At 35, Bollywood's blue-eyed-girl Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who celebrates her birthday this Saturday, continues to woo Indian filmmakers with her international appeal, making her one of the most bankable stars in the Indian film industry.
Aishwarya, now married to Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan, was born in Mangalore to Krishnaraj Rai, a marine biologist, and Vrinda Rai, a writer.
After winning the Miss World crown in 1994, Aishwarya took to acting in 1997 with a Tamil film Iruvar opposite southern superstar Mohanlal and made her Bollywood debut in the same year opposite Bobby Deol in Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya. Both films bombed.
In the following year, she won her first Filmfare Best Actress award South for the Tamil film Jeans but became an overnight star with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam in 1999. She bagged the Filmfare Best Actress award for this too.
In 2000, she gave a power packed performance in Subhash Ghai's Taal but followed it up with a string of flops like Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai(2000), Dhai Akshar Prem Ke(2000), Albela (2001), Hum Kisise Kum Nahi(2001) and many more.
In between, she was recognised for her supporting role in Yash Chopra's 2000 hit Mohabbatein.
Her career was resurrected in 2002 with Bhansali's Devdas fetching her another Filmfare award in the Best Actress category.
She was highly appreciated for her performances in Chokher Bali(2002), Raincoat (2004), Guru(2006), Dhoom 2 (2006), Provoked(2007), Jodhaa Akbar (2008) and Sarkar Raj (2008).
In her career spanning 11 years, Aishwarya has acted in over 40 movies in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and English. Her English projects included Bride & Prejudice (2003), Mistress of Spices (2005), and The Last Legion (2007).
The beauty queen-turned-actress is also counted among the 100 most beautiful women in the world.
Currently, the actress is busy shooting with Abhishek in Kochi for Mani Ratnam's forthcoming film tentatively titled Raavan".
Aishwarya, now married to Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan, was born in Mangalore to Krishnaraj Rai, a marine biologist, and Vrinda Rai, a writer.
After winning the Miss World crown in 1994, Aishwarya took to acting in 1997 with a Tamil film Iruvar opposite southern superstar Mohanlal and made her Bollywood debut in the same year opposite Bobby Deol in Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya. Both films bombed.
In the following year, she won her first Filmfare Best Actress award South for the Tamil film Jeans but became an overnight star with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam in 1999. She bagged the Filmfare Best Actress award for this too.
In 2000, she gave a power packed performance in Subhash Ghai's Taal but followed it up with a string of flops like Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai(2000), Dhai Akshar Prem Ke(2000), Albela (2001), Hum Kisise Kum Nahi(2001) and many more.
In between, she was recognised for her supporting role in Yash Chopra's 2000 hit Mohabbatein.
Her career was resurrected in 2002 with Bhansali's Devdas fetching her another Filmfare award in the Best Actress category.
She was highly appreciated for her performances in Chokher Bali(2002), Raincoat (2004), Guru(2006), Dhoom 2 (2006), Provoked(2007), Jodhaa Akbar (2008) and Sarkar Raj (2008).
In her career spanning 11 years, Aishwarya has acted in over 40 movies in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and English. Her English projects included Bride & Prejudice (2003), Mistress of Spices (2005), and The Last Legion (2007).
The beauty queen-turned-actress is also counted among the 100 most beautiful women in the world.
Currently, the actress is busy shooting with Abhishek in Kochi for Mani Ratnam's forthcoming film tentatively titled Raavan".
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