Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Profile

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Profile

Name: Aishwarya RaiBirth name: Aishwarya Krishnaraj RaiNicknames: Ash / Aishu / GulluBirthday: November 1, 1973 (Tuesday)Birthplace: Karnataka, Mangalore - IndiaSign: ScorpioHeight: 5' 7.5''
Family
Father: Krishnaraj Rai, ex-merchant navy officerMother: Vrinda Rai, homemakerBrother: Aditya Rai, merchant navy officer (born 1970)Sister-in-law: Shrima RaiHusband: Abhishek Bachchan, actor (born Feb. 5, 1976)

Education
Arya Vidya Mandir, Santacruz, Bombay, India
DG Ruparel College, Matunga, Bombay, India. (Considered as the #1 science college in the city)
Raheja College of Architecture, Bandra, Bombay, India
Breakthrough Performances
1999 Nandini in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
2002 Paro in Devdas
Philosophy: "Happiness is a relative term. It’s the way you like to perceive it. Happiness plays a lot of hide-n-seek with me, but happiness and I are good friends." -- Aishwarya Rai

Relationships
Salman Khan: Actor; no longer together; met during the filming of Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Vivek Oberoi: Actor; no longer together; met during the filming of Kyun? Ho Gaya Na
Abhishek Bachchan: Actor; engaged on Jan. 14, 2007, married on Apr. 20, 2007
Other Works
Producer: Aishwarya and her family own a production company called Target FilmsEndorses: Longines, Loreal, Coke, Nakshatra, LuxModel: Aishwarya posed in various ad campaigns for Longines, Loreal, Coke, Nakshatra, Lux, Fuji, Pepsi, Pamolive, Rupa Softline, Eye Bank Association of India, Lakme, Colgate and many more.Philanthropy: Eye Bank Association of India (EBAI), PETA India, Pulse Polio Campaign

Favorite Actor/Actress: Raj Kapoor & NargisFavorite Movie of All-time: CasablancaFavourite Perfume: Happy by CliniqueMotto: Be kind, there are battles being fought and not all of them are on the battlefield.

The article below is hand written by Aishwarya Rai and is taken from Stardust Magazine

Contact Info
Aishwarya Rai
c/o Creative Artists Agency
9830 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, California 90212-1825
USA

Simone Sheffield (American Agent)
Website: Canyon Entertainment
Hari Singh (Indian Agent)
Biography

Aishwarya Rai was born in Mangalore to Krishnaraj Rai, a marine biologist, and Vrinda Rai, a writer. Her family belongs to the Bunt community of Mangalore. She has one elder brother, Aditya Rai, who is an engineer in the merchant navy and also co-produced one of Rai's movies, Dil Ka Rishta (2003).

After she was born, her parents moved to Mumbai where she attended the Arya Vidya Mandir high school in Santa Cruz. Rai then entered Jai Hind College at Churchgate for one year, and then moved to Ruparel College in Matunga to finish her "HSC" studies. She did well in school and planned to become an architect.
She can communicate in several languages, including Tulu, Hindi, English, Marathi and Tamil. While pursuing her studies in architecture, Rai began modeling on the side. In the 1994 Miss India contest, she won the second place (behind Sushmita Sen), and went on to win the Miss World title the same year, where she also won the Miss Photogenic award. She abandoned her studies after winning the pageant and spent one year reigning as Miss World in London. Rai then started working as a professional model and then moved on to her current profession as an actress.

Rai has previously dated Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Vivek Oberoi. She is now married to Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan. The wedding took place on 20 April 2007.
Early career

Rai made her acting debut in Mani Ratnam's Tamil film, Iruvar (1997) with Mohanlal, and was introduced to Bollywood in the film, Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya opposite Bobby Deol, which also released that year; the film didn't do well at the box office.

However, her third project, S. Shankar's Tamil film, Jeans (1998) was a critical and commercial success, earning her the Filmfare Best Actress Award South. She went on to appear in many Bollywood films. The film, which portrayed Rai in a dual role, took Rai two years to complete. A few successful films of her career include Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), which earned the actress her first Filmfare Best Actress Award and Taal (1999), which gave her another nomination for Best Actress at the Filmfare; her performances in both the films were lauded. In 2000, she played a supporting role in the hit films Mohabbatein and Josh. Later that year, she starred in the Tamil film Kandukondain Kandukondain, which won her positive reviews.
Success
In 2002, Rai appeared alongside Shahrukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit in Sanjay Leela Bansali's lavishly produced Devdas. The film attracted overseas attention as well, receiving a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival. It was during this time that she garnered the attention of the West as an Indian actress and went on to appear in a few Hollywood projects. Devdas went on to become the highest grossing film of the year both in India and overseas, earning the actress her second Filmfare Best Actress Award.

As her name gained popularity overseas, she was chosen by Time magazine in 2004 as one of the World's "100 Most Influential People", and appeared on the cover of Time magazine, Asia Edition (TIMEasia) in 2003. She was the subject of a 60 Minutes profile on 2 January. A month later she appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman. She was also featured on Oprah's "Women Across the Globe" segment. In 2003, she acted in the critically acclaimed and commercial successful Bengali film, Chokher Bali, an adaptation of one of Rabindranath Tagore's novels by the same name.