For those of you who don’t know, Aishwarya Rai first jumpstarted her celebrity career by winning the Miss World in 1994. But being a movie star wasn’t her first choice. She finished her schooling as an architecture major but considered modeling as an alternate career choice. Being an actress is just another profession according to her, and she takes her job quite seriously.
Aishwarya Rai is probably the highest paid Bollywood actor to date. She has established herself as one of the most pre-eminent leading lady and has worked her way to the hearts of millions of fans. Her poise, grace, and beauty reflect true class. She was soon
Top directors from Bollywood lined up to cast her in their films. Her first film, “Iruvar” by Mani Rathnam got great reviews from critics and her work in her second film “Aur Paar Ho Gaya” got her the Best Female Actress Debutante Award in 1997. She then got the Best Actress award by FilmFare and Zee Cine in 2000 for her performance in “Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.” The list of her awards goes on and on.
Finally in 2002, she worked once more with Sajay Leela Bhansali, the director of “Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam.” Their new movie, “Devdas” was perhaps their most ambitious one yet. It paid off and became the most successful movie in Bollywood till the present time. It was a box-office record breaking film in terms of revenues and was the first Bollywood film to ever have been privileged to a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival. Elley calls Aishwarya as "almost Audrey Hepburn-like", Baz Luhrmann, the director of Moulin Rouge says, "I loved her in Devdas." She was even hailed as "the world's most beautiful woman" by non other than the pretty woman herself, Julia Roberts.
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