Aishwarya....better known as "ASH:, born on 1st November, 1973 in Manglore, Karnataka State, India (It happened on Earth!). A Scorpio by birthsign , crowned as Miss India Runner Up 1994 (Now called Miss India World), Miss World 1994, Most Photogenic Face (part of Miss World 1994), Screen Weekly 1997 Most Promising Newcomer, Screen 2000 Best Actress, Film Fare 2000 Best Actress!!
Wanted to an architect before joining the Glam World!! Describes herslf as:: ""She describes herself in one line : I’m just average woman with average concerns.""
Undoubtedly the reigning queen bee in Bollywood right now, Aishwarya Rai was always star material. And the time to assert the fact finally seems like it’s here.Three big hits in ‘Taal’, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ and the recent ‘Josh’ have proved the lady has mettle. Ash’s star continued to rise in 2002 working again with Sajay Leela Bhansali in ’Devdas’. ’Devdas’ is the most ambitious and most successful film in Bollywood history. It became the first Bollywood picture to ever receive a special screening at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and broke box-office records in India and the United States...."I loved her in Devdas" and Julia Roberts calls her "the world’s most beautiful woman".
2003 brought even more exciting opportunities. Ash became the first Indian actor to be a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Ash is also the latest member of the elite L’Oreal Dream Team, joining beauties Catherine Deneuve & Andie MacDowell as their international ambassador. She graced the covers of India Today and the prestigious TIME Magazine. Time Magazine has also listed her on their list of the “100 Most Influential People in the World Today”. She has graced numerous covers worldwide including USA, UK, CHINA, RUSSIA, ISRAEL, UNITED EMERITES, ITALY, SPAIN, MEXICO and FRANCE. Ash was also listed on Rolling Stone Magazine’s annual "Hot List", Hello Magazine’s Most Attractive Women in the World”, Stuff Magazine, FHM magazine, V-Life from Variety Magazine, GQ Magazine, New York Times Magazine, Harper’s & Queen and countless others.
2005 started with appearances on “60 Minutes”, “David Letterman Show” and the most watched television program in the world the “Oprah Winfrey Show”. Her recent appearance on the top rated BBC show “HardTalk Extra” was seen in 200 countries. She currently graces the covers of Cosmopolitan Magazine, Emirates Woman, Paris Match, Cine Blitz, America Way Magazine and America Magazine.
Aishwarya’s career continues to grow even stronger. In 2006 she will be seen in Mistress of Spices for director Paul Berges, Jag Mundhra’s Provoked, J. P. Dutta’s Umrao Jaan, Sanjay Gadhvi’s Dhoom 2, Ashutosh Gowariker’s Jodha Akbar, Mani Ratnam’s Guru and legendary film producer Dino De Laurentiis’s The Last Legion opposite Colin Firth and Sir Ben Kingsley. The Queen of Bollywood is already becoming the talk of tinseltown and is currently in negotiations on two major motion pictures and has film commitments well into 2009.
Now a box-office heavy weight, the slim Aishwarya carries a bank balance that’s proportionate to her star status if not size. The industry grapevine has it that the light-eyed Ms. World has hiked her market price to a whopping two crore. That’s close to what the Big B got at one point in time. Well he plays her father in Yash Chopra’s ‘Mohabbatein’ and considering child is the father of man we just believe Ash is learning superstar habits already. ...
Yet she seems to be a plastic doll to me.....