Aishwarya Rai

Birthday: November 1, 1973
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Place of Birth: Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Address: 402, Ramlaxmi Niwas, 16th Road (Near Khar Gym), Mumbai 400054
First Movie: Iruvar (Tamil)
Trivia: Rai is the first actress and performer from India to be featured on the cover of Time magazine.

Aishwarya did her schooling at Arya Vidya Mandir, Santacruz. Academically, she did very well. Her mother is Vrinda Rai and her father is Krishna Raj, who is a marine engineer. She did her junior college from Jai Hind and in class 12th she had her first fashion shoot. Gullu as she is fondly called, started getting modelling assignments when she was a student of architecture. Then she decided to concentrate on modelling. Ash' became a household name with the Pepsi ad campaign. Since 1999 she has been the ambassador for Longiness watches.

Aiswarya Rai reteamed with Sajay Leela Bhansali in "Devdas", one of the most successful film in Bollywood history. It became the first Bollywood picture to ever receive a special screening at this year's Cannes Film Festival and broke box-office records in India and the United States. Rai was showered with praise with her performance in the sumptious drama. Julia Roberts calls her "the world's most beautiful woman".

Movies and Awards
Aiswarya Rai is one of Bollywood's pre-eminent leading ladies. She burst upon the world stage, winning the Miss World crown in 1994. The former architecture major soon became one of India's most famous models appearing in Vogue Magazine. Rai made her film debut in Mani Rathnam's "Iruvar" (1997). Her performance in Rahul Rawail's ".Aur Paar Ho Gaya" (1997) garnered her the Best Female Debutante Award. In 2000 she was awarded Best Actress by FilmFare and Zee Cine for her work in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam". In 2001 Ash was nominated for FilmFare's Best Supporting Actress Award for Satish Kaushik's "Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai". In Josh also she carried out her role as Shah Rukh's twin sister to perfection.

Filmography

• Shabd ( Aishwarya Rai, Sanjay Dutt, Zayed Khan)
• Khakee ( Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, Akshay Kumar, Tusshar Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai)
• Raincoat ( Aishwarya Rai, Ajay Devgan)
• Kyon, Ho Gaya Na ( Aishwarya Rai, Vivek Oberoi, Amitabh Bachchan)
• Bride and Prejudice ( Aishwarya Rai, Martin Hendersen, Namrata Shirodkar, Meghna Kothari, Peeya Rai Choudhary, Naveen Andrews, Anupam Kher)
• Chokher Bali ( Aishwarya Rai, Raima Sen)
• Kuch Naa Kaho ( Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai)
• Dil Ka Rishta ( Aishwarya Rai, Arjun Rampal, Priyanshu Chatterjee)
• Devdaas ( Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Madhuri Dixit)
• Hum Kisise Kum Nahin ( Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan, Aishwarya Rai)
• Albela ( Govinda, Aishwarya Rai, Jackie Shroff)
• Dhai Akshar Prem Ke ( Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai)
• Taal ( Aishwarya Rai, Akshaye Khanna, Anil Kapoor)
• Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai ( Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, Sonali Bendre)
• Josh ( Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Priya Gill, Chandrachur Singh, Sharad Kapoor)
• Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam ( Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Ajay Devgan)