Aishwarya
Rai
With
Dance
Teacher
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
is
looking
so
cute
in
these
pictures
with
her
dance
teacher.
It
seems
these
pictures
were
clicked
before
Aishwarya
Rai
entered
the
modelling
world.
Music
And
Dance
Not
many
people
know
that
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
learnt
Hindustani
Classical
and
Carnatic
music.
And
she
is
also
trained
in
Bharatanatyam.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
with
her
dance
guru.)
Bright
Student
Academically,
Aishwarya
Rai
did
very
well
and
was
a
bright
student.
She
chose
the
science
stream
in
DG
Ruparel
College,
because
her
favourite
subject
was
Zoology.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
with
her
dance
teacher.)
Architecture
Later,
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
changed
her
subject
and
chose
architecture.
By
this
time,
she
had
started
getting
modelling
assignments.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan.)
Modelling
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
had
never
thought
that
she
would
become
a
model.
She
did
her
first
photoshoot
for
her
college
teacher.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan.)
Miss
India
Contest
Later,
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
decided
to
participate
in
the
Miss
India
contest.
She
came
on
the
second
position.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan.)
Miss
World
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
made
India
proud
by
winning
the
Miss
World
title
in
Sun
City
in
the
year
1994.
(In
Pic-Miss
World
Aishwarya
Rai.)
Most
Successful
Miss
World
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
is
known
as
the
most
successful
Miss
World
till
date.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
clicked
after
winning
the
Miss
World
crown
in
the
year
1994.)
Pepsi
Commercial
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
became
famous
overnight
after
doing
Pepsi
commercial
with
Bollywood's
superstar
Aamir
Khan.
(Remember
her
famous
line-Hi
I
am
Sanjana?)
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan.)
Chose
Modelling
Over
Films
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
was
perhaps
the
only
actress
who
chose
modelling
over
films.
Many
famous
filmmakers
wanted
to
cast
her
even
before
she
became
Miss
World.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
during
her
modelling
days.)
Aishwarya
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
modelled
for
many
brands
like
Lakme
and
Pepsi.
Soon,
she
left
modelling
to
focus
on
her
career
in
films.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan.)
Acting
Debut
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
made
her
acting
debut
with
the
1997
Tamil
film
Iruvar.
Her
first
Hindi
film
Aur
Pyaar
Ho
Gaya
released
in
the
same
year.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan.)
Flops
Both
Iruvar
and
Aur
Pyaar
Ho
Gaya
bombed
at
the
box
office
and
did
not
help
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
in
any
way.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan.)
Choker
Bali
Aishwarya
was
criticised
badly
for
her
acting
skills
but
she
garnered
critical
appreciation
for
portraying
Rabindranath
Tagore's
heroine,
Binodini,
in
the
Bengali
film
Chokher
Bali.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
in
Chokher
Bali.)
Commercial
Success
Her
first
commercial
success
was
the
Tamil
romantic
drama
Jeans
(1998).
She
bacame
a
huge
star
after
the
success
of
Hum
Dil
De
Chuke
Sanam
(1999)
and
Devdas
(2002).
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan.)