Aishwara Rai
Aishwara Rai - Celebrity info
She is noticed by a photographer in 1991 and quickly becomes the top model number one of India. Then, in 1994, with 21 years, young woman is elected Miss World. Then begins a procession of producers and directors to give Aishwarya movie roles. Since then, she is the criterion of selection in Bollywood with her beauty and dance and it incarnates perfectly this single ideal of beauty of the north and the south of India joined together.
Whereas it carries out during its adolescence of the studies of architecture, Aishwarya Rai begins modeling part-time. The professional experiences in this medium are connected then quickly, and it becomes a egery of the Pepsi mark in its country. The crowning of its career of model arrives in 1994, year when the young woman becomes Miss World. Bollywood is interested consequently in this Indian beauty with the greenish grey eyes. She made her cinematographic beginning in the Iruvar drama in 1997, a performance of which she withdrawn good and few criticism. The actress turns then in a score of full-length films until 2003, year when its first film to France is launched: blazing Devdas. The role of beautiful and proud Paro enables her to gain the second Filmfare Award, the equivalent of César in India, as well as international recognition. Member of the jury of the 56e Festival of Cannes with in the chair Patrice Chéreau, it gives in 2004 the counterpart to Martin Henderson in Thunderbolt to Bollywood, a signed lovesong Gurinder Chadha.
As much of young actresses beginners, it makes its great cinematographic beginnings in a film tamoul, Iruvar, left in 1997 and carried out by Mani Ratnam, the prestigious realizer of India of the South. Its performance is well accomodated by criticisms. Then, it connects the roles until very moving Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam de Sanjay Leela Banshali, the history of a triangle in love which opposes it to Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan. It obtains with this film its first dedication in 2000, with the distinction of the best actress at the time of Filmfare Awards. The same year, it plays vis-a-vis both mégastars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan in the spectacular Mohabbatein d' Aditya Chopra.
Since, its career knows a fulgurating rise. In 2002, Sanjay Leela Banshali offers to him the splendid role of Paro in Devdas, film with the world success, thanks to which it obtains an international recognition. Its interpretation is rewarded by second Filmfare Award for the best actress and it dazzles the Small cross at the time of its first arrival to the festival of Cannes to present film. It has the honor to be member of the jury of the 56ème edition in 2003 and since became a face familiar of the festival.
Egery of many international marks, it continues its career of actress while mingling with films with large spectacle of Bollywood with particularly daring roles, as in Chokher Bali (2003) and Raincoat (2004), which enable him to show all the extent of its talent. In parallel, it starts a true international career with Thunderbolt in Bollywood de Gurindher Chadha (2004) which gains a broad success, while waiting for the Mistress Of spices of Paul Mayeda Berges.