Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan or Aishwarya Bachchan ( born Aishwarya Rai, Tulu: ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯಾ ರೈ pronunciation: [ ɛʃvərjɑ ː rɑ ː j]; born 1 November 1973 in Mangalore, Karnataka ) is an Indian actress. She won the Miss World election in 1994, and works very successfully as a model.
Life
Aishwarya Rai was born in Mangalore, as the daughter of Krishnaraj Rai, a marine biologist, and Vrinda Rai, a writer. She has an older brother, Aditya Rai, an engineer in the merchant navy and co-producer of her film Dil Ka Rishta ( 2003).
After her birth, her parents moved to Mumbai. There, she first attended the Arya Vidya Mandir high school in Santa Cruz, after a year the Jai Hind University in Churchgate, then Ruparel University in Matunga with the study goal architect.
During her studies, she began to work as a model on the side. In 1994 she took part in the competition for the Miss India and was second behind Sushmita Sen. After that they took part in the competition for the Miss World and won this title as well as the title of Miss Photogenic. Then she interrupted her studies and spent the following year as reigning Miss World in London. Now she began to model professionally. Soon after, the company entered into acting.
She speaks several languages: Tulu, Hindi, English, Tamil and Marathi.
Since April 20, 2007 Aishwarya Rai is married to Abhishek Bachchan, who was also repeatedly made her film partner. On 16 November 2011, they became parents of a daughter.
Career as a model
Aishwarya was photographed for many Indian fashion magazines, including the Indian Vogue. You currently making international advertising for L' Oréal Paris, De Beers Diamonds, Coca -Cola, and Longines watches. She is the most successful Indian model.
Career as an actress
Due to the interest of the public due to their Miss World title, she became an actress. Her debut was Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Iruvar (1997 ), which was a success among critics. However, their early films were panned by the press. My acting talent was called fake and wooden. Her debut in Bollywood with Aur Pyaar Ho had Gaya (1997 ), which was very successful. More blockbuster include Taal (1999) and Devdas (2002).
In addition to her films in Hindi Rai continued to play with in Tamil films, such as in Jeans ( 1998), Kandukondain Kandukondain or in ( 2000). Especially through jeans she was known all over India. For the Bengali film industry, she played in 2003, directed by Rituparno Ghosh in grains of sand in the eye ( Chokher Bali). From the mid- 2000s to Rai established as an international star in western movie productions, as she was seen for example in 2007 in the historical film The Last Legion ( The Last Legion ) on the side of Colin Firth or 2009 comedy The Pink Panther 2 ( The Pink Panther 2 ) opposite Steve Martin.
Other successes they achieved in India through its interests in the hit films Dhoom - Back in Action (2006), Guru (2007) and Jodhaa Akbar (2008), which earned her numerous nominations and film awards. In the film 2010 Aishwarya Rai had recorded commercial failures, so on the one hand flopped the drama Guzaarish - The magic of life with Hrithik Roshan in the lead role, on the other hand, the Hindi - language version of the thriller Raavan alongside her husband Abhishek Bachchan. The Tamil version Raavanan, however, in which she starred opposite Vikram, moved to the south of India to many moviegoers. Furthermore, it was next to see Rajinikanth in the Tamil sci-fi blockbuster Enthiran, then lined up the business for a new record as the most successful Indian film.
In 2003 Rai was elected to be a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival, which she had made immediately famous in the West. In 2004, she was selected by Time Magazine as one of the " 100 most influential people in the world". The American news program 60 Minutes devoted her a follow and described it as the " most beautiful woman in the world ". A month later she visited the American talk show host David Letterman was the first Indian woman in his mission. A wax figure of her is in London's Madame Tussauds Wax Museum.