Aishwarya Rai

Aishwarya Rai's aim was to be become an architect. She took up modeling as a part time and she also appeared in commercials. One of her popular commercial for a soft drink made her to be approached by many directors but she rejected the offers to become an architect. Aishwarya Rai is engaged to Abhishek Bachchan and their wedding is expected to be held on 20 th of April.

Her debut movie was in the Tamil industry that was directed by Mani Ratnam titled Iruvar. Even in her debut movie she has handled dual roles along with Mohanlal and Tabu. Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya was her first movie in Bollywood. Jeans was her third project with director Shankar and the movie made her to be identified in the industry as a good actress.

Kandukondain Kandukondain was her next movie with Rajiv Menon in which she was paired with Mammootty. Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam in the year 1999 was her hit movie in Bollywood with Salman Khan. She has won awards in the Film Fare for the best actress in the movies like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdass

Aishwarya Rai is all set to dazzle audiences with her dance moves at the 10th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards night in Macau, China, next month - her second such appearance at the glamorous event.

She had enthralled audiences by dancing to hit song "Kajra re" at Amsterdam in 2005. She will perform at The Venetian-Macau Resort on the night of June 13, an IIFA press statement said. Aishwarya`s father-in-law, megastar Amitabh Bachchan, is the brand ambassador of IIFA.

Also performing at the event will be Sonam Kapoor, who will make her on-stage debut, and Kareena Kapoor, who will show off her belly dancing skills.

Bollywood actors Boman Irani and Riteish Deshmukh, who had the audience in splits with their humour.

At the awards last year in Bangkok, will hosts to the glitzy cine event again in Macau. Joining the two would be beauty queen-turned-actress Lara Dutta.

But, while many may rejoice at the fact, is Dev’s win really something to do with his special talent? Or, is his just a case of ‘flavour of the season’? Filmmaker Apoorva Lakhia thinks it is the latter. “These lists are generally compiled not on the basis of calibre, but rather it’s about what’s ‘in’ now. SM has been a huge success, and Dev and Freida have been all over the place. It’s all about clout and recall value. You cannot definitely compare one-film wonders like Freida and Dev to seasoned actors like Shabanaji and Om Puriji,” says the filmmaker.

Aishwarya Rai paired a black satin puff sleeve top with dark blue flared jeans. She may have looked hot but she was prepared for the chill of business class jet travel– holding a tan leather jacket. She matched her accessories - tan leather tote and peeptoe platforms.

Aishwarya Rai looked gorgeous holding hands with hunky husband Abhishek Bachchan at the Mumbai airport before the couple jetted off to Macau, China, on June 10 for IIFA.

The airport was abuzz with excitement during the am hours with a huge number of Bollywood personalities leaving for IIFA. Others spotted at the airport included Anil Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Lara Dutta, Sonam Kapoor, Ritesh Deshmukh, Boman Irani, Arjun Rampal, Sushmita Sen, Zayed Khan and Tanavi Aazmi.

The ‘lady in red’ is quite busy with many projects in her kitty. And her marital status has had no impact on producers. Currently she is in Mani Ratnam’s Ravana with her hubby Abhishek Bachchan and also Vipul Shah’s Action Replay with Akshay Kumar .

Bollywood's first bahu Aishwarya Rai Bachchan may have sorted out the differences with ex-beau Vivek Oberoi, but it seems that Vivek still harbours feelings for her. Our naughty birdie tells us, recently at an anti tobacco event, media tried to confirm from Vivek whether he and Aishwarya have actually patched up.

Much to media's surpise, lover boy was offended by this question and looked angry. Vivek turned down the questions by saying that the event wasn't appropriate for such questions. Relax dude! media was just doing its work!

Former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, has been bestowed by the honor of being a special guest and throw light on the issue of women empowerment and domestic abuse by The University of Germany.

So now one thing is sure that father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan is not the only Bachchan popular with foreign universities. Beautiful Aishwarya is also following footsteps.

‘Provoked’ director Jagmohan Mundhra will also accompany her and deliver an address on the issue. Buzz also has it that Aishwarya will share her real life experiences of being a woman in film industry and the struggle she had to go through.

Her spokesperson says that the Aishwarya Rai who is twitting is an impostor. “She was shell-shocked to know that someone who has faked her Twitter identity is posting messages on her behalf, promising to ‘reveal a secret’. Aishwarya does not have a Twitter account.” This is not the first time a star’s identity has been stolen online. Amrita Rao, Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan faced similar problems.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan along with Provoked director Jagmohan Mundhra has been invited by a university in Germany to speak on women empowerment and domestic abuse, which is incidentally the theme of the film too.

She is also expected to share her experiences of essaying the role a woman who was abused in reality and the process of film-making at a programme to be held from July 15-17. Jagmohan is expected to deliver a speech on his experiences while making Provoked.

An elated Jagmohan reveals, "We have got the letter of invitation from the German Federal State of Rhineland's Mainz University and we are gung-ho about it. The invite is for the film-maker as well as the lead actor so naturally I'm expecting Ash to travel with me.

I have to speak on the process of film-making and about the subject of my movie. Aishwarya naturally will also deliver her speech on women's rights, domestic abuse and the points which my movie has stressed. She will also reveal her experiences of working