Aishwarya
First
Commercial
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan's
first
commercial
was
for
Camlin
pencils
when
she
was
only
in
standard
IX.
She
did
modelling
before
entering
Bollywood.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
on
the
sets
of
Aur
Pyaar
Ho
Gaya)
Aur
Pyaar
Ho
Gaya
Aur
Pyaar
Ho
Gaya
starred
Bobby
Deol
and
Aishwarya
Rai
in
the
leading
roles.
The
movie
bombed
at
the
box
office
because
of
the
weak
script
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan)
Acting
Debut
Aishwarya
Rai
made
her
acting
debut
in
1997
with
Mani
Ratnam's
Tamil
film
Iruvar.
In
the
same
year,
she
did
Aur
Pyaar
Ho
Gaya.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
with
Bobby
Deol)
Aish
In
The
Role
Of
Aashi
In
Aur
Pyaar
Ho
Gaya,
Aishwarya
Rai
played
the
role
of
Aashi,
a
naive
teenager.
Both
Iruvar
and
Aur
Pyaar
Ho
Gaya
were
commercial
failures.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
with
Bobby
Deol)
Aishwarya
Criticised
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
was
criticised
badly
for
her
acting
in
both
Iruvar
and
Aur
Pyaar
Ho
Gaya.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
with
Aur
Pyaar
Ho
Gaya
co-star
Bobby
Deol)
Screen
Award
Not
many
people
know
that
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
won
a
Screen
Award
for
Best
Female
Debut
for
her
film
Aur
Pyaar
Ho
Gaya.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
with
Bobby
Deol
on
the
sets
of
Aur
Pyaar
Ho
Gaya)
Songs
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan's
debut
film,
Aur
Pyaar
Ho
Gaya,
did
not
perform
as
expected
at
the
box
office
but
all
the
songs
were
chart
toppers.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
in
Aur
Pyaar
Ho
Gaya)
Jeans
In
the
year
1998,
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
appeared
in
the
film
Jeans
directed
by
S.Shankar.
The
movie
was
a
commercial
success.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
with
Bobby
Deol)
Aishwarya's
Movie
Jeans
Aishwarya
Rai
won
praises
from
the
critics
for
her
acting
and
dancing
skills
in
Jeans.
The
movie
was
later
submitted
as
India's
official
entry
to
the
Academy
Awards
for
1998.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
and
Bobby
Deol)
Turning
Point
The
turning
point
in
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan's
career
came
when
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
offered
him
his
film
Hum
Dil
De
Chuke
Sanam.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
clicked
on
the
sets
of
Aur
Pyaar
Ho
Gaya)
Gujrati
Woman
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
played
the
role
of
a
Gujrati
woman
in
Hum
Dil
De
Chuke
Sanam.
The
movie
also
starred
Salman
Khan
and
Ajay
Devgn.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
and
Bobby
Deol)
HDDCS
Hum
Dil
De
Chuke
Sanam
emerged
as
a
major
commercial
success
and
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
won
a
Filmfare
Award
for
Best
Actress
for
the
movie.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
with
a
friend
on
the
sets
of
Aur
Pyaar
Ho
Gaya)
Devdas
After
Hum
Dil
De
Chuke
Sanam,
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
again
worked
with
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali
in
the
movie
Devdas.
(In
Pic-A
still
from
Aishwarya
Rai's
debut
film
Aur
Pyaar
Ho
Gaya)
Break
From
Movies
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
took
a
break
from
movies
after
giving
birth
to
her
little
bundle
of
joy,
Aaradhya
Bachchan.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
and
Bobby
Deol)
ADHM
On
the
work
front,
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
is
busy
in
the
shooting
of
Karan
Johar's
Ae
Dil
Hai
Mushkil
with
Ranbir
Kapoor.
(In
Pic-Aishwarya
Rai
in
Aur
Pyaar
Ho
Gaya)