miss world and Actress Aiswarya Rai

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AISHWARYA RAI

Miss World 1994

Wanted to study medicine, but circumstances prevented her.

Dated Salman Khan.

Was offered Rani Mukherjee's role in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

Runner up, Miss India 1994

Ambassador for Longines watches since 1999

Daughter of Vrinda Rai

Sister of Aditya Rai

April 2003: Suffered an accident on the sets of _Khakee (2003)_ when a car driven by a
stuntman got out of control, hit her, took her down a crevice and slammed her into a
cactus plant. She broke a bone in one foot and suffered severe cuts. She was rushed to
a hospital. The incident rekindled the discussion about poor safety standards on
Bollywood film sets.

The first Indian actress to be on the jury of the Cannes International Film Festival

Has made over 50 music videos in only seven years.

Despite the fact that she is adorned in jewelry in her music videos and movies, she
is apparently not too fond of it.

Is the first actress and performer from India to be featured on the cover of Time magazine.

Is the highest paid actress in Bollywood.

Created a frenzy at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival when she arrived at the premiere of her
film Devdas (2002) in a coach and wearing a beautiful yellow-orange embroidered sari.

Was originally cast in the role of Jwala in the film _1857: The Rising (2004)_ , but
dropped out before filming started due to contract problems. The role was later given to
Amisha Patel.

Loves collecting watches.

Made her first commercial for Camlin pencils when she was in the 9th grade.

Was the Coca Cola Girl for the Middle Eastern countries.

Favorite subject in college was Zoology.

Has achieved icon status all over South Asia.

Is featured in the Guinness Book of World Records 2004.

In a poll conducted by Hello Magazine, she was voted number one as the most attractive
woman of 2003, beating actresses such as Nicole Kidman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Gwyneth Paltrow.

In April of 2003, L'Oreal signed her as its new international brand ambassador.

The first Bollywood star to appear in Rolling Stone magazine (Issue 932, October 2, 2003)

Gained 20 pounds for _Bride and Prejudice (2004)_ because she didn't want her character
to look like some super model and also felt that it would add a sense of realism to the character.

Is a Bunt, like fellow-actors Shilpa Shetty and Sunil Shetty. The Bunts are a South
Indian community who mainly speak Tulu, which is Aishwarya's mother tongue.

Turned down the lead in Munnabhai M.B.B.S. (2003). The role was given to ' Gracy Singh' .

Turned down the role of Mastani in the film Bajirao Mastani (2005).

The first movie star she ever met was Rekha. Aishwarya was still in high school at the
time and was a model. While at a grocery store with her mother, Aishwarya was tapped on
the shoulder by none other than Rekha herself. Rekha recognized Aishwarya from her
modeling ads. She complimented the young Aishwarya on her good looks and wished her all the best.

Is fluent in the languages English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Urdu.

Receives at least two movie offers every day.

Turned down the role of Priya in the film Chalte Chalte (2003).

Aamir Khan and Aishwarya Rai are the only stars to advertise for both Coca Cola and Pepsi.

Before s
he was famous, she auditioned for voice dubbing for a television serial, and was rejected.

Shahrukh Khan recommended her to play Kaurwaki in the film Asoka (2001). But the director
wanted to cast someone who hadn't already been paired with Shahrukh as a leading lady.

After winning the title of Miss World in 1994, the host of the event, Richard Steinmetz,
actually asked Aishwarya out. But being a professional, she refused right away.

Sued the magazine 'Star and Style' for a sum of Rs 2 crores for printing an article
\claiming that actress Raveena Tandon had caught her and Akshay Kumar in a compromising
position at the pool side of a five star hotel.

During the filming of the music video 'Dola Re Dola' from the movie Devdas (2002),
Aishwarya's ears were bleeding due to the heavy earrings she had to wear. But she
continued to shoot anyway.

Is a trained classical dancer. She learnt classical dance and music for five years
while in her teens.

Has a puppy named Sunshine, which was given to her as a gift by friend Vivek Oberoi.

Won the t
itle of "Miss Photogenic" in the 1994 Miss World Pageant.

Has won over 50 awards since 1994 when she was 20.

Is good friends
with actress Preity Zinta.

Has gained a cult following in Pakistan.

