Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya did her schooling at Arya Vidya Mandir, Santacruz, India. Academically, she did very well and earned her position as the head girl of her school. Ash choose the science stream while at DG Ruparel College, her favorite subject being Zoology. Aishwarya wanted to do medicine, but circumstances didn't let her. Instead she choose Architecture and passed the interview at Raheja College with flying colours. By this time, Aishwarya had started getting modelling assignments. She then decided to take a break from architecture and concentrate on modelling. This green-blue eyed beauty stole ads for many prestigious firms, the one which brought her into the limelight were the Garden sari and the Pepsi ad. Crowned Miss Femina '94 runner up, she was a hot favorite to win the Miss World title, which she did ! Her beauty and charm made her India's darling.
She bagged Filmfare Award for best actress for her performance in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) as Ajay Devgan's wife who is in love with another man. She also won rave reviews for her performance as a rape victim in Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (2000). Ash's star continued to rise in 2002 working again with Sanjay Leela Bhansali in 'Devdas'. 'Devdas' is the most ambitious and most successful film in Bollywood history. It became the first Bollywood picture to ever receive a special screening at this year's Cannes Film Festival and broke box-office records in India and the United States. Daily Variety's Derek Elley describes 'Devdas' as "…some of the most sumptuous production values in Bollywood history…" Elley describes Ash as "almost Audrey Hepburn-like", Moulin Rouge director Baz Luhrmann says "I loved her in Devdas" and Julia Roberts calls her "the world's most beautiful woman". In 2003 she bagged another filmfare award for best actress for role of paro she portrays in film Devdas.
Had a well publicised affair with Salman Khan which lasted 2 years. Apparently his endless tantrums traumatized her enough to give a press conference in spring 2003 where she declared that she would never work with him again for personal reasons. Later she was in the news for dating Vivek Oberoi, which didnt last long. More stardom followed when she got entry in the Hall of Fame at London's Madame Tussauds alongside other Bollywood stars like Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan. She was also invited on the Oprah Winfrey show same tear and vowed viewers all over the globe. She has become a regular member of the Cannes film Festival and is enjoying the time of her life. In 2006 she had success in Dhoom 2 starring Hrithik Roshan, Abishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu and more success followed in Guru (2007). She is now married to Bollywood hearthrob Abhishek Bachchan and becomes part of the most famous and successful Bollywood family. Right from schooling to modelling to acting to stardom to marriage she has always made the right decisions and is always in the news!

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