. The film was nominated for the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival. |
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| The year 2004 saw Ash in her first English film, Gurinder Chaddha’s Bride & Prejudice, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice. Her performance as Neerja in Rituparno Ghosh’s Raincoat was praised. |
This was followed by her second English film in 2005, The Mistress of Spices, with Dylan McDermott of The Practice fame. Her dance sequence Kajra Re from Bunty Aur Babli became one of the most popular tunes of the year.
She had two films out in 2006. Umrao Jaan with Abhishek Bachchan failed to do well while Dhoom 2 where she played Sunehri and shared a ‘controversial’ liplock with Hrithik Roshan was a big hit. In 2007, she played Sujata opposite Abhishek Bachchan in Guru, based on the industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani and it was successful. Provoked, which was based on a real episode of domestic violence, won critical acclaim. The other English film, The Last Legion, did not do so well.
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| Jodhaa Akbar, released in 2008, in which she acted the part of Jodhaa Bai with Hrithik Roshan was average. The sequel to Sarkar, Ram Gopal Varma’s Sarkar Raj, in which she plays a CEO alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan, is said to be one of her best performances till date. |
Movies of Aishwarya Rai
Heroine
Director: Madhur Bhandarkar
Starring: Aishwarya Rai
The Legend Of Rama ( Hindi )
Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Zayed Khan
Release Year : 2012
Raaste ( Hindi )
Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Sikander Kher
Movie mates : Devika
Release Year : 2011
Happy Birthday ( Hindi )
John Abraham, Paresh Rawal, Ameesha Patel
Release Year : 2011
Biscuit ( Hindi )
Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Release Year : 2011
Dhun ( Hindi )
Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Release Date : Aug 2012
Saamna ( Hindi )
Nana Patekar, Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Movie mates : Cute Nd Lovely Girl
Release Year : 2011
42 Hindi Movies are listed
Year Film Name
2010 ROBOT
2010 ACTION REPLAYY
2010 GUZAARISH
2010 RAAVAN
2008 JODHAA AKBAR
2008 SARKAR RAJ
2007 PROVOKED
2007 GURU
2006 UMRAO JAAN
2006 DHOOM 2
2005 SHABD
2004 RAINCOAT
2004 BRIDE AND PREJUDICE
2004 KYUN! HO GAYA NA...
2004 KHAKEE
2003 KUCH NAA KAHO
2003 DIL KA RISHTA
2002 HUM KISISE KUM NAHIN
2002 SHAKTI
2002 HUM TUMHARE HAIN SANAM
2002 DEVDAS
2001 RAASHQ
2001 ALBELA
2000 JOSH
2000 MOHABBATEIN
2000 MULAQAT
2000 QURBAAN TUJH PE MERI JAAN
2000 RADHE SHYAM SEETA RAAM
2000 RAMA KRISHNA
2000 MELA
2000 HAMARA DIL AAPKE PAAS HAI
2000 HUM PANCHHI EK DAAL KE
2000 DHAI AKSHAR PREM KE
1999 AA AB LAUT CHALEN
1999 TAAL
1999 HUM DIL DE CHUKE SANAM
1998 JEANS (TAMIL/HINDI)
1997 AUR PYAR HO GAYA
1997 IDDARU (TELUGU)
1997 IRUVAR (TAMIL)
1997 AUR PYAAR HO GAYA
1996 AANANDAM
