Aishwarya Rai was born on November 1, 1973 in Mangalore, Karnataka. Her father is Krishnaraj Rai, a marine engineer and her mother is Vrinda Rai, a writer. Her ancestors are from the Bunt community of Mangalore. Her family later relocated to Mumbai. Rai has one brother, Aditya Rai. Aditya is in the merchant navy, and has also co-produced a film with Rai in the lead. Rai's native language is Tulu; she also speaks Hindi, English, Marathi, Urdu, Kannada, and Tamil.Rai attended the Arya Vidya Mandir at Santacruz, Mumbai, then entered Ruparel College, Matunga, Mumbai. She was an A student and was on track to become an architect.
Rai began modeling on the side while studying architecture. She was a contestant in the Miss India 1994 pageant, which she lost to Sushmita Sen. Rai later went on to win the Miss World title that same year. She appeared in her first film in 1997.
Aishwarya debuted in Mani Ratnam's Tamil language film, Iruvar (Iddaru) with Mohanlal. She was introduced to Bollywood in the film, Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya. Her first success was Jeans by S. Shankar. She was awarded the Filmfare Best Actress Award South for Jeans. Aishwarya then appeared in popular Bollywood films Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) and Taal (1999).
She married Abhishek Bachchan, son of Shri Amitabh Bachchan on April 20, 2007. In October 2004, a wax figure of Rai became on display in London's Madame Tussaud's wax museum. She appeared in a song with Nagarjuna in 'Ravoyi Chandamama'.
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