Bio:
Aishwarya Rai was born on November 1st 1973 in Karnataka Managlore, India. Her father was a merchant naval officer named Krishnaraj Rai and her mother’s name is Vrinda Rai who was a homemaker.
Aishwarya Rai attended the number one science college in India DG Ruparel College with intentions of becoming a doctor. She also went to the Raheja College of Architecture. While attending Raheja College she started modeling and in 1994 she entered the Miss India contest. She won second place and went on to represent the country in the Miss World contest winning the title and the most photogenic award. She worked as Miss World in London for a year and came back home to start working in the film industry after catching the attention of film makers.
Aishwarya Rai’s first appearance in a movie was in the Tamil language film ‘Mani Ratnam’ in 1997. She went on to play opposite Bobby Deol in the film ‘Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya’ which introduced her to Bollywood. Her next role was in ‘Jeans’ by S. Shenkar in 1998 which became a blockbuster and a favorite of critics. She appeared in other Bollywood films such as ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ and ‘Taal.’ In 1999 she won the Filmfare Best Actress Award South for her role in ‘Taal.’
This catapulted her to super stardom and she appeared in the film ‘Devdas’ which became an international success earning a screening at the Cannes Film Festival. Hollywood noticed her at Cannes and started offering her projects. In 2004 she was listed as one of Time Magazines 100 most influential people. She went on to appear in some Hollywood shows and continues to appear in both Bollywood and Hollywood films.
Aside from films Aishwarya Rai owns her own production company Target where she is very hands-on. She also does endorsements for companies like Longines, Coke, Lux, Loreal and Nakshatra and continues to model for companies like Pepsi, Eye Bank Association of India, Colgate, Fuji and Palmolive.
In January of 2007, Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan announced their engagement. The two married in April of 2007. Previously, Aishwarya Rai was romantically link to Vivek Oberoi and Salman Khan.
