Name : Aishwarya Rai Nickname : Ash, Aishu, Gullu Date of Birth : 1st November, 1973. Place of Birth : Mangalore, Karnataka, India Height : 5' 7 Eyes : grey green Sign : Scorpio.
Aishwarya Rai was born in Mangalore, in the South Indian state of Karnataka, to Krishnaraj Rai, a marine engineer, and Vrinda Rai, a writer. Her family later relocated to Mumbai. A Architecture student and model, she won in 1994 the second place of Miss India contest, and represented her country into the Miss World and she won, also obtaining the Miss Photogenic award and started her full time modeling career. In 1997 she begun her acting career in India, and England.
Rai has been described by others in the Bollywood film industry as having traditional values and being "a paragon of age-old, dutiful Indian femininity". As a practicing Hindu, she has described herself as having "immense faith in God", and when at home she attends the Siddhivinayak Mandir, devoted to Lord Ganesh. When not on the road, Rai lives in Mumbai with her parents. |