Biodata
Nick Name: Ash, Aishu, Gullu
Date of Birth (Birthday): 1 November 1973
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5′ 7
Weight: 122 lbs.
Hair Color: Black
Birth Place: Mangalore (Karnataka)
Religion: Hindu
Marital Status: Single
Languages: English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Urdu
Hobbies: She loves collecting watches
Contact Address: Ramlaxmi Niwas, 19th Road, Khar, Mumbai 400 052
Father’s Name: Krishnaraj Rai
Mother’s Name: Vrinda Rai
Brother(s): Aditya Rai
Film Background (Filmography)
Debut Film: Iruvar
Famous Movies: Bunty Aur Babli, The Heart of India, Shabd, Bride & Prejudice, Kyun…Ho Gaya Na, Raincoat, Khakee, Kuch Naa Kaho, Chokher Bali, Dil Ka Rishta, Shakti: The Power, 23rd March 1931: Shaheed, Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin, Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam, Devdas, Albela, Mohabbatein, Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke, Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai, Josh, Kandukondain Kandukondain, Mela, Sanam Tere Hain Hum, Ravoyi Chandamama, Taal, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Aa Ab Laut Chalen, Jeans, Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya, Iruvar
Latest Movies: Bunty Aur Babli, Shabd, Bride & Prejudice
Upcoming Movies: Singularity, Saamna, Racing the Monsoon, Chaos, The Last Legion, Windfall, Provoked, Mistress of Spices
Other Facts: She also knows classical dance
Favourites
Favourite Dish/ Recipes: Not fussy about food at all
Favorite Actor: A.B., Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor
Favorite Actress: Madhubala & Nargis
Favorite Color: White and Blue
Likes: Honesty, family, friends, dignity, strength of character, chocolates
Hobbies: She loves collecting watches
Personal Information
Rai was born in Mangalore to Krishnaraj Rai and Vrinda Rai. She has one elder brother, Aditya Rai, who is an engineer in the merchant navy and has also co-produced one of Rai’s movies, Dil Ka Rishta (2003). At an early age, her parents moved to Mumbai where she attended the Arya Vidya Mandir high school in Santa Cruz. Rai then entered Jai Hind College at Churchgate for one year and then moved to Ruparel College in Matunga to finish her HSC studies. She did well in school and planned to become an architect and went on pursuing studies in architecture. She can communicate in several languages, including her mother tongue Tulu, as well as Hindi, English, Marathi and Tamil. She started studying architecture but gave up her education to pursue a career in modeling.
While pursuing her studies in architecture, Rai began modeling on the side. 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. She abandoned her academic education after winning the pageant and spent one year reigning as Miss World in London. Rai then started working as a professional model and then moved on to her current profession as an actress.
In 1999 Rai starred in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam opposite Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan. The film was centered around Rai’s character, Nandini, who is forced to marry Devgan’s character despite being in love with another man (Khan), and as her husband tries to get her to her previous love, she eventually falls for him. Rai’s portrayal won her critical acclaim, and the film became her first box office success in Bollywood. She won her first Filmfare Best Actress Award for the film. In the same year she appeared in Subhash Ghai’s Taal, in which she played the role of a young village girl Mansi, who becomes a big Pop star after being hurt by her lover played by Akshay Khanna, the film was an average performer in India but was a big success among the international audience, especially in the United States, where it became the first Indian film to reach the top 20 on Variety’s box office list. Rai received another Best Actress nomination at the Filmfare for her performance.
In the year 2006, Rai starred in J P Dutta’s Umrao Jaan, a second film adaptation of the Urdu novel Umrao Jaan Ada (1905), written by Mirza Hadi Ruswa. She portrayed courtesan and poetess by the same name from the 19th century. The film was a critical and commercial failure, though Rai’s work was generally well received. Critic Taran Adarsh wrote, “Aishwarya Rai looks ethereal. She has looked heavenly and performed so convincingly. She emotes through her expressive eyes and the consistency in her performance is evident from start to end”. Later that year she appeared as a master thief, Sunheri, in Yash Raj Films’ Dhoom 2 directed by Sanjay Gadhvi, with an ensemble cast of Hrithik Roshan, Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu and Uday Chopra. The film turned out to be a blockbuster and became the highest grossing film of the year in India. The film also sparked a controversy for a scene containing a kiss between her and Hrithik Roshan. Her performance earned her a sixth nomination for Filmfare Best Actress Award.
In 1999 Rai participated in a world tour called the Magnificent Five along with Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Akshaye Khanna and Twinkle Khanna. In 2003 she became the first Indian actress to be a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival.
