Aishwarya's
Birth
Aishwarya
Rai
was
born
into
a
Tulu-speaking
family
in
Mangalore,
Karnataka.
Her
father,
Krishnaraj,
was
an
army
biologist.
(In
Pic-Modelling
days
picture
of
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan)
Aishwarya's
Ad
With
Aamir
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
became
an
overnight
sensation
when
she
worked
in
the
famous
ad
with
superstar
Aamir
Khan.
(In
Pic-
An
old
picture
of
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan)
Aishwarya's
Soft
Drink
Ad
The
single
line
-
"Hi,
I'm
Sanjana,"
from
her
dialogue
in
the
commercial
became
hugely
popular.
(In
Picture-Beauty
Queen
and
Bollywood
actress
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan)
Miss
India
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
participated
in
the
1994
Miss
India
pageant
and
won
the
second
place
(Sushmita
Sen
won
the
contest).
She
was
crowned
Miss
India
World.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan)
Titles
Aishwarya
Rai
also
won
five
other
sub-titles:"Miss
Catwalk",
"Miss
Miraculous",
"Miss
Photogenic",
"Miss
Perfect
Ten"
and
"Miss
Popular".
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
modelling
for
a
product)
Miss
World
Later,
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
participated
in
the
Miss
World
Pageant
and
won
the
contest. She
also
won
the
"Miss
Photogenic'' title
and
the''Miss
World
Continental
Queen
of
Beauty
-
Asia
and
Oceania''
title.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan)
Acting
Debut
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
made
her
acting
debut
in
1997
with
Mani
Ratnam's
Tamil
film
Iruvar,
a
political
drama,
featuring
Mohanlal,
Prakash
Raj,
Tabu
and
Revathi.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai)
Iruvar
Talking
about
Iruvar,
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
told
a
leading
daily,
''Mani
Ratnam
was
one
of
the
filmmakers
who
always
drove
me
nuts.
I
had
many
offers
to
do
top
Bollywood
films.''
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan)
Aishwarya's
Tamil
Film
She
added,
''I
didn't
choose
a
Tamil
film
as
I
didn't
have
work,
but
I
wanted
to
work
with
Mani
Ratnam
and
signed
my
first
film
Iruvar
in
Tamil.''
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan)
Aishwarya
On
Her
First
Film
''And
I
will
always
be
proud
that
that
was
my
first
film.
A
lot
of
the
choices
I
made
would
flummox
a
lot
of
people
as
they
were
against
the
natural
choices
of
the
secure
box
office
projects,
but
those
films
always
find
the
first
mention
in
any
interactions,
creatively
and
with
audiences,''
she
said.
Bollywood
Debut
In
1997
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
made
her
Bollywood
debut
with
Aur
Pyaar
Ho
Gaya,
a
romantic
comedy
film
opposite
Bobby
Deol.
(In
Picture-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan)
Box
Office
Failure
Aur
Pyaar
Ho
Gaya
was
a
big
box
office
failure.
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
also
received
many
negative
reviews
for
her
acting
in
the
movie.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan)
Commercial
Success
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
tasted
commercial
success
with
Hum
Dil
De
Chuke
Sanam.
Directed
by
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali,
the
movie
released
in
1999.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan)
HDDCS
Hum
Dil
De
Chuke
was
a
blockbuster
and
also
starred
Salman
Khan
and
Ajay
Devgn.
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
received
huge
praises
for
her
acting
in
the
movie.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan)
Filmfare
Award
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
also
won
a
Filmfare
award
for
her
superb
acting
in
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali's
Hum
Dil
De
Chuke
Sanam.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan)
Ash-Salman
In
1999,
Aishwarya
Rai
began
dating
Bollywood
actor
Salman
Khan.
Reportedly,
they
fell
in
love
on
the
sets
of
Hum
Dil
De
Chuke
Sanam.
The
couple
separated
in
2002.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan)
Abhi-Aish
Later,
during
the
shooting
of
Guru,
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
fell
in
love
with
Bollywood
actor
Abhishek
Bachchan.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan)
Marriage
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
married
Abhishek
Bachchan
on
20
April
2007
according
to
traditional
Hindu
rites.
The
wedding
took
place
in
a
private
ceremony
at
the
Bachchan
residence.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
with
a
friend)