Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Something about Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai was born in Mangalore, in the state of Karnataka, to Krishnaraj Rai, and Vrinda Rai on 1st of November 1973. Her mother tongue is Tulu. She also speaks Hindi, English, Kannada, Marathi and Tamil.

Aishwarya Rai studied at Jai Hind College, Churchgate, and Mumbai for one year and then moved to Ruparel College, Matunga, Mumbai to finish her HSC. She was on track to become an architect. Her mother tongue is Tulu.

In the 1994 she win the Miss World title that same year and the Miss Photogenic award.

Aishwarya debuted in Mani Ratnam's Tamil language film, Iruvar (1997) with Mohanlal. She was introduced to Bollywood in the film, Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya; the film did not do well at the box office.

However, her third movie, a Tamil-language film, Jeans (1998) by S. Shankar was a great success for which she was awarded the Filmfare Best Actress Award South.


Aishwarya Rai then appeared in many Bollywood films. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) and Taal (1999) for which her performance was applauded.
In 2002, Rai appeared with superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit which was a major box-office success and earned her the Filmfare Best Actress Award and special screening at the Cannes Film Festival.

She became on display in London's Madame Tussaud's wax museum in October 2004

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