Aishwarya Rai also known as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan after her
marriage. Tulu pronunciation born 1
November 1973 .She is an Indian film actress. She worked as a model before
starting her acting career, and ultimately won the Miss India and Miss World
pageant titles in 1994. Rai has starred in films in various languages including
Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, and Bengali.
Often cited by the media as the "most beautiful woman
in the world"Rai made her acting debut with Mani Ratnam's Tamil film
Iruvar (1997) and had her first commercial success with Jeans (1998). She
earned public recognition with the Hindi films Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)
and Devdas (2002), which fetched her two Best Actress awards at Filmfare.
After a series of unsuccessful films during 2003–2005, she
appeared in the blockbuster action thriller Dhoom 2 (2006) and subsequently
featured in such films as Guru (2007), Jodhaa Akbar (2008) and Enthiran
(2010).[10] She received critical acclaim for her performances in films like
Chokher Bali (2003), Raincoat (2004), Provoked (2007) and Guzaarish (2010). Rai
has thus established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses of
Indian cinema.
Rai has been in a notable relationship with Salman Khan,
following which she married Abhishek Bachchan in 2007. Her off-screen roles
include duties as brand ambassador for various charity organisations and
campaigns. In 2009 she was honoured with the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest
civilian award given by the Government of India. Rai has been appointed as
goodwill ambassador for UNAIDS in
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) attached to Bollywood
actress Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan has issued a statement vis-à-vis the actress’
choice of heroes opposite her. The statement has dismissed reports which
appeared in some sections of the press which said that Aishwarya has decided to
star in films only opposite hubby Abishek Bachchan in her ‘second innings’ in
films after the birth of her daughter Aaradhya.
Aishwarya was going highly successful as heroine when she
decided it was time for her to get into the ‘family mode’ and gave birth to
Aaradhya late last year. The actress is said to have put on some weight post
the delivery of her daughter and wasn’t appearing to be taking any immediate
steps to ‘get back in shape’.
She, however, shot for a commercial recently which has
evoked mixed feelings amid her fans. While some say that the old ‘glow’ is
back, others feel that child birth has had its bearing on her looks and that
she’s past her prime now. It’s in this backdrop that the statement by her PRO
has insisted that if the script was good enough, Aishwarya was ready to star
opposite other heroes too.
“Those reports are planted by her detractors who are out to
damage the actress’ image. The actress has been slowly but steadily regaining
her old glory and would soon be seen on screen taking on prominent roles,” the
statement further said. It may be noted that the 2010 film Guzaarish happens to
be Aishwarya’s last film as on date.
