Aishwarya Rai also known as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is an Indian film actress & established herself as a leading contemporary actress of Indian cinema & also become the highest paid actress. She is a style & youth icon & is often referred to as the “most beautiful girl in the world”. She has won Padmashri by Indian government in 2009 & Arts et des Lettres by government of France in 2012.
Aishwarya Rai was born on 1st November 1973 in Mangalore, Karnataka. Her father was a marine biologist while her mother was a housewife. The family eventually moved to Mumbai. Where she attended Arya Vidya Mandir High School & after that joined DG Ruparel College securing 90% marks in HSC but later gave up studies to pursue career in modelling. In 1991 she won a supermodel contest & was eventually featured in American edition of Vogue In 1994 she won second place in Miss India pageant. Rai continued to pursue career in modelling until she became an actress.
In 1997 she made her acting debut in Tamil film Iruvar & in the same year she debuted in Bollywood Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya opposite Bobby Deol. The film failed at box-office but Aishwarya’s acting was praised but it was until 1999 in which she got well recognized by Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam a romantic drama which eventually turned out to be turning point in her career & after that she acted in many successful films such as Devdas, Josh, Guru, Dhoom 2 etc. which gave her the stardom, international recognition & made her the youth & stylized icon.
BY VARSHA CHACHAD
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