Aishwarya Bachan's Career in Film Industry
Aishwarya Rai ( born on November 1, 1973 ) is a supermodel and an award-winning actress from India. She is currently regarded as one of the biggest names in Bollywood.
Early life
Rai was born in Mangalore to Krishnaraj and Vrinda Rai, in the South Indian state of Karnataka; her mother tongue is Tulu. In the 1994 Miss India Contest Rai placed second behind Sushmita Sen and went on to win the Miss World title.As a professional model, Rai has appeared in many Indian fashion magazines, including the Indian Vogue.
Rai was born in Mangalore to Krishnaraj and Vrinda Rai, in the South Indian state of Karnataka; her mother tongue is Tulu. In the 1994 Miss India Contest Rai placed second behind Sushmita Sen and went on to win the Miss World title.As a professional model, Rai has appeared in many Indian fashion magazines, including the Indian Vogue.
Bollywood breakthrough
The first film she acted in was the popular Tamil movie Iruvar in (1997), directed by Mani Ratnam. Rai's earliest films made money, but Rai herself did not impress critics -- they commented that her performances were stilted, as if she were still modeling.
Her breakthrough came with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. Success include Taal and Devdas. Rai has also acted in other Tamil films such as Jeans, Kandukondain Kandukondain, and in the Bengali film Chokher Bali.
International stardom 
Devdas, in which Aishwarya joined Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit, was a huge hit, lavishly produced as it was. The film attracted overseas attention as well, receiving a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival.Rai was becoming an international star rather than simply a Bollywood one. In 2003, Rai was a member of the jury at Cannes. In 2004, she was chosen by TIME Magazine's Asian Edition as one of Asia's "100 Most Influential People." Rai was the subject of a 60 Minutes profile on January 2, 2005 - "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World." A month later she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman, and on April 25, 2005, she was featured on Oprah's "Women Across the Globe" segment. A wax figure of Rai is on display in London's Madame Tussaud's wax museum.
Although frequently the subject of gossip column speculation about an imminent Hollywood career, it was only in 2004 that Rai finally acted in a foreign film. British director Gurinder Chadha hired her to play the heroine in Bride and Prejudice, a Hollywood-funded but Bollywood-ized version of Jane Austen's classic novel, Pride and Prejudice. The movie did well at the box office and Aishwarya's Hollywood profile rose a notch.Rai is now said to be signed for another Hollywood movie, Rolland Joffe's project Singularity. She will star opposite Brendan Fraser.She is in the cast for The Last Legion co-starring Colin Firth and Ben Kingsley.She recently (summer of 2005) completed filming on director Jagmohan Mundhra's film Provoked. She is co-starring with Nandita Das. The film was shot mainly in Britain.
Awards
She has been nominated four times in the Best Actress category and once in the Best Supporting Actress category.She has also won three IIFA Awards, three Z-Gold Awards, four Screen Awards, one Filmgoers Award, three Zee Cine Awards and a Rajiv Gandhi Award.
Trivia
Was positioned at number 3 in the Filmfare Top Ten Actress' List.Praised by several people, including Julia Roberts and film critic Roger Eb
ert as the most beautiful woman in the world.Canadian supermodel Linda Evangelista is reported to have called her "stunning".She is said to have been offered a stint as a runway model for Roberto Cavalli.Was featured in over 50 music videos in only seven years.Is the highest paid actress in the Bollywood film industry.Loves to collect watches.Was featured in the 2004 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.L'Oréal signed her as its new international brand ambassador, on April 2003.Is fluent in languages such as English, Hindi/Urdu, Kannada, and Tamil.
ert as the most beautiful woman in the world.Canadian supermodel Linda Evangelista is reported to have called her "stunning".She is said to have been offered a stint as a runway model for Roberto Cavalli.Was featured in over 50 music videos in only seven years.Is the highest paid actress in the Bollywood film industry.Loves to collect watches.Was featured in the 2004 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.L'Oréal signed her as its new international brand ambassador, on April 2003.Is fluent in languages such as English, Hindi/Urdu, Kannada, and Tamil.