Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (née Aishwarya Rai, Tulu: ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯಾ ರೈ, Aiśvarya Rai ?, pronounced [əjɕʋərjaː rəj]; born 1 November 1973) is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and ultimately won the Miss World title in 1994. Rai has acted in over 40 movies in Hindi, English, Tamil and Bengali, which include few international productions.Often cited by the media as the most beautiful woman in the world Rai made her movie 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. Her performance in the film won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award. In 2002 she appeared in Bhansali's Devdas, for which she won her second Filmfare Best Actress Award.After a setback in her career during 2003–2005, she appeared in Dhoom 2 (2006), which turned out to be her biggest commercial success in bollywood. She later appeared in films like Guru (2007), Jodhaa Akbar (2008), and Enthiran (2010) which were commercially successful and critically acclaimed. Rai, thus established herself as one of the leading actresses in bollywoodIn 2009, she was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India.1 Early life 2 Miss World 3 Film career 3.1 Early career (1997–98) 3.2 Success (1999–2002) 3.3 Setback (2003–05) 3.4 Recent work (2006–present) 4 Other work 5 Personal life 6 International media 7 Awards and honors 8 Filmography 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksRai was born in Mangalore to Krishnaraj Rai and Brindya Rai. She has one elder brother, Aditya Rai, who is an engineer in the merchant navy and has also co-produced one of her movies, Dil Ka Rishta (2003). When she was young her parents moved to Mumbai where she attended the Arya Vidya Mandir High School in Santa Cruz. Rai did her intermediate at DG Ruparel College, Matunga, Bombay and later pursued a course on Architecture at Raheja College. She planned to become an architect but gave up her education to pursue a career in modelling She did her first modelling assignment when she was at 9th grade, for Camelin IndustriesShe can communicate in several languages, including her mother tongue Tulu,as well as Hindi, English, Marathi and Tamil.Miss WorldWhile pursuing her studies in architecture, Rai began modelling. In the 1994 Miss India contest, she won the 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 She gave up her academic studies after winning the pageant and spent one year reigning as Miss World in London. Rai then started working as a professional model and moved on to her current profession as an actress.Rai made her acting debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil biopic film, Iruvar (1997) alongside Mohanlal,The controversial film was a critical success and won many awards including Best Film award at the Belgrade International Film Festival, two National Film Awards, and two Filmfare Awards South. Rai appeared in dual roles, with one of her roles being a cinematic depiction of political leader and former actress J. Jayalalithaa Following this, Rai made her Bollywood debut in the film, Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya opposite Bobby Deol, which released the same year; the film was unsuccessful at the box officeHowever, her third project Jeans (1998), a high-budgeted Tamil film directed by S. Shankar, was a commercial success. The film was also noted for the song "Poovukkul", written by Vairamuthu, in which, she is compared to the seven wonders of the world and described as the eighth The film was India's official entry to the Academy Awards in that yearAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya Rai
