Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is considered to be the most beautiful Miss India first runner up ever. She went on to win the Miss World title on the year 1994. Her debut film was "Iruvar" in the Tamil language and it was directed by none other than Mani Ratnam himself.

She was born on 1st November 1973 at Mysore, Karnataka; to Mr. Krishnaraj Rai and Mrs. Vrinda Rai. Aditya Rai is her only brother and he is a marine engineer by profession. Her father moved to Mumbai when she was very young and she did her schooling from Arya Vidya Mandir, Santa Cruz. She studied her HSC from Ruparel College. The childhood dream of the actress was to become a doctor, but she decided to be an architect in the later years. However destiny had other plans for her, and she went on to become the most glamorous face of Bollywood.

The 5 feet and 7 inch tall actress has mesmerized the Hindi film audience with her beautiful bluish green eyes. Her charm not only attracted the audience, but also her co stars. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan had an affair with Salman Khan that lasted for almost two years. She was then romantically involved with the Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi. But this relation too didn't last for long. The diva finally got married to Abhisek Bachchan, in the year 2007.

The multilingual actress is fluent in Hindi, English, Tamil, Marathi, Kannada and her mother tongue is Tulu. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Josh, Mohabbatein, Devdas and Dhoom2 are few of her big box office hits in Bollywood. The actress is equally popular in South India and has recently ventured out to Hollywood. Pink Panther and Mistress of Spices are her two Hollywood films.