Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was born on 1 November 1973
into a Tulu-speaking Bunt family in Mangalore, Karnataka.Her father, Krishnaraj, was a marine biologist, while her mother, Brindya, is a housewife. She has one elder brother, Aditya Rai, who is an engineer in the merchant navy. He co-produced one of her movies, Dil Ka Rishta (2003). The family moved to Mumbai, where Rai attended the Arya Vidya Mandir High School. Rai did her intermediate schooling at Jai Hind College for a year, and then joined DG Ruparel College in Matunga, securing 90% in the HSC exams.
She worked as a model before starting her acting career. In the 1994 Miss India contest, she won second place, behind Sushmita Sen, and was crowned Miss India World. She went on to win the Miss World title the same year, where she also won the Miss Photogenic award. After winning the pageant, she gave up her studies and spent one year reigning as Miss World in London. Rai became popular after appearing in a Pepsi commercial with actor Aamir Khan.
Rai has acted in over 40 films in Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, and Bengali.Often critesied by the media as the Most beautiful woman in the world , Rai made her acting debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Iruvar (1997), and had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie Jeans (1998). She gained the attention of Bollywood through the film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
She worked as a model before starting her acting career. In the 1994 Miss India contest, she won second place, behind Sushmita Sen, and was crowned Miss India World. She went on to win the Miss World title the same year, where she also won the Miss Photogenic award. After winning the pageant, she gave up her studies and spent one year reigning as Miss World in London. Rai became popular after appearing in a Pepsi commercial with actor Aamir Khan.
Rai has acted in over 40 films in Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, and Bengali.Often critesied by the media as the Most beautiful woman in the world , Rai made her acting debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film Iruvar (1997), and had her first commercial success in the Tamil movie Jeans (1998). She gained the attention of Bollywood through the film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
Rai has established herself as one of the leading contemporary actresses in Bollywood. She is married to fellow actor Abhishek Bachchan. In 2009 she was honoured with Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award given by the Government of India.
Rai is married to actor Abhishek Bachchan, they met in 1997. Their engagement was announced on 14 January 2007 and later confirmed by his father, Amitabh Bachchan. The couple married on 20 April 2007 according to traditional Hindu rites of the Bunt community, to which she belongs.
As of May 2011, she is set to appear in Rajkumar Santoshi's next film, Ladies and Gentlemen, along with Abhishek Bachchan, and in Madhur Bhandarkar's next directorial venture, Heroine. The shooting of both films was postponed, due to Rai's pregnancy. She will not appear in Heroine, which is going forward with Kareena Kapoor.
Rai gave birth to a baby girl on 16 November 2011
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