Aishwarya Rai Age, Height, Boyfriend, Husband, Children, Family, Biography & More

Aishwarya Rai is a renowned Indian movie actress and former Miss World. She was born in Mangalore, India, on 1 November 1973. Aishwarya appeared as a model before starting her Bollywood movie career and ultimately won the Miss World beauty pageant 1994 title. She has acted for top brands such as Coca-Cola, Longines Watches, Philips, Lakme Cosmetics, Fuji Films, Palmolive and Lux. Aishwarya Rai was also called the De Beers Diamonds brand ambassador across India.

While working in Bollywood films, she has also starred in various South Indian films. She has received several awards, including two Filmfare awards, and was honored with Padma Shri in 2009. After marrying her co-star Abhishek Bachchan in 2007, Aishwarya took a break from acting owing to the birth of the couple’s first child in 2011. She returned to the silver screen in 2015 with the movie Jazbaa.

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Early Life

Aishwarya Rai was born to an army biologist, Krishnaraj, and a homemaker, Brinda, in Mangaluru, Karnataka. After the family moved to Mumbai, she was enrolled in Aryan Vidya Mandir High School. Later, she attended the Jai Hind College for a year before joining the DG Ruparel College. Although she was trained in classical music and dance during her teens, Aishwarya aspired to take up medicine as a profession. She later enrolled at Rachana Sansad Academy of Architecture, planning to become an architect. However, she quit her education soon to pursue a career in modeling.

After doing a few modeling assignments, Aishwarya Rai won an international supermodel contest organized by Ford in 1991. However, she first came into the limelight after she appeared in a television commercial for Pepsi, along with Aamir Khan and Mahima Chaudhry. She gained instant recognition for her line – “Hi, I’m Sanjana” – in the advertisement. Further, in 1994, she stood second in the Miss India pageant but went on to claim the Miss World title. Following this, she continued her modeling career until she took up acting.

Personal Life

After Aishwarya Rai started working in Bollywood, she dated Salman Khan for two years until the couple split in 2001. Later, while filming for Dhoom 2, she fell in love with her co-star Abhishek Bachchan. The couple had previously starred together in two films viz. Dhai Akshar Prem Ke, and Kuch Naa Kaho.

Aishwarya got engaged to Abhishek Bachchan on 14 January 2007, and the couple got married on 20 April 2007 in a private ceremony at the Bachchan family residence, Prateeksha, in Mumbai. Four years after their marriage, Rai gave birth to their first child, Aaradhya, on 16 November 2011.

Acting Career

While having a successful modeling career, Aishwarya decided to work in movies and made her acting debut in 1997 with Mani Ratnams Tamil movie, Iruvar. The movie was a critical success and received several awards. She made her Bollywood debut with Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya the same year. Both these movies were commercial failures. However, she grabbed a Screen Award for Best Female Debut for her role in Aur Pyar Ho Gaya.

A year later, Jeans came out, which was a commercial success, and Rai’s performance was appreciated. Later, in 1999, she starred in the movie Aa Ab Laut Chalein, which was a big failure at the box office. After the release of the movie Taal, Aishwarya starred in the Tamil movie Kandukondain Kandukondain, which was well-received at the box office in 2000. It was only in 2002 that her role in Devdas gave her an uplift in her career.

Devdass success for Rai was short-lived as two of her next releases, Dil Ka Rishta and Kuch Na Kaho, were disasters at the box office. Further, Rai’s mixed-bag acting career saw another footfall as she failed to impress the audience and critics with films such as Kyun! Ho Gaya Na, Bride and Prejudice, Shabd, Umrao Jaan, and Mistress of Spices. However, she revived her acting career with notable performances in Mani Ratnam Guru and Ashutosh Gowarikers Jodha Akbar – both films were commercial hits.

In 2010, Rai turned to South Indian cinema. They starred in Mani Ratnam’s Raavanan and S. Shankar’s Enthiran, which was at that time the most expensive Indian movie and is one of the highest-grossing films in Indian cinema. Raavanan was simultaneously shot in Hindi and titled Raavan. However, the movie wasn’t well received at the box office. Before taking a 5-year break from acting, Rai starred in Sanjay Leela Bhansali`s Guzaarish, released in 2010, which also starred Hrithik Roshan. Although the movie was not a commercial hit, Rai once again impressed the critics with her performance. The Telegraph even described it to be one of Rai’s best performances.

After the birth of her first child, Rai returned to acting after a gap of 5 years in 2015 with Sanjay Guptas Jazbaa. The movie, however, received a moderate response and was an average hit. In 2016, Aishwarya starred in one of the most anticipated movies of her career, Sarbjit, which is based on the life of an Indian farmer, Sarabjit Singh, whom a Pakistani Court convicted of an act of terrorism. She was also seen in Karan Johar’s commercially successful film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil as Saba Taliyar Khan alongside Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma. She gained appreciation for her role. Her 2018 projects include Fanney Khan, which marks her collaboration with Anil Kapoor after a long gap of 18 years. Her next release was Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1 (2022) alongside Vikram, Jayam Ravi, Karthi, and Trisha Krishnan in lead roles.

Aishwarya Rai has acted in over 40 English, Hindi, Telegu, Tamil, and Bengali movies and is frequently acclaimed by media as the “Most Beautiful Woman in the World.”

A few of Aishwarya Rai’s well-known movies are Taal, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Mohabattein, Josh, Chokher Bali, Devdas, Dhoom 2, Bride and Prejudice, Jodhaa Akbar, Guru, The Mistress of Spices, Raincoat, Umrao Jaan and numerous others.

Height, Weight & Body Measurement

Aishwarya Rai is 50 years old, 5 Feet 6 inches tall, and weighs 56 Kg. Her body measurements and figure, like bust size or bra size, waist size, and hip size, are 34-26-36 inches. Her bra size is 34B, her waist is 26 inches, and her hip size is 36 inches. She is married.

Facts You Never Knew About Aishwarya Rai

• She is a professional classical dancer.
• Aishwarya was a brilliant student and constantly used to score more than 90%.
• Before becoming famed, she tried her fortune in voice-dubbing for a television serial but unfortunately was rejected.
• Julia Roberts once stated that Aishwarya Rai was the most beautiful lady on the earth.
• Aishwarya Rai is the only actress to have appeared in both Pepsi and Coca-Cola commercials.
• She was given the role of Breseis in the movie Troy, but she turned down this offer.
• In 2004, she instituted the Aishwarya Rai Foundation to support needy people across India.