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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (born November 1, 1973), is an award-winning Indian actress. Rai, who won the Miss World title in 1994, made her film debut in Mani Ratnam's Iruvar (1997) and had her first critical and commercial success with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), with whom she repeated this success with Devdas (2002). Since then, she has acted in nearly forty Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and English films. Today, she is considered to be one of the most popular actresses in India and the best-known Indian actress in the world. Rai is married to Indian actor Abhishek Bachchan and is daughter-in-law to Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan.
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The gorgeous Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will reportedly star in one of the most expensive French film ‘Asterix at the Olympic Games’,it is reported to be one of the most expensive European films at approximately 93 million dollars. Apparently the film is ... slated to premiere in India at the prestigious French Film Festival and it is likely to coincide with Beijing Olympics of 2008. A special role has been writtenjust for Ash in the film.Ash will be the first female character in the film.She will be working with top international stars like Gerard Depardieu, Clovis Cornillac, Michael Schumacher, Jean Claude Van Damme etc.
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Aishwarya Rai begins her curious wedding ceremony with Abhishek Bachchan today. The traditional marriage in India is called a “Henna” or “mehendi” ceremony, in which Aishwarya’s hands and feet will be stained with reddish-brown dye. The intensity of the stain on her body will then be used to predict the future success of the marriage.
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Aishwarya Rai was born in Mangalore in the state of Karnataka , India to Krishnaraj and Vrinda Rai. A practicing Hindu, Rai has described herself as having "immense faith in God and my friends".[1] When at home she attends the Siddhivinayak Mandir, devoted to Ganesha. In the words of Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya is very "domesticated"[2]. She lives in Mumbai with her parents.
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Aishwarya Rai has been called 'The Most Beautiful Woman in the World' and this Bollywood superstar is increasingly gaining fame in the West. She's made headlines across the globe with the announcement of her upcoming marriage to Abhishek Bachchan. That combined with a taboo shattering on-screen kiss has everybody talking about Aishwarya Rai. Just how popular is she? There are over 17,000 websites devoted to her.
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[H]ere’s an interesting twist: some Indian media sources have reported that Aishwarya Rai has changed her maiden name to Aishwarya Bachchan following her marriage. So, will this Bollywood babe file an amendment application with the USPTO to change the Service Mark to Aishwarya Bachchan? Watch this space.
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