Was listed in Time magazine as one of 100 most influential people in the
world (T
he 2004 TIME 100).

Ran the Olympic-torch relay in June 2004.

Turned down a role in _Time Breaker (2004)_ due to her touring schedule. The role was
eventually given to Mallika Sherawat.

Has refused to work with Salman Khan after their break-up, in spite of several offers.

Has over 17,000 websites dedicated to her.

In 2004, Aishwarya became the first Bollywood and Indian actress to have her own statue
at London's Madame Tussauds museum.

AISWARYA RAI Movie Listing

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Movie Listing
AISHWARYA RAI

 Iruvar (Tamil, 1997) 
 Director: Mani Ratnam 
 Producer: Suhasini Ratnam 
 Co-star: Mohanlal   
  Aur Pyar Ho Gaya (Hindi, 1997)
 Director: Rahul Rawail 
 Producer: Sohail Maklai 
 Co-star: Bobby Deol  
  Jeans (Tamil, 1998)
 Director: Shankar 
 Producer: Ashok Amritraj Productions 
 Co-star: Prashant   
  Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (Hindi, 1999)
 Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali 
 Producer: Jhamu Sughand 
 Co-stars: Salman Khan, Ajay Devgan  
  Aa Ab Laut Chalen (Hindi, 1999)
 Director: Rishi Kapoor 
 Producer: Randhir Kapoor 
 Co-star: Akshaye Khanna   
  Taal (Hindi, 1999)
 Producer-Director: Subhash Ghai 
 Co-stars: Akshaye Khanna, Anil Kapoor  
  Mela (Guest Appearance, Hindi, 2000) 
 Director: Dharmesh Darshan 
 Producer: Venus 
 Co-star: Aamir Khan 
 Kandukondain Kandukondain (Tamil, 2000) 
 Director: Rajeev Menon
 Producer: Kalaippuli S Thanu's Kalyani Infotech
 Co-star: Ajith, Tabu
 Josh (Hindi, 2000) 
 Director: Mansoor Khan
 Producer: Venus
 Co-star: Shah Rukh Khan, Chandrachur Singh
 Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (Hindi, 2000)
 Director: Satish Kaushik
 Producer: Boney Kapoor
 Co-star: Anil Kapoor
 Dhaai Akshar Prem Ke (Hindi, 2000) 
 Producer-Director: Raj Kanwar
 Co-star: Abhishek Bachchan
 Mohabbatein (Hindi, 2000) 
 Producer: Yash Chopra
 Director: Aditya Chopra
 Co-stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan 
 Albela (Hindi, 2001)
 Producer: Tips
 Director: Deepak Sareen
 Co-stars: Govinda, Jackie Shroff 
 Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin (Hindi, 2002)
 Producer: Afzal Khan
 Director: David Dhawan
 Co-stars: Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt, Amitabh Bachchan

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About
AISHWARYA RAI

Aishwarya Rai's career took off as soon as she became 1994 MISS WORLD. She started her career with modelling and became one of the known models of India. Aishwarya only has a brother, Aditya, and she is stilll unmarried at the age of 24. Aishwarya has moved up from modelling to acting now, and is doing several hindi movies after doing a few south indian ones. She is shooting for her new movie "Aa Ab Laut Chalain" these days, and most of the shooting is being done in New York.

She started of as a model (remember the pepsi ad where in Aamir Khan run around all over the place for pepsi ; well in that she makes an incredible appearence at the fag end of that ad),and was mostly into studies until she decided to go for Femina Miss india Title in 1994.She went for it and became the first runner up.As she got the 2'nd place that meant that her dream of going to Miss Universe was gone.But she did'nt lose heart and went for the Miss World Peagent.

By the time She was going to Miss World peagent MIss world peagent competitin had got over and Sushmitha Sen(Miss India1994) had won that peagent.This caused more pressure on Aishwarya to win Miss world title as most people were optimistic for her rather than Sushmita.

Luckily for Ash as soon as she landed in Sun City, South Africa (Place where Miss world peagent was held in 1994)people had fallen for her because of her grace and charm and ofcourse beauty.Word was around that she was the favorite to win.

Before going on to win the Miss World title she won the Miss Photogeneic award as well.