Aishwarya has previously dated Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Vivek Oberoi. She is married to Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan who is three years younger. After much speculation concerning their relationship, her engagement to Abhishek Bachchan was announced on January 14, 2007. The announcement was later confirmed by Amitabh Bachchan. Rai married Bachchan on April 20, 2007 according to traditional Hindu rites of the South Indian Bunt community, to which she belongs. Token North Indian and Bengali ceremonies were also performed. The wedding took place in a private ceremony at the Bachchan residence Prateeksha in Juhu, Mumbai. Though the wedding was a private affair intended for the Bachchan and Rai family and friends, the involvement of the media turned it into a national extravaganza.
Rai has been the most popular face of Indian cinema globally. In 2004 she was chosen by Time magazine as one of the World’s “100 Most Influential People”, and appeared on the cover of Time magazine, Asia Edition in 2003. She was the subject of a 60 Minutes profile on 2 January 2005, which said that “at least according to thousands of Web sites, Internet polls and even Julia Roberts”, she was “The World’s Most Beautiful Woman”. In October 2004 a wax figure of Rai was put on display in London’s Madame Tussaud’s wax museum. She was the 6th Indian and the second Bollywood personality after her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan to get this honor.
Filmfare Awards
- 1998 – Filmfare Best Actress Award South for Jeans
- 1999 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam,
- 2002 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Devdas
- 1999 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Taal
- 2000 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai
- 2000 – Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Mohabbatein
- 2004 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Raincoat
- 2006 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Dhoom 2
- 2007 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Guru
- 2008 – Filmfare Best Actress Award for Jodhaa Akbar
International Indian Film Academy Awards
- 2000 – IIFA Best Actress Award for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
- 2003 – IIFA Best Actress Award for Devdas
- 2005 – IIFA Global Indian Media Personality Award
- 2007 – IIFA Glamorous Star Award
- 2007 – IIFA Most Searched Personality on MSN India
- 2009 – IIFA Star of the Decade – Female
- 2009 – IIFA Outstanding Achievement by an Indian in International Cinema
- 2000 – IIFA Best Actress Award for Taal
- 2005 – IIFA Best Actress Award for Raincoat
- 2008 – IIFA Best Actress Award for Guru
- 2009 – IIFA Best Actress Award for Jodhaa Akbar
Star Screen Awards
- 1997 – Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer – Female for Aur Pyar Ho Gaya
- 1999 – Star Screen Award Best Actress for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
- 2002 – Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Shahrukh Khan for Devdas
- 2002 – Star Screen Award Best Actress for Devdas
- 2008 – Star Screen Best Popular Actress Award for Jodhaa Akbar
- 1998 – Star Screen Award Best Actress for Taal
- 2000 – Star Screen Award Best Actress for Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai
- 2000 – Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress for Mohabbatein
- 2004 – Star Screen Award Best Actress for Raincoat
- 2006 – Star Screen Award Best Actress for Dhoom 2
- 2006 – Star Screen Award Jodi No. 1 along with Hrithik Roshan for Dhoom 2
- 2007 – Star Screen Award Best Actress for Guru
- 2008 – Star Screen Award Best Actress for Jodhaa Akbar
Zee Cine Awards
- 2000 – Lux Face of the Year
- 2000 – Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female for Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
- 2003 – Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female for Devdas
- 2003 – Zee Cine True Indian Beauty Award
- 2005 – Zee Cine Critics’ Best Actor Award- Female for Raincoat
- 2000 – Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female for Taal
- 2007 – Zee Cine Award Best Actor- Female for Umrao Jaan
Other awards
- 2005 – MTV Immies Best Performance in a Song – Kajra Re
- 2007 – Stardust Star of the Year Award – Female for Dhoom 2
- 2007 – MTV Lycra Style Awards: Most Stylish Female for Dhoom 2
- 2007 – MTV Lycra Style Awards: Most Stylish Couple along with Hrithik Roshan for Dhoom 2
- 2008 – Reebok Zoom Glam Awards: Glam Couple Award along with Abhishek Bachchan
- 2008 – Central European Bollywood Awards: Best Actress Award for Guru
- 2009 – V. Shantaram Awards: Best Actress for Jodhaa Akbar
Femina Miss India Femina
- 1994 – Miss Catwalk
- 1994 – Miss Miraculous
- 1994 – Miss Photogenic
- 1994 – Miss Perfect Ten
- 1994 – Miss Popular
- 1994 – Miss India World (Winner of the title)
- Rajiv Gandhi Award for Excellence in Field of Entertainment in 2002
- GR8! Women Award for Contribution to Cinema in 2004.
- Padma Shri in 2009, India’s fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India.
- IIFA-FICCI Frames, one of ten actors to receive Most Powerful Entertainer of the Decade Award.
- Miss World 1994.
- TIME magazine put her picture on its cover page in 2003. Before Aishwarya, only Parveen Babi’s picture was placed in 1976.
