Aishwarya Rai (Tulu pronunciation [əjɕʋərjaː rəj]; born 1 November 1973), also known asAishwarya Rai Bachchan is an Indian film actress and model. She won the Miss Indiaand Miss World pageants of 1994, and has received two Filmfare Awards, two Screen Awards, and two IIFA Awards for her performances in Hindi films of Bollywood. She is a leading contemporary actress of Indian cinema and is often cited in the media as the "most beautiful woman in the world".[3][4][5][6]
Rai made her acting debut in the 1997 biographical film Iruvar and starred in the commercially successful 1998 film Jeans. She received wide public recognition and several Best Actress awards for her leading roles in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 1999 melodrama Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and 2002 period film Devdas. She gained critical appreciation for her portrayal of Tagore's heroine Binodini in Rituparno Ghosh's 2003 filmChokher Bali, and a depressed woman in Ghosh's 2004 relationship drama Raincoat. Following a series of commercially unsuccessful films, Rai featured in the 2006blockbuster adventure film Dhoom 2, the 2008 historical romance Jodhaa Akbar, and the 2010 science fiction film Enthiran. She garnered wide critical acclaim for her work in Bhansali's 2010 romantic drama Guzaarish.
Following a tumultuous relationship with actor Salman Khan, Rai married actor Abhishek Bachchan in 2007. Her off-screen roles include duties as a brand ambassador for several charity organisations and campaigns; she is a Goodwill Ambassador for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). She was awarded with the Padma Shri by theGovernment of India in 2009, and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France in 2012.
Awards and honours
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Aishwarya Rai
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Aishwarya Rai is a two-time winner of the Filmfare Best Actress Award, and has been nominated for Filmfare Awards eleven times.[44][137][195][196] She won Most Glamorous Star of the Year which is shared with Hrithik Roshan for Dhoom 2 in 2007[197] She won the Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema at Awards of the International Indian Film Academy in 2009,.[198] She has won numerous times at the International Indian Film Academy Awards, Star Screen Awards, Zee Cine Awards, and others. In 2009 Rai was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest Indian civilian award, for her contributions to Indian cinema.[199][200] Later that year she was declared the Female Star of The Decade at the tenth International Indian Film Academy Awards, held in Macau.[201] In December 2010 she was declared the "Actress of the Decade" at the BIG Star Entertainment Awards.[202] In March 2011 Rai was honoured by Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa at World Kannada Meet (Vishwa Kannada Sammelana) for her contributions to the arts.[203] Later that month she was presented with the "Decade of Global Achievement Honour" by FICCI.[204] In 2012, she finally accepted the second-highest Order Of France, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.[199][205] Earlier she refused it because her father was suffering from a serious illness, and she wanted her whole family to attend the award ceremony.[205][206] She is the fourth Indian actor—after Sivaji Ganesan, Nandita Das, and Shahrukh Khan—to be chosen for the award.
| Iruvar | Tamil | Pushpavalli/Kalpana | Dubbed into Telugu as Iddaru | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya | Hindi | Ashi Kapoor | |
| 1998 | Jeans | Tamil | Madhumita | Dubbed into Telugu and Hindi with the same title |
In the media
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has become one of the most admired and revered women in India, and in the world.[36][158][159] Mass media has described her as dignified, statuesque, beautiful and charismatic person.[160][161] Despite constant media speculation, she has always managed to keep her personal life well-guarded.[162] Her beauty and performances have made her as a style icon for young women.[163] Over 17,000 websites dedicated to her,[164] she was selected by Verve Magazine in its list of the country's most powerful women.[165] In 2001 Forbes named Rai among the top five Indian movie stars.[166] In a reader poll conducted by UK's Hello!magazine, she was voted "the most attractive woman of 2003".[167] In the same year, Rai appeared in Rolling Stone magazine's annual "Hot List".[168] In 2004 she was chosen by TIME magazine as one of the world's most influential people, and appeared on the cover of its 2003 Asia edition.[169][170][171] In October 2004 a wax figure of Rai was put on display in London's Madame Tussaud's wax museum.[172] She was the sixth Indian and the second Bollywood personality—after her father-in-law, Amitabh Bachchan—to get this honour. In 2007 the same figure was displayed at Madame Tussaud's Museum in Times Square in New York.[173]
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