Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is an Indian actress who is primarily known for her work in Hindi and Tamil films. Rai won the Miss World 1994 pageant and later established herself as one of the most-popular indian actress aishwarya rai photo and influential celebrities in India. She has received numerous accolades for her acting, including two Filmfare Awards.
Aishwarya was an architecture student before she entered modeling as her part-time job. She was best known for her Pepsi commercial with Mahima Chaudhry. With her green-gray eyes, she was already approached by big names in India’s film industry, where they offered her starring roles. She rejected the film offers since she aimed to be an architect. However, fate had other things in store for her after she was crowned Miss World 1994.
Soon after her winning, again she received offers to star in movies. In Southern India, she was best known for her role as Madhumita/Veishnavi in Jeans (1998) and as Meenakshi in Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000). She won the Filmfare Award for best actress for her performance in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) as Ajay Devgn’s wife who is in love with another man. She also received rave reviews for her performance as a rape victim in Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (2000).
Ash’s star continued to rise in 2002, working again with Sajay Leela Bhansali in Devdas (2002), the most ambitious and most successful film in Bollywood history. It became the first Bollywood picture to receive a special screening at that year’s Cannes Film Festival and broke box-office records in India and the US.
She began 2005 with appearances on 60 Minutes (1968), Late Show with David Letterman (1993) and the most watched television program in the world: “Oprah” (1972). Her career continued sonakshi sinha images download to grow with roles in The Mistress of Spices (2005) for director Paul Mayeda Berges, Jag Mundhra’s Provoked (2006), Sanjay Gadhvi’s Dhoom 2 (2006) and legendary producer Dino De Laurentiis’ The Last Legion (2007) opposite Colin Firth and Sir Ben Kingsley and a comic turn as the villainess in Steve Martin’s The Pink Panther 2 (2009).
In 2006, Rai featured as a thief in the action film Dhoom 2, her biggest commercial success since Devdas. She followed it by playing the leading lady opposite Abhishek Bachchan in Ratnam’s drama Guru (2007), a box office hit. Also in 2007, Rai appeared in her first Hollywood production — the unremarkable The Last Legion.
In 2003, Rai played a sexually repressed widow in Rituparno Ghosh’s Bengali film Chokher Bali, a sleeper hit. However, the failure of her two Hindi film releases of the year — Dil Ka Rishta and Kuch Naa Kaho — led to a setback in her Bollywood career.
Renowned for her captivating beauty and exceptional talent, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has solidified her position as an influential figure in the entertainment industry. From winning the prestigious Miss World pageant to delivering memorable performances in both Bollywood and Hollywood, she has captivated audiences worldwide with her grace and charm. Let’s delve into the life and achievements of this celebrated actress.