- She is the only Bollywood star to appear in Rolling Stone (Issue 932, October 2, 2003), Rolling Stone one of the most popular and iconic magazines of USA.
- She became the first Indian actor to be a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003.
- Her life-like statue was installed in London’s Madame Tussauds Wax museum in 2004.
- She was in the list Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” in 2004.
- She was featured in the 2004 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.
- British Govt’s Next Step World Diversity Champion Award in 2005.
- She was voted number 12 on VH1’s 50 Sexiest Actresses of the Last 20 Years in 2005.
- She is the only Bollywood personality appeared on CBS 60 mins, Oprah Winfrey’s show, Good Morning America, The Tyra Banks Show and The David Letterman Show.
- E! Entertainment television, an American cable television voted her the “7th sexiest Celebrity in the World”.
- Wax New York’s Madame Tussauds Wax museum at Time Square in 2007.
- She has been accorded France’s second highest civilian honour, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of the Arts and Literature) by the French government for her “exceptional career” in 2009.
Aishwarya Rai Wiki
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is a leading contemporary actress of Indian cinema. She was the first runner-up of the Miss India pageant and the winner of the Miss World pageant of 1994. She has been honoured with 2 Filmfare Awards, 2 Screen Awards, and 2 IIFA Awards for her various performances in Bollywood. She was awarded with ‘Padma Shri’ by the Government of India in 2009 and ‘Ordre des Arts et des Lettres’ by the Government of France in 2012. She is the brand ambassador of L’Oreal Paris.
Biography
Aishwarya Rai was born on 1 November 1973 in Mangalore, Karnataka. Later, her family moved to Mumbai where she attended Arya Vidya Mandir High School. She did her intermediate schooling from Jai Hind College for a year and then joined DG Ruparel College in Matunga. She is trained in classical dance and music for five years during her teens. She initially wanted a career in medicine but later decided to become an architect and got enrolled at Raheja College. Later, gave up her education to pursue a career in modelling.
Personal Profile
Name : Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Birth name : Aishwarya Krishnaraj Rai
Birth Place : Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Date of Birth : 1 November 1973
Age : 43 years
Height : 5’5″
Hair Color : Brown
Eye Color : Blue-Green
Bollywood Debut Movie : Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya
Latest news
As per the latest reports, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has finally signed her next and it is Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Fanney Khan. The movie was in the news last year when Anil Kapoor had shared his first look from the movie. The movie will be produced by Rakeysh and Prerna Arora of KriArj Entertainment. Aishwarya will reportedly have a strong role in the movie. If reports are to be believed, Aishwarya Rai will be seen in Mani Ratnam’s next romantic drama. This will her 4th film with the director after Iruvar, Guru and Raavan.
In Sujoy Ghosh’s next
Director Sujoy Ghosh has planned to start a new movie, which is an adaptation of Keigo Huganshino’s Japanese novel The Devotion Of Suspect X. Saif Ali Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will be seen in lead roles. Great actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui will also be a part of this murder mystery.
Parents/Marriage
Aishwarya Rai was born into an ethnic Bunt family in Mangalore, Karnataka. Her father, Krishnaraj who passed away on 18 March 2017,[9] was an Army biologist, while her mother, Brinda, is a homemaker.
She has one elder brother Aditya Rai, who is an engineer in merchant navy.
Aishwarya Rai got married in 2007 with the famous bollywood filmstar Abhishek Bachchan, son of the legend Amitabh Bachchan and actress Jaya Bachchan.
The couple is blessed with a cute daughter named Aaradhya Bachchan on November 16, 2011.
In Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan shared the screen space with Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma in Karan Johar’s film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. She played the role as Saba Taliyar Khan in the flick.
Family Details
Father : Krishnaraj Rai
Mother : Brindya Rai
Spouse : Abhishek Bachchan
Daughter : Aaradhya Bachchan
Brother : Aditya Rai
Father-In-Law : Amitabh Bachchan
Mother-In-Law : Jaya Bachchan
Sister-In-Law : Shweta Bachchan
Career
In early days of Aishwarya’s career, she began with modelling and gained public recognition for her appearance in a Pepsi commercial with actor Aamir Khan. In 1994, she was crowned as Miss India World. She made her acting debut with Mani Ratnam’s Tamil film Iruvar and later reached at peak in her career. She has done many popular films like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Devdas, Jodha Akbar and many more.
‘Miss Photogenic’
Aishwarya Rai has also been the winner of “Miss Photogenic” award and Miss World Continental Queen of Beauty – Asia & Oceania. She continued to move ahead in her career as a model until she became an actress. She has been ranked 2nd in the Top 20 most popular brand ambassadors worldwide. She has been the brand ambassador for Pepsi, UNAIDS, LOreal Paris, Longines, Malabar Gold and Diamonds and many more.