Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is an Indian actress and the winner of the Miss World 1994 pageant. She made her acting debut in Mani Ratnam’s 1997 Tamil film Iruvar. Her greatest commercial successes have been the romance Mohabbatein and the adventure film Dhoom 2. Rai married actor Abhishek Bachchan in 2007; the couple have one daughter.
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is an Indian actress and the winner of the Miss World 1994 pageant. She made her acting debut in Mani Ratnam’s 1997 Tamil film Iruvar. Rai’s greatest commercial successes have been the romance Mohabbatein and the adventure film Dhoom 2. She was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2009 and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the government of France in 2012. Rai married actor Abhishek Bachchan in 2007; the couple have one daughter. She is a Goodwill Ambassador for the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS. In 2003, she was the first Indian actress to be a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival. She has won numerous accolades, including two Filmfare Awards, and was honoured by the Indian government in 2009. She also won the Miss Photogenic award and Oceania Queen of Beauty crown in 2010. Rai has been described in the media as ‘the most beautiful woman in the world’ and ‘the best-looking woman in India’ She has appeared in several Indian films, including the romantic drama Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and the science fiction film Enthiran. Her father, Krishnaraj, who died on 18 March 2017, was an Army biologist, while her mother, Vrinda, is a homemaker. Rai did her intermediate schooling at Jai Hind College for a year, and then joined DG Ruparel College in Matunga, securing 90 percent in the HSC exams.
She trained in classical dance and music for five years during her teens. Her favourite subject was zoology, so she initially considered a career in medicine. In 1991, Rai won an international supermodel contest and was eventually featured in the American edition of Vogue. In 1993, Rai gained huge public recognition for her appearance in a Pepsi commercial with actors Aamir Khan and Mahima Chaudhry. The single line – \”Hi, I’m Sanjana,\” of her dialogue in the commercial made her instantly famous. In the 1994 Miss India pageant, she won second place, behind Sushmita Sen, and was crowned Miss India World, also winning five other sub-titles. She went on to win the crown where she represented India in Miss World Pageant, held that year in South Africa. After winning the crown, Rai spoke of her dream for peace for this world, and her desire to be an ambassador for peace during her one-year reign in London. Rai continued to pursue a career as a model until she became an actress. She achieved wider success and won two Best Actress awards at Filmfare for her performances in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas. Rai garnered critical appreciation for portraying a passionate artist in the Tamil romance Kandukondain Kandukonain, Tagore’s heroine, Binodini, in the Bengali film Chokher Bali and Provoked.
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