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Aishwarya Rai |
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Aishwarya Rai
is an Indian model and one of the top class
and highly-paid actresses in India. She is Miss
World of 1994, and in 2000 she was voted Most
Beautiful Miss World of All Time.
She attended her schooling in Arya Vidya Mandir
at Santacruz, Mumbai, and then entered Ruparel
College, Matunga, Mumbai. In addition to her
mother tongue Tulu; she speaks English, Hindi,
Kannada, Tamil, Urdu, and Marathi.
Rai began modeling while studying architecture
and in the 1994 Miss India contest, she placed
second behind Sushmita Sen and won the Miss
World title and the Miss Photogenic award at
that same year. After the one year reign as
Miss World in London, she worked as a professional
model, in advertising and Indian fashion world.
“Rai’s first film was a Tamil movie
Iruvar in (1997), directed by Mani Ratnam. Her
breakthrough performance came in 1999 with Sanjay
Leela Bhansali's film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.
Later standout successes include Taal and Devdas.
Besides Hindi language, Bollywood films, Rai
has also acted in Tamil films such as Jeans
and Kandukondain Kandukondain and the Bengali
film Chokher Bali, and appeared in a Telugu
film Ravoyi Chandamama. Since 2004 Rai has also
been appearing in an increasing number of English
language films.”
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In
the film world |
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Glorious
Start
1997 IRUVAR (TAMIL) ASH - TABBU
1997 AUR PYAR HO GAYA ASH - BOBBY DEOL
1997 IDDARU (TELUGU) ASH – MOHANLAL
1998 AA AB LAUT CHALEIN ASH - AKSHAY KHANNA
1998 AANANDAM ASH - MOHANLAL
1998 ALBELA ASH - GOVINDA
1998 HUM DIL DE CHUKE SANAM ASH - SALMAN KHAN
1998 HUM PANCHI EK DAAL KE ASH - SUNIL SHETTY
1998 JEANS (TAMIL, TELUGU AND HINDI) ASH - PRASHANT
1999 TAAL ASH - ANIL KAPOOR 2000 JOSH ASH - SHAHRUKH
KHAN
2000 HAMARA DIL AAP KE PASS HAI ASH - ANIL KAPOOR
- SONALI BENDRE
2000 DHAAI AKSHAR PREM KE ASH - ABHISHEK BACHAN
2000 MOHABBATEIN
ASH - SHAHRUKH KHAN - AMITABH
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Filims
The Rebel (2007) (announced) ... Rani Laxmibai
Singularity (2006) (announced) ... Tulaja (in
English)
Guru (2006) ... (announced)
Jodha-Akbar (2006) (pre-production) ... Jodha
Bai
Dhoom 2 (2006) ... (filming)
The Last Legion (2006) (post-production) ... Mira
(in English)
Umrao Jaan (2006) (post-production) ... Umrao
Jaan
The Heart of India (2006) ... Mumtaz Mahal
Provoked (2006) ... Kiranjit Ahluwalia (in English)
The Mistress of Spices (2005) ... Tilo (in English)
Bunty Aur Babli (2005) ... ("Kajra Re"
song) (item number)
Shabd (2005) ... Antara Vashisht
Bride & Prejudice (2004) ... Lalita Bakshi
(in English)
Kyun...! Ho Gaya Na (2004) ... Diya Malhotra
Raincoat (2004) ... Neerja/Neeru
Khakee (2004) ... Mahalaxshmi
Kuch Naa Kaho (2003) ... Namrata Shrivastav
Chokher Bali (2003) ... Binodini (in Bengali)
Dil Ka Rishta (2003) ... Tia Sharma
Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin (2002) ... Komal Rastogi
Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam (2002) ... Special Appearance
Devdas (2002) ... Parvati ('Paro')
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Awards
Won
Rai has won two Filmfare Awards to date:
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2000, Filmfare Best Actress Award, Hum Dil
De Chuke Sanam.
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2003, Filmfare Best Actress Award, Devdas.
She has been nominated four times in the Best
Actress category and once in the Best Supporting
Actress category at the Filmfare Awards. She has
also won three IIFA Awards, three Z-Gold Awards,
four Star Screen Awards, an EU's Global Diversity
Award, three Zee Cine Awards and a Rajiv Gandhi
Award. |
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